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25 More Comic Store Events On Free Comic Book Day, 2nd May 2015

Almost every comic store celebrates Free Comic Book Day on the first Saturday in May. Some do more and hold huge events. Here are fifty of them, across the USA, into Canada, over to the UK, France and Spain… and now here are 25 more…

ALABAMA

Sho'Nuff Comics
618 15th St, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401

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CALIFORNIA

Hypno Comics
1803 E Main St, Ventura, California 93001

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Galaxy of Comics
17306 Saticoy St, Van Nuys, California 91406

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As always, festivities will begin at 6 AM (Yes, Warren IS crazy! 6 AM!!!) Join us for FREE COMICS, FREE snacks and drinks, SIGNINGS (!!!), FOOD TRUCKS GALORE, HUGE Sales, Cosplayers all day long, our GIANT GoC outdoor Back Issue SALE and a Raffle where you can win HUNDREDS in merchandise! Take it from here, Bullet Points!* We'll be open at 6 AM, so you can get all the Free Comic Book Comics you can carry EARLIER than any other store in the Valley! And we'll provide the FREE snacks (and coffee for you caffeine addicts)!

* SIGNINGS! (Details to be announced…)

* As we did last year, we're moving part of the event outside and offering our TENS of THOUSANDS of Back Issues at 50 to 90% OFF!!!

* Food Trucks! With the event largely outside, we have Food Trucks galore! Links to which Trucks to be announced.

* In addition, EVERYTHING in the store will be ON SALE! 25% OFF! 30% OFF! Even 50% OFF in places! And, like always, so many incredibly priced Silver and Bronze Age BACK ISSUES, you'll need pallets to cart it all off!!! (Sorry, sale does not apply to consignment items, cards or hold bags, nor will we provide pallets….)

* ALSO more cosplayers that you can shake a stick at (but don't do that, it's rude), a KIDS CAN DRAW table for any kid under 13 who wants to create their own comic using our own BLANK comics, and a small group of artists who will be drawing and showing off their wares at FCBD as well!!!

* AND we'll be holding a HUGE raffle all day!!! The first 20 people in line will get raffle tickets AND anyone donating to our charity, The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, will get additional raflle tickets, in addition to extra FCBD books.

I.E. Comics & Games
4672 West Florida Ave Suite 102, Hemet, California 92545

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There will be special prizes for the first 15 people in line as well as some very special prizes for the first 2 people in line!WE'VE GOT SOME AWESOME SPECIAL GUESTS LINED UP!!!
*ART THIBERT, Comic penciller and inker for Marvel, DC and too many others to even list!!!He will also have his studio partner, Taylor Grosso available with sketches and original art!!
*Fan favorite ROGER ROBINSON will be here signing and sketching and taking commissions!!

*TOM WALTZ, writer for IDW's hit series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and several others! He also wrote the FCBD TMNT issue that will be available at the event!!
*CHRIS MOWRY, writer and creative consultant on the hit IDW series Godzilla Rulers of the Earth and several others! He will be here to sign any issues that you have and might even do a little Godzilla sketch for you as well!
AND MORE TO COME!!!

We'll also have a GIANT bounce house for the kids!!!

Outside, just like last year, it'll be a carnival like atmosphere with the following guests scheduled to appear…
*Gopher It Comics featuring Ambrose Quintanilla!!!
* SoCal Cartoonist George Ford!!!
*The Awakened Comic Cast & Crew!!!
*Heaven's Wars Creator & Author Tim Wahl!!!
*8-Bit Pulp and Last Templar Artists & Writers!!!
*The Art Of Zack Smith @ Cannibal Superstar Art
*Psyclops Carnival Custom Jewlery & Accessories by Juli Smith
*The Art of Nitsirk's Grotto (Kristin Swartfagger)
*The Art of Nicole Crull
* The Art of Mandy Thibert
* David Davis & Cosmic Dash Comics
*CLAYTASTICS By Tasha
*The Art of Fernando Silva
AND MORE TO COME!!

And… THE STAR WARS 501ST will be on hand to take pictures with everyone and to give out info about joining their group.

We'll also have our Annual COLORING CONTEST for 2 different age groups!!! Details to come!!

And we'll have music all day long!!

And don't forget to come dressed up! We'll be entering everyone in costume into our Annual FCBD Costume Contest!!!

We're also going to have some very special items that we'll be auctioning off for the Make*A*Wish Foundation!!!

