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This year's Free Comic Book Day was planned for the first Saturday in May Books were intended to start arriving in stores very soon, but now, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, it was believed to have put too much pressure on the system And it is now intended to cover the whole of[...]

Every first Saturday of May, the comic book industry hosts Free Comic Book Day, when comic book publishers and comic book retailers conspire to give away millions of comic books, to readers new and old Some containing samples of upcoming or published work, some original works to tease and tantalise and help sales of ongoing[...]

Lots of comic shops choose to open their doors for the first time on Free Comic Book Day I think last year we counted eleven, all told Well, it's still two months away but Superscript Comics and Games of Lakewood, Ohio, is the first for 2020 to put their head above the parapet. Owners Elliott Frank,[...]

Our alternative to Free Comic Book Day what should it be called? I typed up a list of possible names then ran it by some of my employees Here was the list I typed up Some were more serious than others. Don't be Cheap Day Get Some Great Comics Day Not Free Comic Book Day Classic Comic Book Day Superior[...]

Complete with arrows. Another continuity cock-up along the lines of the current Justice League run occurring before Scott Snyder's run, despite containing events that definitely happened during it? Well, Bleeding Cool gets the word that DC's Free Comic Book Day title Generation Zero: Gods Among Us will address this head on, and other editorial foul-ups directly,[...]

We saw the publication of Flash Forward #6 today, setting up the Free Comic Book Day title Generation Zero from DC Comics, now give the fuller title Generation Zero : Gods Among Us – will that be enough to dissuade the trademark police? It's also going to be a bigger comic book that before with a[...]

Free Comic Book Day is coming on Saturday, the 2nd of May But comic book stores do like to know a little about what's coming – especially what titles are suitable for what audiences? Little Timmy and Tabitha may love to get their hands on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys, but their parents[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. Rich, in a previous article, brought up the cost to host Free Comic Book Day along with what I had written about us not having Free Comic Book Day this year The bare minimum cost is $60 not counting freight. I never said the cost was[...]

Last week Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics outlined reasons as to why his store wouldn't be participating in Free Comic Book Day this year But how much of a cost and commitment is it? Well, to be a listed participant and receive the publicity benefits that come with being a Free Comic Book Day store,[...]

After talking with customers about trying something new on Free Comic Book Day in May, we have not heard anything positive about Free Comic Book Day in itself We are being told that they are coming in for Rod Deals, not the free comics The sales that are a part of Rod Deals is what[...]

We only head the names, publishers and assorted details for the Silver Free Comic Book Day 2020 titles the other day now we have them all So… what will you be picking up, come the first Saturday in May? GOLD TITLES: FCBD 2020 ARCHIE BLUE RIBBON PRESENTS ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS (W) Micol Ostow, Jamie L Rotante (A/CA) Thomas Pitilli,[...]

The Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) Committee has selected the forty-seven comic book titles for Free Comic Book Day, May 2nd, 2020 But not everything free – there will also be exclusive merchandise for the day There are three Marvel-based Funko Mystery Bozes (with at least a T-shirt size) for $35 each A Jeffrey Brown[...]

We saw the Free Comic Book Day 2020 Gold titles a couple of days ago – and we'll run those ten below But first here are the 37 Silver titles which retailers don't have to order to participate in Free Comic Book Day – but most will anyway. SILVER TITLES Dark Ark: Instinct by Cullen Bunn and[...]

Diamond has revealed the solicits for all of the Free Comic Book Day 2020 Gold Sponsor books, including an X-Men book from Marvel, Robert Kirkman and Chris Samnee's new series that we want to stress is definitely not an Iron Fist book, Riverdale, Legend of Zelda, Critical Role, Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology, Power Rangers, Investi-Gators,[...]

The Absolute Carnage trade paperback by Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman was solicited as collecting Absolute Carnage #1-5 and at 176 pages, would cost $24.99. However, retailers have just been told by Marvel that it will now collect Absolute Carnage #1-5 and the Free Comic Book Day Venom/Spider-Man comic that set it up back in May[...]

Free Comic Book Day is a time for a celebration of comic books, all they can do and all they can appeal to There are comics for everyone, from everyone, in a spirit of freedom and creative prosperity that is hard to argue with And, along the way, some sarcastic and pointed put-downs of everything[...]

Comics fans from around the world are settling in to absorb all of the great titles they were able to pick up during Free Comic Book Day, with offerings from just about every comics publisher out there. //Credit: Image Comics Spawn #1 made the rounds again, with a splashy new cover from Francesco Mattina It's kind of[...]

