Free Comic Book Day 2014 is Finally Here in Baltimore

Free Comic Book Day 2014

Today, Saturday May 3rd, is  Free Comic Book Day. This morning I visited 2 comic book stores in the Baltimore area. There is plenty of time left to visit a store if you have not gone already. You can locate your nearest comic book retailer using the site freecomicbookday.com.

Here is a full review of all 60 free comics from Bleeding Cool. I typically pick up a few comics each to pass along to my nieces and nephews on their birthdays.

Twilite Zone Comics

My first stop was Twilite Zone Comics in Glen Burnie, MD. The store was pretty busy, even at 10:30 AM, and had some excellent sales being offered. Inside this store is rather small so it was a bit tough to navigate my way around.

Twilite Zone did not have a limit on the number of comics you could take for free. This is nice but they were already a little low at 11AM and I saw some folks grabbing one of almost every comic.

I did pick up some nice graphic novels to read including The Gunslinger Born hardback.

The free comics I picked up were:

• The Tick - New England Comics
• Top shelf Kids Club
• Atomic Robo - Red 5 Comics

Alliance Comics

My second stop was Alliance Comics in Federal Hill. This is my local store so I spent more time here. the store is fairly spacious and never felt crowded.

I spent about 30 minutes browsing the $1 back issue boxes and selected a handful of Spider-Man and Hulk comics to read.

The free comics I picked up here were:

• Mouse Guard Flipbook - Archaia Entertainment
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - IDW
• Raising a Reader!  - Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

What comic books did you pick up this year?

Free Comic Book Day 2012

Sorry for the delay in this post I intended to write it sooner but was at a conference. May 5th was free comic book day for 2012. I only visited one store this year, Alliance Comics. This is my local shop, only a few short blocks away. The shop had a small line for the 10AM opening. 3 free comics per person was the limit, which was perfect for me. Alliance Comics also ran a sale in the entire store for the day which was excellent to entice more new readers. I grabbed the following 3 comics:

• Mouse Guard Hardcover, from Archaia Entertainment


• Transformers 80.5, from IDW


• The Guild, from Dark Horse Comics

The Mouse Guard book is very nicely done and I was amazed it was available as a free comic. There were multiple stories and art included in this hardcover. Even a great short by Jeremy Bastion of Cursed Pirate Girl. Transformers 85.5 was also the follow on to the comic series from Marvel comics that ended with issue number 85. The Guild free comic wasn't really what I was expecting. I should have picked up the Atomic Robo comic which is always funny.

So, what did you get? Did you miss free comic book day? If so, check with your retailer, they may have some left over. You can also check out the comixology app in the itunes store. Many of the FCBD books are available there and look great on your iPad.