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Strangers In Paradise creator and publisher Terry Moore is next year's chosen artist for the official artwork for Free Comic Book Day 2024 with Francine and Katchoo "emphasizing the community and friendship that come from exploring the pages of a comic book." The design will serve as the commemorative t-shirt, poster, and vinyl sticker for[...]

The Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) Committee has selected the twelve Gold Sponsor comic book titles for the comic book industry's annual event: Free Comic Book Day with next year's event taking place on Saturday, May 4, 2024 The Gold Sponsor titles come from the publishers including Andrews McMeel Publishing, BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse Comics,[...]

IDW Entertainment will launch its own Monster High series on Free Comic Book Day on the 4th of May, 2024, based on the Mattel property This makes Monster High the first FCBD comic for 2024 to be confirmed The comic will have an exclusive new story and preview of its new ten-issue comic book series[...]

Last week saw Free Comic Book Day hit comic book stores around the world, with around fifty titles up for grabs But with so many comics, there's many that may have missed out on a title or three, and with eBay ramping up, here's a chance to catch up with fifteen of them for free, #gallery-1[...]

They may have been free yesterday, but certain Free Comic Book Day titles are already going for a premium So how has the aftermarket on eBay reacted? Well, you can buy/sell all 45 Free Comic Book Day comics for $75, but sellers might want to split that up somewhat. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]

New comic book publisher Band Of Bards wanted to do something fun for Free Comic Book Day, despite not having actually been invited to the party by Diamond Comic Distributors And asked Bleeding Cool if we would help out to publish a digital ashcan of their own Sure… as this goes up, I am probably[...]

Today is Free Comic Book Day 2023 It is also the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla I am in London in the middle of both of them And it is also raining Less "Happy and glorious" and more "Long to rain over us" Still, mustn't grumble, and there are free comic books[...]

Today is Free Comic Book Day And while thousands of comic book stores, bookstores and libraries will be giving away free comic books, here are seventy-five stores doing a little bit more as well… and hey, I've already got my free comics! And a few boughten ones myself! Arizona Samurai Comics Chandler, 1994 N Alma School Road,[...]

Welcome to the Daily LITG for Free Comic Book Day – and for the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla I'm on the tube on the way into London as I write this in my Captain Britain shirt! The world can seem like a terrible and strange place sometimes, but at Bleeding Cool,[...]

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day Thousands of comic book stores, bookstores and libraries will be giving away free comic books Bleeding Cool ran thirty-three comic book shops doing cool stuff for Free Comic Book Day tomorrow Then another thirteen But we really should try and get over fifty, right? Actually, those sixteen giving away[...]

But for Free Comic Book Day tomorrow, they are looking at the origin of Jack Skellington, his initial battle with Oogie Boogie and how Jack became the Pumpkin King in the first place, with Disney's Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Battle For The Pumpkin King #1 by Dan Conner, Dj Milky, Shaun McLaughlin[...]

But the new Shadowman game, Darque Legacy, goes back to the original version. Shadowman Darque Legacy Preview For Valiant's Free Comic Book Day Recently, the new Valiant Entertainment has reduced itself to publishing one comic book a month But with the Free Comic Book Day preview of Shadowman: Darque Legacy, out tomorrow, that will make two titles[...]

And its first outing will be tomorrow for Free Comic Book Day with a new original story. The game looks like this: And here's a look at the Kotto Kotorra comic book… David Alvarez has plenty of comic book shops, including the DC Comics Looney Tunes and Scooby-Doo line His studio also works on[...]

And it begins on Saturday for Free Comic Book Day with Prelude to Day of Blood, before the crossover launches in full in July with Day Of Blood #1, and then Defiant #6, #7 and Star Trek #11 and #12, into September But it begins on Saturday with a story by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing,[...]

The cast seems quite excited to talk up the project including Daniel Dae Kim, Ming-Na Wen, Brandon Soo Hoo, Aparna Brielle, and Anairis Quinones. And earlier today, Daniel Dae Kim surprised everyone with a video message encouraging his fans to show up and support Free Comic Book Day and their local comic shop, very much in[...]

