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Flying Colors Comics is closing one of its Californian locations this year, the original store in Concord co-owned by Joe Field, the man who first proposed Free Comic Book Day This marks the closure of the inaugural home of FCBD, as Field is looking to a new location for the longstanding comic book store Joe[...]

Free Comic Book Day has been a nightmare to deal with these last couple of years, from the nightmares of 2020 through the sluggish years of 2021, 2022, and 2023 At least at the store I run, Comics and Friends in Mentor, OH, we have seen decreasing interest these last three years, with many failing[...]

But all of that is subject to change as conditions on the ground shift in real time." The new line starts today with Free Comic Book Day and the Blood Hunt/X-Men issue from Marvel Brevoort says "Not only does it contain a completely new BLOOD HUNT story by Jed MacKay and Sara Pichelli, but it also features my team's very[...]

But first, he has to make a deal with Amanda Waller. Or at least start a negotiation in that direction. As those who have picked up Absolute Power on Free Comic Book Day (or read it on Amazon when it went live at midnight in your respective territory) you will know that a deal has been done. That[...]

Free Comic Book Day is well and truly with us I just cycled into London on a beautiful sunny day to pick up what I could Consider this part one as I take a break for lunch on Poland Street at Bodeans, where I am typing this right now Central London is down to just[...]

Jared Padalecki's birthday topped the traffic at Bleeding Cool yesterday, but it's Free Comic Book Day today! Where you can still read all about comics, merch, TV shows, games, movies, and more The Daily Lying In The Gutters remains a long-running run around the day before and the day ahead You can sign up to receive[...]

This Saturday, the 4th of May, is Free Comic Book Day And while thousands of comic book stores, bookstores, libraries and more will be giving away free comic books, here are a hundred and thirty-five stores doing a little bit more as well Including personal appearances including the likes of Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Scott[...]

Battle Quest Comics' Free Comic Book Day one-shot Steel Siege: Search and Rescue, came to comic stores differently that the other fifty-ish official titles Co-written by Battle Quest publisher Andrew Kafoury and Justin Zimmerman, with art by Sid Ven Blu, Sean Hill and Jeremy Colwell, where stores usually have to pay around 20-25 cents a copy for the free comic[...]

Bleeding Cool has been running a few select spoilers ahead of tomorrow's Free Comic Book Day And now, on the eve of it all going public, here's a place to put a few of them together so that you don't have to go searching all around the place Or actually pick up the comic books,[...]

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… I'd have two nickels, but it's weird that it's happened twice right? Tomorrow sees a Free Comic Book Day edition of Dana Simpson's Unicorn Crush from Andrews McMeel, and also Unico Awakening, an adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's original manga by Samuel Sattin and Marvel Comics' Gurihiru, published by Scholastic Graphix And Bleeding Cool has[...]

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day, which is when this new manga-esque Popeye will be unveiled for the first time And Bleeding Cool has a preview… You can catch up with all of Bleeding Cool's Free Comic Book Day coverage and spoilerage with this handy dandy tag, #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img[...]

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day And Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, Hannah Klein, and Lisa Sterle have a graphic novel to preview, Dying Inside, from Vault Comics And Bleeding Cool has a preview of that preview… You can catch up with all of Bleeding Cool's Free Comic Book Day coverage and spoilerage with this handy[...]

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day You might have noticed some commentary on the subject here and there Amongst the offerings from Dark Horse Comics is a new Hellboy comic book, by Mike Mignola, and Mark Laszlo on one side and Stranger Things by Derek Fridolfs and Jonathan Case on the other Bleeding Cool has[...]

As seen in previous Bleeding Cool briefings, on Free Comic Book Day, he escapes Or does his best to anyway Though Golobulus may have something to say about the situation. And even do something about the situation. Looks like we are getting Beast Wars already But the battles are not just on Earth, the world of Void[...]

