Happy Free Comic Book Day 2012!

Yes indeedy!

Today is Free Comic Book Day!

You can learn more about this huge event at http://www.freecomicbookday.com

And yes, I'll be taking part.

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Permalink Reply by Jon on May 5, 2012 at 9:26am

This is actually pretty neat. I'm not big into comics at all, just curious what they're actually giving away for free.

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Permalink Reply by TageRyche on May 5, 2012 at 3:17pm

All the comics being given away are listed on the website.

I pre-ordered and bought 10 copies apiece of 13 titles from my local comic shop to give out at Halloween. Today I picked up some other stuff as well.

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Permalink Reply by RJhog (Admin) on May 5, 2012 at 9:16pm

That's pretty neat. I don't read comics either, but I like what TR does with the comic books and Halloween.

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Permalink Reply by TageRyche on May 6, 2012 at 9:10am

My house rocks on Halloween. It's now known as "The House That Gives Out Comic Books".

Last year I had a guy come to my house with his kids that is an author of some sort of fantasy/scifi language book. He came to the neighborhood because he'd heard about me giving out comics.

I have over 300 books to give out each year, plus candy. And I theme the comics I give out if at all possible. Come up in a Star Wars costume, get a Star Wars comic. G.I. Joe costume, get a G.I. Joe comic. Last year, Captain America costumes got a Captain America comic. I've had Buzz Lightyear's getting a Toy Story comic.

Dogs get doggie treats at my house. And especially good costumes get extra candy. Last year I had a kid show up dressed as Doctor Who. And when I asked which one, he said, "I'm the 9th Doctor!" He got extra candy for simply knowing what I meant.

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Permalink Reply by TageRyche on May 15, 2012 at 3:53pm

Finally finished reading all the books I got for Free Comic Book Day.

I loved the Sonic The Hedgehog book (as usual, the book is almost always one of the best reads each year)

I was looking forward to the Buffy and Serenity books. While not bad, the Buffy story had a glaring story weakness that was left unexplained and the art on the Serenity story was terrible.

But one book I read was so good that I added it to my pull list. It is the series called Bad Medicine and it starts this month or next. A mystery story from Oni Press Comics, the first issues was the company's FCBD giveaway. I wasn't sold completely on the artwork but the story more than made up for it.