We made it to Friday!

We made it! It's Friday! You know what that means: It's time for another Fangirl Favorite.

This week I thought it would be cool to talk about some new friends that we met in Chicago. We met so many great people that it's difficult to just choose one or two, but we've seen these guys in various articles in Huffington Post and Nerdist News lately, so it seemed appropriate to continue the praise for them. I'm talking about the extremely talented and super sweet guys over at Aw Yeah Comics.

Aw Yeah was founded by Franco Aureliani, Art Baltazar, and Marc Hammond. If you're in the Chicago area, you really need to go and visit their store in downtown Skokie. They have a family friendly environment that helps bring all kinds of people into the world of comics. The guys host all kinds of nifty events like tomorrow's Dark Horse Day and an Aw Yeah Lounge Party (which I totally wish I could attend), and Chat and Chew on Sundays...I mean, this is no ordinary comic book store where you just go in and browse the merchandise.

I think what I love the most about these guys is that they don't take themselves too seriously. They own a business, but they seem to really LOVE what they do and they want to show kids the wonderful world of comics. Come on...they use crayons to color their stuff...how great is that? I feel like we're all pressured to grow up, and in this day and age especially, kids lose that sense of innocence and fun even earlier. These guys are helping to preserve that and reminding us that just because we get older, it doesn't mean that we have to lose those awesome qualities. The Black Cat commissions they did for me in Chicago will forever be two of my favorite pieces just because they're adorable and FUN!

I can't forget to mention, the new Itty Bitty Hellboy just came out on August 28th, and it looks completely adorable. I'm sure most of you are familiar with Hellboy, but this is a version you may not have seen before. Mike Mignola (who created Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics) wanted something at his table that was kid friendly, so he approached Art Baltazar and Franco about doing a mini-series for the younger audiences. Thus, Itty Bitty Hellboy was born...and he's soooo cute. :)

~Songbird

Check out the article about Aw Yeah and IBH on Huffington Post by clicking HERE.

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