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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHM48oRe9QQ[/youtube] Randy Myers of Collectors Corner, of Maryland, writes, Free Comic Book Day at Collectors Corner this year was even smoother and more exciting than last year, with our first fan lining up at 8:00 PM on Thursday evening. By 1:00 AM Friday over 20+ People were waiting in line[...]

Diamond recently showed off their stats to retailers for Free Comic Book Day which took place at the beginning of the month And all the numbers were up $4 million in free publicity (up 35%), 1.4 million in attendance, 5.6 million comics given away (up 20%) in 2,340 different locations during Free Comic Book Day. But what[...]

Did anyone else get a bit of deja vu reading the All-New All-Different Avengers comic for Free Comic Book Day? Specifically the preview for Max Ride: First Flight. Based on the Maximum Ride novels by James Patterson, it adapted the first opening scene from the first novel.   Which is slightly peculiar because seven years previously in 2008, Yen[...]

Kraig Alexander sent Bleeding Cool a photo account of celebrating Free Comic Book Day in Toronto and the surrounding areas Thanks Kraig! He says: Retailers and fans alike celebrated FCBD in Toronto and its surrounding areas with great deals, guest comic creators, raffles and giveaways , and of course 50 different FREE COMIC BOOKS! The following images are[...]

Comic Shop The Core, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, sent in the following report and photogallery from their Free Comic Book Day event: Approximately 2500 fans showed up for FCBD at The CORE in Cedar Falls, Iowa on May 2nd! Thousands of comics were given away to excited fans! While waiting for comics, visitors were entertained with[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool pointed out comics that were heating up on eBay, with some people paying up to $7 an issue for single copies. Well, it may be worth knowing that the following Free Comic Book Day titles are all still in stock at Diamond Comic Distributors… and available for the same price that retailers[...]

By Jemal Flores It was Free Comic Book Day this past Saturday May 2nd. at the Fourth World Comics and Toys store Batman writers Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV and Marguerite Bennett (A-Force,Maxride) were there to sign comics and answer fan questions The line For these three people was long, but moved along very fast. This year the[...]

Lots of steady traffic from customers arriving to a large selection of books for Free Comic Book Day as well as shoppers taking the opportunity to get sale prices today. Here are some shots from the event: And while I didn't get all these from Conquest, since I had them for review[...]

Back from Free Comic Book Day in London with the kids and some of their friends And lots of comics were bought (though I did have to move one child away from the Mercury Heat and towards the Spongebob Squarepants). London was out for free comics The line at Orbital snaked around the block from opening[...]

How many people would you be expecting to find hanging out outside a comic store at midnight in Arizona? [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X1BarzD1tA[/youtube] Lots… See the rest of out Free Comic Book Day coverage right here. How many people would you be expecting to find hanging out outside a comic store at midnight in Arizona? [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X1BarzD1tA[/youtube] Lots… See the rest of out Free Comic[...]

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The first place you'll be able to get anything related to Strange Fruit, the Mark Waid and JG Jones project out in July from Boom, will be an exclusive, limited edition of the narrative print available for the first 500 people at Cards, Comics & Collectibles in Reisterstown, Maryland on Free Comic Book Day today. Doors open at 10am… Besides[...]

Maxx’s Super Awesome Comic Review Show is recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They

Free Comic Book Day Comics N Vegetables, in Tel Aviv, with 400 people in line… And from Johannesburg… People have been queuing at Cosmic Comics from 6am… the store laid on discounts, biscuits and got a nearby cake store to open and supply coffee and pastries.  We listed seventy-five special Free Comic Book Day events hereand here but there[...]

Send in whatever you get up to on Free Comic Book Day to richjohnston@gmail.com and we'll run it in a big postmatch piece on Bleeding Cool tomorrow evening. Me, I'll be taking my kids and their friends to Piranha Comics, Forbidden Planet, Orbital Comics and Gosh! Comics in and around London – and then heading to[...]

