7000 BC at ACE 2013

Albuquerque Comic Expo (ACE) | June 21–23 | Friday 2:00–8:00; Saturday, 10:00–7:00; Sunday, 10:00–6:00 | Albuquerque Convention Center | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC is pleased to return to the Albuquerque Comic Expo, New Mexico’s premier comic book, pop culture and entertainment event.

7000 BC will have a booth on the main floor, selling copies of our Jams collections, the latest issue of string, and books from our members.

Find us at booth 424 and look for our members in Artist Alley.

Comic Workshop for Teens at Tony Hillerman Library

Comic Workshop for Teens | Tony Hillerman Branch Library | June 4 | 2:00 PM | Free! | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC will present a Comic Workshop for teens at the Albuquerque Public Library's Tony Hillerman Branch on tuesday, June 4th. Learn the basics of what makes comics tick, pop, and kablam, and create your own comics. Materials will be provided.  Call the Tony Hillerman Branch Library at 291-6264 to sign up.  Participation is free!  There are a lot of other great events for teens as well that you can ask about.

The workshop will be held on:

Tue., June 4th

2:00 - 4:00 PM

Albuquerque Public Library

Tony Hillerman Branch (formerly Wyoming)

8205 Apache NE

Albuquerque

291-6264

The workshop will run 2 hours in length.  For a map, please click HERE .

Free Comic Book Day 2013 string

Now available for download — a PDF of the 2013 Free Comic Book Day edition of string!

May 7000 BC Meeting at Page One

May 7000 BC Meeting | Saturday, May 11 | 1:00–4:00 | Page One Books | Albuquerque, NM

May's 7000 BC meeting will be Saturday, May 11 at 1:00 at Page One.

This'll be our last meeting before Albuquerque Comic Expo June 21–23, so we'll be making our plans and getting ready for our biggest convention appearance.

Our next meeting will be Saturday, July 13 in Albuquerque; then, it's August 10 in Santa Fe, September 9 back at Page One, and October 19 in Albuquerque.

New members are always welcome. Send an email with any questions, or check out the Membership page.

7000 BC at Southwest Book Fiesta 2013

Southwest Book Fiesta | Friday, May 10–Sunday, May 12 | Albuquerque Convention Center | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC joins writers and publishers from the region at the first Southwest Book Fiesta at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The latest books from our members will be available.

Calvin and Hobbes Documentary at the Guild!

Dear Mr. Watterson | Guild Cinema | Sunday, May 5 | 1:00 PM | $7 | Albuquerque, NM

Update:  Tickets Now Available!  Only $7.00!
If you want one of the 7000 BC tickets, please send an email to Jeff .
Tickets are also available at Astro-Zombies and both locations of Kaboom Test Labs .

In honor of Free Comic Book Day , 7000 BC is partnering with the Guild Cinema to bring the hopping new documentary Dear Mr. Watterson: An Exploration of Calvin and Hobbes  to Albuquerque audiences.  Including interviews with Berke Breathed (Bloom County, Opus), Jean Schulz (widow of Charles Schulz - Peanuts), Seth Green (Robot Chicken, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and numerous others, Dear Mr. Watterson explores the magic and allure of Calvin and Hobbes .  There will be one showing only, at 1 pm on sunday May 5th - the day after Free Comic Book Day.  Advance tickets will be available at Astro-Zombies and Kaboom Test Labs (beginning April 22nd).  Plus, comics will be given away!

Calvin and Hobbes dominated the Sunday comics in thousands of newspapers for over 10 years, having a profound effect on millions of readers across the globe.  When the strip’s creator, Bill Watterson, retired the strip on New Year’s Eve in 1995, devoted readers everywhere felt the void left by the departure of Calvin, Hobbes, and Watterson’s other cast of characters, and many fans would never find a satisfactory replacement.

It has now been nearly two decades since the end of the Calvin and Hobbes era.  Bill Watterson has kept an extremely low profile during this time, living a very private life outside of Cleveland, Ohio.  Despite his quiet lifestyle, Mr. Watterson is remembered and appreciated daily by fans who still enjoy his amazing collection of work.

Mr. Watterson has inspired and influenced millions of people through Calvin and Hobbes.  Newspaper readership and book sales can be tracked and recorded, but the human impact he has had and the value of his art are perhaps impossible to measure.

This film is not a quest to find Bill Watterson, or to invade his privacy.  It is an exploration to discover why his 'simple' comic strip made such an impact on so many readers in the 80s and 90s, and why it still means so much to us today.

Dear Mr. Watterson: An Exploration of Calvin and Hobbes 
Dir. Joel Allen Shroeder - 2013 - 89m
Watch a trailer here.

Sunday, May 5
1pm ONLY!
Guild Cinema 
3405 Central Ave. NE
Albuquerque
(505) 255-1848
For a map, click here .

All Seats - $7

Advance tickets available in Albuquerque at:
Astro-Zombies - Nob Hill
3100 Central Ave. SE

Kaboom Test Labs - West Side
10250 Cottonwood Park Rd. Suite E

Kaboom Test Labs - East Side
1510 Wyoming Blvd. NE

or email 7000 BC.

April 7000 BC Meeting

Saturday, April 13 | 1:00–4:00 | Santa Fe Library Main Branch | Santa Fe, NM



The April 7000 BC meeting will be held Saturday, April 13 in the Community Room upstairs at the Santa Fe Library Main Branch, 1:00–4:00.

Show us comics you've made or are making, bring projects to work on, take time to collaborate, visit with your fellow comics creators. We'll be making our plans for the 7000 BC booth at ACE and talking about other conventions.

The library is in downtown Santa Fe. There's limited, paid (but cheap) parking in the back, street and lot parking around, and possibly the lot across Washington Street at the First Interstate Building will be open. The Railrunner will get you into town a couple hours before the meeting's start, but there's plenty to do downtown.

New members and those interested in making comics are always welcome. Please send an email with any questions.

Next meeting will be May 11 at Page 1 in Albuquerque.