STAR CLIPPER ST. LOUIS

MUNNY™ SHOW 4.0

Artists showcase custom vinyl toys in the Star Clipper Gallery

October 2 – December 4, 2009

Star Clipper is pleased to announce the fourth St. Louis MUNNY™ Show, celebrating the phenomenon of custom vinyl toys! This year Star Clipper is holding the gallery opening concurrent with the annual Loop In Motion Art Walk. We are currently soliciting custom vinyl toys from artists all over the country. The 2006 MUNNY™ Show (the first of its kind in the Midwest) was an enormous success and established the breakthrough popularity of vinyl toy culture.

MUNNY™ is a 7-inch tall, customizable vinyl action figure designed by renowned toy trendsetter and retailer kidrobot. MUNNY™ can be drawn on, painted, cut, dressed or molded, and its versatility has inspired a creative movement among toy lovers and art world celebrities alike. Previous contributors to the Star Clipper St. Louis MUNNY™ Show include Charles Houska; Neil Burke of Born Against; BURN353; Luke Temby of Cupco!; Le Merde; Jim Mahfood, creator of 40oz Comics; Martin Mazorra, founder of Cannonball Press; Nanospore; Matthew Rodriguez; Shawn Smith of Shawnimals; Ayako Takagi, creator of UAMOU; 

grafitti artists Justin Tolentino, Peat Wollaeger and many more!

October 2 to December 4, 2009

Opening Reception 7 PM Friday, October 2

Star Clipper is the region’s premier independent retailer of graphic novels, comics, and designer toy collectibles. Our gallery is committed to promoting the work of emerging and exceptional artists, designers, and other creatives.

Contact: A.J. Trujillo, Owner                     

Star Clipper                            

(314) 725-9110     

munny@starclipper.com

starclipper.com/munny

MONSTERS ARE AMONG US AT THE SAINT LOUIS SCIENCE CENTER THIS SUMMER

STAR CLIPPER A PROMOTIONAL PARTNER

Monsters! The Art & Technology of Animatronics Exhibition Makes Movie Moguls of Visitors Who Get a Rare Peek Behind the Scales of Feature Creatures

MONSTERS! are invading the Saint Louis Science Center! They're appearing in the Exploradome, where MONSTERS! The Art & Technology of Animatronics is making its U.S. debut this summer, and popping up on the big screen in the OMNIMAX® Theater's presentation of the new film, Dinosaurs Alive!

The U.S. debut of Monsters! The Art & Technology of Animatronics Exhibition opens May 3, at the Saint Louis Science Center. This intriguing exhibition allows visitors “behind the scales” to see how cinematic creatures are made, from the storyboard process to the convincing specimens that actually appear on the big screen.

The brainchild of Academy Award-winning animatronics expert John Cox and his Australian team of craftsmen, the exhibition showcases some of the stars of Cox's movie career and takes visitors on a journey of the creative techniques used in visual effects and movie animatronics.

“Visitors will see the entire process, from the drawing, modeling and engineering stages right through the final touches for the silver screen,” said Beth Bishop, public relations manager for Saint Louis Science Center. “The exhibition is interactive with sound and movement, and includes elements for all ages.”

Among the classic creatures visitors can expect to see are parts of the giant crocodile from Peter Pan, the gorillas from George of the Jungle 2, the legendary Abominable Snowman, and, for the first time, Selkie the sea lion, Fred the marine iguana, and Chica the sea turtle from the new Nim's Island, in theaters now. Visitors can play with Inspector Gadget's gadgets, touch alien guts, become an on-set animatronic puppeteer and look beneath the skin of many mechanical movie creatures.

MONSTERS! aren't just appearing in the EXPLORADOME at the Saint Louis Science Center, but also on the giant screen in the OMNIMAX® Theater. Real monsters of the past are the stars of the amazing new film Dinosaurs Alive! Scientifically-accurate computer generated animation and exquisitely preserved 1920s footage of fossil expeditions, led by scientist and adventurer Roy Chapman Andrews, believed to be the inspiration for Indiana Jones, bring familiar prehistoric monsters back to life.

Admission to MONSTERS! is $8 for adults and $7 for seniors and children and free for Saint Louis Science Center members. Admission to Dinosaurs Alive! is $8 for adults and  $7 for seniors and children. Visitors can view both the exhibition and film for a special $10 combo price. Discounts are available at certain exhibition sponsor locations. For details visit slsc.org.

