Join us for a special showing of AQUAMAN - rated PG-13!

Church Street “opens” at 7pm!

Come early and you’ll get to see Thee Volatiles from 7pm-7:45pm! Montclair NJ’s PREMIERE punk rock band!

Movie starts around sundown, which could be 8:15pm or earlier - all the more reason to get there early!

And don’t forget - your oceanic local comic shop - EAST SIDE MAGS - will be there with some awesome Aquaman related stuff, available on a first come, first served basis!

Don’t miss the fun!

Don’t let the name fool you! We’re HUGE fans of both these books!

Join us for a really special signing featuring SHE SAID DESTROY writer Joe Corallo and the creative team behind Dynamite’s Charlie’s Angels/Bionic Woman - Cameron Deordio (writer) and Soo Lee (artist)!!!

We’ll have copies of both comics for everyone to sign, sketch and deface as per customers’ specific instructions! :)

Join us from 1pm-5pm and meet some really amazing comic creators!!!

About She Said Destroy: Over millennia, Brigid, Goddess of theSun, has conquered and converted the entire solar system into worshipping her and her alone, save one space colony. The witches of Fey are the last believers of The Morrigan, Goddess of Death, Brigid's sister and the only other God left. As Brigid's forces prepare for one final battle, The Morrigan prepares to do what she does best: Destroy!

About Charlie’s Angels/Bionic Woman: When Charlie's Angels pick up an assignment to steal a dangerous patent and put it back in the hands of its mysterious inventor, they encounter their toughest counterspy yet: The Bionic Woman, Jaime Sommers. This new series follows two of television's top teams after their programming run and into the 1980s. When the Office of Scientific Investigation is privatized and its patents sold off to the highest bidder, a military contractor looks to take bionics to the battlefield. Will the Bionic Woman be able to protect the patent from the would-be thieves, or will the Angels prevail, mothballing the formula's military applications in favor of medical uses?

East Side Mags is proud to support Montclair’s first responders!

Come see us at National Night Out from 5pm-8pm, grab some awesome comics and join us at our button making station!

Kids are invited to make one FREE button!

See you there!

Character Creation Class: July 21st 1-5pm $10

Tired of playing the same old boring pre-generated characters?  Want to build something interesting and unique that you can carry through the games at East Side Mags?  Swing by anytime during our open format session to sit down with Erik and build the character of your dreams.  Power builds, story builds and finding the perfect flawed hero (or villain) is just a few rolls and choices away.  Any character(s) created at this session is(are) valid for any East Side Mages game.  Whether level 3, 5, 8 or 10, Erik will help you find the perfect build for your play style and challenge you to make interesting choices that make your character stand out from the pack.  Bring any  resources for creation that you'd like, including artwork, inspirations (building a character from some fantasy source) and D&D Sourcebooks for something with a little extra flair.

There is NO cap on attendance for this event. EVERYONE is welcome! Come by anytime between 1pm and 5pm.

UPDATE (7/12/19): Sorry to say that Matt Miner will not be able to attend the event due to personal reasons. We at ESM wish him the best and we’re sure we’ll get another chance to host him at the shop in the near future! Creees is still scheduled to attend and will be here!!!

Matt Miner (Writer) is back with a horror / sci-fi / activism follow up to his books LIBERATOR and CRITICAL HIT called LAB RAIDER!

LAB RAIDER features two bad-ass women leads who find out illegal testing is being run on animals but what starts out as a simple rescue mission turns quickly into secret military experiments and something “different”.

Matt will be here with series Artist Creees Lee on July 13th from 1pm-5pm.

Core Set 2020 Prerelease

Game 3 – 6pm on July 6

Sign up by emailing jeff@eastsidemags.com or call 862-333-4961

$25.99 plus tax to enter

(2) booster packs will be thrown into a prize pool for every player that enters – i.e. the more players we get the better the prize pool will be!

Prizes awarded to the Top 8 players – plus some surprises!!!

Core Set 2020 Prerelease

Game 2 – 1pm on July 6

Sign up by emailing jeff@eastsidemags.com or call 862-333-4961

$25.99 plus tax to enter

(2) booster packs will be thrown into a prize pool for every player that enters – i.e. the more players we get the better the prize pool will be!

Prizes awarded to the Top 8 players – plus some surprises!!!

Join us for a FREE event and get introduced to the new Core Set 2020!

Starting at 1pm, get a FREE Welcome Deck and learn the mechanics, get tips & tricks and try out Magic the Gathering with our amazing official Judge Matt!

See you all soon!

Game on!!!

