Free Comic Book Day - May 5, 2007

[six-gun]

My LCS isn't doing Free Comic Book Day, so no Astounding Wolfman or Jimenez Spiderman for me

[acomicbookgirl]

My LCS isn't doing Free Comic Book Day, so no Astounding Wolfman or Jimenez Spiderman for me


Neither is mine.. :( I have to go to the one that's near me... The one I don't like.. :(

[comhcinc]

My LCS isn't doing Free Comic Book Day, so no Astounding Wolfman or Jimenez Spiderman for me

i think my is. i don't really care. if it is something i need they should put it my box otherwise i don't even know when it is

[acomicbookgirl]

i think my is. i don't really care. if it is something i need they should put it my box otherwise i don't even know when it is

May 5 :)

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[comhcinc]

May 5 :)

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thank you. now is there any thing i need to get?:)

[acomicbookgirl]

The Spider Man book with Phil Jimenez.. That's the only one I want.. I know there's more but I can't remember.. Sorry..

[jerome]

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e251/archiesolicitations/FCBDla.jpg

[comhcinc]

since when does archie hang out with minorities?

[conorkilpatrick]

Here are the books that publishers are putting out for Free Comic Book Day: (http://www.freecomicbookday.com/)

GOLD SPONSORS
These special editions will be available from participating retailers on Saturday, May 5, 2007.

Gold Sponsors - Title
Archie Comics - Archie Comics Little Archie 2007
Bongo Comics - Bongo's Free for All 2007
Dark Horse Comics - Umbrella Academy Zero Killer Pantheon City 2007
DC Comics - Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century 2007
Dynamite Entertainment - The Lone Ranger / New Battlestar Galactica Flip Book 2007
Gemstone Publishing - Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse 2007
IDW - Transformers the Movie Prequel # 1 2007
Image Comics - Astounding Wolf-Man # 1 2007
Marvel Comics - Amazing Spider-Man Swing Shift 2007
TOKYOPOP - Tokyopop Choose Your Weapon 2007

SILVER SPONSORS
These special editions will be available in many stores on May 5.
Check with your retailer for availability.

Silver Sponsors - Title
Antarctic Press - Pirates vs. Ninjas # 1 2007
Ape Entertainment - Ape Entertainment’s Comic Spectacular 2007
Arcana Studio - Arcana Studio Presents 2007
Archie Comics - Sonic the Hedgehog 2007
Aspen MLT - Worlds of Aspen 2007
Blatant Comics - Last Blood # 1 2007
Boom! Studios - Hunter’s Moon / Salvador Flip Book 2007
CastleRain Entertainment - Jack the Lantern: Ghosts 2007
Comic Genesis - Comic Genesis 2007
Comic Shop News, Inc - Comic Shop News 2007
DC Comics - Justice League of America # 0 2007
Devil’s Due Publishing - Family Guy / Hack / Slash Flip Book 2007
Digital Webbing - Digital Webbing Jam # 1 2007
Drawn and Quarterly - Lynda Barry Sampler 2007
Fantagraphics Books - The Unseen Peanuts 2007
First Second Books - The Train Was Bang On Time 2007
Heroic Publishing - Liberty Comics # 0 2007
Impact Books - Impact University Volume 3 2007
Keenspot Entertainment - Keenspot Spotlight 2007
Legion of Evil Press - Comics Festival 2007
Maerkle Press - Love and Capes # 4 2007
Marvel Comics - Marvel Adventures Three-In-One 2007
Oni Press - Whiteout # 1 2007
Renaissance Press - Amelia Rules! Hangin’ Out 2007
Rude Dude Productions - Nexus Special 2007
Sky-Dog Press - Buzzboy / Royboy Red: The Buzz & The ‘Bot 2007
Too Hip Gotta Go - Wahoo Morris # 1 2007
Topshelf Productions - Owly & Korgi 2007
TwoMorrow Publishing - Comics 101: How to & History Lessons from the Pros 2007
Viper Comics - Viper Comics Presents: Josh Howard’s Sasquatch 2007
Virgin Comics - Ramayan 3392AD 2007
Wildcard Ink - Gumby Special 2007
Wizard Entertainment - Wizard’s “How to Draw” Sampler 2007

[comhcinc]

thanks conor. to me the "silver sponsor" stuff looks more appealing.

