On Saturday May 4th, an estimated 1.2 million comic book fans made their way to 2000 comic book shops around the world where they collected more than 4.6 million comic books on Free Comic Book Day. The event generated an estimated $2.2 million in free publicity for the industry as the event was covered by […]
There are 59 days left until Free Comic Book Day 2013 and organizers say the number of orders by shops that will give out free comics for the annual event has topped more than 4.6 million this year, a record. Diamond Distributors said Wednesday that orders have come from nearly 2,000 retailers across the country […]
Marvel has revealed details about its previously “classified” Free Comic Book Day 2013 release. Written by Jonathan Hickman and featuring the art of Jim Cheung, it looks like Infinity is all about reestablishing Thanos as one of the biggest and purple-est threats to the Marvel universe. From Marvel’s official press release: The biggest super heroes […]