Annual Food Drive Starts Today

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Scattered Comics and Empire's Comics Vault have teamed up once again to bring you this year's food drive. We're really like to see the store packed wall to wall with food. All items will be donated to the Sacramento Food Bank.

Stay tuned for more details about a special one-day push on Saturday, November 15, 2014.

We are accepting food now through the end of November.

What Kind of Food?

We are now accepting non-perishable foods:

• Boxed potatoes
• Canned yams and cranberries
• Whole wheat pastas
• Canned fruits, vegetables, beans*
• Dry grains and beans
• Canned or boxed soups and broths*

*Low-sodium and low-sugar preferred. Non-expired please.

Annual Food Drive To Benefit Senior Citizen Services Inc.

SACRAMENTO’S TWO BIGGEST COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS HOSTING FOOD DRIVE TO BENEFIT SENIOR CITIZEN SERVICES, INC.

Saturday, November 16th, 2013 11AM-4PM

This year Sacramento’s two largest comic book publishers, Scattered Comics and ECV Press, are teaming up for our annual food drive to benefit Sacramento’s elderly community.

Our Food For Comics Drive will showcase Jason Dube’s Scattered Comics and Ben Schwartz’s ECV Press. Each company will be bringing in writers and artists who will be on hand to speak with the fans, do live art, and of course sign and sell their books. Each creator will be providing special deals on their books and product for canned food donations. See special guests and donation deals below.

This Saturday, November 16, 2013, from 11am-4pm, Food For Comics Drive attendees at Empire’s Comics Vault will enjoy great local books, meet amazing creators and most importantly support Senior Citizen Services Inc., a food service organization that provides reduced-fee food boxes to those in need.

Special Guests

Noel Serrato Artist for Blinth. He will also be doing portfolio and comic book reviews for artists and creators looking to break into the industry.

Calvin Ellis Jr. and Jasmine Ellis Artist for Shadow Hunters and Sworn. 

Artist Melissa McCommon

Fredrick Allison Jr. Artist & Writer for Hybrid Earth

Melissa McCommon Artist for Caffeine Poisoned and Creator of Epic Chaos.

Krysten Reis Writer and Artist for A Curious Journey.

Joining them will be horror hostess Miss Misery of the popular San Francisco television shows “Miss Misery’s Movie Massacre” and “The Last Doorway Show.” She is also a regular on “Creepy Kofy Movie Time” and hosts the annual “A Nightmare To Remember” film festival. Miss Misery stars in her own comics that include “Miss Misery’s A Haunting Desire,” “Forgotten Tales,” and “Creepy kofy Movie Time.”

Ben Schwartz is a writer and creator for ECV Press. 14 books are available now!

Deals for Donating

Empire Comics Vault will match all can donations! We will also be giving $1 off all ECV Press books with any can donation and with 5 cans or more you get 10% off all store merchandise, 3 Rolly Buttons, 1 FCBD book for each can brought in and can take $2 off all ECV Press books.

Jason Dube is offering $1 off his books for any donation and $2 off any of his books for 5 cans or more donated.
Melissa McCommon is doing FREE Sketches for the first 10 people to donate 5 or more cans!

Krysten Reis is giving you $2 off any medium or large print and 1 FREE min-print with the purchase of another mini-print by donating can.

Calvin and Jasmine Ellis are offering $1 off his books for any donation and $2 off any of his books for 5 cans or more donated.

Miss Misery is giving $2 off her DVDs with any donation.

Fredrick Allison Jr. Artist & Writer for Hybrid Earth is giving a free copy of his book to the first 5 people to donate 5 or more cans.