Free comic book day

[HavACrumpet452]

This Saturday, May 4th (my birthday!) is free comic book day in North America and some other parts of the world. You can go to certain stores and get a free comic book. Here's a website where you can type in you zip code (on the left) to find local stores participating. http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992

[rybett]

Ooo!  Thanks for the link!  I bet hubby already knows about this, but just in case.    Happy B-Day to you!

[brightberry]

Happy upcoming birthday!

Ooooh... a free comic?   Any comic?

[MikaylaIsSoCoolLike]

Ooooh... a free comic?   Any comic?

Not usually. Stores tend to have a table or a little section set aside for the comics they're giving away.

[Dewprincess]

There was a list on the Free Comic Book Day website of the comics that will be given away this year.  Some of them looked pretty interesting!

[Bergamot]

Learn more about the awesomeness here:

http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992

I absolutely love Free Comic Book Day! It's usually a pretty big day for the Star Wars costuming club I'm in, but this year is super special because of May the 4th.

[theamazingfetus]

I'd love to try this at my local comic book shop but the people who work there and hang around the shop are nasty dudebros who leer at me for having the audacity to be female.

[invaderhorizongreen]

of course there are no comic book stores where I live.

[kestral_kitsune]

awww there's no comic stores near me at all D:

[Dewprincess]

My local comic book store has recently started to cater to the FiM crowd and carries the trading cards along with the comic books...double score :-)

[Bergamot]

I'd love to try this at my local comic book shop but the people who work there and hang around the shop are nasty dudebros who leer at me for having the audacity to be female.

Really? That's a shame! If there are any other comic book stores nearby, you should give them a try! The ones in my area all seem to be quite pleasant; I'm sorry that the one closest to you is less than hospitable.

[theamazingfetus]

I'd love to try this at my local comic book shop but the people who work there and hang around the shop are nasty dudebros who leer at me for having the audacity to be female.

Really? That's a shame! If there are any other comic book stores nearby, you should give them a try! The ones in my area all seem to be quite pleasant; I'm sorry that the one closest to you is less than hospitable.

There is only one in my whole town, (granted, it's a small town) and they sort of have this monopoly in my town, but to my luck they can't beat amazon and ebay prices. I do appreciate that I live in an area where small business really thrives, but I also hate that some of the places in town are just, awful and allowed to remain awful from a lack of competition.

[spookysage]

If any of you guys live near Colorado Springs, I won a contest to rename the comic shop downtown a few years ago! I don't live there anymore though; miss that shop. Drop by Escape Velocity if you're in the neighborhood, if you can figure out the tangle of one-way streets! And my girlfriend used to work at a comic shop in Philly, Fat Jack's I think. I only went a few times but it was really nice.

We haven't been reading many comics lately, though - burned DC fans. I've heard the Friendship is Magic comics are pretty good, maybe I'll check them out this Saturday!

[kaoskat]

How awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[Aednatia]

Do you have to sign up for anything when you are there or just walk in grab and leave?