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50 Comic Stores Events On Free Comic Book Day, May 2nd 2015
Almost every comic store celebrates Free Comic Book Day on the first Saturday in May. Some do more and hold huge events. Here are fifty of them, across the USA, into Canada, over to the UK, France and Spain…
ALABAMA
Kingdom Comics
1425 Montgomery Highway ste 119
Vestavia Hills, Alabama
ARIZONA
Phoenix Public Library the night before…
Gotham City Comics & Coffee
Main St., Mesa, Arizona 85201
Celebrate Free Comic Book Day in Downtown Mesa on Main Street with over 20 participating businesses! With 50th titles to choose there's a story for everyone to enjoy!
CALIFORNIA
The Comic Bug
Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff
2980 Treat Blvd, Concord CA 94518
Golden Apple
Collector's Paradise
Things From Another World
Comics Factory
1298 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California 91106
SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS WHO WILL BE THERE:
JAKE SEMAAN (Goners)
LISA TREIMAN (Giant Days)
JAMIE HERNANDEZ (Love & Rockets)
COLORADO
Time Warp Comics
3105 28th St, Boulder, Colorado 80301
Helping celebrate this important day will be nine Colorado Artists, including Mathew G. Allison, Kevin Caron, Daniel Crosier, J.James McFarland, Jay Peteranetz, Scorpio Steele, Jay Sternitzky, Thomas Studholme and Sean Tiffany. Time Warp always shines every FCBD with special surprises, such as free movie swag, people in super hero and super villain costumes, The Star Wars 501st battalion and cool cars like the Ghostbusters limo and for the last time for awhile – Stephen Tebo's 1989 Batmobile. The Batmobile is always a huge draw, one that puts on a smile on all the kids faces every year. Balloons and other goodies for the kids will be available too.
FLORIDA
A Comic Shop
114 S Semoran Blvd Suite 6, Winter Park, Florida 32792
Free Comic Book Day Saturday May 2nd from 9 AM to Sunday May 3rd 2 AM with 10 FREE COMICS per person!
We will have several great local artists drawing FREE sketches of your favorite characters! Play some games to win prizes, or win door prizes just for showing up!
This is the start of Free Comic Book MAY, so if you spend at least $3 four or more Saturdays in May, you get a free graphic novels out of our favorite first volumes (Marvel, DC, and Image's best).
We'd love to have all our incredibly talented friends with costumes join us to take pictures with the giant crowds, especially those first few hours. Our customers are some of the most creative people we've ever met and we're floored by the brilliant diversity of their costuming talents!
Lots more fun and surprises, so make plans to join us Saturday, May 2nd and every Saturday in May!
Yancy St Comics
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SMASH Comics and Games
196 Towne Center Cir, Sanford, Florida 32771
Special Guests include:
George Pérez Fan Page, John Beatty, Alex Saviuk, Shawn Surface, The Art of Ravenwolf, and Nathan Szerdy!
Also appearances from The Riley and Kimmy Show, Phoenicia and the Ladies of Atiya-Razi, and Phantasmagoria!
ILLINOIS
Defiant Comics
7234 Madison St, Forest Park, Illinois 60130
We will be joined be comic creators Gabriel "gabo" Bautista Jr & Trevor Mueller (Albert the Alien), Tony Maldonado, Lauren Burke, & Greg Sorkin from Monkeys + Typewriters Press, Magic: the Gathering artist Jim Pavelec, local artist and friend of the store CaptainJoel Siegel, Mario Colao (Evolusion), Anissa Espinosa (Bee & Puppycat), Juan Gomez, Ali Cantarella (Hasty Pastry) and many more to come!
– Local cosplayers showing off their amazing costumes and available for photo-ops!
-FREE COMICS for everyone! Kids, parents, young and old, come in and get your freebies!
We will be opening early (9 am) and staying open later (9 pm) so everyone gets their chance to celebrate this amazing event!
