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Comics fans from around the world are settling in to absorb all of the great titles they were able to pick up during Free Comic Book Day, with offerings from just about every comics publisher out there. //Credit: Image Comics Spawn #1 made the rounds again, with a splashy new cover from Francesco Mattina It's kind of[...]

Today's Free Comic Book Day offerings were pretty diverse, with a lot of cool comic samplings from across the spectrum of genre, format, and style. //Credit: Fantagraphics Books One of the coolest books I was able to get my hands on was Our Favorite Thing is My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris This is a[...]

Here we are, another frenzied Free Comic Book Day behind us… oh, wait! You missed it? Oh, wow There were some really cool comics available, completely free I'm afraid you've missed the free part, but I'm going to help you track down the cool comics you might have missed. //Crdit: Antarctic Press Punchline is a pretty slick[...]

May brings both Free Comic Book Day at the beginning of the month and MCM Londo Comic Con towards the end… what a great time to like comics, comic culture and be in London. Exhibitions: More Instant Mash -Carl Stimpson Exhibition Clear line painter Carl Stimpson returns to Orbital's Eisner-winning gallery for an incredible new exhibition –[...]

This Free Comic Book Day, DC Comics is giving away a couple of looks at their Ink and Zoom lines We've already looked at the preview of Catwoman: Under The Moon and how it has already caused a retailer advisory notice to be issued by DC Comics (the graphic novel itself is out in bookstores[...]

Marvel has revealed the creative team for their Free Comic Book Day Spider-Man/Venom issue: Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman, Tom Taylor, Saladin Ahmed, and Cory Smith In a press release, they also revealed details on what the stories will be For Taylor, Ahmed, and Smith, it will be a tale starring Miles Morales: Everyone knows Miles Morales, who[...]

Vertical Comics is previewing Kino's Journey: Beautiful World in their Free Comic Book Day sampler for 2019–here's a look ahead. FCBD 2019 KINOS JOURNEY BEAUTIFUL WORLD SAMPLER VERTICAL COMICS (W) Keiichi Sigsawa (CA) Iruka Shiomiya Kino's Journey is about a character named Kino who travels around the world with a talking motorcycle named Hermes[...]

She has a lot to learn about her new afterlife, and thankfully the forest spirits Claude and Stanley are there to guide her! However, they soon find that her parents, along with their fellow animal villagers, have been kidnapped by the malicious mountain demon Mava! Truff wants to help, but… the hunter is finally within[...]

Together with his  best friend Sherbert and mysterious new friend Anne Phibian, Gillbert is curious to find out where all the messages in a bottle are coming from! Created by Tiny Titans' Art Baltazar. Rating: All-Ages It's Final Order Cut-Off date for almost all (apart from the Marvel) Free Comic Book Day titles this weekend, which is why Bleeding[...]

Jeffrey Brown has found a brand new children's audience in recent years, both for his Star Wars comics and his Lucy and Andy Neanderthal comics, and it's the latter that is being promoted on May the 4th for Free Comic Book Day, FCBD 2019 LUCY & ANDY NEANDERTHAL BIG & BOULDER RANDOM HOUSE BOOKS YOUNG READERS (W) Jeffrey[...]

Starburns launched with Free Comic Book Day last year and in 2019 they have a lot more sci-fi to sell–or in this case, give away for free–and we have a preview (if you squint). And more reason for Rebellion to be annoyed they didn't get a 2000AD title. FCBD 2019 STARBURNS PRESENTS STARBURNS INDUSTRIES PRESS (W) Ed Kuehnel, Matt[...]

It does have the look of a certain Nemo about it, but Arcana Studios are bringing their Go Fish all-ages title to Free Comic Book Day Anyway, Alex is a Parrotfish, not a Clownfish, the difference is clear to anyone… FCBD 2019 GO FISH ARCANA STUDIO Alex the Parrotfish is off to the undersea city of New Corralton in[...]

For a third year in a row, the people at YouNeek Studios have a new comic book for Free Comic Book Day, with Malika: Fire And Frost And we have a slightly extended preview as well. FCBD 2019 MALIKA – FIRE & FROST YOUNEEK STUDIOS (W) Roye Okupe (A) Raphael Kazeem (A/CA) Sunkanmi Akinboye Following years of moving in[...]

Joey Ellis has an all-ages comic book planned for Free Comic Book Day from Graphix/Scholastic Here is what's coming your way… FCBD 2019 WOLFIE MONSTER & BIG BAD PIZZA BATTLE GRAPHIX (W) Joey Ellis (A/CA) Joey Ellis Three monster brothers get into trouble in a wacky adventure to save their failing pizza parlor! Monster brothers Wolfie, Jackson, and Roy are[...]

