{"id":1861,"date":"2008-08-01T17:38:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T21:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/2008\/08\/01\/pr-apocalipstix-launch-in-toronto-august-6th\/"},"modified":"2009-01-01T23:23:26","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T03:23:26","slug":"pr-apocalipstix-launch-in-toronto-august-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=1861","title":{"rendered":"[PR] Apocalipstix Launch in Toronto August 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Hey there! If you&#8217;re reading this could you please do me a favour and spread the word to anywhere that might be appropriate? I&#8217;d appreciate it a bunch. &#8211; Chris]<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"apocpartyposter-colour-560.jpg\" id=\"image1860\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/apocpartyposter-colour-560.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><font size=\"5\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Verdana\">THE  APOCALIPSTIX: RAGNAROCK PARTY<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><font size=\"4\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana\">The Official  Launch for the new Graphic Novel<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><font size=\"3\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana\">Wednesday,  August 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 8PM<br \/>\nREVIVAL BAR, 738 College St., Toronto<br \/>\nALL AGES + NO  COVER<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=25642968337\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=25642968337<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">TORONTO,  Ontario<\/span><\/font><\/strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\"> \u00e2\u20ac\u201cTHE APOCALIPSTIX is the new  graphic novel by Toronto authors Ray Fawkes and Cameron Stewart, and fresh from  their sold out pre-release at the San Diego Comic Convention these two top  graphic novelists return to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153play\u00e2\u20ac\u009d their hometown with a book launch party  featuring bands, prizes, and more, Wednesday, August 6th, at Revival Bar, 783  College St.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like Josie and the Pussycats  meets Mad Max!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d enthused Christopher Butcher, manager of The Beguiling,  Canada\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s premier retailer of comics  and graphic novels. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ray Fawkes and Cameron Stewart are top comics talents and  <em><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Apocalipstix<\/span><\/em> is their best  work yet\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re anticipating the folks who loved the indy graphic novel <em><span style=\"font-style: italic\">SCOTT PILGRIM<\/span><\/em> really getting into this  one. I mean, three girls in a band after the end of the world, what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not to  like?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">THE APOCALIPSTIX: RAGNAROCK PARTY  will feature musical performances by Toronto  surf-punk band Terror Lake and all girl teen punk band DAME, and  there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be door prizes and giveaways! Creators Ray Fawkes and Cameron Stewart  will be signing and sketching for all comers! The event is all ages and features  no cover charge! Revival Bar is located at 783 College St. at Shaw. Doors for the  event open at 8PM, with the bands going on starting at  9:30pm.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">ABOUT<\/span><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">Book:  <\/span><\/font><\/strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">THE APOCALIPSTIX is a brand new  200 page graphic novel published by Oni Press. You can find out more about the  graphic novel online at <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/www.apocalipstix.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apocalipstix.com\/\">http:\/\/apocalipstix.com<\/a>.  The Apocalipstix is currently in stock at The Beguiling (601 Markham Street,  near Bathurst St. &#038; Bloor St. W), and will be available at the event.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">Authors:<\/span><\/font><\/strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">  <strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Ray Fawkes<\/span><\/strong> is the Shuster Award  Nominated author of Mnemovore and numerous graphic novellas and short stories,  and can be found online at <a title=\"http:\/\/rayfawkes.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/rayfawkes.com\/\">http:\/\/rayfawkes.com<\/a>. <strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Cameron Stewart <\/span><\/strong>the award-winning artist of  <em><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Seaguy <\/span><\/em>and <em><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Invisibles<\/span><\/em>, and the author of the  serialized graphic novel <em><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Sin  Titulo<\/span><\/em>, and can be found online at <a title=\"http:\/\/cameron-stewart.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/cameron-stewart.com\/\">http:\/\/cameron-stewart.com<\/a> and <a title=\"http:\/\/transmission-x.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/transmission-x.com\/\">http:\/\/transmission-x.com\/<\/a>.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">Bands: Terror  Lake <\/span><\/font><\/strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">can be found online at <a title=\"http:\/\/www.terrorlake.ca\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.terrorlake.ca\/\">http:\/\/www.terrorlake.ca\/<\/a>. <strong><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">DAME<\/span><\/strong> can be found online at <a title=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/dameband\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/dameband\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/dameband<\/a>.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\">MEDIA  QUERIES:<\/span><\/font><\/strong><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana\"> Christopher Butcher, Manager of  The Beguiling, 416-533-9168, or via e-mail at <a title=\"mailto:chris@beguiling.com\" href=\"mailto:chris@beguiling.com\">chris@beguiling.com<\/a>.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Hey there! If you&#8217;re reading this could you please do me a favour and spread the word to anywhere that might be appropriate? I&#8217;d appreciate it a bunch. &#8211; Chris] THE APOCALIPSTIX: RAGNAROCK PARTY The Official Launch for the new Graphic Novel Wednesday, August 6th, 8PM REVIVAL BAR, 738 College St., Toronto ALL AGES + &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=1861\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;[PR] Apocalipstix Launch in Toronto August 6th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1,15,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canadian-cartooning","category-general","category-the-beguiling","category-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2118,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861\/revisions\/2118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}