FCBD 2014, May 3rd, Deals & Specials from Local creators!

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Michael Dorman is doing FREE sketches for kids and Cosplayers!!!  He also has FREE prints of "TMNT," "Deadpool vs Deathstroke" and "Santa PI" available while supplies last!  Sketch Covers will be $20 for B&W & $35 for Color.



Kyrun Silva will be doing 6x6 colored sketches for kids 12 and under!  There will be a bunch of special deals when you purchase combinations of the 2 books & 2 posters he has available.










Jared Konopitski will be having special FCBD ONLY sale prices for his artwork!









Mach Yeager will be giving a FREE poster with every purchase of his new sketchbook, a FREE pin or poster with every purchase of his comic Digger Jones and anyone in Gorilla costume gets a FREE copy of Digger Jones.  He is also giving away a FREE Trixie Dynamite poster to kids or with every purchase of a Trixie comic.





Krysten Reis will have a new mini print of a Baby Appa from Avatar the Last Airbender available first here!  She also a couple great deals.  1) If you buy three of the baby TMNT prints you get one FREE.  2) If you buy her comic book "A Curious Journey" with a print, small or mini, you get a free sketch in the comic book of one of her characters.




Michael Calero will have these Ninja Turtles mini-prints for free with the purchase of a regular print!

Jared Konopitski will be joining us FCBD 2014!

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Jared Konopitski is an artist living and working in Sacramento, California.

 He works in many mediums, however primarily with acrylic paintings. His work has been exhibited at galleries, festivals, and museums across the US and Internationally including; The Smithsonian, Washington D.C.; The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; and The Mutter Museum, Philadelphia, PA.

 Jared has had his work featured in Color Ink Book (2013), Papercut Magazine (2013), Arcana’s Steampunk Originals (2013), Heavy Metal Magazine (2012), Catapult Magazine (2012), DisColouring Book (2012), Penumbra eZine (2012), And Wow!cool! Psycho Nurse Calendar (2011).

 In addition, Jared has curated numerous gallery shows and corporate art seminars.

 In his spare time he enjoys facilitating art workshops, with focus on early art education.

Meet Jared at Empire's Mini-Con

We're supremely proud to have such an accomplished artist and humble artist with us. You'll love the works that spring from his imagination, and you'll be excited that even his original works are attainable for the average art collector.

 Free Comic Book Day Mini-Con starts at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, 2014.

The Return of Jared Konopitski

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Maybe you don't know it, but you've seen Jared Konopitski's art before. He's been a featured artist in the shop at least twice so far. He'll return  to Empire's on Saturday, May 3, 2014, for our annual Free Comic Book Day Mini-Con.

Meet Jared and experience his amazing art. You'll want to take one home with you, and you'll be glad to know his art is extremely accessible.

What's This About Free Comic Book MONTH?

Also for the second time, we're celebrating Free Comic Book Month -- 5 Saturdays full of free comics and related items. To participate, pick up a Free Comic Book Month Passport at the shop on Free Comic Book Day.
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Members Appreciation Party and Games

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Friday night about 30 members of our savings club program and their guests joined us for pizza, drinks, board games, comic book reading, and video games.

If you're thinking about saving money on your comics, join the club before December 31 in order to get maximum benefits in 2014.

Board games, card games and video games

In the game department, Injustice was a hit, but so were Princess Bride: Storming the Castle, King of Tokyo, and Love Letters.

We has so much fun and made so much noise playing games that we're checking our calendar to see what day each week would be good for a regular game night.


Celebrating 10 years in comics


A special gift, "The Pug People And Their Prized Pug," an original painting by Jared Konopitski, was presented to Ben Schwartz in celebration of the store's 10-year anniversary.





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Crocker-Con Art Mix Features Local Shops and Creators

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We're excited to have been invited to the Crocker this Thursday night for Crocker-Con! It's one part Comic-Con and one part Art Mix.

Featured artists include:


Plus, enjoy pop up comic shops from:




Drink specials under $5 all night. Watch for the 501st Legion. Free for members. Purchase general admission for nonmembers online. Cosplayers get in FREE. Art Mix is designed with adults in mind. Event sponsored by the fine folks at Submerge Mag.

Meet The Frog God, Jared Konopitski and Fourth Way Comics at Second Saturday Extension

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Date: Saturday, September 14, 2013
Time: 7 - 9 pm
Location: Empire's Comics Vault, 1120 Fulton Avenue, Ste. K

We Love Second Saturday


Last month we held our first Second Saturday extension event, and we're excited to bring you another Second Saturday add-on event.

BONUS: To celebrate making the Sacramento News & Reviews' Best of Sacramento 2013 list, graphic novels will be 25% off and any comic from the new comic wall that features a female heroine or is written or drawn by a woman will be 10% off. And a great big Thank You to our customers, to women creatives everywhere, and to SN&R for recognizing us the Most Egalitarian Comic Book Store. The sale starts at 6:30 pm and ends at 9 pm.

Debut of Konopitski's Hand-Painted Art from The Frog God


Local artist Jared Konopitski painted each and every panel of the comic, The Frog God, written and published by Fourth Way Comics. The comic book and the original art will be available for the first time in Sacramento. This also represents the first showing of Konopitski's original art, which will also be for sale.

Sacramento Premiere of The Frog God


Fourth Way Comics' describes the story of The Frog God this way:

"Things are not what they seem in this amphibian tale of death and resurrection.  A young girl embarks on an adventure with a strangely familiar polymorphic entity and discovers her own mysterious power.

With 44 pages of candy-colored imagery, The Frog God combines the fanciful acrylic paintings of Jared Konopitski  with the dreamlike word smithing of RFCL [Radio Free Clear Light]."

The artist and writers will be available to talk about the comic, the creative process and to sign copies of the comic.