You will be able to start lining up the night before!!! As you remember, last year we had nearly 5000 people come through the doors!!! It was a wonderful time had by all!!!

The Realm, Games & Comics
1033 E Imperial Hwy Suite E3, Brea, California 92821

We will have a costume contest for two age groups. 15 and under and 16 or older. We will have free face painting and coloring and game demos.We will have a huge sale on all our back stock comics, and all other comic related merchandise will be on discount.Get here early, doors open at 11am.

SoCal Games and Comics
40466 Winchester Rd, Temecula, California 92591

SALES:
XX% OFF All Back Issue Bin Comics
20% OFF All Variant Comics
15% OFF Recent Wall Comics
10-50% OFF Trade Paper Backs and Hardcovers
BUY 5 GET 3 FREE on $1 Bin Comics
RAFFLE PRIZES:
To Be Announced

Berkeley Public Library
2090 Kittredge St, Berkeley, California 94704

* Central 3rd Floor Meeting Room: "Avatar: The Last Airbender" Marathon* Central Children's Room: Jedi Magic Show (3pm – 4pm)
* North Branch: Duct Tape Superhero Crafts* South Branch: "Garfield" Movie Marathon and Button-Making

* Claremont Branch: Anime Marathon and Comics Games

* West Branch: Anime Marathon

Limit 3 comics per person, free comics available while supplies last

FLORIDA

TATE'S Comics + Toys + Videos + More
4566 N University Dr, Lauderhill, Florida 33351

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ILLINOIS

Chicago Comics
3244 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60657

Stop by the store between 11-8 to pick out a handful of Free Comics made especially for FCBD 2015. We will be holding raffles all day long for fabulous prizes so the earlier you get here to more likely you are to win!

IOWA

Alter Ego Comics
331 7th Ave, Marion, Iowa 52302

Free comic books for all ages!
Hundreds of our famous Grab Bags…10 comics for $5.00!
A large selection of NEW $1.00 comics!

LOUISIANA

Big Easy Comics Hammond
2105 West Thomas St, Hammond, Louisiana 70401

The Tangi Humane Society will be onsite for Pet Adoptions. 10% of all revenue from FCBD will be donated to the Humane Society!Get some great free comics, have some fun, get some awesome deals, learn to play some games at our game demos, and support a great cause!

NEW HAMPSHIRE

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Double Midnight Comics
245 Maple St, Manchester, New Hampshire 03103

Special Guests:
Babs Tarr (artist: Batgirl)
Katie Cook (writer/artist: My Little Pony, Gronk and Friends)Guests:
Manchester
Scott Hamilton
Juli O'Malley
Max Gagnon
Liz Lirakis
Ben Gibson
Peter Vinton
Nicole Hansche
Jerry Fleming
Keegan Currier
Unit 5
Enrique Savory Jr
Amos Madruga
Ben Bishop
Sky Pirates of Valendor
Jay Mooers
Scott Ethan Ambruson
Greg Moutafis
New England Blast
Amanda Dufresne
Concord:
Jason Casey
Dennis Burke
Angela Costello
Igami Clark
Emily Drouin
Mitchell Comics
Declan McCarthy (appearing at Granite State Candy Shoppe)Vehicles:
Batcycle
DeLorean from "Back to the Future!"
Joker Car
Jurassic Park SUV
Smokey and the Bandit Pontiac Trans Am
General Lee

Costumed Groups:
501st New England Garrison
New England Brethren of Pirates
Ghostbusters of NH

Want to check out our FCBD Event in Concord? RSVP HERE!https://www.facebook.com/events/749352608516318/

ULTIMATE DMC FBCD RAFFLE RETURNS! This year, we've got a variety of prizes from different events we've attended this year! Items in the raffle contain signed books and posters by comic artists, writers and celebrities, gift certificate, free entry to Granitecon and more!

Door Prizes for the following:

First 10 People in Line get the "You're First" bag, filled with various number 1's from the past few years, including Howard the Duck #1!
First 25 People in Line get the DMC Variant Package, filled with a mix of exclusive covers from the store and Granitecon!
First 40 People in Line get an exclusive, FCBD Double Midnight Patch!
First 50 People in Line get a DMC Grab Bag!
First 100 People in Line get a bag with a comic. That comic might be a signed comic, a variant, or just a regular comic! Make sure you look inside as well! A couple lucky people will get a store gift certificate!

