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I've had the chance to read a good batch of this year's Free Comic Book Day 2014 titles. Here are thoughts about thirty-one of them. More to come...

For kids with a little more sophistication… The Tick Publisher: NEW ENGLAND COMICS (W) Jeff McClelland (A) Pietro, Duane Redhead (CA) Duane Redhead This FCBD, NEC Press offers fans—both old and new!—a FULL-COLOR 32-page comic book with an ALL-NEW FULL-LENGTH Tick story! Plus exciting all-new backup features as well[...]

Another couple of previews of comics coming up for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May the third. That have a little parody transformation about them...

Scratch9, as fans of the title already know, is the Eisner Award nominated all-ages comic book featuring a cat with the ability to summon any of his 9 lives to aid him in his adventures!  Hermes Press' Scratch9 FCBD issue will also offer bonus material and tons of surprises! Spongebob Squarepants Publisher: UNITED PLANKTON PICTURES (W) Maris Wicks (A) Graham[...]

Three more previews of comics coming up for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May the third... smaller, indie, action! Scam Crosswords #0

Combining the biker gang epic with Spaghetti Western sensibilities, SHERWOOD, TX retells the legend of Robin Hood as a modern day, noir-action opus.  Hood is joined on his quest by Padre Elvin Tuck, Will Scarlet, and Little John, as they take on the crooked Sheriff of Nottingham, TX and his partners in crime, The Nobles biker[...]

Getting an idea of what you want to pick up yet? Dumbest Idea Ever Publisher: SCHOLASTIC INC. Graphix (publishers of Bone, Smile, and the Amulet series) makes its FCBD debut with this stand-alone excerpt from The Dumbest Idea Ever! Renowned comics creator Jimmy Gownley (Amelia Rules!) shares his real life adventures of becoming a teenage comic book artist![...]

Apparently comics aren't just for kids any more. Hip Hop Family Tree Two-In-One Publisher: FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS (W/A/CA)Ed Piskor Hip Hop Family Tree Two-In-One by Ed Piskor is the perfect introduction and bridge to Piskor's fun and crtitically acclaimed 5 volume book series! This full-color comic book offers two self-contained stories form Hip Hop Family Tree Volumes 1 &[...]

France does Free Comic Book Day differently. Firstly, they do it two weeks later, because they are lazy. Then they take two whole days to do it in. And

And here are some classic kids comics – even if some of them have never been published in the US before. Don Rosa's Uncle Scrooge And Donald Duck Publisher: FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS (W/A/CA) Don Rosa In "A Matter of Some Gravity" by fan-favorite Don Rosa, saucy sorceress Magica De Spell turns Scrooge's life sideways – literally! – when she distorts the[...]

Here's another preview from the four-bundle of free comics for Free Comic Book Day from Red Giant Entertainment. This time Magika #0 from Giant-Size

And here is what you might be able to expect… Bleeding Cool Magazine Publisher: AVATAR PRESS INC Bleeding Cool Magazine celebrates Free Comic Book Day and the launch of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 film with an All-New issue dedicated to introducing new fans to comic books! We packed this special issue full of features that will turn FCBD[...]

Another couple of previews of comics coming up for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May the fourth. Two original comics for the kid and the kid at heart...

These comics present the stories fans have been waiting over 20 years for: all-new stories featuring the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! This is a never-before-seen Power Rangers story starring the six Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and is not a reprint of any existing material. Showa: A History Of Japan Publisher: DRAWN & QUARTERLY (W/A/CA) Shigeru Mizuki Shigeru Mizuki's Showa:[...]

And this time its from that stalwart of defenders of free speech, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund with two, count them, two comics for FCBD 2014… Defend Comics (W) Mark Evanier & Various (A) Sergio Aragones & Various (CA) Cully Hamner For over 25 years, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has fought to protect your right[...]

Another couple of previews of comics coming up for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May the fourth. Both from Udon Entertainment, but miles apart in terms

You know what's better than a free comic book? Four free comic books. That's what Red Giant Entertainment are giving away on Free Comic Book Day, on

And one of the biggest giveaways, the 96 page Archie Comics Digest, and the Simpsons offerings from Bongo Comics. Archie Comic Digest FCBD 2014 EDITION (W) George Gladir, Various (A) Fernando Ruiz, Various (CA) Dan Parent, Rich Koslowski, Rosario "Tito" Peña The world's most famous teenagers for over seven decades are all here in this FREE digest! Packed with[...]

Surely we're counting down the days now until Free Comic Book Day? In that case, we have twenty-one days to go... and so many Free Comic Book Day comics

Let's have a look at some upcoming Free Comic Book Day titles, today all about the robots from IDW and Red 5, the first in all stores, the second in some.

Let's have a look at some upcoming Free Comic Book Day titles, today from Dark Horse Comics who have two offerings, the first in all stores, the second in

Tomorrow sees the launch of Aquaman And The Others, the new Aquaman monthly comic from Dan Jurgens, Alan Medina and Ed Tadeo. Some may wonder if there's

It's interesting. Most people are going about their day, without realising that this summer they are all going to be going gaga for and alien rodent who

In order to make a hard cover viable for FCBD, we had to print overseas and the schedule for FCBD books to arrive at Diamond isn't really constructed for overseas printing We ended up having to give the printer an estimate of the number of copies we would need to print, so they could make[...]

And give those folks who have picked up the Valiant FCBD title a chance to… spend some money, as well as the Rai #1 Plus Edition with 16 pages more stuff for an extra dollar. This summer, Matt Kindt and Clayton Crain's one-of-a-kind adventure proves that there is nothing else in comics like RAI! The year is 4001 A.D[...]

Oopsie! Two Free Comic Book Day comics appear to be a little on the naughtier side than might have been expected. Both Ipso Facto from Automatic Pictures

DC Entertainment's 2014 Free Comic Book Day title, DC Comics – The New 52 Futures End #1 FCBD Edition can be ordered with an edition specific to the comic store in question – as long as they order at least 5,000 copies of it Each copy will cost the store the same as the standard[...]

Free Comic Book Day is on it's way. And this year, as every year, there will be some shops complaining. Who won't do it because it costs too much, doesn't

Remember when we interviewed Joshua Williamson about his work as writer on Dark Horse's superhero series Captain Midnight and he mentioned again a

Is that a space bunny? And we've got some more details on the ways that IDW will be persuading retailers to order more copies of their offering, V-Wars. Retailers who order 100 copies of FCBD V-Wars will receive one free Alan Robinson Ultra Limited "Human" Variant Cover of V-Wars #1. Retailers who order 200 copies will receive one[...]