KANSAS
Elite Comics
11842 Quivira Rd, Overland Park, Kansas 66210
The biggest, baddest Free Comic Book Day Party ever! Featuring a dozen awesome artists, a huge sidewalk sale, cosplay jam,TheFunnelCakeTruck! a live concert by Tribe One! and oh yea, 1000's of FREE Comics!!!
MARYLAND
Third Eye Comics
2027-A WEST ST
ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401
16062 THREE NOTCH RD
CALIFORNIA, MD 20619
Collectors Corner
Geppi's Entertainment Museum
301 West Camden Street, 2nd Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
MISSISSIPPI
3 Alarm Comics
15210 Lemoyne Blvd
Biloxi, Mississippi
3 Alarm Comics Biloxi Guests:
Jeremy London – Mallrats, Seventh Heaven, Party of Five
Art of Jenevieve Broomall – Grimm Fairy Tales, Critters, Legend of Oz
Steven Butler Studios – Spider-Man, Sonic, X-Men
Mitch Byrd – Green Lantern, Shi, Predator
Roland Paris – Storm, She-Hulk
Brian LeBlanc – Purgatori, White Wolf
Theodus Crane – "Big Tiny" on Walking Dead
Rando Dixon: Artist
James Powell
Wade Acuff
Saga Art
Andy B. Childress
Bryan King
Kevin Hayman
Kittiyes Kreations
Ryan Goodman
Quincy Roundtree
Julianna Pardue – Artist
Haruyuih
Alec Fritz
3 Alarm Comics Pensacola
John Dell – Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man
Stephen B. Scott – Batman, Judge Dredd, X-Men
Derec Donovan – Batman 66, Jubilee, Quicksilver
Jason Scott Craig – Jason vs Freddy vs Ash, Wolverine
Dave Bain
Bombshell Comics & Stuff
2103 Hardy St, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401
OUR GUESTS THIS YEAR ARE EISNER AWARD WINNING ARTIST ROB GUILLORY (CHEW, THOR), EISNER NOMINATED ARTIST JOE EISMA (MORNING GLORIES, upcoming BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA), AUTHOR/ARTIST KODY CHAMBERLAIN (PUNKS, SWEETS) AND, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AT OUR SHOP, ARTIST ROBERT WILSON IV (BITCH PLANET, KNUCKLEHEADS)! WE ARE THRILLED TO HOST THESE OUTSTANDING CREATORS! THEY'LL BE SIGNING AND SKETCHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY!
NEW JERSEY
The Comic Station
615 Station Ave, Haddon Heights, New Jersey 08035
East Side Mags
7 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair, New Jersey 07042
Paul Castiglia – writer for ARCHIE'S WEIRD MYSTERIES, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, the ARCHIE AMERICANA SERIES and RISE: COMICS AGAINST BULLYING – will be signing copies of his work!
Stephen Coughlin – artist/writer of Original Graphic Novel SANCTUARY – will be here signing copies of his work and sketching for customers!
Matt Cipoletti and BIG KEV'S GEEK STUFF Podcast will be here to talk to customers about Free Comic Book Day, comics, movies, TV shows and all things comic-related!
We will also be hosting a very special community art project to help support the MONTCLAIR PUBLIC LIBRARY and their summer reading program! We will have a 6' x 8' canvas set up for the community to paint on! The theme is "WHO'S YOUR SUPERHERO?"! Come by 7 South Fullerton Ave in Montclair, NJ and add your own flavor! Show us who the superhero is in your life! Once the canvas is complete, we will be donating it to the MONTCLAIR PUBLIC LIBRARY!
574 Valley Rd, Wayne, New Jersey 07470
One Day Sale!
Special Guests!
Frank Barbiere will be signing!
Chris Campana will be sketching!!
Nick Justus will be sketching!!!
More guests to be announced!
