Arts & Entertainment
FREE Comic Book Day
The 10th annual Free Comic Book Day, a worldwide event where more than 2.5 MILLION comics will be available for FREE, will be Saturday May 7 at nearly 2000 comic book specialty stores in the U.S., Canada and 40 other countries around the world. The event was founded in 2001 by Joe Field, owner of Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff in Concord CA as a way to introduce new readers to comics, call back former comic readers and thank current comic book fans.
Free Comic Book Day is an event spotlighting the wonderful and diverse entertainment medium of comic books. An estimated 300,000-500,000 people of all ages and reading interests will visit comic book stores on May 7 and receive Special Edition FCBD comics for free.
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“Ten years on, Free Comic Book Day continues to be a vital event that shows comic books are for readers of all ages and interests,” said Field. “At Flying Colors, we have a huge party planned that will be four-color fun for everyone.”
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Special guest artists appearing at Flying Colors on Free Comic Book Day are cartoonist JEFF BONIVERT (Captain Four-Color, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), artist/inker MICK GRAY (Batman & Robin, Promethea) and artist/writer STEVE MONCUSE (The Fish Police). These artists will be on hand to sign and sketch beginning at 11am.
Flying Colors will also feature two exclusive items available on Free Comic Book Day:
- A signed, numbered limited edition exclusive full-color print by JEFF BONIVERT and MICK GRAY featuring Flying Colors' own CAPTAIN FOUR-COLOR! A portion of the sale of this limited edition print will be donated to The HERO INITIATIVE (http://heroinitiative.org/), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping comics’ veterans by providing financial aid for emergency situations and medical care.
- A signed, numbered limited edition exclusive bookplate edition of FISH POLICE Volume 1 with original art from creator STEVE MONCUSE!
In addition, there will be more to the festivities, including costumed characters, refreshments, music and more.
Among the Special Edition comics available on Free Comic Book Day include all-time favorites like Betty & Veronica, Amazing Spider-Man, Green Lantern, Darkwing Duck, Thor, Captain America and Mickey Mouse, along with newer characters like Avatar The Last Airbender, Young Justice, Michael Moorcock’s Elric, Joe Hill’s Locke & Key and Geronimo Stilton.
For a complete list of available Special Edition Free Comic Book Day titles, please visit http://FreeComicBookDay.com. For more information about Free Comic Book Day at Flying Colors, please visit http://FlyingColorsComics.com.