Epicenter are to publish the Guido Nolitta and Gallieno Ferri classic Zagor The Alien Saga with Free Comic Book Day – here's a look ahead. FCBD 2019 ZAGOR THE ALIEN SAGA (W) Guido Nolitta (A) Gallieno Ferri (CA) Michele Rubini When Zagor's archnemesis, professor Hellingen mysteriously disappears from a scientific military base Skylab, Zagor is bracing himself for[...]

And are giving away a flavour of that in this year's Free Comic Book Day. FCBD 2019 LITTLE LULU WORLDS BEST COMIC BOOK (W) John Stanley (A/CA) John Stanley This FCBD give your customers one of the best comics in the history of the medium, Marge's Little Lulu by John Stanley and created by Majorie Henderson Buell[...]

and the adventure about the "magic" of reading, Magus of the Library by Mitsu Izumi! Rating: Teen It's Final Order Cut-Off date for almost all (apart from the Marvel) Free Comic Book Day titles this weekend Which is why Bleeding Cool is running as many previews as we can, to help folk plan just what they would fancy[...]

It's Final Order Cut-Off date for almost all (apart from the Marvel) Free Comic Book Day titles this weekend Which is why Bleeding Cool is running as many previews as we can, to help folk plan just what they would fancy on May the 4th, as retailers make their final choices… Such as the Pokemon projects[...]

It's Final Order Cut-Off date for almost all (apart from the Marvel) Free Comic Book Day titles this weekend Which is why Bleeding Cool is running as many previews as we can, to help folk plan just what they would fancy on May the 4th, as retailers make their final choices… And there should be plenty[...]

Viz Media is looking to push My Hero Academia and Promised Neverland manga this coming Free Comic Book Day on May the 4th. And since it's Final Order Cut-Off date for almost all Free Comic Book Day titles this weekend, Bleeding Cool is running a batch of previews, to help folk plan just what they would fancy[...]

It's Final Order Cut-Off date for almost all (apart from the Marvel) Free Comic Book Day titles this weekend Which is why Bleeding Cool is running as many previews as we can, to help folk plan just what they would fancy on May the 4th, as retailers make their final choices… And with Riverdale, this is[...]

It's Final Order Cut-Off date for almost all (apart from the Marvel) Free Comic Book Day titles this weekend Which is why Bleeding Cool is running as many previews as we can, to help folk plan just what they would fancy on May the 4th, as retailers make their final choices… And Udon Entertainment has Street[...]

It's Final Order Cut-Off date for Free Comic Book Day titles this weekend Which is why Bleeding Cool is running as many previews as we can, to help folk plan just what they would fancy on May the 4th, as retailers make their final choices… And Scout Comics is showing off a lot of upcoming series in[...]

Ian Nichols is writing and drawing the brand new story in The Tick from New England Comics for Free Comic Book Day 2019 And it follows directly on from the 2018 Free Comic Book Day edition I think that's the first time anyone's done that… FCBD 2019 THE TICK (W) Ian Nichols (A) Ian Nichols The Tick is[...]

With a new Francesco Mattina cover, Image Comics is reprinting Todd McFarlane's Spawn #1 from 1992 for Free Comic Book Day this year. And the big question… will Lance Gueck get his original 'thanks' credit back? He co-scripted that initial first issue, named Sam and Twitch and edited the drawn pages into some kind of story… and never[...]

Afua Richardson, Mags Visaggio, Jock, Koi Pham, John Cassaday, Vanesa Del Rey, Andrea Mutti, Darick Robertson, Mike McKone and so many more, all under a cover by Yanick Paquette. Out on May 4th, check other Free Comic Book Day 2019 Previews right here. FCBD 2019 H1 IGNITION #1 (W) Mark Waid, Kwanza Osajyefo, Carla Speed McNeil (A) Philippe Briones (CA)[...]

Marvel has revealed the creative team for its 2019 Free Comic Book Day Avengers comic The book will be written by Jason Aaron and the Gerry Duggan of comics, Gerry Duggan, with art by Stefano Caselli and Mike Deodato In addition, the book will feature a cover by Ed McGuinness, which can be seen below. In[...]

Red 5 is publishing a new series for Free Comic Book Day, The Dark Age by Don Dandfield, the co-creator of The Rift, and Rod Thornton. It will also feature the return of Afterburn in an original short story by Scott Chitwood and Leonardo Rodrigues, which will lead into the debut of a new series ahead[...]

It's FOC for Free Comic Book Day this weekend, which gives us the chance to preview a few of the Free Comic Book Day titles that will be available on May 4th, 2019 Such as Hope from Source Point Press, a brand new superhero and superhero comic from Dirk Manning and K Lynn Smith And[...]

2000 AD didn't get into Free Comic Book Day this year (aside from their Funny Pages title reprinting old IPC humor strips) but, true to form, that doesn't mean they won't gatecrash the party… In order to capitalize on the popularity of their previous FCBD titles, Rebellion is publishing a 99 pence/99 cent original one-shot out[...]