Slog - Comments on Free Comic Book Day is a Bunch of Bullshit

Comment by Paulus

Paulus — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:49:15 -0800

Leah Hayes has a couple of great books out.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:49:34 -0800

So..I can't help but mention how you forgot to put here is an artist's rendition of what Jonah may look like today below the image.

Comment by tabletop_joe

tabletop_joe — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:50:12 -0800

It's mostly useless. But it's fun, and sometimes you can find something unexpected. I picked up Joel Priddy's Preposterous Adventures of Ironhide Tom a few a years ago. Which I love.

Comment by Soupytwist

Soupytwist — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:59:36 -0800

Fuck Dave Sim. Fuck him and his fucked up misogynistic psycho-Christian bullshit.

But I have to second the Oni Press recommendation.

Comment by Dave

Dave — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:03:09 -0800

I hope Jonah gives ECB a copy of Glamourpuss.

Comment by Udick2

Udick2 — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:10:40 -0800

Sounds like you're cheap, Spaghetti-Lee. I thought guys in Rush made a lot more $$

Comment by Paulus

Paulus — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:17:58 -0800

Comic nerds are GO!

Comment by Joh

Joh — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:32:57 -0800

Aaron's shop is the best in town. It's one of a (dangerously) short list of things that keep me in the U district.

Plus, Aaron is, without a doubt, the nicest man alive.

Comment by Dawgson

Dawgson — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:47:28 -0800

I'm going to go to the Comics Dungeon tomorrow and ask them to explain this to me, but from the link you posted only 2 of the 10 comics are "super hero"/spandex Marvel/DC titles.

Are the required to buy more copies of Allstar Superman/X-Men than they are of Hellboy, Bongo or The Stranded?

I assume the Gold comics are sponsoring the program and securing their required placement?

Comment by Jeff Albertson

Jeff Albertson — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:01:12 -0800

Worst. Post. Ever.

Comment by Abby

Abby — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:18:55 -0800

I second 8. Aaron is wonderful.

Comment by j

Fri, 02 May 2008 18:53:53 -0800

damn!!! free comic book day, federal stimulus weekend, gta4 week-- Its gonna be the summer of George!!!

Comment by Art

Art — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:11:12 -0800

Well... promote the shit you like more. No ones going to do it for you, commie.

Comment by Banna

Banna — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:57:13 -0800

*wah* People are giving away free things, but not free things that I like! Make them give away stuff that I like! Ben and Jerry's only gives away small scoops on free ice cream day!

Comment by Kiru Banzai

Kiru Banzai — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:04:22 -0800

I'm glad that Dave Sim is still producing comics and not, you know, out murdering whores.

Comment by Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:21:14 -0800

Way too cynical a post, dude, and maybe you should be putting more of the hate on your friendly local comic shop and less of it on FCBD. Both the shops here in Spokane load up on indy comics every year, even if they do get more DC and Marvel, but that's what most of the kids want to read.

There have been FCBD editions of Owly each of the last two years, IIRC. That's a good book.

Comment by stinkbug

stinkbug — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:52:50 -0800

Last year had the unseen peanuts book and a few other good ones. Also, some local person put out free copies of their comic zine. It was a good day.

Comment by Cath

Cath — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:32:11 -0800

Dave Sim is still alive and a Christian?! Uhm...I remember cutting him some slack (not much) when he wrote that essay about how being a comic geek is like being gay...

Comment by Cath

Cath — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:00:05 -0800

Oh, okay, so that's what happened to him:
http://www.tcj.com/234/n_sim.html

Comment by supergp

supergp — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:58:02 -0800

Don't be hating. Let's be honest- the Big Two produce a LOT of very well-written, well-drawn comics. The other publishers, frankly, do not.

FCBD isn't a conspiracy. It's an attempt to promote comics _in general_. DC and Marvel benefit more because they have 90% market share, not because they're trying to keep smaller publishers down. The store I went to today had plenty of alternative comics available.

Comment by Dawgson

Dawgson — Sat, 03 May 2008 17:55:02 -0800

Comics Dungeon had run out of the free X-Men but still had a wide assortment of indie comics. I don't know if this was because they'd ordered more alternative comics or the nature of customer demand. FCBD is a great opportunity to evangelize comics and sample things I wouldn't have otherwise picked up.

And it's right across the street from Rancho Bravo!