Originally posted by DigiMark007reported cause i found that offensive
Next weekend b*tches! One of my 3 favorite days of the year.I'm planning to see Iron Man, buy a crap ton of comics at discount prices, update the Authority respect thread (maybe not that day, but as a result of FCBD, since I'm buying a bunch of their cameo appearances that day that I don't currently have).
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Originally posted by chithappens
What day exactly?
Saturday, May 3. It's fairly universal, at least here in the US, so you should be able to walk into a comic shop and get yours. There's generally 6-7 comics to choose from that are specially made by the major companies for FCBD. But for me the big hook is that my local shops have everything on sale, and the one guy lets me take 3 free ones instead of 1, so it's just a great day to buy comics.
Originally posted by spidey-dude
reported cause i found that offensive
K. So pointless attempts at ruffling my feathers aside, have anything to add about FCBD?
Originally posted by WrathfulDwarfbecause then the storeowners would lose profit...they don't if they give away comics no one would buy anyways
Instead of having a cheap free comic, why not just give a discount on all comic book purchases day?
also, ppl might abuse it by saving up their purchases for that day
Originally posted by WrathfulDwarf
Instead of having a cheap free comic, why not just give a discount on all comic book purchases day?
They are doing both at the comic shop I go to!
Free comics, trades and back issues are all 50 percent off. I don't remember if any of the new comics will be on sale or not...
I plan on spending at least 30 bucks on comics saturday!
Originally posted by Starscream M
eh...I don't think anyone who doesn't already buy comics knows anything about it at all.
You'd be surprised by the extra business they get that day. They're playing it up this year with the release of Iron Man.
And I was talking to my local guy. He says the day costs him about 100-200 dollars that he'd have otherwise, which is peanuts to any legitimate business. If it means they sell a bunch of comics for one day and make a bit less money, so be it.
Myspace(No I don't use Myspace) has Free Comic Book Day. X-Men/Runaways from last year.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=92159514&blogID=388259447
My bf and I went to Hole in the Wall books in VA. He picked up the free X-Men and an older-era looking one, and I took the Superman one and something called "The Stranded" (Virgin/Sci-fi) that looked interesting.
They also had some older comics from the '90s that they were giving away to clear out some space, and they said to take as many as I wanted, so I picked up...6 issues of "X-Man" (feat. Nate Grey), 3 X-Force, and 2 X-Force & Cable (that's mostly what they had). One of the "X-Man" ones wasn't technically a free one, but when I told the guy I liked Deadpool he went and found one in the back that had Deadpool in it and gave it to me free (yay!). I also bought an old Deadpool (Issue 14 - $1) and a couple of old "Uncanny Origins" ones (they look a bit cartoony, but hey! 50 cents!). The '90s comics might not be, you know, top-of-the-line issues, but still. That's a good haul of free comics.