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Free Comic Day!
turkeywrap writes "Today is Free Comic Day! Go to your local comic store, pick up some free comics, and support the comic industry. Check and see if there are any special signings or events at a store near you." Ack! I'm in Warren at Penguicon this weekend, and nowhere near my precious comic store! I guess I'll have to pay for my comics ;)
And there's even an event in my hometown (Burlington, VT).
- The Sigless Wonder
Why not just use your favorite P2P app to download the comics :)
Where'd they go!They've been stolen call the po-lice!!!!
ph33r.. free comics.. ...
I've left to find myself. If you happen to see me, please, keep me there until I return.
After watching X2 last night (good movie), I'm feeling inspired to checkout the actual comics. Is there a bound edition with large parts of the series available or would I have to hunt and peck to find each individual comic book?
pick up some free comics, and support the comic industry
How do they make a profit? Volume.
They told me to never come back to the store again.
pick up some free comics, and support the comic industry 1. Give away free comics 2. ?? 3. Profit!
This post is free (as in cheese in a mousetrap).
And of course it has to be on one of those days where I'm stuck at work for 12+ hours. Phooey. The price I pay for being a geek.
Free comics.. i have a feeling that all swedish stores will disagree.
My current favorite is "Valerian" which I am currently trying to get at least one copy of every book.
And tomorrow it's free jewlery day! Just show up at your local jewelery store with a gun! :)
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
"Er, excuse me. No banging your head on the display case please, it contains a very rare Mary Worth in which she has advised a friend to commit suicide. Thank you." - The Comic Book Guy from the Simpsons
Free comic day? This is terribly exciting!
But the event I can't wait for is next Saturday: FREE COLONOSCOPY DAY!
There should be a "UN World free comic day", so we could do this all over the world. This could very well be the UN proposal the US actually would agreee with... ;P
Support industry by taking free stuff with you. And you thought, business is hard to understand...
It's not exactly free. I noted milk and cheese comic a few months ago in prevus and asked my local guy to order it for me with the rest of the ones I usually pick up. He apologized and told me that he couldn't do it. In order to get it (the free comic book that is) he had to either by $70 of comics in some way, either by purchasing these "free comics" or by sales of other books from the supplier totalling $70. He never explained it and I never thought to ask further.I kind of wish I had now. .. so I don't get my milk and cheese. So depressing. I think I'll go to the fridge now and get the milk and cheese out and make cool action figures that go sour in the sun.
MURDER MAYHEM MERV GRIFFIN!!!!
Are these still popular? or is it mostly guys in their late 20's and up. I know the comic book stores I frequented as a youth have closed.
I just wrote this up real quickly since we got back from the movie just now. BTW, I don't care if you believe me or not. Just bookmark the post and come back in 13 days and see how right it is. I wanted to thank Warner Bros. for the sneak preview. Also, excuse the grammer/spelling/etc. errors. I wrote this in 5 minutes so i wouldn't forget everything. Ask me if you want anything filled in. =)
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Just went to Matrix Reloaded. Good movie.
It opens with Trinity attacking a yet unknown location. All of a sudden, she jumps off the building (this is shown is the trailer) and is being pursued by an Agent. She gets shot. Neo wakes up and realizes it was a dream. He gets out of bed (Trinity is with him) and goes into the other room. They try to talk but he says nothing. Cut to next scene of Morpheous and other captains talking inside the Matrix. Interestingly, we learn that Morpheous is not really a big shot leader but rather just another peon in the world of Zion. There is a knock at the door. It is Agent Smith with something for Neo. It is his ear piece since he is no longer a part of the matrix.
Fight scene ensues with Agents.
There is an arugment and the ship pulls into Zion. Machines are boring down we learn. Learn the general's woman used to be morpheous' woman who is a captain.
Morpheous speaks to people. Big party. Trinity and Neo have sex. Counselor talks to Neo.
Cut to scene of the glowing asian guy protecting the Oracle.