Our Annual FCBD Costume Contest, which is the LARGEST in the US, will again be offering outstanding prizes! The Best Costume, top 3 Male and Female costumes will receive FREE PASSES to some of the BIGGEST conventions in the Northeast! Those conventions include MASSive Comic Con, Granite State Comic Con, Hartford Comic Con and Rhode Island Comic Con!

And of course, we'll have our annual after party held at Spare Time across the street! RSVP here for all the details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1447806385511511/

NEW YORK

The Comic Book Depot, Inc.
2847 Jerusalem Ave, Wantagh, New York 11793

Joe Kelly noon-2:00pm
Sean Chen 1:00pm-2:00pm
Jeffrey Vaughn & Vincent Spencer 1:00pm-3:00pm
Frank Powers (Pissed off Panda) noon-3:00pm
Steve Price local artist
Free Balloon Animals 11-1PM Mr. PoppinTwist

Sale:
1,000's of 25cent comics. As of now we have about 30 long boxes

15% off all new comics
25% off all comic back issues
25% off all soft and hard cover graphic novels
25% off all mini-bust's
25% off all action figures

NORTH CAROLINA

 

Ssalefish Comics
3242 Silas Creek Pkwy STE 20 (Toys R Us Shopping Center), Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103

At our annex space we will have free comics, guests artists Randy Green, Ben Towle, Rick Ketcham and Johndell Snead as well as thousands of $1 comics, $4 toys and the world famous Ssalefish comic convention setup- this will be open from 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM ————- The store will be open from 10:00 AM until 8:00 and the deals include: all trade paperback and hard covers are buy 2, get a 3rd FREE OR Buy 5 and get 5 more free as well as all comics in our back issue boxes are just $1 each and all toys are buy 3, get a 4th FREE!

MARYLAND

Collectors Corner – Bel Air
17 N Main St, Bel Air, Maryland 21014

First 25 People in line will get a Free Movie Pass to see AVENGERS 2 Age of Ultron in theaters Saturday evening!

In Addition the First 25 People in Line will get a Free Collectors Corner re-usable Bag with CC Logo filled with merchandise with a retail value of over $20.00 including Trade Paperbacks, Comics & more!
Additionally the First 50 Persons in line will have a 1 in 50 chance to WIN a $100 Shopping Spree, Details Below -SHOPPING SPREE : WIN a $100 Shopping Spree – Randomly inserted onto one of the CC re-useable BAGS will be a $100 CC Gift Card, like a GOLDEN TICKET!#'s 26 -100 In Line will also Get a Free Collectors Corner re-usable Bag with CC Logo filled with merchandise with a retail value of over $10.00 including Trade Paperbacks, Comics & more!

+ The First 100 Persons In Line will Receive a $20 CC FCBD Gift Certificate Good as $20 Cash towards any Purchase of $100 or more on Free Comic Book Day with Discounts Applied!

25 FREE COMICS for Each and Every Customer Attending the Event – Choose 5 from every FCBD Title offered from every publisher while supplies last in front of the store along with Some Titles creators are producing exclusively for CC + BONUS 20 FREE BACK ISSUE COMICS per person from Back Issue BOXES Behind the Store, offered to everyone in addition to this years full lineup FCBD COMICS!

CONFIRMED CREATORS :

DAN NOKES
NICK DAVIS
MIKE RILEY

MICHIGAN

 

Quick Stop Comic Shop
3955 Dix Hwy, Lincoln Park, Michigan 48146

NEW JERSEY

Level Up Entertainment
4403 Black Horse Pike, Mays Landing, New Jersey 08330

Join Level Up Entertainment and Farpoint Toys & Collectibles at the Hamilton Mall for free comics, sales, raffle prizes, a costume contest, vendors and exhibitors, live music, special guests, panels, a scavenger hunt, and much, much more!This is a free event for all ages. No tickets required!

PENNSYLVANIA

Wade's Comic Madness
8750 New Falls Rd.
Levittown, PA  19054

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TEXAS

Lyons Den
365 N Main St, Vidor, Texas 77662

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FREE COMIC BOOK DAY is our
READING AWARENESS PROGRAM.
Saturday, May 2, 2015
12:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn,
Shredder, Nightwing and Catwoman
will be handing out
FREE COMIC BOOKS!!!COSPLAY COSTUME CONTEST at 3:00 p.m.
Win prizes for the following categories:
Best Superhero
Best Anime/Manga
Best Sci Fi
Best FantasyCELEBRATING OUR FIFTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!
We've got a SALE!!!
20% off on most items.
Plus DOOR PRIZES!!!

featuring Guest Creators
RYAN BURTON and DONNY CATES

 

Dragon's Lair

Comics and Fantasy, 2438 W Anderson Ln Suite B-1, Austin, TX

Come and help us celebrate the single greatest annual celebration for comic book fans everywhere! With multiple events and concessions, we will be offering tons of free comics ranging from silly to scary to action packed!

