FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
That's right, true believers, this Saturday, May 5, 2012 is Free Comic Book Day! Head out to your local comic book shop (support local businesses, please), and if they're participating, and I think they better be, they'll have a whole selection of free comics for you! Please note, these are not free vintage comics, they are all brand-new comics that are made specifically for this event by various publishers as a way to showcase talent, try to get new readership, and to spread the idea of comic book reading in general. The procedure varies from store to store, so I can't give you any tips on how it will go down at your local shop. Sometimes you get there and they have them all out on a table and tell you to help yourself, but it's more likely that they will have a system for limiting how many you grab (I've seen five per customer pretty frequently be the limit). While you're there, at the shop, why not let this event be a loss leader and buy a comic or two? There's a lot of good stuff out there these days. I recommend checking out The Goon, Smoke and Mirrors, Saga, and/or The New Deadwardians. If you're near Long Beach, Pulp Fiction is a pretty great shop, I think, and they always have good prices on graphic novels. Plus, it's only a few doors down from one of RIWYP's favorite type of establishments, a bar!
That's right, true believers, this Saturday, May 5, 2012 is Free Comic Book Day! Head out to your local comic book shop (support local businesses, please), and if they're participating, and I think they better be, they'll have a whole selection of free comics for you! Please note, these are not free vintage comics, they are all brand-new comics that are made specifically for this event by various publishers as a way to showcase talent, try to get new readership, and to spread the idea of comic book reading in general. The procedure varies from store to store, so I can't give you any tips on how it will go down at your local shop. Sometimes you get there and they have them all out on a table and tell you to help yourself, but it's more likely that they will have a system for limiting how many you grab (I've seen five per customer pretty frequently be the limit). While you're there, at the shop, why not let this event be a loss leader and buy a comic or two? There's a lot of good stuff out there these days. I recommend checking out The Goon, Smoke and Mirrors, Saga, and/or The New Deadwardians. If you're near Long Beach, Pulp Fiction is a pretty great shop, I think, and they always have good prices on graphic novels. Plus, it's only a few doors down from one of RIWYP's favorite type of establishments, a bar!
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