Larry Hama signing – Feb 21st / 3-8p

To celebrate the publication of his creator-owned super-hero miniseries, THE CENTER HOLDS (produced and edited by Hub Comics owner Tim Finn), plus the release of G.I. Joe #325, Larry Hama makes a return appearance in Somerville to sign at Hub!

Mr. Hama last visited in 2012, and has only ever attended one Boston comics convention, so this is a rare opportunity to meet this talented writer/editor/artist. While Hama is best known for writing over 400 G.I. Joe comic books and a 7-year run on Wolverine, he’s also a written several novels, screenplays, has storyboarded for television, and was a busy freelance illustrator in the 1970s, contributing to National Lampoon, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and the Children’s Television Workshop.

Join us Saturday, February 21st from 3pm to 8pm at Hub Comics for a rare New England signing event with Larry Hama!

Please note Mr. Hama’s guidelines:
–Two dedicated signatures are free
–non-dedicated signatures are $20
–Selfie photos with Mr. Hama are free
–No candid photos, please<
–Witnessed signatures are $40 (Please note we are including that last bullet point to be thorough, but Hub Comics will not have CGC or other grading services on-site.)

Here’s some of issue #1 of Hama’s THE CENTER HOLDS, co-created by G.I. Joe and Green Lantern artist M.D. Bright–

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And here are photos of Mr. Hama at our 2012 signing, pre-renovation!

BOOK CLHUB – February 2026

Discuss an intriguing book in a relaxed atmosphere at the next meeting of the HUB COMICS BOOK CLHUB! We’ll talk both form and content regarding our pick-of-the-month, Saga of the Swamp Thing volume 1 by Alan Moore and Stephen Bissette, which is 10% off now ‘til BOOK CLHUB!

–Readers of all experience levels are welcome.
–You don’t even have to buy a copy from Hub Comics!
–Admission is free, but bringing a copy is required.

This is for older teens and up, so leave the kids at home. Join us Wednesday, February 11th at 7pm! Three sample pages, with creator bios below! Click to enlarge:

–About the writer: Alan Moore is best known for Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, From Hell, Batman: The Killing Joke, Promethea, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Lost Girls, as well as his prose novels Jerusalem, Voice of the Fire, and The Great When. He lives in Northampton, England.
—About the artist: Stephen Bissette drew comics until 1999 and edited the anthology Taboo between 1988 to 1995. He now teaches at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont.