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Free Comic Book Day 2005
n00b_newbie writes "Nationwide, Free Comic Book Day 2005 is this Saturday. This years lineup includes some regulars like Batman, Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, some comics for kids, and some indy comics. FBCD's website has some cover pics, and a store locator. The indy comics include Flight (gorgeous!), Owly (kids), Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards and a bunch of others."
..free as in speech or free as in comic books? Can I still get the beer instead?
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One of the most impressive comics I've seen in a long while. I'd love to see Owly collected into a hardback edition with color.
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Hint: america is not the only nation in the world.
Why not learn how to draw anime and comics too while your at it !
I think it qualifies as international - I live in Northern-Europe and we're celebrating it here.
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The Big Green Guy says sounds like SMASHING fun to him! ;-)
Yeah, but BOFH in a *comic* format, with *pictures* sort of goes against the whole BOFH mythos. What, you think this stuff is supposed to be easy?
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You are operating under the false assumption that comic books cannot be epic or have book-quality stories. This simply isn't true. While it is probably true of the standard Marvel/DC monthly comic book issue, it is not true of the comic book as a medium. Trade paperbacks often contain epic stories in comic book format with drama and characters that you care about in the same way a good book or movie can get you to care about characters.
"But..but...Slashdot said it was free comic book day!"
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From 12pm to 3pm Alternate Reality Comics (4800 S. Maryland Parkway) is not only giving out free (as in beer) comics, but creators Bill Willingham (Elementals, Fables, Robin) and Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets) will be on hand to sign books and do sketches.
Disclosure: The owner of Alternate Reality is my husband
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Is apparently local to my town and will be at ACME Comics in Longwood, FL tomorrow.
Mr Perez was a huge influence on my drawing style back when I was in highschool in the late 80's, and has always been one of my favorites.
I'll get to meet one of my heros tomorrow.
I can't wait.
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I hate how nowadays comics have become politically charged.
Give me the good ol' wholesome days of Captain America fighting 'Red' Skull anyday.
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worth anything as in re-selling them?
Who cares? you're getting free entertainment. If that's not worth anything to you, then you're beyond help.
The point is to get new people interested in the comic book medium.
And it's not really just American/USian. it's something for anyone that cares to promote it.
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
Browsing through the covers, it seems that these are all "free comic book day" editions. That means that this is basically an advertising stunt. First one's free and all that.
(I'm not saying that I'm against it at all... a perfect way to get new people into the medium, or just to introduce people to your particular work.)
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You really can't see it?
It would have to be from the BOFH's perspective.
First panel: the glow of a monitor sillouhetting the top of a Mt. Dew can.
Second panel: the can is lowered to show the office: empty cans, random cards lying about the room, boxen with no cover, hard drives, multiple monitors on either the command line, a text editor or an FPS.
Third panel (or even later if you want to instill drama)pan to the right to face the mortal enemy: the lUser: "I think my cup holder is broken."
I'll never make that mistake again, reading the experts' opinions. - Feynman
Tulip madness.
Why buy to collect? Why buy to speculate? You're as bad as a chump putting his first foot down in Las Vegas with plans to make $$$ rather than see the shows and hit the buffets.
You buy comics to enjoy them - just like you enjoy music, movies, live performance, TV, sporting events, books, and magazines. If you don't enjoy it, don't spend your money on it.
If you thought there was money to be made in it, that's just big business separating a sucker from his wallet. You lost.
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No their going to give out those crappy ones you got a few times as a kid, you know what I'm talking about? The ones where Spiderman gets sexually molested and has to talk about it with his parents? At first you thought, oh cool free comics! But then after page 3 you realized they were fake. I'm serious. I've got another one where Daredevil helps me remember not to leave the stove on when I cook my snack after school.
Thanks Stan Lee, through your characters we're forming a better America!