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And there appeared to be one big change. The FCBD Committee recommends proposed comics have no more than one story with one back up, instead of anthology stories. You are still free to submit the type of content you'd like; this is just what the committee recommends as they consider all applicants and their books. And for those who still[...]

It's become a mix of increasing awareness of the medium, the breadth of its form, creating an opportunity for stores to sell all their other products, launch a mega crossover or two from the big publishers and an opportunity for new publishers to launch themselves and maybe get a film deal. Well, Diamond Comic Distributors' Free[...]

And the UK-only edition of the FCBD title 2000AD has yet to be tested… And, though not given away for free, there is plenty of demand for the Funko Dorbz! Marvel Civil War Steve Rogers Captain America Unmasked FCBD 2016 figure for $40 and the Tony Stark for $45.     Yesterday, thousands of comic book stores gave away millions of comic books[...]

To go with Free Comic Book Day, we have a bunch of free comics for our readers this weekend from Dynamite, all of which tie into the new Groupees

Hear No Spoilers, Say No Spoilers, See No Spoilers. From this point on, there will be references to Marvel's Free Comic Book Day titles and a plot element

To go with Free Comic Book Day, we have a bunch of free comics for our readers this weekend from Dynamite, all of which tie into the new Groupees

He also made a papercraft available for Piper's character… Use #mouseguardFCBD when posting a photo of your assembled Piper Papercraft for a chance to win a signed LegendsV3 pic.twitter.com/RpmABoRyGh — David Petersen (@mouseguard) May 7, 2016 To Download your own Mouse Guard Piper Papercraft for tomorrow's contest, use this link: https://t.co/luKYuRvRB6 pic.twitter.com/K3ckHVJVEo — David Petersen (@mouseguard) May 7, 2016 I've[...]

This morning I took the kids along to Free Comic Book Day. A sweltering day in London, there were plenty of activities, signings and events through the

To go with Free Comic Book Day, we have a bunch of free comics for our readers this weekend from Dynamite, all of which tie into the new Groupees

To go with Free Comic Book Day, we have a bunch of free comics for our readers this weekend from Dynamite, all of which tie into the new Groupees

To go with Free Comic Book Day, we have a bunch of free comics for our readers this weekend from Dynamite, all of which tie into the new Groupees

To go with Free Comic Book Day, we have a bunch of free comics for our readers this weekend from Dynamite, all of which tie into the new Groupees

That's the word from Gosh Comics at least. The first Free Comic Book Day comic of 2016 to disappear from their stacks was the new Pink Panther comic from

Now almost everyone does it. And Forbidden Planet in Glasgow at 7.40am, people were already lining up. pic.twitter.com/QZr9yijkfA — FPGlasgow (@FPGlasgow) May 7, 2016 And outside Orbital Comics in London right now, an hour before opening… There are some comics you can only get in certain stores…. Not long to go before you can grab a copy of my #FCBD comic[...]

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day 2016. But if you can't quite wait and want free comic books now, and don't mind them digital, but do want them legal, here is how to go about it. As well as a bunch of previews and previous FCBD titles, Marvel has Marvel's The Avengers #1, Marvel's Avengers Alliance #1,[...]

FCBD Special… say that three times fast The issue features the talents of writers Matt Kindt, Jody Houser, Jeff Lemire and Rafer Roberts And the art of Clayton Henry, Trevor Hairsine, David Lafuente, Francis Portela, Pere Perez, Mico Suayan and Marguerite Sauvage.   It comes with a cover by Clayton Crain… which is interesting in that there[...]

It still packs an emotional punch. Okay, I'm just going to say one thing about the Overstreet Comic Book MarketplaceFCBD issue You have a gorgeous cover of The Spirit by John K Snyder III No one can take that away from you But with a big article on the inside about the Civil War comic and the[...]

And when they purchase a one-month VIP subscription for $4.99 plus tax, CONtv will add two additional free months and send a T-shirt to fans' billing address. Look at it this way, even if you never even watch the damn thing, you get a shirt out of it. Famous comic book stores Golden Apple, Dr No's and JHU will[...]

A customer comes in and wants to pick up 20 copies of one of the FCBD titles being offered When they are informed that they are limited to one per customer, they loudly yell that the comics are supposed to be free and how dare we limit the amount they can grab What's even worse,[...]

Nathan Fillion is on the front cover of two titles for Free Comic Book Day this year. Spectrum #0 published by Automatic Publishing and Serenity published

As you read this I am sitting in a cinema waiting for Captain America: Civil War to start. Shhh, no spoilers. But that does give me a chance to highlight

Katana may not be in the Suicide Squad FCBD comic, but she is in the DC SuperHero Girls FCBD comic, the first chapter of the upcoming graphic novel by Shea Fontana and Yancy Labat. And. actually, yes, it is a bit odd that Katana is walking through the school corridor with swords in her hand[...]

    The Marvel Civil War II FCBD title contains two very different stories One, a prelude into the big Marvel summer event movie tie-in series written by Brian Bendis, Civil War II The other introduces the new Wasp And they are decades apart. The first is a Bendis book If you like Bendis books, you will like[...]

15 pages of ads, mostly in-house… this is a Suicide Squad movie marketing machine. But hey, it's free. Suicide Squad #1 FCBD from DC Comics is published on Free Comic Book Day,Saturday, May 7th. On Free Comic Book Day, Saturday May 7th, one of the two comics DC Comics are offering that day is Suicide Squad #1[...]

It is over the top ridiculousness and reminds me very much of Ace Rimmer, the idealised version of the snivelling Arnold Rimmer and indeed passes the mantle over in a very similar way. And yes, a reference to Action Man's eagle eyes there… Remember that line from On Her Majesty's Secret Service with George Lazenby as Bond?[...]

Do you remember when Corey Feldman worked in a comic book store? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I1zVlt1Vtg The actor is currently trying to raise

Bleeding Cool scooped the news that the Brits would be getting the standard magazine size 2000AD Free Comic Book Day version while the Americans would get

We're nary a month away from Free Comic Book Day, May 7th 2016. Stores are gearing up a day of free comics, sales, signings and other events. Bleeding

Including the comic being shrunk down to traditional US size. But only in the US. Rebellion, the publishers of 2000AD tell me "We're excited to once again be a part of this global event that means so much to retailers, publishers, and readers." "With this year's change in the rule, all FCBD comics must be in US-size format[...]

Shown off at the Diamond Retailer Breakfast ahead of C2E2 this morning, was cover art for the Dead No More storyline for The Amazing Spider-Man debuting