Final Countdown to FCBD

The direct market retail promotion Free Comic Book Day goes off this Saturday; this is a deal where comic book shops are able to buy for a greatly reduced price comic books expressly made for the purpose of free distribution on that day. That way anyone who walks in off the street for a free comic book can have one. It's mutated a bit out of that idea -- for instance, I'm pretty sure most shops would be hard pressed to deny their hardcore collector customers a shot at all the FCBD comics -- but the idea remains sound. Most comic book shops try to turn the day into a wider event with special guest stars and local cartoonists signing, that kind of thing. For instance, Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles is going to host the popular comics writer Brian K. Vaughan; one store in Texas helps turn a parking lot into a mini-convention, CAPE!.

I'll try to post major events at some point this week, but if I don't, keep your eyes peeled on appropriate threads on the various news sites and industry-wide reaching message boards like those at Comicon.com, TCJ and The Engine. DC concludes their 2006 Gigantic Feature-Generating Mini-Series and Marvel starts theirs this Wednesday, so it should be a pretty busy week at the funnybook store.

Don't forget Online Comics Day/Webcomics Awareness Day on the day preceding Free Comic Book Day.

May 5 is also Cartoonists Day or National Cartoonists Day, depending on which calendar site you read.
 
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