Oracle talks to Neo about choices and tells him about the Keymaker.
She leaves. Agents come. Agent Smith multiplies and a huge playground fight starts (shown in trailer). Agent smith is replicating himself somehow but putting his hand inside the person and taking them over. Neo then leaves.
They go to find the keymaker at the French-wannabe information seller who is also a Matrix programmer. See Monica Beluchi.
Find Keymaker through Monica's help. They find those weird white guys. The programmer says he has handled Previous "neos" and survived. Chase ensues. Freeway scene. Ducoti chase scene.
Back to zion for counsel meeting and they send two more ships.
Keymaker tells Neo about the special building with a bridge to "the source". The plan involves three teams. One to knock out power, one to infiltrate and the third for support. One of the power plant teams dies due to an attack from the octopus machines. Trinity was told earlier to not enter the matrix because the premenatition neo got at the beginning is of Trinity being killed. But the backup systems for the power plant came on. If they open the "backdoor" into the building, neo dies. She goes into the Matrix. We learn the scene is her attacking the power plant. She "ssh"'s in and shuts the grid down right as Neo and crew is making it into the building. The keymaker is shot by agent smiths! He dies as the door shuts. Neo enters the door to "the source". He meets an old gray bearded man named "the architect". We learn that he created 5 previous matrix's. They all had flaws. The oracle is called the "mother" and he calls himself "the father". Neo is called an anomaly who previous 5 people have come and gone. Basically here the nature of the matrix is described. The choice is given that neo can walk through one of 2 doors. Through one, he'll save trinity who is falling off the power plant and about to be shot or through the other door he can take 16 men and 7 women to repopulate Zion. Either way, Zion will be destroyed by the boring machines. "the architect" says that neo is different since he has learned to love trinity. Neo picks the door to save trinity. By the way, Neo can fly in the movie. So he flies like a bullet and barely catches the falling trinity but she is shot. He pulls the bullet out and restarts her heart. "they are now even" is what trinity says. They get out of the matrix and learn that the defenses of zion are not standing up well due to the treachery of one ship. Earlier in the movie, Agent Smith took over this person's body/m
Anyone know if Thorgal can be found in English? It's a Belgian comic written in French, but also translated into some other languages.
well stated.
see subject ^^^^^^^^
why run from Vincenzo?
Is that "Free as in beer" or "Free as in speech?"
So I'm a pervert. Welcome to the Internet.
Hopefully this will inspire parents to pick up something for the children to read instead of having them play video games or watch T.V. My guess is that it won't do a thing.
If the dollar is an "I owe you nothing", then the Euro is a "Who owes you nothing." - Doug Casey
This is a great way to bring in new readers into stores. I applaud it, even though I stopped collecting (on a regular monthly basis) years ago.
On the other hand, the web has plenty of free comics -- it'd be great to somehow find a way to tie in web comics to this event.
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It's funny though...
Be like the twenty-second elephant with heated value in space-Bark!
CBG: No you may not, the bathroom is for paying customers only, if you purchase an item you may use the bathroom. Millhouse: Uhhh, how bout that. CBG: That is a rare photo of Sean Connery signed by Roger Moore.
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
What's a nubian? ;-)
The idea is to get people interested in comics that may have not looked into them before.
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The official blurb:
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On Saturday, May 3, thousands of comic book shops around the world will celebrate the unique American artform that is comic books. The day has been dubbed "Free Comic Book Day," and its goal is to introduce as many people to the wonders of comic books as possible.
There are comics for children, for families to enjoy together, for adults, and especially for people who think they would never read a comic book. Come by on May 3rd and let us change your mind - for free!
Regular updates, information about comic books, and lists of participating publishers
(and their comics) are all online at http://www.FreeComicBookDay.com.
