July 1: Venus's Comic Shop pre-launch party

The folks at Venus's Comic Shop, a new comics shop opening July 8 at Union Station in D.C., will have a pre-launch party July 1 at Heroic Aleworks in Woodbridge, Va., from 6-10 p.m. The store is named in honor of local comics creator Venus Winston, who passed away of cancer in December. Heroic will donate a portion of the evening's proceeds to cancer research.