The first Saturday in May marks the one time of the year fanboys and fangirls of all ages can head down to the local comic book shop for Free Comic Book Day, which is exactly what it sounds like: FREE COMICS chock full of teh awesomeness.
Seriously, you don’t have to buy anything. Just get in the car with your geeky loved ones and proceed to drive to the comic shop. However, if you don’t know where your local shop is, [first of all, for shame] then head on over to the Free Comic Book Day Shop Locator site provided by the industry that not only loves you, but also wants to put graphic fiction into your hands purely for the enjoyment of reading a good story.
Most of the notable publishers are participating in the event so there will be comics for all age groups and geek genres. Here’s the list of 2009 titles offered…
Gold Comics [which ironically, do not contain gold]
Archie Comics: Archie Presents: The Mighty Archie Art Players
BOOM! Studios: Disney/Pixar’s Cars
Bongo Comics: 2009 Free For All
Dark Horse Comics: Star Wars: Clone Wars
DC Comics: Green Lantern: Blackest Night #0
IDW Publishing: Transformers Animated/G.I. Joe
Image Comics: Savage Dragon #148
Marvel Comics: The Avengers
Oni Press: Resurrection #0
Viz Media: Shonen Jump Presents: Ultimo
Silver Comics
Aliens/Predator
APE Cartoonapalooza #2
Arcana Studio Presents
Atomic Robo And Friends
Attack Of The Alterna-Zombies!** – TechGOnzo Seal of teh Awesomeness (Preview Here)
Comics Festival! 2009 Volume 3
Contract #1
Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer Preview
Dabel Bros. Showcase
DC Kids Mega Sampler
FCHS
Fist Of Justice #1
Gold Digger #101/Prince Of Heroes
IMPACT University Volume 5
Love & Capes
Love & Rockets Sampler
Mercy Sparx: Under New Management
Nancy & Melvin Monster
NASCAR Heroes: Origins #1
Owly And Friends
Radical 2009 Preview
Sonic The Hedgehog: Evolution Of A Hero
Studio 407 Sampler
The Stuff of Legend
The Wizard (Magazine) Hot List
TMNT #1 25th Anniversary Reprint
Warhammer Fantasy
William Shatner Presents #1
Wolverine: Origin Of An X-Man
Worlds Of Aspen #4
For summaries and previews of all of these books as well as additional information visit the official FCBD Web site.
bah, if anyone gets a dabel brothers showcase i do wants. beyond that one i got the hook up, but sadly that wasnt there when i checked.
Managed to score a Clone Wars comic for my daughter. She was thrilled. :0) FCBD is the best!
Pete
Picked some goodies from my local. :)
Although there was also a sale on . . so might have overspent a little.
There was some dress ups as well.
A few storm troopers and a little red monster who wanted to catch up on the comic news.
Photo :
http://sigmatestudio.com/2009/05/free-comic-bo ok-day/