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It was the clear winner of Free Comic Book Day Depsite thousands and thousands of copies being given away for free, it sells on eBay for up to $13 The Mouse Guard hardcover was a hit, with six short original stories promoting Archaia's books Every other publisher should have been so jealous looking at it. And[...]

He's just put up the pages from the New 52 Free Comic Book Day volume In which you get to see not only Jim Lee and Scott William's original art for the story – but also the patch job they had to do to change the Hal Jordan Green Lantern to a new unidentified black[...]

It may have been Free Comic Book Day a weekend ago But that doesn't mean everything was left to undulate in the breeze. Take this scene from the Marvel FCBD Ultron War #0.1. An exact reprint of Avengers #12.1 yes? Well, not exactly Here's the original. Looks like there was a little creative colouring going on before they[...]

What matters is that there is a smile on every fans face as they walk out the door. Free Comic Book Day is a Juggernaut and the whole world of Comic Book fans take part in it in some way or fashion It doesn't matter what time you open or how many comics they get its[...]

So it's now the fifth installment of Dealing Cool, and it's time that the retailer feedback feature begins to show how the market can shift and flow as the months progress.  How are comic shops changing?  What's new and exciting?  Today, we're proud to revisit Steve Anderson of Third Eye Comics to hear his take[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQN7wI9SxZ4&[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EaEr_qDa0M[/youtube] Here's a couple of documentary films for Free Comic Book Day 2012 at Collectors Corner, of Baltimore, Maryland. Unscripted interviews with Staff and volunteers include Owner Randy Myers & Manager David Crispino along with staff, volunteers, customers & cosplayers.      Meyers says; We had planned to cut the ribbon and OPEN the doors at 9:00 AM Saturday, May[...]

It cannot have escaped many people's notice that The Walking Dead is a popular comic book. So popular that retailers cannot keep up with its increase in

This is, naturally, for Third Eye Comics. The store also reports to Bleeding Cool on its Free Comic Book Day, with 2000 in their Annapolis store and how they easily went through a thousand copies of Finding Gossamyr And that Publisher Th3rd World Studios is planning on micro-distributed variant covers of that comic for specific stores[...]

From the Free Comic Book Day DC Comic, The New 52, the Black Room… but what's in it? Here's ten to start you off Clicky for biggy. 1 The Spear Of Destiny 2 Eclipso's Black Diamond 3 A Demon Knights dragon 4 The Ark Of The Covenant 5 The Green Bell of Uthool 6 Etrigan's armour 7 The Haunted Tank 8 The Viking[...]

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So we've all read the DC New 52 issue now right? Right? After all, Free Comic Book Day was yesterday, so you know It's time to start asking exactly who the new wizards of the DC Universe , the creators of Shazam, and the damners of the Trinity Of Evil, are? Um… well See, this is[...]

It has sold for up to $13 with free shipping, but there are currently Buy It Nows available around the $9 mark. The importance of the DC New 52 Free Comic Book Day volume to upcoming continuity also seems to have caught some on the hop, with copies selling for up to $6. Transformers has bids up[...]

MouseWatch: David Petersen reads last year's Mouse Guard Free Comic Book Day story [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/34828777[/vimeo] ChicagoWatch: Neil Gaiman writes; I'm writing a speech I will be delivering in Chicago next week, with the working title of "What the [very bad swearword] is a Children's Book anyway?" It's about, well, what Children's fiction is, something the book I'm writing right[...]

Selling for over $4000, here is the original art for Jim Lee's Free Comic Book Day T-Shirt design; The T-shirts of course… were free! And here's how they look, on.       Selling for over $4000, here is the original art for Jim Lee's Free Comic Book Day T-Shirt design; The T-shirts of course… were free! And here's how[...]

Here's a few shots, via Twitter, of how Free Comic Book Day has been going down around the world… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */   Here's a few shots, via Twitter, of how Free Comic Book Day has been going[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfsrGSj9XdQ It is an impressive volume for no money...

I'll be going to Orbital Comics, Forbidden Planet and Gosh Comics for their kids workshop with my eldest daughter Eve and some of her school friends for Free Comic Book Day… but where will you be going? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pHAG2ClVKU#![/youtube] PressWatch: Hundreds of newspapers dive in to give more and more and more and more coverage to Free Comic[...]