Today's Free Comic Book Day offerings were pretty diverse, with a lot of cool comic samplings from across the spectrum of genre, format, and style. //Credit: Fantagraphics Books One of the coolest books I was able to get my hands on was Our Favorite Thing is My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris This is a[...]

Here we are, another frenzied Free Comic Book Day behind us… oh, wait! You missed it? Oh, wow There were some really cool comics available, completely free I'm afraid you've missed the free part, but I'm going to help you track down the cool comics you might have missed. //Crdit: Antarctic Press Punchline is a pretty slick[...]

May brings both Free Comic Book Day at the beginning of the month and MCM Londo Comic Con towards the end… what a great time to like comics, comic culture and be in London. Exhibitions: More Instant Mash -Carl Stimpson Exhibition Clear line painter Carl Stimpson returns to Orbital's Eisner-winning gallery for an incredible new exhibition –[...]

This Free Comic Book Day, DC Comics is giving away a couple of looks at their Ink and Zoom lines We've already looked at the preview of Catwoman: Under The Moon and how it has already caused a retailer advisory notice to be issued by DC Comics (the graphic novel itself is out in bookstores[...]

Marvel has revealed the creative team for their Free Comic Book Day Spider-Man/Venom issue: Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, Tom Taylor, Saladin Ahmed, and Cory Smith In a press release, they also revealed details on what the stories will be For Taylor, Ahmed, and Smith, it will be a tale starring Miles Morales: Everyone knows Miles Morales, who[...]

Jeffrey Brown has found a brand new children's audience in recent years, both for his Star Wars comics and his Lucy and Andy Neanderthal comics, and it's the latter that is being promoted on May the 4th for Free Comic Book Day, FCBD 2019 LUCY & ANDY NEANDERTHAL BIG & BOULDER RANDOM HOUSE BOOKS YOUNG READERS (W) Jeffrey[...]

Vertical Comics is previewing Kino's Journey: Beautiful World in their Free Comic Book Day sampler for 2019–here's a look ahead. FCBD 2019 KINOS JOURNEY BEAUTIFUL WORLD SAMPLER VERTICAL COMICS (W) Keiichi Sigsawa (CA) Iruka Shiomiya Kino's Journey is about a character named Kino who travels around the world with a talking motorcycle named Hermes[...]

She has a lot to learn about her new afterlife, and thankfully the forest spirits Claude and Stanley are there to guide her! However, they soon find that her parents, along with their fellow animal villagers, have been kidnapped by the malicious mountain demon Mava! Truff wants to help, but… the hunter is finally within[...]

Together with his  best friend Sherbert and mysterious new friend Anne Phibian, Gillbert is curious to find out where all the messages in a bottle are coming from! Created by Tiny Titans' Art Baltazar. Rating: All-Ages It's Final Order Cut-Off date for almost all (apart from the Marvel) Free Comic Book Day titles this weekend, which is why Bleeding[...]

Starburns launched with Free Comic Book Day last year and in 2019 they have a lot more sci-fi to sell–or in this case, give away for free–and we have a preview (if you squint). And more reason for Rebellion to be annoyed they didn't get a 2000AD title. FCBD 2019 STARBURNS PRESENTS STARBURNS INDUSTRIES PRESS (W) Ed Kuehnel, Matt[...]

It does have the look of a certain Nemo about it, but Arcana Studios are bringing their Go Fish all-ages title to Free Comic Book Day Anyway, Alex is a Parrotfish, not a Clownfish, the difference is clear to anyone… FCBD 2019 GO FISH ARCANA STUDIO Alex the Parrotfish is off to the undersea city of New Corralton in[...]

For a third year in a row, the people at YouNeek Studios have a new comic book for Free Comic Book Day, with Malika: Fire And Frost And we have a slightly extended preview as well. FCBD 2019 MALIKA – FIRE & FROST YOUNEEK STUDIOS (W) Roye Okupe (A) Raphael Kazeem (A/CA) Sunkanmi Akinboye Following years of moving in[...]

Joey Ellis has an all-ages comic book planned for Free Comic Book Day from Graphix/Scholastic Here is what's coming your way… FCBD 2019 WOLFIE MONSTER & BIG BAD PIZZA BATTLE GRAPHIX (W) Joey Ellis (A/CA) Joey Ellis Three monster brothers get into trouble in a wacky adventure to save their failing pizza parlor! Monster brothers Wolfie, Jackson, and Roy are[...]