NEW YORK
Escape Pod Comics (the day after)
302 Main St, Huntington, New York 11743
Joe Caramanga (Avengers Vs, Marvel Disney XD adaptations, Marvel Letterer and much much more!)- 11am-3pm
Jim Zub (Wayward, Skullkickers, Samurai Jack, Munchkin, Dungeons & Dragons: Baldur's Gate, & much more!)- 12-8pm
Meredith Gran (Octopus Pie, Adventure Time: Marceline & The Scream Queens and more) and Mike Holmes (Bravest Warriors, Adventure Time, Munchkin) 3-6pm
The Comic Book Depot, Inc.
2847 Jerusalem Ave, Wantagh, New York 11793
FCBD is from 11:00am – 5:00pm
Limit:
5 Comic Books Per Person
Appearances By:
Joe Kelly noon-2:00pm
Sean Chen 1:00pm-2:00pm
Jeffrey Vaughn & Vincent Spencer 1:00pm-3:00pm
Frank Powers (Pissed off Panda) noon-3:00pm
Steve Price local artist
Free Balloon Animals 11-1PM Mr. PoppinTwist
Sale:
1,000's of 25cent comics. As of now we have about 30 long boxes
15% off all new comics
25% off all comic back issues
25% off all soft and hard cover graphic novels
25% off all mini-bust's
25% off all action figures
Two Kings Comics
171 W Main St, Victor, New York 14564
All day long we'll have thousands of free comics for fans of all ages to enjoy. We'll also have Joe Pangrazio (joepanc.com) selling copies of his comic Cthulhu Holmes along with a special variant made just for Two Kings Comics. As well, the Ghostbusters of New York will be us all day with several fun games and events for the kids.
NORTH CAROLINA
Ultimate Comics
6120 Farrington Rd Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Acme Comics
2150 Lawndale Drive Greensboro NC 27408.
Since attendance is so strong throughout the day though that some families have never participated in the event before which is unfortunate. Because of this we have actually taken a portion of the FCBD event to satellite locations around Greensboro. This year families can go to the Greensboro Children's Museum (10am-3pm), Windsor Education Center (10am-3pm), and Glenwood Recreation Center (10am-3pm) to have access to free comics for kids and meet local amateur artists who will draw for them. And Acme Comics will have a selection of free Marvel Comics Avengers and Secret Wars available at the Four Seasons Grande movie theater from 11am until 4pm).
OHIO
Packrat Comics
3864 Lattimer St, Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Guest of Honor:
Jeremy Howard is joining us for our 2015 FCBD celebration! He appeared in the films Sydney White, Galaxy Quest, Accepted, and most recently Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, where he performed the motion capture and voice for Donatello! Cowabunga!Josh Blaylock – Devils Due Publishing
Val Staples
Heather Breckel
Stephen Snyder-Hill
Dirk Manning
Matthew Swift
Eric Palicki
Daniel Boyd
William Bitner
Sean & Steph Forney
JD Larabee
Molly Durst
Michael Neno
Jamie Snell
Michael Anthony Carroll
Seth Lyons
Comic Town
1249 Morse Rd, Columbus, Ohio 43229
Local creators like Todd Beistel Artist, Matt Northrup, Mike Eshelman and Jacob Reher Art along with door prizes and special sales.
CONTESTS AND FUN:
-Face painting
-Costume contest
-Hourly raffles
SALES:
-50% off all bagged and boarded back issues
-25% off all trade paperbacks and hard cover graphic novels
-25% off all action figures
-25% off all comic supplies
ONTARIO
Stadium Comics
Shoppers World Mall
499 Main St. South
Brampton, ON L6Y 1N7
905-451-3751
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PENNSYLVANIA
New Wave Comics & Collectibles
4020 Skippack Pike, Skippack, Pennsylvania
Here's our schedule for the day, 11am—7pm:
• Pick up your free comic book (http://
, please note that not all titles will be available)
• Meet Marvel artist, Khoi Pham (http://www.comicvine.com/
). He'll have limited exclusive prints & limited free sketches, & will do commission sketches all day; details TBD.
