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FCBD 2012: Orbital, Gosh And Forbidden Planet, London, UK

Published Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:00:44 -0500

This year, I'll be going to Free Comic Book Day with my kids as always. But not just my kids. Their friends too. On Saturday morning, we'll be getting the bus, then two tube trains into Central London with a gaggle of young girls to raid the comic shops of London like they are giving away free comics. Which they are.

Orbital Comics will have Simon Furman, Andy Wildman, Stephen Baskerville, John-Paul Bove and Jason Cardy signing copies of their Transformers#80.5 giveaway comic book, which is likely to have hundreds, even thousands of UK Transformers fans flocking for the revival of that timeline by the creators a couple of decades later. Draw the World Together will be collecting donations at the signing with all proceeds going to the Make A Wish charity.

Gosh Comics will have Karrie Fransman , Ray Friesen , Tom Humberstone , Roger Langridge , Sarah McIntyre , Will Morris , Louis Roskosch , Julia Scheele , Richard Short , Christian Ward sketching and signing their work, with window painting, live drawing, and classes to get young kids drawing, and bumping up the free comics with Small Press free comics from Sean Azzopardi, Orful Comics, Kel Winser and Evan A.

And Forbidden Planet will be creating themed free comic book bags for adults, for kids – and a premium one for those willing to queue outside before doors open at 10am, with the Mouse Guard hardcover in it!