Geek-Friendly 'Free Comic Book Day' Titles Include Two Star Wars Books for May the Fourth (ign.com) 7
This year's Free Comic Book Day coincided with Star Wars Day. So there's two new free Star Wars titles being handed out today in comic shops around the world.
They're among several geek-friendly titles among the 48 free comics that fans will get to choose from during this once-a-year event, including:
- Street Fighter vs Final Fight
- Jonny Quest
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Conan the Barbarian
- Flash Gordon
And, of course, four from Marvel Comics.
More details from IGN: DC is about to kick off Absolute Power, a major crossover event that involves Amanda Waller teaming with Batman's rogue android Failsafe and the Brainiac Queen to drain the world's heroes of their power. This prologue issue serves as a primer for the event...
Alongside their Conan issue, Titan is also releasing a new Doctor Who comic that has the distinction of being the first story to feature Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor...
Robert Kirkman's Skybound has been busy establishing a new shared Energon Universe, one which comprises Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici's Void Rivals as well as the Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises... This issue features new stories for all three series and is designed to be an easy gateway into this rapidly growing comic book line.
There's a Stranger Things story, an Archie Horror comic, and the story of how Popeye lost his eye.
The event is designed to help the industry by attracting comic book readers to independent comic book stores -- and in 2017 NPR offered this advice for visiting comics fans. "While you're there, buy something... The comics shops still have to pay for the 'free' FCBD books they stock, and they're counting on the increased foot traffic to lift sales."
They're among several geek-friendly titles among the 48 free comics that fans will get to choose from during this once-a-year event, including:
- Street Fighter vs Final Fight
- Jonny Quest
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Conan the Barbarian
- Flash Gordon
And, of course, four from Marvel Comics.
More details from IGN: DC is about to kick off Absolute Power, a major crossover event that involves Amanda Waller teaming with Batman's rogue android Failsafe and the Brainiac Queen to drain the world's heroes of their power. This prologue issue serves as a primer for the event...
Alongside their Conan issue, Titan is also releasing a new Doctor Who comic that has the distinction of being the first story to feature Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor...
Robert Kirkman's Skybound has been busy establishing a new shared Energon Universe, one which comprises Kirkman and Lorenzo De Felici's Void Rivals as well as the Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises... This issue features new stories for all three series and is designed to be an easy gateway into this rapidly growing comic book line.
There's a Stranger Things story, an Archie Horror comic, and the story of how Popeye lost his eye.
The event is designed to help the industry by attracting comic book readers to independent comic book stores -- and in 2017 NPR offered this advice for visiting comics fans. "While you're there, buy something... The comics shops still have to pay for the 'free' FCBD books they stock, and they're counting on the increased foot traffic to lift sales."
Fat Freddy's Cat FTW! (Score:2)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
https://thefreakbrothers.com/p... [thefreakbrothers.com]
Jokes (Score:2)
A free comic book... No, sorry, not enough reason for me to go outside.
I know, I know, it's for kids. I guess it's the final bastion for what's become of "literacy."
Protip: You can get lots of free comic books at your local library. And real books, too.
Re: (Score:2)
Plenty of adult-oriented comic books out there. And I'm not talking about porn.
Comics that are on the New York Time's Best Seller's list include Sandman, Maus, Watchman, and The Dark Knight Returns.
More recently, I particularly like The Human Target, The Nice House On The Lake, and Something Is Killing The Children.
Sandman is the best of them. It's literature in comic book form.
Diappointed ... (Score:2)
Take care of your local gaming/comic stores (Score:2)
I picked up a few of the free comics yesterday, but also made purchases.
I didn't need anything yesterday, but specialized stores like LGSs are only kept alive with sales. There's no corporate entity to keep injecting them with money. I was happy to attend their e