• Free sketches for kids 13 & under by illustrator, Nicole Lombardi (http://autumnheart.net/
)
• Portfolio review for artists by Marc Lombardi of GrayHaven Comics (http://
)
• Meet a Storm Trooper, 1pm—5pm
• Free popcorn from The Great American Popcorn Works while it lasts :)
Phantom of the Attic Comics (Oakland)
411 S Craig St, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
Dave Wachter – Local artist of Godzilla: Cataclysm, Breath of Bones, That Hellbound Train, and his creator-owned, Eisner nominated Guns of Shadow Valley. Dave will be doing sketches and signing autographs.
Shawn Atkins – Maker of comics, doer of podcasts and master of the mystic dark arts You can follow the true exploits on Gello Apocalypse.
Marcel Walker – Local photographer and comic book artist will be here documenting the event and taking photos of costumes.
John Henry Doran – Is an eleven year old cartoonist who will be here doing sketches to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.http://www.cff.org/
The Real Pittsburgh Ghostbusters – An open roleplay group that welcomes anyone and everyone to join. https://www.facebook.com/
Every year this event gets bigger. Starting at 10 am when we open our doors it's a non-stop party. We encourage our customers to wear costumes.
Our Warehouse Liquidation sale comics will be 50 Cents each for FCBD only.
Phantom of the Attic is located at 411 South Craig Street on the second floor. Our hours are 10 AM till 7 PM (though most of the free stuff will be gone before close).
SOUTH CAROLINA
Borderlands Comics and Games
1434 Laurens Rd, Greenville, South Carolina 29607
-We will have over 20,000 comics on hand to give away for FREE!
-Artists will be on hand for free sketches!
-Cosplayers available to take pictures!
– The Blood Connection will be here starting at 9 am. If you give blood you will be able to cut in the line to get your free comics.
-There will be specials and sales going on all day!
Guests include:
Joshua Boroughs
Jason Crosby Illustration
Chris Hamer Urbnpop.com
Meghan Hetrick
Chris McJunkin
Mitch Rogers
Travis Tutterow
Gregbo Watson
TEXAS
All-Star Comics
3520 HWY 365
Nederland TX, 77627
(409) 724-6077
Free Comic Book Day is coming…
And for the first time ever, we will have every single FCBD title that was published for this years event! But supplies are limited, so if you want every issue or just some of the more obscure titles make sure you come early. Also, get some sale items as well before someone beats you to that special item that you've had your eye on.
EVERYTHING in the store will be on sale!
*50% off Back Issues & Complete Sets
*25% off TPB's & HC's
*25% off Magic the Gathering
*25% off all Toys, Posters & Other Debris
*25% off all Games and Gaming Supplies
*10% off New Comics, Wall Books, Hot Toys & Statues
Free gifts for purchases over $50.00
(While supplies last)
Space Cadets Collection Collection
27326 Robinson Rd, Oak Ridge North, TX 77385
We will be having Tim Yates, the amazing writer and artist of Anne Bonnie at our store on FCBD. He will be here to sign copies of the book, dofree sketches, and show everyone present how he brings his amazing character to life.
The Table's Edge – Gaming and Comic Store
4515 South Georgia St, Suite 135, Amarillo, Texas 79110
– Free Comics
– Music
– Face Painting
– Local Artists
– Sidewalk Sale
– Special appearance by your favorite Web-slinger!!!
CANADA
Dr.Comics
44 Kensington Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2J9
Gotham Central Comics and Collectibles
1400 Aimco Blvd. Unit 1, Mississauga, Ontario L4W 1B3
Saturday May 2nd, from 10am-7pm come and meet Jeff Lemire,
Richard Pace, and other local artists. Lots of free comics, prizes and a store-wide sale.Cosplayers! – get your picture taken with the Amazon Princess – Wonder Woman, The Sons of Gotham: Batman and Robin, Superman, Ghostbusters, and many others!
