Free Comic Book Day: See Me at Red Fox Comics and Clem’s
[dc]O[/dc]ne of my favorite days of the year is nearly here: Free Comic Book Day. Comic book shops around the country offer up free comics to everyone on Free Comic Book Day. It’s a fun day to celebrate comics, make new fans, and lure back old ones.¹
I’m splitting Free Comic Book Day between two Lansing comic shops: Clem’s Comics & Games (8:00 AM to 10:30 AM), and Red Fox Comics (12:00 PM to 4:00 PM).
FCBD logo.
When is Free Comic Book Day?
Free Comic Book Day is always the first Saturday in May each year. This year, Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 2, 2015. Check your local comic book shops to see if they are planning events (not every shop participates in Free Comic Book Day).
What is Free Comic Book Day?
As the name implies, Free Comic Book Day is a day where comic shops give out free comics. This doesn’t mean every comic in the shop is free. Nope. The free comics are specifically for Free Comic Book Day. What I like about the Free Comic Book Day comics is they are one-shot issues and often combine more than one story.
Free Comic Book Day is a great way to sample new comics or to introduce people to comics who might not normally read them.
Free Comic Book Day 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM – Clem’s Comics & Games
I’m back to Clem’s Comics & Games once again for their annual Free Comic Book Day event. Clem’s is located in downtown Lansing on Washington Square (216 S. Washington Sq., Suite B, Lansing, MI, 48933) and always draws a big crowd. I’ll be one of a few artists in attendance throughout the day. Plan on arriving early if you want to make sure to get your pick of all the free comics.
Free Comic Book Day 12:00 PM to 4:00 – Red Fox Comics
The second leg of my Free Comic Book Day 2015 tour is at Red Fox Comics on Lansing’s West side. Red Fox Comics is (723 Brookside Dr., Lansing, MI, 48917) next to Outback Steakhouse. Bring me a rib eye and I’ll give you something. I’m only slightly joking (I do love rib eyes). Doors open at 12:00 PM and the event goes until 4:00 PM.
This will be Red Fox Comics’ first ever Free Comic Book Day event, so please come by and visit.
What I’m Selling on Free Comic Book Day
My offerings will be pretty much what I had for sale at the MSU Comics Forum in February (mini-comics, prints, watercolor cartoons, random commissions), but with one new item: a coloring book.
Here’s an early version of one of the drawings.
If everything goes as planned, and it is so far, I will have the coloring books ready for sale on Free Comic Book Day. Twelve pages of fun drawings for kids and adults to color. I can’t wait to see the finished version.
The coloring book is my biggest undertaking in a long time. I will be very happy once everything is complete. The coloring book will also be my biggest ‘book’ to date, measuring 8.5” x 11” in size (11” x 17” pages folded in half).
The Comic Fun Continue on Sunday
The next day, May 3rd, I will be at the first ever Capital City Comic Con in Haslett. Because of my busy day on Saturday, I am at Capital City Comic Con on Sunday only.
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¹ But not Great Old Ones, hopefully. Think of the mess.
