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Now we get the Silver books, comics that will be free from participating comic stores on Free Comic Book Day, Unlike the Gold books, these will be specifically chosen by individual stores to give away, and not all stores will have all the books. I'd like to give a shout out first though to the Bleeding[...]

But… how many? DC COMICS— THE NEW 52: FUTURE'S END FCBD SPECIAL EDITION Writers: Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens Artist: Ethan Van Sciver Cover: Ryan Sook Jump on board DC Comics' epic weekly series beginning with this all-new FCBD issue that features tomorrow's Dark Knight, Batman Beyond (making his first appearance in The New 52), battling[...]

Well there is a film on the way. We know DC Comics' Free Comic Book Day offering in May will be the start of Five Years Later. But, Marvel Comics has told

Is it really a spoiler to run the image that plays out in Justice League #23? Considering it is basically the same?

At the Top Cow panel, Marc Silvestri announced The Magi, a new comic to launch on Free Comic Book Day next year, a search for a supernatural solution to

This year's Hallowe'en Comic Fest from Diamond Comic Distrubutors includes a stack of free comic books for the weekend before Hallowe'en in comic stores,

Diamond Comic Distributors have measured that Free Comic Book Day 2013 generated over $2,200,000 of free publicity, via news and feature coverage across media. That included USA Today, CNN, Fox News, NPR, Wired, AP… and of course Bleeding Cool. Diamond measured 63,000 tweets for FCBD, getting the top two USA trending slots for the day And that[...]

This year we were giving out 50 Iron Man 3 Movie Tickets to the first 50 people in line, and $75 worth of Merchandise including Graphic Novels, Comics and Collectibles to the first 50 people in line as well as $25 in Merchandise to the next 50 in line. In addition to the 5 FREE Comics[...]

But it seems to have been laxer in other areas too. FCBD tiles are supposed to have a blank white space to allow stores to put a stamp there, or a sticker, encouraging people to return to the store The Walking Dead has no such space What it did have, at the back, was a big[...]

If you didn't pick those titles up on FCBD, I hope it was because the shop had run out and not because you didn't notice that they were hot stuff Superlative mentions aside, these are five titles from FCBD with simply awesome art in a mad variety of styles: MOLLY DANGER: Jamal Igle's successful[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjz8S5XIxp4 Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Florida writes; Hey Fandom! I'm still not recovered from Free Comic Book Day!

Did you miss Free Comic Book Day, or were certain titles unavailable? Well, thanks to Dynamite, Dark Horse and ComiXology, here are a batch of them. Get

Courtesy of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjrO26ms5d4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNxbmbyQlWI On Free Comic Book Day, Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles had a number of special visitors, Geoff Johns,

Spider's Web in Yonkers, New York, open for the first time today... photographs from Jason Gonzalez It's early hours yet...

We began at Forbidden Planet. They started with a 200 strong queue but thankfully that had dispersed after some judicious handing out of free comics by

Today, Top Cow give the first issue of their Aphrodite XI away for Free Comic Book Day. And it's a beaut! Digital/painted/heavy detail work, the kind of

There's a new comic store opening today in Yonkers, New York, on 887A Yonkers Avenue. It's called The Spider's Web, and I think it might possibly sell

In terms of quality, there's a reason it's been reprinted and reprinted and reprinted again. Other Classics: The Simpsons, Archie Comics, Adventure Time, Avatar the Last Airbender You can find the full article in Bleeding Cool Magazine FCBD Edition at a comics retailer near you  Here is the Bleeding Cool Directory of retailers who have shown special[...]

Even more gratifying is that people are still discovering it for the first time, and asking for more…and now it's finally here, with an awesome new artist discovery, Daniel Gete, whose take on John Dusk, Happy Kitty and their world will be seen for the first time in the Free Comic Book Day preview! You can[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors' comicshoplocator.com can also help you identify shops within a given geographic area. You can find the full article in Bleeding Cool Magazine FCBD Edition at a comics retailer near you  Here is the Bleeding Cool Directory of retailers who have shown special support to the magazine and this website Are you a retailer[...]

While Bloodshot and the Harbinger Renegades prepare to go to war with their former masters in Project Rising Spirit and the Harbinger Foundation, let's retrace the steps that put the Valiant Universe on the path to war – and take a look at what milestone moments are coming up for one of the summer's most[...]

When you walk into a shop for the first time, tell the staff that you're a first-time patron, and you'll be greeted with an enthusiastic introduction to the world of comics. You can find the full article in Bleeding Cool Magazine FCBD Edition at a comics retailer near you  Here is the Bleeding Cool Directory of[...]

The weightiest of philosophical issues considered and addressed by what seem to be the simplest of creatures. You can find the full article in Bleeding Cool Magazine FCBD Edition at a comics retailer near you  Here is the Bleeding Cool Directory of retailers who have shown special support to the magazine and this website[...]

And their first offering will have you singing an old familiar cartoon jingle…"Up from the depths, thirty stories high, breathing fire, his head in the sky, Godzilla!" Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #1 by Chris Mowry & Matt Frank Dozens of new monsters have risen from the depth and are staking out their own territory, regardless of humanity's[...]

And the answer just might come in the form of two lowlifes with a dark secret. You can find the full article in Bleeding Cool Magazine FCBD Edition at a comics retailer near you  Here is the Bleeding Cool Directory of retailers who have shown special support to the magazine and this website Are you a[...]

The Barbelith community continues to this day and people are now reading The Invisibles… who wouldn't have even existed without the influence of The Invisibles. You can find the full article in Bleeding Cool Magazine FCBD Edition at a comics retailer near you  Here is the Bleeding Cool Directory of retailers who have shown special support[...]

And so you have uncovered the first rule of comic collecting: Buy what you like. You can find the full article in Bleeding Cool Magazine FCBD Edition at a comics retailer near you  Here is the Bleeding Cool Directory of retailers who have shown special support to the magazine and this website Are you a retailer[...]

Today, as part of the Boom Free Comic Book Day offering, comic shops all over will have a preview of Regular Show #1 in the Kaboom Supper Special

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Jim Kuhoric Welcome to Free Comic Book Day, the annual comic shop event that invites fans new and old to experience the