Join us for a town-wide annual event that gets people out of the house and hanging out in downtown Montclair! It’s the annual Montclair Center Sidewalk Sale and we’ve got special guests, discounts and surprises galore!

We’re honored to say we’re hosting FIVE total artists and writers associated with highly anticipated Elvira Mistress of the Dark Spring Special One-Shot! We’ve got a roster of rockstar talent coming in including:

• Scott Bryan Wilson (writer)

• Reilly Brown (artist)

• Brittany Pezzillo (artist)

• Jason Goungor (artist)

• Max Fuchs (artist)

Our esteemed guests will be here from 1pm-5pm, signing copies of the Elvira special as well as some of their other works, sketching for customers and hanging out!

Don’t worry! We didn’t forget the SALE part of the Sidewalk Sale!

From 10am-8pm (all day) we’re offering:

• 50% off ALL BIN BACK ISSUES

• 10% off ALL TOYS, STATUES & ACTION FIGURES

• 10% off SELECT WALL BOOKS

• Buy 2, Get 1 Free DVDs

And last, but NEVER least, we’ll have our friends from Notorious BBQ here with us serving up delicious BBQ! More details are coming…

Join Make Music Day at East Side Mags. One of many locations for Montclair Make Music Day 2019!

6:00 pm - 6:45 pm: Rainbow Vision
7:00 - 7:45 pm: Even Eden

FREE!

Hometown hero Rich Douek is having one hell of a year! He’s a Montclair-based writer with not one but TWO new comics coming out in the span of a month!

First up, we have Wailing Blade #1 from Comixtribe! With art by Queens-based Joe Mulvey, this book is sure to hit your sci-fi / fantasy spot! About Wailing Blade #1: The Headtaker, feared executioner and wielder of the legendary Wailing Blade, kills every man who meets his gaze. And, right now, he's looking at Tychon, an upstart bandit prince fighting to save his father from the chopping block. An oversized first issue with so much skull-splitting action, you're guaranteed to lose your head over it!

Next up, we have Road of Bones #1 from IDW! Mixing horror, history and Russian folklore, this comic is a new story that is sure to appeal to a wide audience! About Road of Bones #1: In 1953, the Siberian Gulag of Kolyma is hell on Earth-which is why Roman Morozov leaps at the chance to escape it. But even if they make it out, Roman and his fellow escapees still have hundreds of miles of frozen tundra between them and freedom. With the help of a mysterious being straight out of his childhood fairy tale stories, Roman just might make it-or is the being simply a manifestation of his brutal circumstances driving him insane?

Rich and Joe will be here signing comics from 1pm-5pm. Joe will even be sketching for customers!

Who knows? Legend has it that an “actual” Wailing Blade exists and it “might” just make an appearance here in the shop! ;)

Join for the Modern Horizons Prerelease event!

$30 to enter

Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places with participation prizes for the Top 16 (and special prizes for anyone beyond 16 players that play!).

To reserve your spot, email jeff@eastsidemags.com or call 862-333-4961!

Game on!

Join us as we welcome local creators - Ozzie Rodriguez (Artist) and Chris Wichtendahl (Writer) of the amazing all-ages indie comic “Icky”!

Icky is about a tree frog trying to find his way and growing as an individual to protect his family and his habitat!

Art director by day and illustrator by night, Ozzie Rodriguez creates and contributes to independent comics, children's books, and more. He is a winner of L. Ron Hubbard's Illustrators of the Future award, and works in various media to best capture the essence of each story he illustrates. Ozzie lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children.

Chris Wichtendahl lives in New Jersey with his family and an unseemly number of cats. He is the author of Doris Daring: Star Captain of the Spaceways, the Amorlia trilogy, the Jax Edison trilogy, a short story collection, and the upcoming novel The Windfarmer.

Both Ozzie and Chris will be here from 1pm-5pm, signing copies of their comic and chatting with customers and fans about what it’s like to be an indie creator, their inspiration and their goals!

Come hang out and check out this family-friendly, all ages comic!

Join us for our Second Annual Pequanno-Con!!

Crafts, games, costume contests, prizes, comic books for sale, special guests and much more!

There will be plenty of superhero fun with East Side Mags. All ages welcome!

Who loves FREE COMICS and FUN?

It's FREE COMIC BOOK DAY and we've got some real exciting stuff planned so keep up with our Facebook page to get updates but the basics are all here!

We're opening EARLY - like 9am early. So you have time to get your hands on some awesome issues!

There are some truly awesome FREE COMICS that will be available including, but not limited to Doctor Who, Bloodshot, DC Comics, Animosity Tales, Avengers, Pokemon, Grumble vs The Goon, Minecraft, Bob’s Burgers, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Lumberjanes, Vampirella, Star Wars Adventures and MORE!!!