Paradise Comics
3278 Yonge St, Toronto, Ontario M4N 2L6
Paradise Comics is happy to welcome some amazing creators to help us celebrate Free Comic book day. We are happy to have with us A Shay Hahn, Shane Kirshenblatt, Rob Vellone, Nik Zezos
The Comic Hunter
465 Main St., Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 1C2
Gametraders
Shop 2546 Canelands Central, Corner Victoria Street and Mangrove Road, Mackay, Queensland 4740
Bring your friends and enjoy a day of exciting comic action. As always we will be giving away free comics on May 2nd PLUS all the early birds will score a FCBD Cupcake! Nom!
All additional FCBD comics after you freebies are again available with a gold coin donation which will go towards the Cancer Council Queensland.
We will also be do awesome sales across the store that you won't want to miss!
AUSTRALIA
The Local NPC Games & Comics shop at 311 Charlotte St., Sydney.
UNITED KINGDOM
Forbidden Planet
179 Shaftesbury Avenue, WC2H 8JR London
Join 2000 AD as it supports Free Comic Book Day 2015 with a VERY special event at Forbidden Planet in London.
From 3pm, a zarjaz line up of talent comes together to sign the FREE 2000 AD sampler! Editor and writer Matt Smith is joined by artists Pye Parr and Ben Willsher – plus a rare London appearance by legendary Judge Dredd artist Mike McMahon!
Gosh London
1 Berwick St, W1F 0DR London, United Kingdom
Joining us for this year are a whole host of talented UK creators who've sharpened their favourite pencils and picked out their very best sketchbooks. Guests include: Grace Wilson, Warwick Johnson Cadwell, Will Tempest, Elliot Baggot, Roger Langridge, Adam Vian, Josceline Fenton, Briony May Smith, John Allison, Christian Ortiz, Daisy Hirst, Lizzy Stewart, Robert M Ball, and Jessica Martin.
Phew!
Between the hours of 11-2pm they'll be hard at work painting the Gosh! windows and doodling away at the drawing table, where YOU can get involved. There'll be loads of art supplies provided so all you need to do is get yourself there on the day. But what's even better than painting on windows and lots of drawing? FREE COMIC BOOKS!
Get Ready Retro
5 Tolgate Lane, Strood, ME2 4TG Rochester, Medway
Phil Buckenham will be our featured artist on the day. Phil will be taking commissions and signing copies of Rented to the Dead throughout the day! This is a fantastic oppurtunity to get some custom artwork from an incredibly talented artist! Don't miss out on his Zombfications.. Your face, just more… Rotten!
RAFFLE…
With each of our events, we like to try and raise some money for Make-A-Wish Foundation UK with support from the Kent Make-A-Wish Supporter Group. We will have some raffle prizes donated kindly from GAME Hempstead plus items donated by customers and from us at Get Ready Retro.
GAME DEMOS…
Try out a range of fun and quick games courtesy of our friends at Dicing on the Cake.
Raygun Comics
26 Red Lion Street, TW9 1RW London,
This year we have the very talented Amelia Cole artist Nick Brokenshire signing and sketching all day, The gadget show presenter Jason Bradbury with his Delorean time machine from back to the future parked outside all day, a fancy dress competition for under 14's with prizes and a Massive Half price off all back issues sale!!!
Bazinga Comics Guernsey
FRANCE
Comics Zone
320, rue Garibaldi, 69007 Lyon, France
Comme chaque année, Comics Zone vous invite à une journée qui nous tient à coeur : le Free Comic Book Day.
Pour les 2 du fond qui ne savent pas encore ce qu'est le FCBD, petite explication :
Toute la journée, nous vous offrons des comics, gratuitement et sans aucune condition.
5 comics offerts à tous et 20 comics offerts aux personnes déguisées.
4 dessinateurs seront présents afin de dédicacer leurs oeuvres et réaliser des free sketches.
Des super promo vous seront proposées pour cette journée et des super cadeaux seront à gagner (les infos arrivent bientôt).
Donc, vous l'avez compris, c'est une journée immanquable !
Alors, vous faites quoi le 2 mai ?
MALTA
Graphic Novel Library, Malta
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