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It is Free Comic Book Day (FCBD), and yes, there are free comics to be had. Stores like ours do have to pay for these promotional issues, and we give them out for free to get people interested in comics. Here are the titles to be given out today:
Alternative Comics #1 - FCBD Edition
Archie & Friends - FCBD Edition
Avatar Graphic Novel Sampler - FCBD Edition
Batman Adventures #1 - FCBD Edition
Christa's 100% Guaranteed How-to Manual For Getting Anyone To Read Comic Books! - FCBD Edition
Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things - FCBD Edition
Frank Miller's Robocop / Stargate Sg1- FCBD Edition
Keenspace.com 2003 - FCBD Edition
Keenspot Spotlight 2003 - FCBD Edition
Landis #0 - FCBD Edition
Leave It To Chance - FCBD Edition
Metallix #1 - FCBD Edition
Peanutbutter & Jeremy #4 - FCBD Edition
Rocket Comics: Ignite - FCBD Edition
Skinwalker #1 - FCBD Edition
Slave Labor Stories - FCBD Edition
The Best Of Dork Storm Number 1 - FCBD Edition
Transformers: Armada - FCBD Edition
Ultimate X-men #1 - FCBD Edition
Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures - FCBD Edition
Way Of The Rat Movie - FCBD Special #1
If you need help trying to find a store, please check out:
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/fcbd_locator.as
Enjoy!
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Do any of these comic book stores sell manga? I don't go for American comics, but I love manga. Even my local Barnes and Noble devotes a shelf to them now, though at $10 they're twice as expensive as the original Japanese versions that I get at Mitsuwa.
I was very interested in getting the Keenspot/Keenspace sampler comics (seeing as I enjoy webcomics, and I do my own as well!) However, I was out today, and I don't think any comic book store in the city is even carrying those titles! Needless to say, I'm a little flustered...
So I'm wondering if anyone even encountered these comics today... I was told that last year, no one wanted them, so they (the stores) wouldn't be carrying them. Sigh.
I read through the abstracts for the comics, and wow are they not-very-exciting-looking. I guess they have to convince you to buy other comics in as few pages as possible, in order to make a profit. But boy oh boy, do they look stooge-a-riffic.
You know, a proper book, without PICTURES. Now that gives your imagination a workout. Comics, my friend, are entertainment, NOT literature...
Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
... during the dot com boom. You should know that profit is an overater concept !!
Warren blows.. who on earth would organize anything in warren?
I stopped supporting the Comic industry in the mid 90's, after they clearly abused consumers. Starting with Valliant (now dead) who printed outrageous amount of comics, hyped it, but kept most of it in warehouses until the price went up. Some comics could be 10 to 50$ after a few weeks/months, then suddenly appeared on the market in large quantities. Today most are available for a few cents. As a young kid I spent a fortunes on comics, not to collect them, but because I enjoyed reading them.
;)
Remember that "Death of Superman" hype? In less than a month it was going for 60$, then 100$ and some places went as high as 200$ BUT It was the most! printed! comic! ever! (6 million prints? or was it only 2?) but you could NOT find it anywhere for months. Every distributor, reseller and stores just kept stacks of hundreds in the back waiting for the hype and rarity to increase the price. You can get it for a dollar today.
I got angry at the comic industry when, in that period, I had a summer job in a comic book store. I went to the warehouse and saw 1$ comics every store in many towns where selling for 10-50$. Titles like Solar man of the atom, X-O Man of war, Superman (death), Batman (broken back), and many many more.
I consider them dishonest and on the limit of fraudulent. At a minimum, ethically very wrong. My (not so) hard earned cash goes to only a very few rare paperback reprints of the 'best'.
On a side note at least I could learn to better my English with all that reading!!!
Thanks for posting this now, stores closed two hours ago so I won't be able to pick anything up in Vienna/Austria...doh!
How on earth is reading Superman, Spiderman or X-Men better than watching tv and playing videogames? Answer: it is not. Comic books offer a serialised story, with no conclusion and their ONLY purpose is to interest the reader so that he buys the next comic. They are not "designed" to be educational. They are not "designed" to instil moral values.