Collected – Hurst
931 Melbourne Rd, Hurst, Texas 76053

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10AM – 4PM – Meet the real life animal superhero Tugg along with the creators of his comic book exploits Blake and Kim Ovard! Get your picture with Tugg, have his comics signed by the creators, or buy some awesome art from Blake Ovard!10AM – 4PM – Halo and Terry from Shonuff Studios will be in the house. You have seen their awesome art for sale in our stores, come meet the artists in person!

10AM – 2PM – Todd Camp and Michael H Price will be bringing their unique comic visions to a whole new adience.

David Fuller will be bringing his team from IHWE Texas Professional Wrestling again this year! They were a big hit last year, and are excited about coming back.

Rumors has it that some of those scoundrels from Rogue's Gambit will be around as well!

Tesla Isley will be our cosplay guest of honor!

Collected Hurst:

Creator guests to be announced soon….

Payton from Schmall cosplay will be giving a class on the use of Worbla in your costuming. Christina and Monk will be our other Cosplay guests of honor!

Jedi Cole and Andrew Farmer will be recording a special edition of their "Hey Kids, Comics" podcast on site so you can join the fun!

Collected Keller:

10AM – 3PM – meet Jason Adams, cover artist of Bravest Warriors and card artist for Topps and Upper Deck sets including Star Wars, Marvel, and Mars Attacks!

Be a part of our 1 year anniversary with our "Smash Cake"

Members of the Star Wars 501st will be in attendance for photo opportunities!

Collected Plano:

10AM – 2PM – meet Adventure Time cover artist Andy Hirsch!

Thomas Branch, local artist will be bringing his beautiful prints out.

Hunter Stillborn Zombie, an undead writer living in the United States that fully believes in the power of the written word as he shuffles through this great country taking in all the things and spilling them on paper.

Jeff Muncie art.

The very lovely Krystle Starr will be our cosplay guest of honor.

The Comics Alternative will be recording a special edition of their podcast from 1:30 – 3:30

There may even be an invasion from the 501st!

VIRGINIA

Richmond Comix
14249 Midlothian Tpke, Midlothian, Virginia 23113

May 2nd we will be opening an hour early at 11am to accommodate more people than ever! We will be having a big store wide sale that day as well. Details on the sale will be available here and on our website May 1st.Along with the free books we will have local artists from Iconograph andFreestyle Ronin in house doing sketches and taking commissions. We also have members of the 501st Legion coming so you can get a picture with a stormtrooper!

WASHINGTON

I Like Comics
1715 Broadway St, Vancouver, Washington 98663

10am – 12pm: Jonathan Case (Batman '66) & Steve Lieber (Superior Foes of Spider-Man)
12pm – 2pm: Dan Schkade (San Hannibal) & Jeremy Colwell (IDW, Dark Horse)
2pm – 4pm: Anina Bennett & Paul Guinan (Boilerplate & Heartbreakers)Artists will be bringing prints, sketchbooks and original art. Sketch availability and prices will vary from artist.Costume Contest!
The customers will vote on their favorite costumes throughout the day!

1st Place: $100 Gift Certificate
2nd Place: $50 Gift Certificate
3rd Place: $25 Gift Certificate
4th Place: $25 Gift Certificate

UNITED KINGDOM

Dark Side Comics UK
47 Viaduct Road, CM1 1TS Chelmsford, Essex

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American Dream Comics
72 Walcot Street, BA1 5BD Bath, Somerset

Grab a handful of comics to read – there is no better way to get involved in the world of comics then to come down to FREE COMIC BOOK DAY and grab yourself some great comics for loads of the main publishers all for FREE.All we ask is you take what you want and leave enough for others.There will be other things going on around Bath City, instore and out the front on the shop so make a day of it.

Royal Leamington Spa Pump Rooms And Library
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

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REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

 

Comic Vault – Rua Red
Blessington Road, Tallaght D24

The event will be held in Rua Red in Tallaght, it is situated beside Tallaght Library and next to the Tallaght Luas Red Line. We are running this event in conjunction with the Simon Community to raise some much needed funds, donations are welcomed but not compulsory. There will be other events on the day yet to be announced.


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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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