And on Free Comic Book Day, it looks like someone new is stepping up to the role. And a New York full of threatened and threatening mutants courtesy of last year's Mutagen bomb gives this new Nightwatcher a cause, and a people to fight for. Is Nightwatcher a similarly mutated person rather than another Turtle in disguise?[...]

And now she is appearing in the Energon Universe books from Image Comics/Skybound with Free Comic Book Day Just not in a way that you may have seen her before. And I don't mean just being kicked in the face That has happened a lot But instead by being rescued by an unlikely source. Because, yes, Duke[...]

This Saturday, the 4th of May, is Free Comic Book Day And while thousands of comic book stores, bookstores, libraries and more will be giving away free comic books Bleeding Cool previously ran details of a hundred comic book stores doing something a little more as well, and now here are another twenty Catch up[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for May 2024 is a little bit late, but we have everything from Free Comic Book Day to MCM to Comica to comic marts. Wednesday, 1st of May My Hair is as Long as a River Launch Party With Charlie Castle and Emma Farrarons,[...]

This weekend sees Boom Studios and a James Tyion IV-themed Free Comic Book Day giveaway As well as Something Is Killing The Children and Memetic comics stories inside, there is also an ad for something new Or rather a new volume of something old Wynd Volume 4 by series creators James Tynion IV and Michael[...]

But how did he get there? And what happened to his limbs along the way? But in this weekend's Free Comic Book Day Energon Universe giveaway, we get to see the fight before the crash, as well as Megatron executing a certain Brawn… But also how he ends up losing an arm at the hand – or[...]

Spoilers! This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, the 4th of May, and sees comic book publishers set out their wares Including Marvel Comics and the From The Ashes revamp for the X-Men titles But how will Marvel pitch that to Free Comic Book Day attendees? Well, basically… what the trailer looked like. We have Jubilee[...]

This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, the 4th of May, and sees comic book publishers set out their wares Including Marvel Comics and their Blood Hunt event which kicked off this Wednesday With a new team to fight the Avengers and a new mission for Blade But how will Marvel pitch that to Free[...]

Conan spoilers! Last month, Bleeding Cool broke news about the upcoming Conan event coming from Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures titled The Battle Of The Black Stone, beginning with their Free Comic Book Day title in May That there was an Amazon listing for a Conan novel for publication in November, which will be part[...]

Those who were also similarly spared could do with a quick refresher from John Oliver before Free Comic Book Day when Peter Parker goes on his first date with Ravencroft Institute psychiatric worker Shay Marken And it seems that, for one reason or another, he has taken her to a restaurant with anthropomorphic singing and[...]

This Saturday, the 4th of May, is Free Comic Book Day And while thousands of comic book stores, bookstores, libraries and more will be giving away free comic books, here are a hundred stores doing a little bit more as well Including personal appearances including the likes of Scott Snyder, Gail Simone, Kieron Gillen, Tony[...]

Next Saturday's Free Comic Book Day has the Spider-Man/Ultimates comic courtesy of Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri with the "Ultimates" characters of Captain America, Iron Lad, Doctor Doom, Thor and Sif hunting down a new potential member The future of the team is teased here, with a number of potential new Ultimates members, but there[...]

Next Saturday's Free Comic Book Day has the Spider-Man/Ultimates comic with the "Ultimates" characters of Captain America, Iron Lad, Doctor Doom, Thor and Sif hunting down a new potential member More on that later… but there is more they are teasing as well For the future of the Ultimates in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, we[...]

Next Saturday's Free Comic Book Day has the Spider-Man/Ultimates comic also take a sojourn around the Venom world With Dylan Brock sharing his own vision of the Candle Lit Hand which has haunted Eddie Brock on his cosmic journey across time, space and fate The Eventuality is meant to be Eddie Brock's final form, and[...]

So on the 4th of May, Free Comic Book Day's Absolute Power #0 by Waid and Mikel Janin will reveal all But Bleeding Cool may reveal some of that a little earlier As well as Amanda Waller's origins, never really gone into… We have previously seen Amanda Waller taking over the Hall Of Justice in the[...]