Happy Free Comic Book Day!

It's Free Comic Book Day! Who's not excited about that? I certainly am.

I hope everyone will have a lot of fun today getting free comic books and supporting your local comic book store. However, I also hope that if you can, please make sure to buy something. The comics might be free to us but for the stores they are not, so buy something if you can.

Happy Free Comic Book Day!

Happy Free Comic Book Day!

It's Free Comic Book Day, a comic book fan's favorite day of the year.

I hope everyone has a lot of fun getting some free books at your local comic book store. However, I also hope that if you can, please make sure to buy something as well.

Happy Free Comic Book Day!

Happy Free Comic Book Day!

Although there is a serious health crisis, today is still Free Comic Book Day and we will just have to celebrate the day at home. So, what are some of your favorite comic books or series? I have a lot of books and I've enjoyed reading them (well at least most of them) but there are some series that I have re-read several times because they're just so much fun to read. And they are:

- Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) written by Bryan Q. Millar
- Batman & Robin (Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne) written by Grant Morrison
- Birds of Prey written by Gail Simone
- Black Widow written by Nathan Edmondson with illustrations by Phil Noto
- Captain America written by Ed Brubaker
- Gotham City Sirens written by Paul Dini, Tony Bedard and Peter Calloway with illustrations by Guillem March and other artists
- Hawkeye by Matt Fraction with illustrations by David Aja and Javier Pulido
- Red Robin by Christopher Yost with illustrations by Ramón F. Bachs and Marcus To
- Superboy written by Jeff Lemire
- Teen Titans written by Geoff Johns

I can't recommend these series enough and as for favorite books well I love reading (and re-reading) Batgirl: Year One by Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty with illustrations by Marcos Martin. Another favorite book is Robin: Year One which was also written by Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty with illustrations by Marcos Martin and Javier Pulido.

There are so many more books that I've read and enjoyed, this is only a small list of some of them. If you have a favorite book or series that you love reading and re-reading, let me know. Happy Free Comic Book Day!

Happy Free Comic Book Day!

Today is Free Comic Book Day! Who's not excited about that? Make sure to stop by your local comic book store and see what free books are available. Also, if you can, please purchase something as well to support the store.

I'll post whatever free books and anything else I might buy in another post.

Free Comic Book Day 2018

Every year it seems like there are more and more people who show up at my local comic bookstore for Free Comic Book Day. Yesterday, was fun and exciting with so much energy in the air from all the people looking around taking in everything. I didn't mind standing in the long lines because it was great seeing so many people and kids who were happy picking up books. Despite the store being so packed, I did manage to pick up a good selection of free comics.

Aside from the free comics, I also bought a few things: a Spider-Gwen pin and Funko Sesame Street Burt and Ernie figures. I also bought a Spider-Pig sketch from artist Terrell Culbert. I wanted to buy something from him at last year's FCBD but I didn't make it out there because I had been sick with a cold. So this time I made sure to get a sketch from him.


Spider-Gwen Pin

Funko Sesame Street: Ernie and Bert

Spider-Pig

Yesterday really was fun, I enjoyed walking around the store looking at stuff and talking to other comic book geeks. If you're still on the fence about attending Free Comic Book Day, maybe think about going next year. Hopefully, you will have as much fun as the rest of us comic book geeks.

Happy Free Comic Book Day!

The first Saturday in May is the day we comic book fans look forward to because it's Free Comic Book Day. But FCBD is not just for us comic book regulars it's also great for potential new fans. It gives them an opportunity to find something they might be interested in reading.

I hope everyone will have a lot of fun today picking up free books but I also hope that if you can, please make sure to buy something as well. It's a good way to support your local comic book store.

Happy Free Comic Book Day!

This is the day where comic books, comic book stores and readers are appreciated and celebrated. It's a fun day where readers new and old can pick up some free comics at their local comic book store. If it's possible could you please try to buy something. It's a nice way to support your local store.

Free Comic Book Day 2016

For those who were unaware, yesterday was Free Comic Book Day and it was a lot of fun.

By the time I got to my local comic book store it was already packed with customers and cosplayers. As soon as I walked into the store, there were people lined up everywhere. I knew as soon as I made my way over to the free comic section that some of the books were going to be gone. Below were six books I was able to pick up.

Since I'm an old hat at this, I didn't really look around at the other items on the shelves because I'm there on a weekly basis anyway. However, I did check out the discount section and found a few gems. Everything in this picture below (except for The Arcane Awakening comic, that I bought from the writer) were for 25 cent each.

After checking out the discount section, I stopped by some of the booths that were in the store. As I mentioned above, I bought The Arcane Awakening (and got it autographed) from the author Dominic Riggio (below).

Then I moved over to Dan Dougherty booth and got a free "Beardo volume #1: The Art Degree Guarantee" book and bought a Winnie the Pooh/Star Wars crossover artwork.

I didn't get a chance to buy anything from artist Terrell Culbert (below), his line was really long. I wish I did because his artwork is amazing.

All in all I would say it was a good day, I got some free comics and met a few artists and writers. Each year it seems to get bigger and better. I'm already looking forward to next year, they are starting to feel like mini comic cons.

I hope everyone had a great time yesterday at Free Comic Book Day and will have a wonderful Mother's Day.

Free Comic Book Day!

Happy Free Comic Book Day!

This may have started out as a way to gain new comic book readers but Free Comic Book Day has grown to become this huge nation wide event. I wonder if this is held internationally, I need to find out.

I think it's wonderful that comic book stores are participating in this event offering free comics. However, if it's possible could you please try to buy something. It's a nice way to support your local store.

If you're not sure which comic to pick up, click here to see which books are offered this year.

And most importantly have fun!

Today is Free Comic Book Day!

It's a comic book fan's favorite day of the year, Free Comic Book Day! Even if you're not a comic book fan, today is the perfect time to check out some of your local comic book stores (if they're participating in the event).

I hope everyone has a lot of fun picking up some free books and meeting fellow comic book fans but I also hope that if you can, please make sure to buy something as well.

Anyway, have a good Free Comic Book Day!

Free Comic Book Day 2014

Free Comic Book Day this year was really good. This was the first time I went to one at the new comic book store that I started going to. I arrived a little before noon and the place was already starting to get really busy. I think it's great to see all the people there because hopefully FCBD might encourage someone who has never thought to read a comic to read one.

I even  took a picture of this guy wearing The Rocketeer costume. He was there to greet the customers and take pictures with them. There was even two writer/artist at the back of the store but there were too many people over there for me to see who they were.

I walked around for a bit then I picked up some of the free comic books before going over to look at some of the older comics. I was able to find an old (non-New 52) issue of Birds of Prey that I had been trying to find for a while.

After, purchasing my comic (I always try to buy something on FCBD) and speaking with the owner for a little bit, I left the store with a nice little bag of comics.

Afterwards I met up with friends for lunch and even though they don't like comic books I think they might be interested in going to FCBD next year. But we'll see.

For now, I enjoyed it.

~ Book Girl

Today is Free Comic Book Day!!!!!

Anyone else planning on attending Free Comic Book Day? Every year the event seems to get bigger and bigger.

How can you not love it?

A little friendly advice: try to go as early as you can because the comic book stores that participate are usually packed. And you don't want to miss out on some of the really good books that will be there.

For a list of the free books offered this year, click here.

Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 4th

I can't wait! Anyone else going? I'm going to make sure I go early, the local comic book store I go to is always crowded on Free Comic Book Day. You should check with your local comic book store to see if they are participating this year.

For a list of free books click here