Being a parent myself I try to stimulate my child's brain with more than comics. Like, with real books...
Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
Allow me to make some recommendations of comics to pick up alongside the freebies. if you do Free Comics Day. One should not discount this form of communication, as I find the storytelling to often be better than movies and tv.
-The latest issue of Shonen Jump. This is a manga compilation from Japan. It has the familiar (Dragonball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh, YuYu Hakusho) to the odd (Sandland, Shaman King, One Piece) and it's like 5 bucks for a small phone book of stuff. An incredible investment. Plus, it's a magazine so there's bunches of other stuff.
-Ultimate X-Men. It's like at issue 33, but it's a reset of the X-Men universe. Should be approachable by everyone. The current storyline is Return Of The King and involves Magneto, nice stuff.
-Fables. A new story started this month with the 'mundies' investigating all the fables that have fled to NYC. Bigby Wolf, Blue Beard, Snow White, The 3 Bears, they're all in the story and adapting to modern life. Great stuff.
-Astro City: Local Heroes. Very approachable, a series of one shots that talk about life in a super hero city. It's... The Steriotypical super hero city where they make up a normal part of daily life. It's explains superhero life better than Superman ever could.
-Transformers. They just started a new series with issue 1 this month. Dreamwave is doing a great job on the art, and well with the toys long dead they can make a story that isn't puddle deep. The War Within is another 6 issue series that you might be able to find and it goes back to the first civil war. Awesome design, with Prime, Megatron and Grimlock taking the spotlight. It goes unsaid to ignore Armada.
-Fray. For you Buffy fans in the house, Joss is writing the story of a Slayer in the future. Good stuff, it's 8 issues long with 7 out already, so you might take a look. The character is cool and really isn't like Buff or Faith.
-Girl Genius. Some of you magic players might recognize the art of Phil Foglio with this title. It's a steampunk setting, with mostly good and funny storytelling. Sparks have the ability to build great contraptions, and the main character is a fairly useless clutz without a Spark... So it seems. It regularly makes me LAHL.
-AgentX. This is Deadpool actually, still kicking... Well, for a couple more issues. Anyway, if you like 3 Stooges and violence, then read this. Definetly one of my favorites. Actually, it was even better with a previous artist that had a strong anime f flavor that hit the spot just so... But oh well.
-Queen and Country. British intelligence agent, a really serious tone. They handle shitty situations and make the world a better place. Makes for better storytelling than most movies, as it covers Tara's exploits.
And, if you so want to invest in something bigger:
The Authority: Relentless. A Trade Paperback of Warren Ellis' first 8 of 12 issues on The Authority. They're a super hero team, but in a much bigger way than the X-Men, JLA or such. They've changed what superhero teams can do by making it so much bigger. They save Earth, kill 'god' and stop interdimensional invasions. The dialogue is great and villains don't just mwahaha.
If you goto the store, you'll notice my lack of DC/Marvel titles. Yeah. Keep that in mind. They're alright, but they're mainstream. If you want something that will change your opinion about comics, they are most likely not it. Anyway, hopefully this should give some good leads as to see what comics can be more than just Supes and the X-Men.
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I had some from the early 80's - X-men and Justice League stuff...interesting sci-fi stories.
In around '92 I started getting some again (a whole bunch of us in college got into it at once). I think I jumped in at the start of the demise.
Anyway, it got annoying that it seemed the stories were going to crap, there was less story because half the pages were "look at the splash" or "we needed three pages to draw her breasts". Also, every other issue was a "special" one with 20 covers, all special in some way. That's fine - I'd buy one copy (in it for the story), but that one copy's price would be inflated because of the special cover.
Other annoyances were the infinite number of cross-title tie ins, the infinite spin-off's and title involving a character (ie. Batman, Dark Knight, Detective, Bat this, bat that, bat screw the customer). Even Image was starting to get bad about this..and valiant to a degree.
