On May 5th comic book companies and owners will be dispersing free comic books into the hands of eager collectors for the sixth consecutive year. From Dark Horse to DC and Marvel comics will be raining out of the sky from the big wigs up above to honor this day to millions of readers free of charge. There will be 44 titles to choose from with a wide range of subject matter suitable for all ages. The entire event is designed to attract a new and wider audience to the world of comics. Every year Free Comic Book Day is an event that is sponsored by publishers on two tiers : Gold and silver. Gold Members are the ones that are able to supply comic book stores and venues with the titles that they have promised. They also are mainstay volunteers annually. Where as a Silver sponsor donates comics that are for use for this years event and may not have enough for all of the venues.
Free Comic Book Day participants like Happy Harbor Comics & Toys owner Jay Bardyla has been anticipating the event for months. The event has become so highly anticipated the owner and proprietor joyfully told me of Free Comic Book Day months in advance as he was working on promotion for his Alberta store. At that time it was so top secret that the information he gave me was to be kept a secret until he released it. Sounds very 007 to me! That is part of what makes comics cool. The imagination and creativity involved in these individual projects
A comic book of interest to be available for Free Comic Book Day will be included by Dark Horse Comics in celebration of the day. Their featured publication is entitled The Umbrella Academy. Written by My Chemical Romance front man Gerard Way and penciled by Gabriel Ba of Casanova fame and Dave Stewart of Hellboy. The cover art is done by James Jean of Fables, which somewhat resembles Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas visual thematics.
| The following are a list of the titles that will be available from both Gold level and Silver level sponsors: GOLD SPONSOR & TITLE Archie Comics - Archie Comics Little Archie 2007 Bongo Comics - Bongo's Free for All 2007 Dark Horse Comics - Umbrella Academy Zero Killer Pantheon City 2007 DC Comics - Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century 2007 Dynamite Entertainment - The Lone Ranger / New Battlestar Galactica Flip Book Gemstone Publishing - Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse 2007 IDW - Transformers the Movie Prequel # 1 2007 Image Comics - Astounding Wolf-Man # 1 2007 Marvel Comics - Amazing Spider-Man Swing Shift 2007 TOKYOPOP - TOKYOPOP Choose Your Weapon 2007 |
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Additionally, the following publishers have signed on as Silver Sponsors and will provide the following books for this year's event. Availability of Silver Sponsor titles may vary between participating stores.
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SILVER SPONSOR & TITLE Antarctic Press - Pirates vs. Ninjas # 1 2007 Ape Entertainment - Ape Entertainment's Comic Spectacular 2007 Arcana Studio - Arcana Studio Presents 2007 Archie Comics - Sonic the Hedgehog 2007 Aspen MLT - Worlds of Aspen 2007 Blatant Comics - Last Blood # 1 Boom! Studios - Hunter's Moon / Salvador Flip Book 2007 CastleRain Entertainment - Jack the Lantern: Ghosts 2007 Comic Genesis - Comic Genesis 2007 Comic Shop News, Inc - Comic Shop News 2007 DC Comics - Justice League of America # 0 2007 Devil's Due Publishing - Family Guy / Hack / Slash Flip Book Digital Webbing - Digital Webbing Jam # 1 2007 Drawn and Quarterly - Lynda Barry Sampler 2007 Fantagraphics Books - The Unseen Peanuts 2007 First Second Books - The Train Was Bang On Time 2007 Heroic Publishing - Liberty Comics # 0 2007 Impact Books - Impact University Volume 3 2007 Keenspot Entertainment - Keenspot Spotlight 2007 Legion of Evil Press - Comics Festival 2007 Maerkle Press - Love and Capes # 4 2007 Marvel Comics - Marvel Adventures Three-In-One 2007 Oni Press - Whiteout # 1 2007 Renaissance Press - Amelia Rules! Hangin' Out 2007 Rude Dude Productions - Nexus Special 2007 Sky-Dog Press - Buzzboy / Royboy Red: The Buzz & The 'Bot 2007 Too Hip Gotta Go - Wahoo Morris # 1 2007 Top Shelf Productions - Owly & Korgi 2007 TwoMorrow Publishing - Comics 101: How to & History Lessons from the Pros Viper Comics - Viper Comics Presents: Josh Howard's Sasquatch 2007 Virgin Comics - Ramayan 3392AD 2007 Wildcard Ink - Gumby Special 2007 Wizard Entertainment - Wizard's "How to Draw" Sampler Zenscope Entertainment - Dyno-Force # 0 |
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How can I help spread the word?
Every comic reader can be a billboard for Free Comic Day with promos that began in January of 2007. Previews catalog offers a plethora of merchandise to help this vehicle get off of the ground and break orbit. Merchandise available from Previews catalog includes t-shirts, polo shirts, ball caps, wrist bands and postage stamps.
There is another option if you would like to promote Free Comic Book Day by visiting the Free Comic Book Day website at http://www.freecomicbookday.com/.
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