The Copacetic Blog

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PIE 2025 is a wrap!

Posted on 02 April 12:04 (3 months ago)

PIE 2025 is a wrap! Thank you to everyone on the PIE Crew for doing such an amazing job on running the show, right out of the gate! And thank you to The Heinz History Center for providing the IDEAL space for the show!

It was non-stop at the Copacetic table, but we managed to snatch a bit of time to make the rounds and grab some comics – and a few enterprising creators sought us out to show us their comics, as well. So...

We've posted close to a dozen delicious slices of PIE that we picked up at the 2025 Pittsburgh Indie Expo up on the Copacetic Tumblr > HERE < Dig in!

All are now available on our Just In! page – in limited quantities.

Here are a few to get you started:

All are now available on our Just In page – in limited quantities.

PIX => PIE!

Posted on 08 February 15:02 (5 months ago)

Here's some big news for the Pittsburgh comics scene: the Pittsburgh Indy Comix Expo – PIX, which was last held in 2017 – is returning – as the Pittsburgh Indie Expo – PIE! The inaugural PIE will be held on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at The Heinz History Center. It will run from 11am to 5pm, and, continuing the PIX tradition, will be FREE and open to the public – and, not only that, PIE attendees will also be granted free admission to the Heinz History Center as well, so attendees can make a day of it. We hope to see you there!

Bubbles Is In the House @ Copacetic!

Posted on 25 January 17:01 (6 months ago)

Along with the latest issue of Bubbles – which features an interview with Copacetic fave, John Hankiewicz (conducted by Copacetic helmsman, Bill Boichel, no less) – we restocked our supply of the entire catalogue of Bubbles Press (although we sold out of Bubbles #19 before we had a chance to post this!). So, now's a good time to fill in the holes in your collection, try one of the Bubbles Press books (three of which are projects of manga scholar/translator and Garo Specialist, Ryan Holmberg), or take the plunge and check out Bubbles for the first time!

Collections in Black at The August Wilson Center

Posted on 27 December 22:12 (7 months ago)

In Pittsburgh? Looking for something COMICS to do over the holiday break? Check out COLLECTIONS IN BLACK, at the August Wilson Center through January 12, 2025. It’s an amazing exhibit filled with rare original art, comic books, documents and more! Read all about it in Matt Petras's in-depth article at the City Paper.

UPDATE: There will be one more LAST CHANCE to see the show: at the Closing Reception of Thursday, January 16, from 6pm to 10pm – and Copacetic ... may NOT be in the house, after all, due to the snow :(

PLUS, there is an accompanying 40-minute documentary film by the exhibition’s curator, Phillip Thompson looping continuously in a screening room off the main exhibition rooms. >>> Check out the Trailer <<<

Also: FREE admission!

PLEASE NOTE: The August Wilson Center has limited hours, so plan accordingly. Thu + Fri: 3pm - 6pm; Sat + Sun: 1pm - 5pm; Mon, Tue + Wed: CLOSED

It’s possible they are having different hours over the holiday, so you could call first: (412) 339-1011

Regardless, don’t miss your chance to be able to say, ten years from now, "Yeah, I caught that show. I was there."

The 2024 Copacetic Holiday Gift Catalogue | Last Minute Christmas Shopping? Yes, at Doomed Planet Comics!

Posted on 03 December 11:12 (7 months ago)

For those of you who would like some guidance in their holiday shopping, we've put together a selection of 2024 releases that have been duly adjudged worthy and assembled them together in The 2024 Copacetic Holiday Gift Catalogue!

While it is now, in all likelihood, too late to place orders here and get them in time for Christmas – it's not too late for Pittsburgh area customers to get most of what we have on offer (except for the Holiday Set Specials, which are only available from Copacetic) – plus plenty that we don't – at Doomed Planet Comics at our old digs on the third floor of 3138 Dobson Street, as they are open extended hours this week — all the way up to 6:00pm on Christmas Eve!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!