Yes, Free Comic Book Day is coming on Saturday And yes, some of you just can't wait Here are a few specifically chosen spoiler pieces that you can click on Or not click on The choice is yours Both Marvel Comics and DC Comics are setting up a bunch of stuff to come with these[...]

This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day And while thousands of comic book stores, bookstores and libraries will be giving away free comic books, here are thirteen comic stores doing a little bit more as well, to go with the thirty-three we posted two days ago If you'd like to see your store displayed on[...]

The Red Sonja 50th anniversary celebration comic book series launches from Dynamite Entertainment this July, but this Saturday sees a preview in Red Sonja #0 for Free Comic Book Day And here's a preview of that preview, by Torunn Grønbekk, Walter Geovani, Omi Remalante Jr., and Simon Bowland. This advance setup of the story shows how Red[...]

For Free Comic Book Day this Saturday, seventeen comic book stores will not just be giving away free comic books but free Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania Blu-Rays The movie is available to buy now on Digital, arriving on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD on the 16th of May, but for the 6th of May, Disney[...]

Action Lab also had a Free Comic Book Day title scheduled for this May, featuring work that may be under dispute. Princeless creators on the series Jeremy Whitley and Emily C Martin are part of that lawsuit and issued a statement about the Free Comic Book Day listing, saying; It has come to our attention through the[...]

Since then things have been a little quiet on the AfterShock Comics front with far smaller solicitation lists than usual. The Darkness We Brought Back in AfterShock Free Comic Book Day Preview This weekend sees a prominent launch from AfterShock for Free Comic Book Day, however, with the launch of their Seismic Stories imprint, with an exclusive[...]

This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day And while thousands of comic book stores, bookstores and libraries will be giving away free comic books, here are thirty stores doing a little bit more as well If you'd like to see your store displayed on a follow-up tomorrow, email me at richjohnston@bleedingcool.com with details similar to[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for May 2023, as MCM London Comic Con comes to town at the end of the month, while Free Comic Book Day starts at the beginning But what else? Lots of signings, and not just for Bryan Talbot, school workshops, a trans[...]

This year's Free Comic Book Day Spider-Man comic book will not have Mary Jane Watson in it Read into that what you will It does, however, have an active Spider-Man wearing a new suit designed for him by Norman Osborn with lots of gadgets, robots, AI and the like Which, on the 6th of May,[...]

And for the third? Well, it looks as if Orchis are ahead of the game. The X-Men/Avengers Free Comic Book Day comic for Saturday, the 6th of May, will introduce a mysterious invader of the New York Krakoan treehouse embassy Might this lead to a certain prophesied scene from Timeless #1 in January? Timeless 2022 #1 Destiny looks[...]

Spoilers, going forwards, obviously. But it looks like that particular plotline will be heavy-handed in the X-Men/Avengers Free Comic Book Day issue, out for the 6th of May And Bleeding Cool has a first peek As the US Government starts to make a move against Krakoa on the evening of the Hellfire Gala. And we know where[...]

And we will be getting a first glimpse of all of this on the 6th of May for Free Comic Book Day And we get a first glimpse of that first glimpse on Bleeding Cool, with The Maker making a house call to Miles Morales, and talking about why they both speak in lower case[...]

Crashing through a window into the room to rescue those held hostage… Or showing his stretching powers when holding a gangster's car to account.   Escaping from jail…   Being shot by gangsters and dealing with scientists holding acid…   Using a control device… But maybe that control device doesn't work? Because some people have been keeping an eye on Flexo The Rubber Man[...]

First teased last year at San Diego Comic-Con, the upcoming Marvel Free Comic Book Day Avengers/X-Men comic will feature the first publication of a preview of writer Jonathan Hickman and artist Valerio Schiti's big new thing for Marvel, called G.O.D.S Already Marvel has teased some of the visuals associated with the preview. But Bleeding Cool has[...]

The same day as Free Comic Book Day Which should make for a fun confluence of activity, especially in central London, with its two comic book stores just up the road from where the main event will be happening. While crowds worldwide will be watching the occasion, bringing in billions to the British coffers from the[...]