Conan O’Brien, who can’t leagally be on TV till September, has decided to take his show on the road. Not much is known about the format of this show, but it’s Conan O’Brien so it’s gonna be funny regardless. Did your town make the list, find out below and for more information you can check out teamcoco.com. Tickets are on sale at ticketmaster.com.

Eugene, OR Hult Center For the Performing Arts, April 12

Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre, April 13

Spokane, WA INB Performing Arts Center, April 16

Enoch, AB River Cree Resort & Casino, April 17

Seattle, WA Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, April 18

San Francisco, CA Nob Hill Masonic Center, April 22

Universal City, CA Gibson Amphitheater, April 24

San Diego, CA San Diego Civic Theatre, April 29

Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre, April 30

Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Concert Theatre - Palms Casino, May 01

Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino - Grand Theatre, May 04

San Jose, CA San Jose State University Events Center, May 05

Sacramento, CA Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, May 06

Boulder, CO Mackey Auditorium, May 09

Dallas, TX McFarlin Memorial Auditorium-SMU Campus, May 13

Austin, TX Austin Music Hall, May 14

Tulsa, OK Brady Theater, May 15

Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre, May 16

Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre, May 18

Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre, May 19

Toronto, ON Massey Hall, May 22

Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Spa & Resort - Event Center, May 30

New York, NY Radio City Music Hall, June 01

Boston, MA Wang Theater, June 04

Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena, June 06

Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre, June 07

Washington, DC Constitution Hall, June 08

Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music Festival, June 11

Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre, June 14

Got a pair of these sweet bad boys @ Chicago Comics.

Handerpants!

Piece Brewery (awesome sponsor and home of the world-famous Nerd City podcast) is hosting their “Jam For Haiti” featuring legendary Cheap Trick-er Rick Nielsen Tonight!

Party starts @ 9 p.m.  With beer sales and $5 cover going to an important cause, you can finally use your drinking problem for good (after so much bad).

Direct Youtube Link

Piece Brewery

1927 W. North Ave.

Chicago, Il 60622

Our good buddies over @ apparel/designer toy shop Jugrnaut are helping to host this badass show featuring Nerd City favorite Gza, and heart-attack-prone drunken Irish rappers House of Pain @ Chicago’s Congress Theater.

This should be a super rad show, and it’s awesome that Jugrnaut is bringing it.

Get your tickets here.

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Chicago’s own Ok Go really started getting some attention after the release of their 2007 video for “Here It Goes Again”.  You remember, the one with the synchronized dancing on the treadmills?  I recall people being blown away and praising the band for doing something fresh and new.  And while that video was very cool, very entertaining, and I’m sure took a long time to choreograph, it has NOTHING on their new video, which will fucking blow your mind and make you as giddy as a schoolgirl.  It’s a 4 minute Rube Goldberg machine filmed in a one-shot, one-take method.  Not only that, but it even syncs with the song at certain points!  And just wait til the end!  I can’t imagine how many takes this took, but it was worth the payoff.  Kudos to whoever filmed it without interfering, as well.

It’s almost here! One of the coolest events in Chicago Nerd history, this Saturday March 6th, Chicago Comics and Challengers Comics present their “Strange Tales” signing and party (with beer provided by Nerd City and Piece).

Seriously, this should be so rad it will hurt.

The Lake Monsters line of Midwest kaiju figures from Rotofugi has been the proverbial “Toast of the Town” since their Muscamoot started popping up around a year ago.  Steve Seeley even went so far a calling the Booskamoot version of said figure “Toy of the Year” for 2009.  Well, today marks the release of the newest installment in the Lake Monsters series, Dredge, designed by Brian Morris and sculpted by Chris Ryniak. This piece is 8 inches of pure evil (with a bit of vinyl mixed in there for durability)!

From Rotofugi:

The first release of our newest figure, Dredge, is upon us! We’re calling this first release the Imperial Version after the pearl purple finish and because, after all, purple is the color of royalty. This release is black vinyl with silver and pearlescent purple sprays and silver eyes.

Dredge – Imperial Version will be released on Friday, February 26th. It will be available in-store at Rotofugi in Chicago beginning when we open at noon. Online sales at rotofugi.com will begin at 2pm the same day. The price for this release is $60.

If you can’t make it in to the store today, get your Dredge at 2 p.m. CST today here.

To see more from Brian Morris, check out his official site here.

Attention Nerd Citizens! We are happy to announce our very own Alex Ross Poster Super Awesome Giveaway.

