Big Planet Comics Archives

Big Planet Comics' store in Bethesda, Maryland, in operation since 1986, has recently changed owners.  The store's founder Joel Pollack has retired after more than 36 years in the job Joel Pollack attended and then worked on comic conventions in the sixties and seventies, and worked in his father's drapery business before becoming a sales[...]

While we previously ran some previews of comics that are coming to SPX from Retrofit Comics in partnership with Big Planet Comics, Big Planet Comics also have two separate debuts of their own, an anthology of comics called "Blue", which looks quite promising and has a wealth of styles and content and the rather alluring[...]

Retrofit Comics and Big Planet Comics are teaming up to bring us two debuts at SPX this year, and have kindly supplied us with a sneak peek through some previews. From Butter and Blood by Steven Weissman: From Ikebana by Yumi Sakugawa:     Look out for these two new titles at Small Press Expo next weekend[...]

This year, Free Comic Book Day will include a joint comic from publishers, Retrofit Comics, Peow! Studio, Oily Comics, Uncivilized Books, Study Group Comics, and Big Planet Comics The comic book is titled Free 2015 and is published by Retrofit Comics/Big Planet Comics. Free 2015 will feature a color cover by Chuck Forsman and 40 pages[...]

Independent publisher Retrofit Comics, now entering its 3rd year, announced their official 2015 line recently, including twelve comic books, graphic

By David Dissanayake  I once bumped into Sarah Vaughn, co-creator of Image Comics' Alex+Ada (with Jonathan Luna), without knowing it.  I was going to my old local comic shop, Big Planet Comics, on U St in Washington, DC.  It was a Wednesday, and I was in a terrible mood after an exceptionally long day of exceptionally annoying[...]

And that makes them winners. Top Pick: Beach Girls, written and illustrated by Box Brown  The indie favorite imprint Retrofit Comics founded by Box Brown teased that in 2014 they'd be making their comics available digitally after their partnership with Big Planet Comics, and here we have Box Brown's Beach Girls in digital glory Though much of[...]

Entering their second year, Retrofit joined a small but growing contingent of indie press publishers teaming up with local comic shops to help with printing costs and distribution at their increasing slate of friendly retailers throughout the country by partnering with Big Planet Comics, native to Washington DC. Always a hot booth destination at indie comic[...]