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Free Comics Publicity Day – FCBD Generated $2.2 Million Worth

Diamond Comic Distributors have measured that Free Comic Book Day 2013 generated over $2,200,000 of free publicity, via news and feature coverage across media. That included USA Today, CNN, Fox News, NPR, Wired, AP… and of course Bleeding Cool. Diamond …

Collectors Cornered – When It Was Free Comic Book Day

Collectors Cornered is an occasional video column, filmed inside Collectors Corner in Baltimore. Join us every week as we discuss comic book news from a different point of view and get instant feedback from real customers on New Comics Day, …

How Free Comic Book Day Will Change In 2014

Yay! Free Comic Book Day! What a blast that was. Though there have been concerns. The guidelines for a comic book being published for Free Comic Book Day are rather strict, in terms of form and content. This year, the …

Five Titles With Damn Fine Art From FCBD

Hannah Means-Shannon writes; Free Comic Book Day this year brought a bumper number of surprises out of the woodwork; there were more new series represented, and many of the cult and rising artists of our day were included in the …

A Comic Show – Essentially DC

Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Florida writes; Hey Fandom! I’m still not recovered from Free Comic Book Day! I lost my voice and got a little sick…but new comics come every week, so here goes! This week actually …

Free Comics If You Missed Free Comic Book Day – Damsels, Grimm, Killjoys, Star Wars, Aspen, Aphrodite XI, Steam Engines Of Oz, Molly Danger And More

Did you miss Free Comic Book Day, or were certain titles unavailable? Well, thanks to Dynamite, Dark Horse and ComiXology, here are a batch of them. Get stuck in to the free! Mass Effect/Killjoys/R.I.P.D. Star Wars/Captain Midnight/Avatar: The Last Airbender …

Lying In The Gutters – 6th May 2013 – Free Comic Book Delight

Photo by Vandamage So Free Comic Book Day happened. Lots of people got free comic books. Some of them wee rather good as well. Some people who had never been in a comic shop before queued up to get a …

Three Hours Of Free Comic Book Day In One Minute Flat

Courtesy of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida.

When Free Comic Book Day Attracted The Wrong Element…

On Free Comic Book Day, Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles had a number of special visitors, Geoff Johns, Christos Gage, co-creator of the Ugly Dolls David Horvath, Max Bemis, Scott Shaw and more. And a hit-and-run suspect, jumping from …

What A Comic Store Looks Like When It Opens For The First Time On Free Comic Book Day

Spider’s Web in Yonkers, New York, open for the first time today… photographs from Jason Gonzalez It’s early hours yet…

The Look Of London For Free Comic Book Day 2013

We began at Forbidden Planet. They started with a 200 strong queue but thankfully that had dispersed after some judicious handing out of free comics by cosplaying staff. At Orbital Comics, there was a queue, but even more cosplayers to …

All The Double Spreads From Aphrodite XI #2

Today, Top Cow give the first issue of their Aphrodite XI away for Free Comic Book Day. And it’s a beaut! Digital/painted/heavy detail work, the kind of comic that Anomaly/Alex Ross fans should really enjoy. But what comes next? Well, …

A New Comic Store Opens In Yonkers On Free Comic Book Day

There’s a new comic store opening today in Yonkers, New York, on 887A Yonkers Avenue. It’s called The Spider’s Web, and I think it might possibly sell Spider-Man comics, among others. If you’re around, let me know what it looks …

BC Mag FCBD 2013: Top Five Starter Graphic Novels

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by J.C. Vaughn For folks that are new to comics, we’ve put together a quick look at five of the best trade paperbacks from these genres: kids, superhero, horror, alternative, and licensed titles. There are, of …

BC Mag FCBD 2013: Seeking Absolution

Bleeding Cool Magazine interview with Christos Gage This summer Christos Gage returns to his superhero crime drama, Absolution. In a world where superheroes work for the police, John Dusk steps over the line and begins using his powers to kill …

BC Mag FCBD 2013: Tips And Tricks For The Back Issue Hunt

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by Rich Handley Starting a comic book collection can be daunting. Unless you begin buying every title at issue #1, there will be gaps. Today’s fans have a variety of options for filling in those gaps, …