Because we are so fucking cool, Nerd City has recently scored copies of Alex Ross’ posters for both our good friends @ C2E2 and Chicago Comics…and we are GIVING THEM AWAY.

The first person to email max@nerdcityonline.com with subject heading “Alex Ross” will receive a copy of BOTH posters! Do it…now!

And for those who don’t win, get your very own Alex Ross/Chicago Comics print here.

Recently, myself and Nerd CIty beer correspondent  Bob Egan ventured out to local Illinois brewery Flossmoor Station, and it ruled.

Brewers Bryan and Richard were super cool dudes, and our bartender Annie made sure we got nice and ham-boned. For a small brewery, their output is simply unreal.  Their seasonal, Cupid’s Got a Brand New Bag, was fucking delicious, and their Panama Red Ale is the bomb.

Plus, they have really kickass food, including awesome pie (beer and pie:great alone, better together.) The coolest thing is that you can take the train from downtown Chicago and it drops you off right in front of the brewery. Did you hear what I just said? Right in front. Seriously. Flossmoor has also expanded their state-wide distribution, and so we should be seeing a lot more of their brews in the City.

Definitely a field trip to make when a change of scenery is necessary, you’ve got to check out Flossmoor Station brewery.

Learn all about it here.

Awesome, awesome, awesome. Greatest comic book shop in the world/our sponsor Chicago Comics presents this brand new Alex Ross print of their female guardian, La Femme Comique.

If you want one, and I know you do, email Chicago Comics here.

Our beloved sponsor Chicago Comics is holding their annual book sale beginning today!

Up to 90 fucking percent off!

Chicago Comics

3244 N. Clark Street

Chicago, Il 60657

Wednesday night marked the release of Tim Seeley’s “Colt Noble and the Megalords” from Image Comics. Previously published online right here @ Nerd City, Seeley was cool enough to give us an awesome shout out on the inside front cover (super rad).

In honor of the release, Challengers Comics held a signing and get-together (we brought beer), and all around this was one of the most kick-ass bits of Nerd business yet.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, we are giving away an autographed copy of “Colt Noble and the Megalords”, signed by all three contributing artists (Tim Seeley, Steve Seeley, and Sean Dove), to the first person to email max@nerdcityonline.com with subject heading “Colt Noble and The Megalords”.

COLT NOBLE and the MEGALORDS from AndThankYouForFlying on Vimeo.

And for those who don’t win, please go out and support the book by picking up a copy (or 1,000 copies) of Image’s Colt Noble and The Megalords @ your local comic emporium. You know, like Chicago Comics.

Our friends @ Chicago gallery/apparel shop Oh No! Doom are hosting their second show this Saturday, February 13th @ their new space, “The Following Are Pages Torn From Our Most Favorite Imaginary Books”.

Pairing Chicago writers and artists to create original children’s stories, this is a super cool new show, featuring work from one of my favorite authors, Joe Meno. Seriously, you’ve gotta check this one out.

Oh No Doom!

1800 N. Milwaukee Ave.

Chicago, Il

The Chicago Urban Art Society hosts the “Sweet Tooth Charity Bakesale and Art Exhibition”, this Thursday, February 11th, successfully combining my two favorite things: candy and art about candy.

This is going to be a very cool event, and supports local art, which is also cool… plus, as mentioned, there will be candy.

Today’s the day, people.  Whoever you are, wherever you are, head out to your local comic shop and pick up the print edition Colt Noble and the Megalords one-shot from Image comics!

From Image:

64 PAGES,FC, $5.99

Hack/Slash creator TIM SEELEY brings his acclaimed web comic to the printed page! Welcome to Planet Solus: a world of magic, monsters and high technology! It’s also home to Prince Jaysen, an average 15-year-old with hormones afire! Jaysen finds the mystical figure of action, an artifact that allows him to transform into COLT NOBLE, PALADIN OF POWER, just as his father, the King is taken hostage by a rag tag crew of would be evil overlords! Will he use the powerful body to save his world from the forces of darkness, or will he just try to get laid? It’s Space opera meets teen sex comedy! This collection contains the entire story, sketches, and pin ups, PLUS a PRINT EXCLUSIVE tale featuring the origin of the ANIMALIENS!

You can check out the main comic in web comic form right here at Nerd City!

You can also get a preview of the Animaliens backup story here courtesy of Newsarama!

Also if you’re in the Chicagoland area, you might want to head out to Challengers on Western tonight for Colt Noble release party with signing by the one and only Tim Seeley and special appearances by the Nerd City crew.  Details here.