May 2nd is Free Comic Book day

Brian Ambrozy 28 Apr, 2009 at 4:17pm ET Article published in Gaming

I have this one!

Saturday, May 2nd is the 8th annual Free Comic Book day, designed to promote youth literacy, comic culture, and local comic book shops. Comic book shops all over the world participate.

Kids are encouraged to visit their local comic shops and get free comic books, while being exposed to all of the other awesome things that can be found in the stores.

When I was a kid, I absolutely loved visiting the comic shop. I was an avid X-Men reader and comic shops are where I first discovered my love for tabletop RPGs. The rows of Dungeons & Dragons boxes, color coded and with amazing pictures on the covers drew me in; I begged my mom to get me the red box when I was 12 and my adventures began.

You can visit the website to find a local shop near you. If there’s a kid in your life who would benefit from discovering a love for comics and games, pick ’em up and take them out for the day. You could change their life.

Metro Detroit residents: Warp9 Comics in Clawson and Auburn Hills is our local FCBD location. Get to it!

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30 Apr 2009 ~ 7:16pm Dennis 75 titles to choose from, over 10,000 free comics being given away

special offers on everything in the store

and if that weren't enough:

Special appearance by TV 20's Wolfman Mac and the Nightmare Sinema/Chiller Drive-In gang
(11am-3pm Only)
Signings by Comic Creators:
Katie Cook (Artist MySpace Dark Horse "Tricks of the Trade"/Clone Wars Web Comic)
Tony Miello (Artist/Writer Gapo the Clown, Nightmare Sinema, Fat Mama)
Brett Pinson (Writer Boomtown Scabs, Nightmare Sinema, The Expendables)
Kevin Leen ( Artist: LeenInk.com )
Adam Talley (Artist, Pleasent Life, The Outcasts, The Expendables)
Rob Scott (Scottra Monster Art)
Also Featuring:
STAR TREK: THE EXHIBITION in Association With The DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER.
Ron Zimmerly of the Imperial Klingon Expeditionary Force
30 Apr 2009 ~ 7:34pm primesuspect Note: The above is for Wonderworld Comics in Taylor, MI
1 May 2009 ~ 9:04am kryyst Hey thanks for the tip.
5 May 2009 ~ 8:43am FS-Tom Hmm...Uncanny #248, first artwork by Jim Lee.

I had one CGC Graded 8.2 before I sold off my collection a few years ago.
5 May 2009 ~ 10:45am BuddyJ So, who all went to FCBD and what'd you snag?

I picked up the TMNT reprint, Transmetropolitan, and Swamp Thing (for lolz) plus the latest Scalped! (here's the first issue .pdf) and the first issue of Infinite Horizon, a modern re-telling of Homer's Odyssey. I left a happy camper.
5 May 2009 ~ 1:46pm primesuspect Tom! I knew someone would recognize that one
9 May 2009 ~ 10:17am GnomeWizardd I took my little bro and sister in Law neither one of them have ever been into a comic book store until then! Sooo sad, They picked up some green lantern and others I on the other hand bought the Ghostbusters " the other side " series and am Considering the Marvel Civil war series