Fantom Comics

Howdy, Fantomites! We're gonna post our December event schedule soon on That One Place That Starts With A Color™️, so we'll see you there!

Saturday, February 1st @FantomComics presents: @SuperArtFight Tickets are on sale now: etix.com/ticket/p/73265…

hey yall, fantom music is a go ! first show of the year on the 25th, everyone welcome! <3 stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/…

we’ve been struck by the sustained interest in our sashiko clothes mending workshops, so we’re bringing it back one last time December 22 at 4pm! bring your own clothes to mend—we’ll supply the rest! tickets here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/…

next Mario Kart grand prix is December 17 at 6:30pm! fundraising for folks affected by typhoons in the Philippines. tickets here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/…

just in time for the holidays! Liz Winkelhoff is back at Fantom for a bookbinding workshop on Saturday, Dec. 21 at 4pm. make your own notebooks using cardboard and the coptic stitch method—bring leftover wrapping paper to decade your covers. tickets here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/…

our 18th Junji ito book club is SMASHED, December 16 at 6:30pm. in stock now 💥

Our next life drawing session with a costumed model will be Sunday, December 15 at 6:30pm—all ages and skill levels welcome! Basic supplies provided, but you’re encouraged to bring your own. Flyer art by our own @Tigrspoon $15 tickets here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/…

Saturday, December 14: @buppletea teaches a class on the art, narratives, and characters of Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka—known as the Godfather of Manga. $10 tickets here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/…

On Thursday December 12th, Creatives Club and Fantom Comics will be hosting a holiday party/meetup! Free and open to all. We'll be at Fantom from 6 to 9 pm with snacks, treats, and drinks (potluck style).

Our regular Dungeons & Dragons one-shot night on December 8th at 5pm but with a new twist! Level 8 campaigns! All skill levels welcome! Recommended to bring your own character, but we can also help you create one. Get tickets here: bit.ly/48OEGpn

Fantom will have a table at the Dupont Circle Holiday Market, December 7-8 directly outside our store on P Street ❄️ Noon-5pm each day. More details coming soon. art by Jiro Taniguchi, from “A Zoo in Winter”

join our life drawing session December 2 at 8pm to draw sexy Santa 🎅 $15 tickets here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/… there will be a nude model, so this event is 18+. basic supplies provided, but you’re encouraged to bring your own—all skill levels welcome!

NEW DATE! November 25 at 6:30pm, our game master TR hosts another FREE playtest of their new horror deckbuilding game: “this is a very early playtest lol, but it’s a deckbuilding game for 3-4 players, where all the players are evil entities tormenting a secluded village.”

kicking off December with Fantom’s first punk show—7pm on Dec 1st 😵‍💫 lineup: • Bog Imp (NJ) • Jrdn and the Switchblades (Bmore) • Sad Roach (DC) $10 tickets at link here, or purchase at the door: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/…

Sunday 11/24 at 4pm—Fantom’s Junji Ito Book Club will discuss his new book UNCANNY: THE ORIGINS OF FEAR. Part memoir, part behind-the-scenes look into Ito’s most famous stories, and part manga theory/analysis, this one is also just a gorgeous book to hold.

Did you watch THE SUBSTANCE and want more beauty horror? Kyoko Okazaki book club returns Saturday 11/23 at 4pm—we’re reading her psychological plastic surgery thriller HELTER SKELTER, originally serialized in #josei magazine Feel Young from 1995-96. Recommended for ages 18+

This month’s Mario Kart 8 Grand Prix at Fantom is a fundraiser with Libnan Love—raising funds to aid a family in Baalbek, Lebanon, impacted by Israel’s continued attacks. $10 donation entry; all ages & skill levels welcome 🇱🇧 Tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/…

Nov. 18 at 7pm: FREE game preview night for the dark fantasy roleplaying & worldbuilding game DAWN OF THE ORCS 👹 Players create and modify the first Orcs in a time of chaos. Unleash your inner Saruman or Dr. Frankenstein!

next life drawing session is Sunday, November 17 at 6:30pm! this one will have a costumed model, so all ages are welcome—$15 tickets at link in bio. basic supplies provided but you’re encouraged to bring your own. tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comics/…