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Happy HAMMERFIST Day! Don’t miss out on the oversized first issue of this new high-action superpowered noir by the epic team of Rick Remender & Steve Epting from @imagecomics. What a week! @rickremender @steveepting taken in Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge by @isotopecomics

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THIS SATURDAY @ ISOTOPE

Rick Remender & Isotope celebrate our 25th Anniversary together! Come get your books signed & hang out with one of comics greatest authors 3am-6pm! And, for the 21+ crowd, a late-night afterparty w/ Rick, DJ Bearzbub & the Isotope family. Bring your ID. 7pm-Midnight.

Rick is going to totally freak when he sees what we’ll be debuting that day...!

@rickremender @imagecomics @bearzbub
#SFcomiccreators #sanfranciscoartists by @isotopecomics

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TODAY @ ISOTOPE: Come meet Steve Horton, author of BOWIE: STARDUST, RAYGUNS & MOONAGE DAYDREAMS, the greatest David Bowie biography ever! 3pm-6pm. @sonofstev #davidbowie #sanfransisco #sanfranciscoauthorevent taken in Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge by @isotopecomics

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RICK REMENDER + ISOTOPE COMICS
25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2026
All-Ages Signing: 3–6 PM
21+ Afterparty: 7 PM
Isotope Comics, San Francisco

Coming back home to sign books and launch a permanent Giant Generator pop-up shop inside Isotope, featuring our full library of compendiums, oversized hardcovers, limited-edition giclée prints, old and rare single issues, signed posters, and tons of cool stuff out of my file copy closest you won’t find anywhere else.
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Twenty-five years ago, I was a dirt-poor writer/artist struggling to pay rent for the rotting garage I called home in the Sunset District of San Francisco.

When James Sime opened the Isotope comic book store down the street from me, it seemed fated by the rat god of punker nerds.

Isotope quickly became my home away from the black-mold dungeon I was living in. James and I would spend hours talking about old hardcore, new wave, post-punk, skating, and this strange business.

At a very uncertain time in my life, when there appeared to be little hope I’d feed myself, much less accomplish my dreams, Isotope gave me a home base and a safe harbor. James was always generous with encouragement and advice, not only supporting the books but throwing parties around them.

When you’re dead broke, working yourself to death while receiving very little positive feedback, something like this can encourage you to continue. In my case, it did.

As James and I were reminiscing a few months ago, it turned out that I was one of the creators featured at Isotope’s first-ever signing 25 years back, so we decided it would be nice to celebrate it.

If you’re in the region or feel like traveling to my favorite city, come hang out, we’d love to see you.

@isotopecomics @imagecomics @giantgenerator @jamessime by @isotopecomics

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Come celebrate our 25th birthday anniversary with Rick Remender!

Rick is the writer of so many of the industry’s best comics (including THE SACRIFICERS, ESCAPE, BLACK SCIENCE, DEADLY CLASS, TOKYO GHOST, THE SEASONS) and the mad architect behind Image Comics’ GIANT GENERATOR imprint. And Rick was our first-ever featured guest 25 years ago.

What a great celebration of a wild quarter of a century!

Check out our Facebook post for full details (and a great walk down memory lane from Rick) link in comments.

RICK REMENDER + ISOTOPE COMICS
25th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, August 8th, 2026
All Ages Signing: 3-6pm
21+ Afterparty: 7pm
Isotope Comics, San Francisco taken in Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge by @isotopecomics

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Come meet Steve Horton @sonofstev author of BOWIE: STARDUST, RAYGUNS AND MOONAGE DAYDREAMS graphic novel (with art by Mike Allred @allredmd and Laura Allred). The *best* David Bowie biography ever made!

Steve Horton @ Isotope
Saturday, July 25th
3-6pm

We are very excited to have Steve in, we love this book so much! And another great event to celebrate the Isotope’s 25th Anniversary this year! Special prizes for the best Space Oddities, Aladdin Sanes, Goblin Kings, Thomas Jerome Newtons, Ziggys, Blind Prophets & Bowie cosplays...

#davidbowie #bowie #sanfrancisco #worldsgreatestcomics taken in Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge by @isotopecomics

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Surprise visit yesterday from Yancy Labat @ylabat the artist of the (rather delightful) DC SUPERHERO GIRLS and KANGA-U. We definitely love that @dccomics has been putting out so many great comics lately for readers of all ages, including fun and smart kids books like these! Yancy autographed up all our copies… come pick one up for a kiddo in your life (or for yourself)! taken in Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge by @isotopecomics

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MONSTERS IN LOVE: A PRIDE ANTHOLOGY features an all-new 8-page comic by WUVABLE OAF’s Ed Luce @wuvable_oaf (w/ Josh Trujillo @losthiskeysman)... Ed signed up all our copies - Let us know if you want one! And we got this great Ed Luce paparazzi pic with Isotope’s own Ken Kneisel & Isotope’s DJ BEARZBUB @bearzbub. What a photo! @darkhorsecomics Happy Pride! #SFcomiccreators #sanfranciscoartists #sanfranciscopride by @isotopecomics

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Surprise special guests for this year’s Free Comic Book Day @ Isotope - all coming out to meet Amelie Anderson:

15-year old HUNTER D, the inspiration of millions! We have copies of his latest book LEG DAY in stock!

9-year old KAI, we will have fresh new printings of issues 1-3 of his ADVENTURES OF KAI comics!

8-year old JUNA, writer artist of BLACK BIRD!

25-year old BASIE — THE MASKED MUTANT creator makes his triumphant return to the Isotope! Basie was our legendary #FCBD superstar all the way back in 2009-2011!

#FreeComicBookDay #FCBD #SFcomiccreators #sanfranciscoartists taken in Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge by @isotopecomics

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Isotope proudly presents 11-year old Amelie Anderson as our special guest superstar for Free Comic Book Day 2026! We will be launching her new apocalyptic comic, I’D SPEND MY LAST DAYS WITH YOU. Come pick up a copy of her new book and get to meet this amazing young creator! And don’t forget to grab a nice stack of other awesome comic goodness from our traditional #FCBD smorgasbord. Saturday, May 2nd, 11-4pm, 2026. #freecomicbookday #fcbd #sfcomiccreators #sanfranciscoartists taken in Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge by @isotopecomics

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Very exciting! Just got our hands on the first test printing of I’D SPEND MY LAST DAYS WITH YOU, Amelie Anderson’s apocalypse love story, that we will be debuting at our Free Comic Book Day 2026 event (this Saturday, May 2nd).

Can’t wait for you all to get to see this and get to meet this 11-year old comic creator!

Amelie really spreads her wings here, her first full-color comic, and we think you’ll all be as excited about her work as we are!

We will also have some 2nd printing copies of Amelie’s debut black and white comic SPEYEDER that we launched with her last fall. And some of her original art prints for sale too.

See you on May 2nd!

#freecomicbookday #fcbd #kidsmakecomics #sfcomiccreators taken in Isotope - The Comic Book Lounge by @isotopecomics

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