Monday, May 4th, 2009
By Alex Segura
Happy Monday, all. By now, you’ve probably pried yourself away from the pile of free goodies you snagged from your local comic shop on Free Comic Book Day, which was Saturday at participating stores. How was it? Get anything cool? As you probably know, FCBD also marked the debut of BLACKEST NIGHT #0, kicking off this summer’s mega-event from writer Geoff Johns and artist Ivan Reis, along with artist Doug Mahnke. If you haven’t gotten a copy, you might have time to take an early lunch and beg your favorite retailer to pretend it’s Saturday.
• THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS kicked things off for New Yorkers with a nice primer of events happening in the Big Apple.
• Geoff Boucher, over at THE LA TIMES Hero Complex blog, had a nice general FCBD primer for fans on the big day, which is worth checking out to get a sense of what publishers were offering.
• USA TODAY’s David Colton also had a nice FCBD preview, along with a quote from our very own Geoff Johns, who summed up the event like so:
“It’s like the peace summit of comic books when all of the major publishers work together,” says Geoff Johns, writer of DC’s Green Lantern. “There’s always something for everyone.”
• Speaking of USA TODAY, over at their Pop Candy blog, Whitney Matheson points out five books fans should’ve picked up on FCBD, including BLACKEST NIGHT #0, which Whitney described as: “Green Lantern fans are psyched about this all-new story that introduces the new series and is guaranteed to include more top-notch writing from Johns.”
• Additionally, Comic Book Resources had a 15-hour marathon of coverage, while Newsarama made their annual FCBD pilgrimage to Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find, in Charlotte.
So, how was your Free Comic Book Day? Let us know.
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Tags: blackest night, blackest night #0, comic book resources, doug mahnke, free comic book day, Geoff Johns, ivan reis, la times, new york daily news, Newsarama, pop candy, usa today
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My LCS let me get Blackest Nighht earlier in the week. Great lead in to Blackest Night.
My LCS ran out of Blackest Night before I got there. I had to settle for a Simpsons and an Avengers comic. Both were cool, but I’ve been a GL fan since the early 1970s when my mom bought me an issue of the Flash with a GL back-up featuring a battle with Jason Woodrue the Flouronic Man.
I got my copy of Blackest Night #0 THANX!
I wasn’t able to get to a comic book shop on Saturday. Anyone know if there is anywhere I can get my hands on this and give it a good read? I can’t wait to indulge in all things Blackest Night!
Excellent FCBD — we recorded an episode of the podcast at the shop and chatted it up with everyone. Even found time to read — and enjoy — Blackest Night #0 and talk about it on the show.
My FCBD was a major let-down. i found out that my VERY FAVORITE comic book artist (Ed McGuinness) was going to be appearing at a comic shop in New Hampshire. i don’t live in new hampshire, but it was only going to be a couple hours drive to where the event was. so i called the shop earlier in the week and asked what time he was to be there (10am-5pm) and if he was going to be doing sketches for fans or just autographs (they said that when they set it up, he agreed to doing sketches). so i left home early for the multi-hour trip and made it to that comic shop by 9am. the shop opened early to let the fans get their free comics, and then they directed everyone to where the signings would be. i sat there and waited until 1:30pm and Ed McGuinness STILL hadn’t shown up. and every time i asked the event staff if he had shown up yet, they kept telling me, “we’re expecting him any minute now.” eventually, i cam to realize that “any minute now” could take well into the night. and since i didn’t want to be getting home at 2:30 the next morning, i decided to call it quits. favorite artist or not, it just wasn’t worth it. i think that if you are committing to something like that, he owes it to his fans to show up ON TIME!!! but that’s just my opinion.
but at least i got my copy of “Blackest Night #0!!”