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Ian Mageto writes: Meraki Expo is hosting NYC’s First Beach Bash and Cosplay Swimwear Fashion Show. The event will take place on May 2nd at M1-5 Lounge

Ty Templeton is back, baby,,,, This week, Avengers Age Of Ultron launched in the UK, C2E2 took over Chicago and the Free Comic Book Day embargoes came off coverage of the comic books So, you know, busy busy busy… If you just are looking for just the Retailer Breakfast coverage of the Free Comic Book Day spoiler[...]

By Michele Brittany, West Coast Bleeding Cool Correspondent Where will you be next Saturday, May 2, or in other words, FREE COMIC BOOK DAY?! If you live in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles, or are within driving distance, than you will want to check out the first ever Blastoff ComicsFest, from 10 AM to[...]

By Nikolai Fomich From Free Comic Book Day celebrations to Wizard World to visits by Neil Gaiman and Neal Adams, here's your guide to the comic and geek-related events happening in and around Philadelphia during the month of May! Friday, May 1, through Sunday, May 31 – Graphic & Novel: A Showcase of Local Comic Book Artists,[...]

We covered the controversy over the choice for Savage Dragon to be the Image Comics Free Comic Book Day title of choice But now we have a chance to read it. There's a big of an exposition mountain to get over – Savage Dragon has published over 200 issues with stacks of trade paperbacks for new[...]

In July last year, this got a new twist as the media noticed something about one such construction in New York that threatened to spread its influence. A furious row erupted in New York earlier this month when the city council approved a proposal by one of the largest real estate developers in the city to build[...]

Well, you have waited some time… See more FCBD coverage right here. And for more on Free Comic Book Day itself, go here.           So we know what happens to Batman. We know what happens to Superman. We know what was happening when Wonder Woman was born. And it's from that vantage point that a seer was able to see… what[...]

There's a corner of a panel in the All-New All-Different Avengers Free Comic Book Day title that should give cheer to certain Marvel fans Spoilers, obviously. Because in recent issues of All-New Captain America, Marvel suffered the death of a major character. Redwing, the telepathically bonded pet of the Falcon, met his untimely end. But, hidden away at[...]

On May 2nd, Free Comic Book Day, Marvel Comics publishes the launch of its big summer event, Secret Wars Summing up the universe-destroying incursions from Avengers and New Avengers in Time Runs Out leading up to Secret Wars, we discover the Valerie Richards' plans to deal with the inevitable doom. To run away. She has become the[...]

But who is in the Iron Man armour? I mean everyone else is returning to the team anew. The Free Comic Book Day name has Nova stressing over his role in the team, with Iron Man giving some assurances. There is some disquiet about the name "Avengers" I don't know, these pinko-commie lily-livered liberal agitators trying[...]

Many began to feel that Lois Lane was being hard done by. This morning, Bleeding Cool ran this image from the upcoming DC comic for Free Comic Book Day, Divergence. And people started going nuts. DC's done terrible things to Lois Lane in New 52.But this is the first time I've actually wanted to cry[...]

As this image leaked online. Turns out it did indeed come directly from the TMNT Free Comic Book Day issue from IDW And this confirms it. And reading the issue in question, we can see exactly how Donatello is going to continue interacting with his teammates. Robodonatello! Free Comic Book Day: TMNT #1 is out on May 2nd for Free Comic[...]

The Free Comic Book Day title from DC COmics, Divergence, gives three ways that the big DC comics will be changing We see the new Batman – and an idea of what may have happened to the old one We see Darkseid's daughter and how her history is tied up with that of Wonder Woman[...]

  The Free Comic Book Day embargoes are up Be careful out there Spoilers are breaking into the wild Get off now if you wish. The All-New All-Different Avengers issue from Marvel, available on May 2nd, gives you a look at the Marvel Universe to come, post Secret Wars We see a team with The Vision, Ms[...]