[itsbecca]

Archie was my king in elementary school. I even had a crush on Jughead, he was so misunderstood. I want to say they got me into other comics, but I'm pretty sure it was cartoons that did that. BUT my mother having read archie when she was young made her fine with buying me comics, which was invaluable.

I'll probably be hitting up my shop if for no other reason then I almost always go there on Saturdays. It's right next to a blockbuster and an amaaazing mexican place.

[iSteve]

http://www.greenbrain.biz/FCBD%20is%20nigh.JPG

[labor_days]

The previews of Astonishing Wolfman looked cool. It's free, it's Kirkman. Why the hell not, eh?

[fred]

I'm in for Astonishing Wolfman
as a matter of fact it's on my pull list already

[jimski]

This weekend on Free Comic Book Day, there will be a sighting at St. Louis' Star Clipper of that most rare and elusive of creatures: the LCS sale.

"In conjunction with Free Comic Book Day, Star Clipper will be having a sale this Saturday!"

"Bring your friends and family! This Free Comic Book Day event and sale is sure to help introduce budding readers into a series they'll love, and maybe our old-timers too."

"Look for entire graphic novel series slashed to half price, while all graphic novels in the store will be marked down. Apparel, toys, statues, novelties and more will also be discounted. Come in early to get the good stuff!"

[k33k3r]

Yeah my LCS is also having signings and a silver age sale on FCBD. I'm not looking forward to going near that store.

[mikegraham6]

i got a chance to read the Spider-man FCBD issue. it has a standalone story that i didn't find to interesting (the art was nice though) but the second half had a preview of the One More Day storyline, which actually caught my attention. its drawn by Quesada so we'll see how long that lasts but it interested me enough to pick up

[conorkilpatrick]

For those of you who never stop by iFanboy.com (tsk tsk), we've got an early review of The Astounding Wolf-Man (http://www.ifanboy.com/archive/weblog/ifanboy_preview.html).

[kwok_talk]

Guilty as charged. Thanks for the link. I hope our LCS gets a copy of that.

[paper]

Holy cow! When did you guys get a website?

[conorkilpatrick]

Holy cow! When did you guys get a website?

Monday !

[paper]

And you went and backdated all those entries to create the illusion that you've had one all along. You must love us.

Are there any plans for a message board?

Are there any great comics to come out of Free Comic Book Day historically? Anything remembered after the fact?

[mister-s]

The Astounding Wolf Man artist is signing in my town on FCBD...

[k33k3r]

That's cool. You should get one for all of us :)

[paper]

That could be costly. Oh....wait.

[k33k3r]

Hardy Har Har.... Well it could be if he ebayed them. But probably not.

[mister-s]

I'll see what I can do.

[k33k3r]

Well just make sure you get one for yourself

[acomicbookgirl]

I will be here (http://bravenewworldcomics.com/news/inthenews/NewsStory.aspx?ObjectId=28) for FCBD.. Cheers!

[fred]

I just got back. I got the Spider-man special, The Astounding Wolf-Man, and The Lone Ranger.

[jimski]

I too got Spidey and Wolf-Man, along with the one by the guy from My Chemical Romance. A friend of mine is obsessed with that guy, so I figured it was the least I could do.

It is so nice to actually buy something on sale at a comic shop (which, by the way, was crazy busy). I snagged the Kurt Busiek Spider-Man trade; good times.

In addition to the fanboys and looky-loos, I did see one guy blatantly ignoring the "limit 3" sign and going through to pick up one of everything without even looking at them because they were free. I left before he could meet with heartbreak at the register.

[alexg]

Seems like the FCBD concept does bring in business for the shops. The guy at the shop I went to was complaining (good naturedly) about how he hadn't had a chance to even get a drink due to constant customer flow.

[fred]

my shop was packed and it wasn't with the normal greasy magic nerds

I was chuckling to myself as the CBG explained the concept of a trade to a group of people standing in front of a shelf

[alexg]

I never got into magic, probably because I'm anti-social, but in a way I'm glad, since if I did, I'm sure there'd be no room under my sofa for comics on account a all the the cards that would be there.

[fred]

I'm just amused by the pecking order thing it brings out in me

I'm just so much higher on the hierarchy of geeks

[paper]

Had a friend whose college roommate made his own Magic cards....

He painted them.

[fred]

and the asshole of the year award goes to.......

[itsbecca]

I slept in late and only got there like 5 minutes before close. While I got my free comics I missed out on taking much advantage of the 20% sale they were having that they did NOT advertise before hand. Damnit! I got wolfman, spidey and my CBG threw on Gumby in a rare show of... actually talking to me instead of silently ringing me up. It was exciting.

