July 29: Los Angeles, CA
Located in the Santa Clarita Valley section of Los Angeles County, Brave New World has been serving the pop culture epicenter of the valley since 1990. That commitment to service was recognized by the Eisner Awards in 2008, but it’s been apparent to customers of the store for nearly two decades now. The store’s philosophy, says owner Atom! Freeman, is to not only be the one place people need for comics and graphic novels, but to be the one place they want to stop by every week. “We do this by some of the usual means (book clubs, in-store gaming, signings), as well as some not-so-usual means (art classes, Geek Singles Night, live entertainment),” he says. “We like the idea of being the Third Place between work and home and are always looking for ways to fill that gap. Plus, did we mention that we like comics?”
Brave New World
22722 Lyons Avenue #6
Newhall, CA 91321
661-259-4745
bravenewworldcomics.com
atom@bravenewworldcomics.com
AIM: AtomAtBNW
Top 10 Graphic Novels
Batman Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert (DC Comics)
Final Crisis by Grant Morrison, J.G. Jones, and Carlos Pacheco (DC Comics)
100 Bullets, Vol. 13: Wilt by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso (Vertigo)
The Death of Captain America, Vol. 1: Death of a Dream by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting (Marvel)
The Essential Daredevil, Vol. 2 by Stan Lee and Gene Colan (Marvel)
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 2 by Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons (DC Comics)
House of Mystery, Vol. 1: Room and Boredom by Matthew Sturges, Bill Willingham, and Luca Rossi (Vertigo)
Modern Masters, Vol. 21: Chris Sprouse by Eric Nolen-Weathington, Todd Dezago, and Chris Sprouse (TwoMorrows Publishing)
Richard Stark’s Parker the Hunter by Darwyn Cooke (IDW)
Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O’Malley (Oni Press)
Top 10 Manga
Naruto, Vol. 44 by Masashi Kishimoto (Viz)
Tsubasa, Vol. 22 by Clamp (Del Rey)
Honey Hunt, Vol. 2 by Miki Aihara (Viz)
High School Debut, Vol. 10 by Kazune Kawahara (Viz)
Naruto, Vol. 11 by Masashi Kishimoto (Viz)
Ng Life, Vol. 2 by Mizuho Kusanagi (TokyoPop)
S.A., Vol. 11 by Maki Minami (Viz)
Short Sunzen, Vol. 1 by Susugi Sukarai (TokyoPop)
Naruto, Vol. 1 by Masashi Kishimoto (Viz)
Sweet & Sensitive Manga, Vol. 1 by Park-Eun-Ah (ADV Manga)
BNW is one of the best comics shops that I have ever been to, (and I have been going to shops since the 1980) Atom and Portlyn are incredible hosts and they run a pretty cutting edge shoppe.