Free Comic Book Day news: IGN shares first look at Valiant Comics’ new X-O Manowar
IGN has the first look at the new X-O Manowar from Valiant Comics. This Valiant 2012 issue is set to debut on Free Comic Book Day 2012. According to IGN, the publisher also has plans for Bloodshot and Harbinger. The cover for the FCBD issue is by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic. Free Comic Book Day is set for May 5, 2012.
Other comics already announced for Free Comic Book Day include the comics from the 10 Gold Sponsors: Avengers 12.1, Bongo Free For All, DC Comics – The New 52 FCBD Edition, Image 20, Mega Man: Let the Games Begin; Mouse Guard, Labyrinth and More HC Flipbook; Peanuts/Adventure Time Flip Book; Star Wars/Serenity Flip Book; Transformers 80.5; and Yo Gabba Gabba: Free Comic Book Time.
There will be 35 silver sponsors for Free Comic Book Day in 2012, so more announcements on coming books are no doubt on the way.
- Matt Price
“Amazing Spider-Man 2″ sets May 2, 2014 date
Scene from "The Amazing Spider-Man."
“The Amazing Spider-Man” won’t be released until next July 3, but Sony has already scheduled a sequel, Entertainment Weekly reports.
The date of May 2, 2014 has been selected for “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.”
No further information was provided, but it is likely Andrew Garfield would return in the lead role of Spider-Man.
The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day, in which comic book shops and participating locations around the world will give away comics to customers and visitors.
Free Comic Book Day was created by Concord, Calif., comic book retailer Joe Field, owner of Flying Colors Comics and Other Cool Stuff.
“I love the way Hollywood has increased the awareness of the First Saturday in May as the international holiday for
Joe Field
comic books with Free Comic Book Day,” Field said. “With the release of The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012, representing a new silver screen take on the wondrous wall-crawler, I know this will give an extra lift the Free Comic Book Day. FCBD: This time it’s AMAZING!”
Field is the president of ComicsPRO, the comic-book retailer trade organization.
The first Free Comic Book Day in 2002 was timed to the release of the first “Spider-Man” movie starring Tobey Maguire. Free Comic Book Day moved in 2004 to time its release with “Spider-Man 2” before returning to the first Saturday in May. “Spider-Man 3” was also released on Free Comic Book Day weekend in May 2007. Other superhero films to be released on the first Saturday in May include “Iron Man” 1 and 2, and this year’s “Thor.” “Avengers” is set for the first weekend in May of 2012, and “Iron Man 3” is penciled in for that weekend of 2013.
- Matt Price
Free Comic Book Day live-blog 2011!
Free Comic Book Day logo
It’s the 10th annual Free Comic Book Day! Comic book shops around the country will be giving away comic books to fans who come in today. Free Comic Book Day creator Joe Field said about 2.7 million comics will be available for giveaway Saturday. Retailers have given away more than 25 million comics since the first giveaway in 2002.
9 a.m.: It’s an hour til kickoff at Speeding Bullet Comics in Norman, OK.
9:30 a.m.: 30 minutes til kickoff! Comics are set out and ready to go. Reports of “Thor” box office from Friday may bode well for people thinking about comic-book characters.
9:40 a.m. Lines are forming!
9:50 a.m. Parking lot is full… pretty decent line of folks waiting to enter.
10 a.m. And it begins!
10:25 a.m. Wow! That was a rush. Nearly 100 people in the first 15 minutes! Lots of kids in the group.
10:45 a.m. Lots of people talking about having seen Thor – pretty good reports so far. People are excited about getting free comics!
10:55 a.m. The stickers have been a fun addition – this is the first year we’ve had them at Speeding Bullet, anyway. Kids like to get stickers for things!
11:10 a.m. If I had to guess, I’d say Captain America/Thor has been the most popular giveaway in the first hour.
11:30 a.m. Great weather this year for Free Comic Book Day – traffic has been steady throughout.
11:45 a.m. Betty and Veronica has also been a popular choice so far.
12 p.m. The Sonic the Hedgehog issue has “sold out,” and Robert Kirkman’s “Super Dinosaur” is almost gone.
12:25 p.m. Darkwing Duck and Avatar have now “sold out.”
12:45 p.m. Starting to heavily supplement the free comics with additional giveaway comics – several of this year’s comics won’t end up lasting the entire day. At 5 comics per person, a group or family with several kids can really clean up today in reading material.
1 p.m. The heavily ordered Spider-Man and Green Lantern will probably last the day – not sure any of the other “new” Free Comic Book Day issues will. There will be comics to give away here until 7 p.m., though. Lots of people here excited for the Captain America film – and the Captain America/Thor giveaway is down to just a handful.
1:15 p.m. Speeding Bullet is on pace to have as many people in as any day in history – breaking last year’s record. The staff tells me they don’t think it will happen, though: They’re anticipating a slowdown when the Thunder game starts at 4.
1:45 p.m. Adam West’s comic from Bluewater has “sold out.” So has Mouse Guard from Archaia.
1:55 p.m. Kung Fu Panda, Baltimore and Atomic Robo have sold out, as well.
2:10 p.m. A rough, quick count indicates Speeding Bullet has given away as many comics as any year except 2010 – and that’s still in reach depending on traffic the rest of the day!
2:30 p.m. The relatively breakneck pace of the morning has slowed down just to “busy.” Some of the people who have seen “Thor” have picked up “Fear Itself,” which prominently features Thor and Captain America.
2:35 p.m. Out of “Elric” and “Young Justice/Brave and the Bold.”
3:05 p.m. The store has exceeded its 2009 traffic totals and comic giveaway totals! Still behind the 2010 record – but four hours remain in the day, so we’ll see!