Not only is this Saturday Free Comic Book Day, but it's also the start to the 96th annual Children's Book Week, spanning from May 4th to the 10th this year. To help mark the special occasion, they're partnering with Diamond and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund this year to make comic books the focus[...]

It's not just Free Comic Book Day that is giving away comics this week. Because Britain has an election this coming Thursday The General Election I'll be voting when the polling station doors open, literally opposite my house I'll be staying up into the wee hours waiting for Portillo moments And I'll be reading comic books. Especially[...]

From Fox, free Gotham bags for Free Comic Book Day… Jesse James' Comics in Phoenix is one chosen store Is yours? See the rest of our Free Comic Book Day 2015 coverage right here. From Fox, free Gotham bags for Free Comic Book Day… Jesse James' Comics in Phoenix is one chosen store[...]

The line for Free Comic Book Day at Acme Comics in Greensboro NC has already begun. Trey arrived at 3:40pm today and Macy arrived a few minutes later… Well, they do have big things planned… See the rest of our Free Comic Book Day 2015 coverage right here. The line for Free Comic Book Day at Acme Comics in Greensboro[...]

There will be fifty free comic books released for free in 2,300 comic book stores across the land this Saturday for Free Comic Book Day. But which ones will you actually want to read? In a series of pieces, Bleeding Cool's head writer Rich Johnston and Editor-In-Chief Hannah Means-Shannon will do their best to winnow them[...]

Some folk can't get to a comic store on Free Comic Book Day But with some publisher ramping up the importance of the comics to upcoming events, is it fair that those who rely on other means can't get said comics? Well DC Comics seems to be making their Divergence #1 available on Kindle a week[...]

In a manner of speaking. This weekend, Forbidden Planet London is hosting two signings, one for the FCBD Doctor Who comic with Al Ewing and Rob Williams at 1pm and then for 2000AD FCBD title with Matt Smith (that's the editor of 2000AD, not… oh you know), Pye Parr, Ben Willsher and Mike McMahon from 3pm. But a quick peek inside the Doctor[...]

This week, the first new Fight Club story to hit comics format arrives with Dark Horse's Free Comic Book Day comic Written by the Fight Club novel's author Chuck Palahniuk, drawn by Cameron Stewart, with colors by Dave Stewart, the story included in the FCBD issue serves as an epilogue to the novel's Fight Club[...]

By Olly MacNamee Ahead of the annual comic fest that is Free Comic Book Day, I thought it a good idea to preview what's happening in the Midlands on the day, and even in the run up to May 2nd itself, with some local comic shops wanting your participation ahead of FCBD 2015, hence the heads'[...]

Black Mask's Mayday #1 is more of those old school Vertigo feels. And just in time for Saturday May 2nd's Free Comic Book Day we got in Fables volume 21 and The Walking Dead volume 23! Enjoy your FCBD wherever you happen to be! Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida, writes: Hey Fandom! Batman[...]

To win, the staff have to dress up as Millarworld characters for FCBD. So, yes, it's a thinly disguised way for comic stores to promote Mark Millar's comic books, fighting amongst themselves for the trophy. Well, Jetpack Comics of Rochester, North Hampshire taking the initial lead it seems… In addition to costumed staffers, they will be hosting Nemesis For Nepal[...]

Hosts Randy Young and Chris Hunter say: Thanks for pressing play! Free Comic Book Day! This is the weekend, folks! This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day all across America and across most parts of the world as well Please show up and have a great time, enjoying free comics from all of the major publishers and[...]

Ian Mageto writes: Meraki Expo is hosting NYC’s First Beach Bash and Cosplay Swimwear Fashion Show. The event will take place on May 2nd at M1-5 Lounge

Ty Templeton is back, baby,,,, This week, Avengers Age Of Ultron launched in the UK, C2E2 took over Chicago and the Free Comic Book Day embargoes came off coverage of the comic books So, you know, busy busy busy… If you just are looking for just the Retailer Breakfast coverage of the Free Comic Book Day spoiler[...]