We've got almost everything in the store ON SALE for 20% OFF except new comics, dollar comics, supplies, select wall books and art work.  But that still means you can save BIG on items like Funko POPs, action figures, statues, trade paperbacks, hard cover books and bin back issues!!!  

Our famous DOLLAR RAFFLES are back and we'll have some really, truly awesome items available so stay tuned to more info!

Also - if you spend $100 or more, you will get a fully stamped reward card PLUS five (5) extra stamps ($50 value)!!!

Did someone say guests?  We've got some great guests for you!

Get here EARLY because starting at 9AM we’ve got Reilly Brown (artist for Deadpool) and Isaac Goodhart (artist for Postal and FCBD & DC Comics Under The Moon: A Catwoman Tale)! Here’s your chance to get some awesome sketches and even get your FCBD copy of Under The Moon (or the FULL VERSION) signed by Isaac Goodhart himself! Both artists will be here until 12pm noon.

Then, from 1pm-5pm, we welcome Chris Batista - legendary comic artist who has drawn Booster Gold, Superman, JLA, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and more!!! Joining Chris is Paul Belliveau - local artist extraordinaire - from Glen Ridge, NJ. Both artists will be sketching for customers, selling prints of their work and joining in on all the fun!!!

We've also got KEIKI EXPLORERS SUMMER CAMP in the house! If you've got kids, this is the BEST summer experience you can imagine!  Each day is a special field trip somewhere and the experiences your kids get will last a lifetime!

Last, we've got out amazing COSPLAY CONTEST with special guest judges! Come by in costume or cosplay and we'll take your picture and contact info.  At the end of the day, our special COSPLAY CONTEST JUDGES will vote on a BEST KIDS COSTUME and BEST ADULT COSTUME (Adult as in age NOT appropriateness so let's try to keep it clean, huh?).  We'll have some really awesome prizes for the winners too!

Plus - don’t forget it’s May (the) 4th (be with you) so expect some really awesome Star Wars related fun!

This is a one-a-year event so make sure you get here early, stay late and let’s have some fun!!!

East Side Mags is happy to announce that we’ll be hosting artist Nick Justus and writer Dave Potosnak and we help them promote their Indiegogo campaign for Serpent Handler - a comic that’s described as He-Man & the Masters of the Universe meets old school Heavy Metal Magazine!

Nick will be sketching for customers and Dave will have some awesome pins for sale.

Come check them out, hear about their comic, get a rad sketch and pin and show some local artists / creators some love!

The event is from 6pm-8pm so join us!

One of our most exciting events of the year, Library Con, is coming up this month!

Stop by on Sunday, April 28 from 1:00-5:00 pm for a day packed with events on all five levels of the building (and outside)!

This year's event features Erica Schroeder, a voice actress from Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sonic, X-Men, and so much more! She will host a Create & Voice Your Own Pokemon Panel!

We are lucky enough to have talented local comic artist and illustrator, Nicky Soh, an artist for Adventure Time and much more, on hand offering two art demos and draw-alongs for kids!

And that's just the beginning, as we offer a costume contest, food trucks, awesome raffles and free prizes all day, crafts, Superhero Cupcake Wars, video games, Dungeons & Dragons, board games, two different Escape Rooms, Generation Coders, trivia, How to be a Wizard, and more!

Plus there will be incredible vendors on hand, like East Side Mags, Ingenious Edge, Microworld Games, and more!

We will have a detailed schedule out soon so you can plan your day at the event.

Bring the kids to this family-friendly extravaganza and spend the day celebrating comics at the library!

We’re sorry, did you expect to be done after ONE?!

Cosplay Karaoke is alive and kicking, and ready to party! Come on down and rock the night away, dress code is your best cosplay and nerdy ensemble! There'll be fun, music, prizes, and shenanigans galore!

Swing by East Side Mags in Montclair, NJ on Saturday, April 20th, starting at 7 PM!

The legendary tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Roundtable, as performed by an ensemble from Sketchprov Comedy, based on the script of the movie by a couple of guys from England, or something, I dunno, LIVE before the royal court of East Side Mags in the kingdom of Montclair, NJ.

Starring:
- Bonner Demling as "The Narrator"
- Nick Wolf as "The Parts Graham Chapman Played"
- Mike Patierno as "The Parts Michael Palin Played"
- Rob Dickerson as "The Parts John Cleese Played"
- Chant Macleod as "The Parts Terry Jones Played"
- Mike Sangregorio as "The Parts Eric Idle Played"
- Katie McGrath as "Everyone Else in the Movie"