Star Clipper is proud to be a Promotional Partner of MONSTERS! The Art & Technology of Animatronics Exhibition. The exhibition runs through September 1.

Coming your way the first Saturday in May,Star Clipper is participating in Free Comic Book Day! As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book specialty shops across North America and around the world give away select comic books absolutely free.

This event is the perfect opportunity to introduce your friends and family to the wonders of your favorite comic book store, so come and pick up your choice of two select free comics while stock lasts! If you’ve visited us in years past for Free Comic Book Day, you know how entertaining this event can be. We love being able to introduce people in the area to new things to read and enjoy!

Offerings will be available from top industry publishers such as Archie Comics, Dark Horse, DC Comics, Drawn & Quarterly, Fantagraphics, IDW, Image, Marvel, Oni Press, Top Shelf, Viz, and many more! But my MySpace friends, this year’s FCBD will be special. "Enhanced," as it were. What could be better than free? I’m glad you asked.

Star Clipper is excited to present a pair of superheroes live and in person for Free Comic Book Day 2008 !

Cheer! To their feats of strength! Gasp!! At their tales of adventure and derring-do!! Boggle!!! At their comprehensive knowledge of comics!!!

These intrepid crusaders will be available for signings and photography from noon to 3 PM. High-quality 8x10 prints will be available from them for a modest fee, or you may bring your own camera. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet actual costumed superheroes for a very special Free Comic Book Day! Best FCBD EVER!!

For questions about Free Comic Book Day, our services or location, please call 314-725-9110.

This year Star Clipper is introducing a theme to our MUNNY Show: THE FUTURE! We are soliciting custom vinyl toys that commemorate our two decades of history as we ask: What does the future mean to you? A Special Prize will be awarded to the MUNNY that best epitomizes Star Clipper’s spirit!

Star Clipper is calling for entries from around the globe! All the information you seek can be found in our application form and receipt (you’ll need a PDF reader to download) or pick one up from us if you’re in town. More details will follow soon so watch this space. Thanks and we hope to see you at the Show!

Hey everbody: Star Clipper just got named Best Comic Book Store in St. Louis for 2007 by The Riverfront Times! Here's the writeup below:

BEST COMIC BOOK STORE 2007

STAR CLIPPER 

"Lately we've enjoyed a comic-book renaissance. Not only has Hollywood figured out that funnybooks are a part of our cultural lexicon, but so have the so-called legitimate publishers, one of which had comic artist Chris Ware draw the new cover for Voltaire's Candide. It's nothing to see a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the history of the industry (Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay) or an alternative newsweekly print a retelling of Stack Lee's murder of Billy Lyons in panels with word balloons. Star Clipper Comics is a glowing example of the rebirth of comics: Gone are the days of geeked-out, poorly lit, cramped retail spaces with the product stored in cardboard boxes. Star Clipper is big, bright and beautiful, and it offers a stupendous collection of ongoing titles you know (hey, did you know the Hulk was back? He's angry!), titles outside the Marvel/DC multiverse you didn't know were around (hey, did you know the Lone Ranger was back? Tonto too!), as well as books, T-shirts, toys, games and those manga books the kids seem to like. Star Clipper goes further, though, hosting hipster events like the St. Louis Munny show, where local artists decorated Munny robot dolls (they're big in Japan) and unveiled them at a party complete with drinks and DJ spin."

Thanks Riverfront Times, and thank you St. Louis! We love ya!!

Star Clipper at The Big Read in Clayton, presented by Centene Corporation

Saturday, October 6, 2007, 9 AM to 5 PM

Star Clipper will be a Big Exhibitor at the Big Read in Clayton's Central Business District – come visit our booth at the all-day event! Additionally, owner A.J. Trujillo will join local comics creators Dan Zettwoch (Ironclad) and Ted May (Ted May's Injury) on a panel discussion about comics moderated by Cliff Froehlich. Cliff Froehlich is the current director of Cinema St. Louis and former executive editor of the Riverfront Times and arts-and-entertainment editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The panel and demonstration will run from 4:15-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at the McCarthy Building Companies Big Bee Stage.

The Big Read festival, presented by Centene Corporation, features publishers, book-sellers, national authors, readings, book signings, panel discussions, workshops, demonstrations and an interactive children's area with readings, costumed characters and projects that engage the young reader. The Big Read is free and open to the public.