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I always think it's hilarious when companies whose product is analog makes ordering digital-only. Joe Field, of Flying Colors Comics Comics, Concord, California: The medium is the message… and always has been I wish they'd get that simple and timeless point. Then there was the Dynamite Comics diversion. Jackson Brantley, of Fanboy Comics in Wilmington, North Carolina: Curious[...]

Joe Field is owner and manager of Flying Colors Comics, a longstanding comic book store in Concord, California, and the originator of Free Comic Book Day He has also just tested positive for the coronavirus The store posted to Facebook; Joe Field Closes Flying Colors Comic Shop (For Now) After COVID Test I hate to give you[...]

He looked to the autumn for a date, and with its founder, Joe Field on the call was able to bat around the idea of when would be a good date, if there was the possibility of doing two Free Comic Book Days a year, how it might work with Hallowe'en Comic Fest, and reminding[...]

Leading comic book retailer Joe Field of Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff in Concord, California, has called on comic book publishers to suspend publication and not replace print distribution with spotty distribution to stores still open or doing mail-order, or switch to digital publication Rebellion Publishing has already talked about continuing publication through[...]

So this will soon get a transformation! A signed A Writer's Prayer by Neil Gaiman, won by Joe Field in the auction. Gail Simone and a few of the Valkyrie group of female retailers. ourtesy of Green Brain Comix. Brian Hurtt, Matt Kindt and Joelle Jones karaokeing after hours… Joelle gets her Bjork on[...]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saD2pP-PvX0[/youtube] Comic book retailer and founder of Free Comic Book Day, Joe Field, writes, Back before Flying Colors Comics opened, when I was still working for KJOY-AM Radio and doing publicity/advertising work for the convention that would become WonderCon, I did some video interviews for a local cable access TV show[...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_03ocYcRmCc[/youtube] Neal Adams appears at Joe Field's Flying Colors comic store in California, and Field grabbed the mike – with Neal talking about getting paid to steal jokes at Archie, pencilling ten pages a day for Jerry Lewis comics, the differences between bigfoot and littlefoot artists, designing theme park rides, opening women's bras without their knowledge,[...]

The cloud based approach of ComiXology also allows you to access your comic collection on whichever device you like without having to worry about converting the file to the correct format. All in all this was a lively and interesting debate but, as Joe Field suggested, maybe the time for this sort of panel has passed[...]

From Joe Field, the man who invented Free Comic Book Day from his store Four Color Comics, telling us how the whole thing came about – and how it looks now. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EI5D4HFbIw[/youtube] From Joe Field, the man who invented Free Comic Book Day from his store Four Color Comics, telling us how the whole thing came[...]

The panel will be moderated by G4 Attack of the Show's Chris Gore and will feature a special surprise guest to be revealed that day. WHO:Sid & Marty Krofft, Chris Gore and a special surprise guest. WHAT:An exclusive panel and Q & A (moderated by Chris Gore) WHERE: Comic-Con San Diego – Room 23ABC WHEN:Saturday, July 14 from 1:00pm[...]

Ten years ago, Joe Field started Free Comic Book Day Last weekend was the eleventh such event He writes for Bleeding Cool; FCBD 2012 was a lot of fun! At Flying Colors, more than 1200 people came through the store That was a bit bigger crowd than last year, but with the store's new layout, it[...]