In the end I just said enough was enough and stopped...oddly enough the only thing it did do was got me REALLY into Cerebus.
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Just who was this person? It's none other than J. Michael Straczynski, writer and creator of Babylon 5, Crusade and Jeremiah (He's currently enjoying getting a chance at writing Amazing Spider-Man for Marvel) =)
Sigh! Its sad to fins that there is no event in CT. No comic lovers here, I guess.... Just comical people!
I remember last year's Free Comic Day. I was walking through Georgetown in D.C. and after, maybe an hour or two of mindless obvliousness, I found myself in front of the Russian Embassy on Mt. Alto a few miles from where I started. When I turned around and went back down Wisconsin Ave. to M St. I stopped at Another Universe comics because I had just remembered it was Free Comic Day and I also wanted to see if they had the newest issue of the Dark Knight Strikes Again or, basically, anything interesting. I ended up standing next to some woman who was talking to some guy about a class she was taking, but I wasn't really paying attention, and eventually I left. However, I walked out and realized that it was Tiffany Taylor, a former Playboy Playmate and a student at University of Maryland (And a damn hot woman), and I didn't even think to say "hi." Ah, Free Comic Day...
I wish I could get off of WORK so I could go to the Silver Snail here in Toronto and get MY FREE COMIC!!!
FREE COMIC DAY!!!!
FREE HAT!!!!!!!
They link to a list of states, with places that artists are making appearances.
Of course, my state, Oregon, has nothing going on. Which strikes me as very odd, since Dark Horse Comics is based less than 10 miles from my house, and I have a Things From Another World (A comic/gaming store chain owned by Dark Horse Comics,) even closer!
Bah!
Another non-functioning site was "uncertainty.microsoft.com."
The purpose of that site was not known.
Beyond maybe a blurb here and there in the mainstream this is a poorly marketed event. They'll pat themselves on the back for doing it but it's pisspoor. Sure posters are plastered in stores and in trade magazines, but all it comes down to is getting a few people in for a freebie who won't comeback until the next one. Otherwise it's just a poorly printed/reprint freebie for the regulars who come in anyways.
1. Print free comic books.
2. ???
3. Profit!
I only found out about this from /. but by the time it was posted all the shops in the UK had either run out or were closed!
Gutted!
I know there is one with Ant-Man. Are there any others (online or hardcopy)?
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Well, today i went to two different comic book stores in my area. I called ahead a time to make sure this wasn't some sad post /. April fools joke. Sure enough it was legit. First shop i called said he did not have the so called "Free Comic Day Comics". He then told me to come in and check out what he did have for free. When i got there he pointed me to atleast three large tables with boxes marked .50 cents. He told me five issues are free rest make me a deal. I looked for atleast a good half hour, BSing with others who had came in just to shoot the Sheet. I picked out about 11 mags. Brought them up to him he told me happy birthday and gave them all to me for free. Ask me if i wanted a bag i said sure. Out i went to the next store...Smaller selection but he had the offical Free comic day comics...Wasn't that great but hey its free...Asked him what other deals he had...all .50 comics are now .10 for today...found around 20 that interested me, paid my $2.46 and walked out....so hey it was a cool day for me...got around 30 or so comics for a few bucks, they will last quite awhile when i read em on the shitter....take it easy all
Where ever you go, there you are.
Don't bother, the movie is much better than the comic books. In fact, the comic books are harder to follow than Jacob's Ladder and if you want to find out what anything is about then you'll have to read about 200 of them. Of course, that's just to find out basically what happened in one universe, and not the several parrallel universes that have been written to explain tremendous screw ups in continuity. It's a great idea, with horrible implementation.
Everyone should support these indy gaming comics. Sure, there's Penny Arcade and Little Gamers, But there's something nostalgic both about holding the comic in your hands, and the Pencil-and-paper RPGs referenced.
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