If you have never heard of free comic book day, then you need to wake up and smell the coffee. Select retailers throughout the world give away a free comic book to people who show up. It is that simple.
According to the site, some of the free comics include Superman, Trinity, X-Men, Transformers, Jughead, Hellboy, The Simpsons, Futurama, and work from the Dabel Brothers with excerpts from Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files, GRRM’s Wild Cards, and Deen Koontz’s Frankenstein. Wizards of the Coast is giving out figures from its Star Wars miniatures game and there are lots of lesser known works and samples of works available as well.
As you can tell, I’m pretty excited about the idea. Even better, the website has a database of stores where the day is being celebrated, so you can easily find the one closest to you.
If you are really lucky, a writer or artist lives nearby and you will be able to attend a creator signing. The list of signings isn’t up yet, but they have a nice, easy way to find out by signing up for their mailing list. I did, and I’m lucky enough to have three stores to choose from to visit. It is a minor trek out to them, but for a free comic, plus maybe finding one or two I’ve had a hard time finding, it would be worth it.
I would look into it if I were you.
UPDATE: Just found out that my local shop will have Fred Torres of Salem fame doing a signing. Lucky me!
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Always a great time!