[jurassicalien]

FCBD was great in my store, they had gold and silver stuff.

Spider-man: The art was good, and I didn't mind Slott on it. It is a good stand alone if you've only seen the movies, as it were (I read Spider-man, but it's somethign I noticed)

Wolf Man: Was all right, I'll keep reading it. It was free so...

[acomicbookgirl]

Photo recap of FCBD here (http://acbg.livejournal.com). :)

[comhcinc]

cool i did not attend anything today but the lcs put a copy of every freebie in my box so i'll read them next week

[jimski]

Wolf Man: Was all right, I'll keep reading it. It was free so...

How 'bout that Wolf Man? Not every day you see a millionaire businessman rocking the short sleeve shirt/tie combo like Homer Simpson. Must be his at-home casual wear. I think my favorite scene was his first transformation, when he attacked the gardener who was gardening in the snow in the middle of the night. Like you do.

Something about Kirkman's creator-owned work seems so... breathless. He tells the story like he's got somewhere to be.

[jurassicalien]

How 'bout that Wolf Man? Not every day you see a millionaire businessman rocking the short sleeve shirt/tie combo like Homer Simpson. Must be his at-home casual wear. I think my favorite scene was his first transformation, when he attacked the gardener who was gardening in the snow in the middle of the night. Like you do.

Something about Kirkman's creator-owned work seems so... breathless. He tells the story like he's got somewhere to be.

I enjoyed the wife jumping to the conclusion he's a werewolf rather easily...

[itsbecca]

Photo recap of FCBD here (http://acbg.livejournal.com). :)

EWOKS!!!!!! asdflakwehfowfuwefa SO CUTE!

That is the only way I could have children, if they dressed like that everyday. And no, it would never get old.

[fred]

How 'bout that Wolf Man? Not every day you see a millionaire businessman rocking the short sleeve shirt/tie combo like Homer Simpson. Must be his at-home casual wear. I think my favorite scene was his first transformation, when he attacked the gardener who was gardening in the snow in the middle of the night. Like you do.

Something about Kirkman's creator-owned work seems so... breathless. He tells the story like he's got somewhere to be.

homer simpson is the fashion example for all millionaire businessmen. Someday I'll be a millionaire businessman and I'll also dress like a used car dealer.

[alexg]

How 'bout that Wolf Man? Not every day you see a millionaire businessman rocking the short sleeve shirt/tie combo like Homer Simpson. Must be his at-home casual wear. I think my favorite scene was his first transformation, when he attacked the gardener who was gardening in the snow in the middle of the night. Like you do.

Something about Kirkman's creator-owned work seems so... breathless. He tells the story like he's got somewhere to be.

That's so damn funny...I thought the same thing when I saw the short sleeve tie outfit.

The other thing I couldn't understand is why the werewolf had the presence of mind to make his way back to the hospital bed and later his own bedroom before changing back.

This whole "directors cut" thing is lame though. I was impressed that they were truly giving away issue 1, but they aren't. I mean I get it--make you pay for the same thing plus a few more pages, but still, lame.

[acomicbookgirl]

EWOKS!!!!!! asdflakwehfowfuwefa SO CUTE!

That is the only way I could have children, if they dressed like that everyday. And no, it would never get old.


Oh my gosh! I heard someone say the exact same thing after I took that pic.

[fred]

this was really funny
I was talking with someone about how I took all these pictures of freaks at the NYCC
they ask 'did you ask them or just take their picture?'
I respond: 'No, I didn't ask them. You leave the goddamn house looking like that and you're inviting picture taking.'

what makes someone decide to buy a storm trooper costume, and then not only buy it but put it on, and then not only put it on but leave the house in it, and then not only leave the house in it but go to somewhere crowded in it?

I will never understand this.

[paper]

Some of it can be fun. As long as they don't take it too seriously.

Then again, I'm one of those theater kids.

[jurassicalien]

Heck i"m looking forward to Harry Potter book 7 coming out, people always dress up at that, and I'll be one of them.

I'll be dressing up as Jason from Friday the 13th, but still.

I'm gonna piss off so many people!

[conorkilpatrick]

It's interesting how Star Wars has completely co-opted the comic book experience. When you go to a con, like, 1/4 of the people* are dressed as Star Wars characters. I mean, yes, it's all geek culture, but still...

