Happy holidays, Fanboy Comics readers!  In this festive time of year, when you may find yourself harried by holiday card writing, travel plans, shopping for the loved ones on your ever-growing holiday gift list, and finding time to secretly (and craftily) wrap those gifts, allow us to provide an opportunity for geeky merriment and the ability to cross off many of those items on your To-Do List!  You’re invited to join Fanboy Comics and a myriad of LA’s talented indie artists and creators for the Indie Creator Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, December 12th, 2015, from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Brave New World Comics in Santa Clarita, CA!

Presented by Fanboy Comics and Brave New World, this joyous holiday gathering will feature a plethora of comics, crafts, gifts, and other items made by talented indie artists and creators from the Los Angeles area. Seven local vendors will be showcasing their wares for shoppers to enjoy, with the full list detailed below.

In addition, the fine folks at Brave New World Comics will be hosting a Gift Wrapping Station, where members of the Geek Girls Society after-school program will be wrapping your purchases (so that you don’t have to)!  While the gift wrapping is free, donations are welcome.  The proceeds will benefit the Geek Girls Society’s currently running GoFundMe campaign.  The Geek Girls Society, which was launched earlier this year by Brave New World owners Portlyn Polston and AutumnRain Glading, seeks to empower and encourage young women through geeky endeavors.  Polston and Glading are hoping to expand the Geek Girls Society’s borders and launch new chapters in cities across the country (at no charge to girls interested in participating), and the donations to the GoFundMe campaign will help by establishing the group as a non-profit organization.

PARTICIPATING VENDORS

1)  Fanboy Comics
Fanboy Comics (FBC) is a comic book publisher and an online community supporting other creators and fans through daily reviews, interviews, and podcasts that span the pop culture spectrum. FBC seeks to provide an outlet for up-and-coming artists and writers with a desire to create new works and media. Co-founders Barbra and Bryant Dillon invite you to stop by and check out FBC’s graphic novels, including Penguins vs. Possums, Something Animal, Identity Thief, The Arcs, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated poetry collection, Fearworms: Selected Poems, as well as the limited edition Bill Sienkiewicz signed print for Fearworms.

2)  California Coldblood Books
California Coldblood Books is a small publishing company dedicated to science-fiction, fantasy, and speculative writing. CCB is an imprint of Rare Bird Books and is distributed in the United States by Publishers Group West.  It first release, The Odds, is a post-apocalyptic action-comedy and will be available for sale at the event.  Visitors will also have a chance to meet CCB founder and The Odds writer Robert J. Peterson.

3)  Boonzy Arts Candles
Boonzy Arts Candles is an LA-based company that makes hand-poured soy candles with geeky, bookish, pop-culture-y themes! From Twin Peaks and Little Shop of Horrors to The Big Lebowski and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Boonzy’s candles pack a powerful aroma while adding elegant geek style to your home or office. In addition, Boonzy’s latest release, the Wheel of Flame Candle Set with Embedded Metal Dice, is perfect for the tabletop gamer on your shopping list and will be available at the event.

4)  An Unexpected Hobby
An Unexpected Hobby is a crafting haven for those who love geek-themed sewing and embroidery. With original stitching patterns and do-it-yourself cross-stitch kits, founder Claire Thorne has provided a creative outlet for those who want to display their geek pride and don’t mind putting in the needle work to do it!  The patterns and cross stitch kits currently available cover a wide variety of properties within geekdom, including Star Trek, The Walking Dead, Sherlock, Dark Tower, Doctor Who, Firefly, Lord of the Rings, Steven Universe, and Star Wars, just to name a few.

5)  Chris Thorne Art
Chris Thorne is a California-based freelance artist with a focus on comic book style art. He draws sketch cards, custom comic book sketch covers, pin-ups, comic book covers, and comic books. With artwork featuring everything from The Walking Dead to Disney’s Minions, you’re sure to find something for everyone on your gift list!

6)  Carter Comics
Writer and artist Allen Carter is the founder of Carter Comics, which publishes comics including Cosmic Force, Damn Tourists, and The Figure-Of-Speech Mongoose.

7)  Wannabe Press
Writer and Wannabe Press founder Russell Nohelty will be on hand with copies of his graphic novels, Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter and Katrina Hates the Dead.

Stay tuned for more updates on the Indie Creator Holiday Bazaar by joining the official Facebook event.  We hope that you will join us for an evening of holiday fun!