3:10 p.m. Just had in some customers who have been in each year of the 10 Free Comic Book Days! It’s kind of amazing it’s been going on for 10 years now.
3:30 p.m. Green Lantern/Flashpoint FCBD edition looks to be the top giveaway so far this year. It was also one of the most-ordered, so there are still some to go!
3:40 p.m. Traffic has started to thin out, really for the first time – making me wonder if the “Thunder theory” is accurate — people tried to get their free comics before the basketball game today!
4 p.m. The heavily ordered Spider-Man and Green Lantern FCBD issues are the last new-to-this-year issues remaining to give away; they’re also the top 2 new giveaways this year.
4:30 p.m. With things kind of slowing down, I’m going to wrap up the live-blog. Speeding Bullet will remain open until 7 p.m. Traffic and giveaway totals probably won’t top 2010, but still it’s beaten every other year in FCBD’s 10-year history. And Free Comic Book Day is almost always the top traffic day of the entire year. Hope everyone had a wonderful Free Comic Book Day! Thanks again to Joe Field, Diamond Comics and all the sponsors of this fantastic event!
- Matt Price
Chris Hemsworth excited for Avengers; new Green Lantern trailer; Free Comic Book Day 2011!
CHRIS HEMSWORTH STARS IN THOR, READIES FOR THE AVENGERS
“Thor” star Chris Hemsworth talks getting ready for the Avengers and a possible Thor sequel.
Chris Hemsworth (AP)
“I had such an amazing time … can’t wait for Avengers, and the idea of doing more of them is incredibly exciting. I really do love the character, and I’m excited to see what other directions we could take it,” Hemsworth said in a phone interview.”I’ve hung out with Chris Evans a few times, and talked about the film and how excited we are, and the same with Downey, I’ve bumped into him at a couple of events,” he said. “We’ve all seen these characters come to life individually, and now to mesh it all together is going to be a fun ride.”
NEW GREEN LANTERN TRAILER
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for “Green Lantern,” opening June 17 and starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, chosen to be a Green Lantern, a member of an intergalactic peacekeeping force. Warner Bros. seems to be upping the epic feel for this one, as you get a sense of Hal Jordan as the newest member of this awesome peacekeeping force.
Speaking of Green Lantern, he’ll have a comic book featured in Saturday’s
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
For the 10th year, comic book shops and participating locations around the world will give away comics to customers and visitors. This Saturday marks the 10th celebration of Free Comic Book Day. Characters such as Spider-Man, Thor, Green Lantern and the Smurfs star in special comics, sold at low cost to stores, to be given away free on this special day.
Free Comic Book Day was created by Concord, Calif., comic book retailer Joe Field, ComicsPRO trade organization president and owner of Flying Colors Comics and Other Cool Stuff.
Field said about 2.7 million comics will be available for giveaway Saturday. Retailers have given away more than 25 million comics since the first giveaway in 2002. More than a dozen stores in the Oklahoma City area are participating.
REVIEW FILE: Axe Cop 3, Fear Itself 2.
- Matt Price
Comics read in 2011: 594 Still to go: 1417
10th annual Free Comic Book Day is Saturday
For the 10th year, comic book shops and participating locations around the world will give away comics to customers and visitors. This Saturday marks the 10th celebration of Free Comic Book Day. Characters such as Spider-Man, Thor, Green Lantern and the Smurfs star in special comics, sold at low cost to stores, to be given away free on this special day.
Free Comic Book Day was created by Concord, Calif., comic book retailer Joe Field, owner of Flying Colors Comics and Other Cool Stuff.
Oklahoma City-area stores participating in Free Comic Book Day
The 10th annual Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 7. Oklahoma City-area shops will join with comic book stores around the world to give away millions of comic books. Click past the cut for a list of participating shops in the Oklahoma City metro area. Look for more coverage of Free Comic Book Day at Nerdage, including a live-blog of the event on Saturday, May 7.
- Matt Price
Nerdage will live-blog Free Comic Book Day on Saturday
Be sure to check out the Nerdage live-blog of Free Comic Book Day this Saturday. For the fourth straight year, I plan to live-blog the events of Free Comic Book Day from the sales floor of Speeding Bullet Comics in Norman, OK. (Full disclosure note: I am one of the owners of Speeding Bullet Comics.)
Every year, it’s a lot of fun, and I look forward to seeing comic-book fans new and old throughout the day!
- Matt Price
Green Lantern trailer aims for epic feel; hero also featured in Free Comic Book Day
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for “Green Lantern,” opening June 17 and starring Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, chosen to be a Green Lantern, a member of an intergalactic peacekeeping force.
Want to get fired up for Green Lantern in advance? DC Comics has selected a Green Lantern comic to give away this Saturday, May 7th as part of Free Comic Book Day.
Warner Bros says: Get ready for the movie by learning how Hal first discovered his ring of power in this exclusive reprint of Green Lantern #30, backed with a bonus all-new collectible Flashpoint story, this summer’s hottest comic book story!
Find a comic shop near you at www.freecomicbookday.com.
- Matt Price
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Artist Jeremy Haun to draw Artifacts, The Darkness
Artist Jeremy Haun is about to take a walk on the dark side.
The Joplin, Mo.-based artist recently signed an exclusive contract with Top Cow, to take over as the artist of “The Darkness.”
DC Comics’ Free Comic Book Day comic will feature Green Lantern, Flash
DC Comics' 2011 Free Comic Book Day comic book
DC Comics has announced via its Source blog what its comic book for Free Comic Book Day 2011 will be: A Green Lantern special edition also featuring a preview of the new series “Flashpoint.” Both will be written by Geoff Johns.