Thank you to Diamond Comics for sending me all these Free Comic Book Day comics in advance I now no longer need to take my children to Free Comic Book Day tomorrow But I will So what do we have? And can I mark them out of ten for desirability, newness, content and general appeal?[...]

We suggested last week that we were about to get a Buffy Vs Aliens story from Dark Horse for Free Comic Book Day 2012 An in continuity encounter between Buffy The Vampire Slayer and the xenomorphs. Here's one panel from tomorrow's free Buffy comic… we've been asked not to show any more…   We suggested last week[...]

This year's Image Comics Free Comic Book Day volume celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the publisher And in doing so, previews a bunch of all new comic books. It's a bold, confident statement that seems intended to say as much about the company as the comics it previews We have G-Man with Chris Giarrusso… Guarding The Globe[...]

In this weekend's Valiant Free Comic Book Day offering there are plenty of teases as to what is to come in the Valiant Universe. But two pieces stand out rather First there's Lee Bermejo's rendition of Eternal Warrior, another previous Valiant character, to be published later this year Though these pieces are just pin-ups/costume designs from[...]

Dynamite's Free Comic Book Day offering this year is Dinosaurs Vs Aliens, a preview of the upcoming graphic novel by Barry Sonnenfeld, Grant Morison and Mukesh Singh Not only do we see art and sketches, but we also get script and background behind the series creation Which tells so much more about what we'll be[...]

Comic books pre-ordered and set aside for regular customers, to avoid the Wednesday morning rush. This will launch on Free Comic Book Day this Saturday Attendees who pick up free comics from their local Hastings will get a coupon for 25% off their first pullbox order, if they pre-order three or more comics. Well, nationwide-ish Mostly[...]

We're continuing to highlight Free Comic Book Day retailers going above and beyond. Stadium Comics of Ontario, Canada are running signings and sketching from Marcus To, Kalman Andrasofszky, Fred Kennedy, Adam Gorham, Shaun Hatton, Vince Sunico, George Todorovski and Chris Hatzopoulos, Cris De Lara, Paris Alleyne, Chris Leung, Luca Baldassarra, David Bishop, Norm Antonio and Daniel[...]

FreeComicBookDayWatch: Every comic shop across the country seems to be getting loads and loads of press right now for Free Comic Book Day 2012 calling it "Geek Christmas". LemmingWatch: When rap samples Lemmings, from Akira The Don, from Unkillable Thunder Christ. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wCVnUnWnAc[/youtube] FranceWatch: BD Comics Passion is the L'Institut Francais in London's second comics festival with Comica[...]

Looking at stores going above and beyond for Free Comic Book Day 2012? Here are a couple more… This year Earthworld Comics of Albany, New York, will be working with Books For Troops by collecting donations from fans to send to soldiers in Afghanistan They have been collecting donations all April long and have been handing[...]

More on that to come. Weirdly, this also gives the book the feel of Marvel's Free Comic Book Day offering, reprinting Avengers #12.1 as Age Of Ultron #0.1, and showing an upcoming future… Consider these tastes Teases There's so much more inside Oh, and a sneak peek look at a bunch of new titles as well! This is[...]

We've been looking at comic stores that, this weekend, will go above and beyond just giving out free comics on Free Comic Book Day Here are four more contenders. Ultimate Comics of Durham, North Carolina has guests Chris Burnham, Janet Lee, Brian Clevinger, Tommy Lee Edwards, Joe Keating, Andre Szymanowicz and Richard Case signing and sketching[...]

The gay-themed Quatrefoil Library of St Paul, Minnesota has spent the year cataloging its comic book singles, and to promote the collection, will be giving away their own free gay-themed comic this Saturday on Free Comic Book Day… or rather, since they have no official affiliation to the event, Free Comic Book Gay. Contributors include James[...]

We continue to look at comic stores going above and beyond for Free Comic Book Day next Saturday Well, Rebekah Isaacs, Jim Fern, Nelson Ortega, Joe Kuzma, Sebastian Piccione and Neil Jorge will be signing and sketching on Free Comic Book Day at Famous Faces & Funnies in West Melbourne, Florida, giving away ten free[...]