*I have no scientific data to back this up.

[alexg]

Yeah it's true--Star wars seems to be the main area of Cosplay that has taken off in the US. I don't know how long cosplay has been around in japan, but if I'm not mistaken people had already started costuming themselves when they went to see Star Wars back in the 70s (feel like I've seen footage of this on various star wars documentaries). If that's truly the case, then maybe Star Wars spawned cosplay?! (**wild speculation**).

I've long been disturbed by the whole stormtrooper thing...why do people want to spend their time dressing in costumes that were originally meant to invoke fascistic cultures!?

[acomicbookgirl]

I was just happy to see Princess Leia.. I didn't get a pic of Darth Vader but there was someone dressed as Darth Vader..

[fred]

I want to see darth vader in the supermarket
then they get my respect for it

[alexg]

I wish I had finished my Dengar costume in time...dammit, I was too busy finishing my fan-fic about the fleeting moment Uncle Owen and Padme shared while Anakin was off killing Tuscan Raiders... There's always next year.

[paper]

I want to see darth vader in the supermarket
then they get my respect for it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGR4-SeuJ0

[fred]

now that guy is cool

[alexg]

Good stuff Paper...

[bloated-moby]

The guy that was dressed up like Vader at my LCS was probably a hair shy of 5'10." I think Vader's supposed to be at least six and half feet, yes? Anyways I gotta pic (still have to finish the roll before I can develop it), because if you go by that stat and the pic, Then I have to be close to 8' tall. :)

[jimski]

if I'm not mistaken people had already started costuming themselves when they went to see Star Wars back in the 70s (feel like I've seen footage of this on various star wars documentaries). If that's truly the case, then maybe Star Wars spawned cosplay?! (**wild speculation**).

I find it virtually impossible to believe, but Wikipedia maintains that someone named Forrest J. Ackerman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Forrestcostuming.jpg) spawned cosplay at a sci-fi convention in 1939. ?????

[kwok_talk]

Haha. That's awesome. I love this aspect of the article:

"his girlfriend at the time, created the costume for him to his specification, but did not attend."

[insert joke here]

[fred]

was his girlfriend a supermodel named kiki who spent a lot of time out of town?

[alexg]

That's it, now I want to Cosplay as Forrest J Ackerman.

[jgg0610]

That was hysterical.

[keithm]

DC was giving away JLA #0? Yeesh. Not exactly what I'd call accessible to new readers...

[kwok_talk]

Question for those who went. What do you think the % of people there were actually new readers vs. people already reading comic books and trying to score free copies of things?

[k33k3r]

Question for those who went. What do you think the % of people there were actually new readers vs. people already reading comic books and trying to score free copies of things?

My store was mostly active readers going for free swag. There were some kids in the store on saturday which was odd and cool. The guys at store said the only non-regular buyers were people there for the Silver age sale they were having.

[mister-s]

Well, FCBD (free comic book day) came and went, and many an adventure was had. It made me really happy to see all the people in the comic shops (yes, plural, I went to three), and it made me even happier to see them actually buying things, not just grabbing some free stuff and bolting. To coincide with FCBD, two of the three LCSs also had back issue fire sales. The result: I bought a lot of .25$ comics. And some regular floppies. And some trades. And some original art. It was a good day. I hope that some of the people who came in for the free shiz will come back for some "real" comics sometime soon.

I have a lot to read.

I talked with Jason Howard about coming to speak at my school, and he was very receptive. He was a really nice guy - and extremely talented. I watched him draw a Ms. Marvel for a customer, and turns out it was the first time he has ever drawn the character. I hope we can work something out before the end of the school year.

There are pics at my virb page in my sig.

[r0blaw]

One of the highlights of FCBD for me was at the third store of the day which is just off campus of Michigan State. A frat boy and his sorostitue(soroity girl) girlfriend came in the store and the look on her face and she saw all of the comics, comic readers, hero clix....etc was pricless. I'm sure she had to go home to shower and roll around in all of the expensive crap that E! and People tells her to buy to make herself feel better

[fred]

that's funny. I'm the prettiest person I've ever seen in my LCS

[darron]

My shop owner got his FCBD books TODAY. Talk about getting screwed over, huh?

[fred]

My shop owner got his FCBD books TODAY. Talk about getting screwed over, huh?

he should've given out peppermints on fcbd.

CBG: Here's your free stuff
random customer: this is a peppermint
CBG: heh heh sorry