So there were plenty of spoilers leaked regarding the new Batman in the upcoming Free Comic Book Day title from DC Comics, Divergence Bleeding Cool ran the ones that had leaked online, and we had previously accidentally spoiled a Superman FCBD twist as well. But the Justice League revelation was new to us And while the[...]

Remember? Well, it looks like it;s something we'll all be more acquainted with after Secret Wars comes to an end, from the All-New All-Different Avengers #1, free on Free Comic Book Day, May 2nd. And Radioactive Man is a part of all that The glowing green guy from the cover… It is true, I do have a simple mind… All-New[...]

  The embargoes are off, the spoilers are out, the Free Comic Book Day news is circling the globe. But while we got an early start on the Batman and Superman aspects of the DC Comics Divergence issue, available at all participating comic stores on May 2nd for free, I was rather surprised that the Justice League[...]

May 2nd is Free Comic Book Day Stores will have up to fifty free comic books for you to take, for free, though you may have to choose only a few Well, one of them might by the Fight Club comic from Dark Horse, featuring a story by the novel's author Chuck Palahnik and drawn by[...]

If you would like to be surprised by the contents of any of the Free Comic Book Day titles, it is time to come off the internet fr a couple of weeks, or at least be careful out there. Tomorrow, Bleeding Cool will be reporting on the contents of a number of Free Comic Book Day[...]

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 &[...]

By William Wright Big B Comics in Hamilton, Ontario in Canada are putting a twist on their year's Free Comic Book Day, as they will be offering an extra two free comics to customers that bring in a non-perishable food donation to the store for the Hamilton food bank The donation will go towards helping to[...]

Why, it's an Amanda Conner-designed Free Comic Book Day tote bag Perfect for trailing around comic stores and building the full set… Not that you'd do that of course. Would you? Check your store for availability… Why, it's an Amanda Conner-designed Free Comic Book Day tote bag Perfect for trailing around comic stores and building the full set… Not[...]

In all the fuss about the new Free Comic Book Day Batman, there was one thing that got overlooked. I'm not going to repeat the big rumour that we ran about the new Batman here Or the one about the new status quo for Superman. But the new Batsuit is revealed to have been built by one[...]

We are getting close to Free Comic Book Day and they've gotten another nice celebrity endorsement for the event This time it's Robin Lord Taylor who plays Oswald Cobblepot / The Penguin on the Fox series Gotham. The first celebrity ad for the even was done by Mark Hamill. For more on Free Comic Book Day, click[...]

This year, Free Comic Book Day will include a joint comic from publishers, Retrofit Comics, Peow! Studio, Oily Comics, Uncivilized Books, Study Group Comics, and Big Planet Comics The comic book is titled Free 2015 and is published by Retrofit Comics/Big Planet Comics. Free 2015 will feature a color cover by Chuck Forsman and 40 pages[...]

So it makes perfect sense that the folks behind Free Comic Book Day would go to him to help promote the upcoming event. Hamill does a wonderful job of promoting Free Comic Book Day and reminding people that advantages of going to a brick & mortar stores and being part of the comic book community[...]

Valiant Entertainment has just wrapped their ComicsPRO breakfast presentation, kicking off the retailer meet-and-greet day in Portland with several big

Received wisdom seems to have been received ignorance. The consensus was that this year's Free Comic Book Day numbers would be a little down, as the number of titles available was cut down to fifty, all-ages titles were also reduced as a proportion of the comics offered and there was less of a diversity of tastes[...]

Well now isn't that nice? Marvel Comics have announced that they will be launching their Free Comic Book Day titles in a Spanish compilation issue to accompany the English release on May 2nd And with an exclusive cover by Nick Bradshaw. Free Comic Book Day aims at finding new readers and hooking them on the comic book form[...]

With a Free Comic Book Day #0 and, as this image proves… …returning in June Here is a little preview of that FCBD title… and an idea of what is to come… Tales Of Honor, written by Top Cow publisher Matt Hawkins, came out as a comic book last year, drawn by[...]