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[adamsappel]

There were four artists doing free sketches at my local shop, Beyond Comics. Mark Wheatly, Marc Hempel, DJ Wilkins and John Watkins-Chow (who drew a Star Lord for my daughter and turned down ten bucks for it; "It's free comic book day."). I bought three GOTG comics for my daughter, and we took home nine of the free titles. There was even a posing-for-pictures stormtrooper out in front of the store. It's neat how big a deal this has become. The store was full and there were a lot of professed "haven't read comics in 20 years" customers buying TPB collections. Is it like Black Friday for comic stores?

 

[Lv99 Slacker]

Inadvertently participated in my first Free Comic Book day. After my cousin and I got done seeing The Avengers at the Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar), I asked him if he wanted to check out this comic book store (Tribal Comics) that I hadn't visited before; it was just down the street...so to speak.


My haul:

x3 free comics
Rat Queens
The Wicked / The Divine

 

[jasminlovesyoux]

My haul from Dream World Comics and Comic Bug, both in Culver City, CA! Everything free!

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Inadvertently participated in my first Free Comic Book day. After my cousin and I got done seeing The Avengers at the Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar), I asked him if he wanted to check out this comic book store (Tribal Comics) that I hadn't visited before; it was just down the street...so to speak.


My haul:

x3 free comics
Rat Queens
The Wicked / The Divine

Nice that TPB Rat Queens is so awesome

 

[SpotAnime]

My local shop in KoP PA had pretty much every comic still at 2:30pm - we ran in before our 3:15pm Avengers showing. They had a limit of four comics per person and I just let my son pick, I didn't need any for myself. He got Pokemon, Sonic/Mega Man, Teen Titans Go and Avengers. I would have picked up Street Fighter and Secret Wars for myself if I got any.

 

[InfiniteBento]

Went and got a few free comics today after work. Bought Horse Detective the first issue of Steven Universe and bought myself Bee and Puppycat volume 1 which has all the first 8 issues in it.

 

[oldschoolpinball]

My haul from Dream World Comics and Comic Bug, both in Culver City, CA! Everything free!

i was there earlier

 

[kingofrod]

I showed up too late to pick up the Street Fighter comic I was hoping for, but I did manage to pick up the Harley Quinn trade and the first Suicide Squad volume - big up to Collectibles Etc in Lexington, KY for the 20% too!

 

[Tyrant Rave]

Inadvertently participated in my first Free Comic Book day. After my cousin and I got done seeing The Avengers at the Alamo Drafthouse (South Lamar), I asked him if he wanted to check out this comic book store (Tribal Comics) that I hadn't visited before; it was just down the street...so to speak.


My haul:

x3 free comics
Rat Queens
The Wicked / The Divine

Rat Queens is great! WicDiv isn't my cup of tea but I liked the first issue at least.

 

[properpropaganda]

i like when some stores run out of fcbd books and give out random regular books.

 

[JBourne]

My LCS was giving everyone Secret Wars and AN AD Avengers even if they didn't ask for them. I also snagged Fight Club and Street Fighter. GF got Bob's Burgers, which I'll read if she recommends it. The only book I had to buy this week was Silk.

I was very surprised when I stopped by MovieStop later and they had converted to a comic/collectible shop as well. Strangely enough, nearly all of their books were Hastings variants and the selection was all over the place.

 

[bebop242]

Local place had a 4 comic limit so my son and i picked out 8 total. Then i bought a Millennium comic, and my son got Death Stroke vol 1 (with kyle higgins there autographing copies) and a iron mancaptain america collection for donating 5 bucks to the local pet rescue.

 

[bobbyrawlins]

One of my local shops was having deals on everything in the store for FCBD. My poor wallet

 

[nicoga3000]

One of my local shops was having deals on everything in the store for FCBD. My poor wallet

Yup. Spent $64, but walked out with 24 free books, 23 singles, and 1 TPB. Amazing day. Also spent even more online when I got home. It was a painful day for my wallet, though.

 

[Jacob]

Last year was my first Free Comic Book Day and I went to a local shop (whose owner is also the organizer of Baltimore Comic-Con, and it was generally an awesome experience. This year I was out of town over the weekend visiting a friend, but I found a local shop through the FCBD website and walked over there this afternoon. They were giving away comics only with a purchase, which was not how I recall it working at the other store last year, but I guess different stores have their own policies? However, when I actually looked closely at the comics I got, I saw that the Avatar: The Last Airbender one (which was the main attraction for me) was actually the FCBD special from last year. I have no idea what exactly happened but, well ... it's just not the one that was advertised for this year; it's the one I already have from a year ago.

Other than being really disappointed about that, though, it was still a nice enough experience. But I hope to be closer to home on this weekend next year so I can avoid this particular store in the future.