Comic Bug Archives

Mike Wellman, formerly of downtown Los Angeles comic book store Comic Bug until that all blew up recently, is opening a new comic book store in Los Angeles as promised, with his business partner and longtime friend Anthony Davies Atomic Basement Comics & Creator's Lab is opening its doors at 400 East Third Street in[...]

There I was thinking The Comic Bug was actually Mike Wellman's own comic book store With two Los Angeles outlets, he was always one of the most active and prominent comic book retailers online, and many of the stories we ran about the store came from his enthusiastic plugging in my direction But we hadn't[...]

Comic Con and while the show is going to be filled with all sorts of pop culture goodness, I wanted to focus on one specific area… the Comic Bug Pavilion This is such a great idea Mike Wellman, writer, retailer and co-owner of the Comic Bug, has an area of the show that takes up[...]

If you are looking for something fun and free to do this weekend and are a fan of Batman: The Animated Series, you should head over to the Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach The store will be celebrating Batman Day and the 25th anniversary of both Batman: The Animated Series and of Harley Quinn with[...]

at the Comic Bug and are free to attend Previous performances have included George Miller's Justice League, Joss Whedon's Wonder Woman, and most recently, Sam Hamm's The Watchmen I was lucky enough to be asked to join the group of performers for The Watchmen and they've invited me back for this weekend's performance of James[...]

Mike Wellman, owner of the Comic Bug store in Manhattan Beach as well as a comic writer on Guns A Blazin!, is pretty well known in the industry But did you know he was psychic? Yes, I said psychic not psychotic… the two are different Mike shared a story on social media of a mother[...]

There was even a script in the works by writer Ben Ramsey. If you are curious to see what direction that version would've gone… or at least here it, you should head down to the Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach, CA on Sunday October 2nd Development Hell, who have put together table readings of Joss Whedon's[...]

Mike Wellman, owner of the Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach, CA and writer of the comic Guns-A-Blazin' noticed something interesting the other day while heading into his store Seems someone in the wig shop next door has gotten into the spirit of being next to a comic shop and put these particular wigs up in[...]

I was more surprised than you.  I have the feeling that may have been less about gender than about race… but the conversation continued. However,  Mike Wellman of The Comic Bug of Manhattan Beach and Culver City, California, has his own take and it involved putting his money where his mouth is[...]

Children 17 and under have a reduced pass rate. GRAND OPENING: The Comic Bug is holding a grand opening to celebrate their new shop in Culver City on Saturday, November 8 from 1 to 4 PM http://spyfi-superspies.blogspot.com/Gabriel Hardman, Danny Miki, Joshua Dysart, Rafael Navarro, and D.J Kirkbride will be on hand to sign your comic books[...]