#FCBD 2024

[kcggggg]

for Free Comic Book Day, I’ve put up a free zine on patreon. Please check it out.

[smashpages]

This is the cover to DC's 2024 Free Comic Book Day title, Absolute Power, by Dan Mora.

[shinesurge]

Every day is Free Comic Book Day for a webcomic but for this loveliest of days you can get a copy of KC Special! #2 in my ko-fi shop as a pay-what-you-want pdf!! It's usually print exclusive so get while the gettin's good, and as usual I ask politely that you don't repost the files anywhere else. If your friend wants to read it too send them to get the download, it helps my numbers!

SPEAKING OF PRINT. VOLUME 3 RESTOCK PREORDERS ARE LIVE TOO it's a fcbd miracle! It's even got Extras!

This will get its own post later probably, but the window starts today! There's also a shady guy hanging around the shop next to the preorder listing, that's weird..

You can find all of it here, thanks! Read lots of comics today!!

ko-fi.com/ariabell/shop

[wwprice1]

Anyone else pick this up on FCBD? It was a lot of fun!

[art-sicordial]

It's Free Comic Book Day so I may was well promote my webcomic where chapters 1-6 are free to read. If you like gothic horror, houses that hate you, lesbians with baggage, and criticizing gender essentialism through the metaphor of wall meat may I entice you to read @masonryofthebody. It updates once a week Monday afternoon.

It is also available to read on my website!

[bookoftheironfist]

This upcoming Saturday is Free Comic Book Day! It's a great opportunity to visit your local comic book store, pick up some free comics, and attend any events they might be holding (many stores have book signings and sales). Please also consider making a purchase or two, as this tends to be a very expensive day for comics shops. For more information, and to find a shop near you, visit the Free Comic Book Day website!

[coconuttyglittersmurf]

[worstjourney]

Today is Free Comic Book Day, and tradition dictates that I unlock a bunch of Patreon posts and throw open the doors for the Internet to come sniff in the cupboards and kick the wheels and such.

Alas, my 2024 has been FAR too busy to do this again, but luckily Patreon has made it much easier for folks to get to the free stuff, any day of the year. You can sign up as a free member (above) and get new public posts, and posts that become public, delivered to your email. You can sign up for a one-week free trial at any of the open tiers, and get seven days' unrestricted access to seven years of archived posts at that tier.

That's a lot of posts!

You can also click on THIS LINK and see every single free post, forever, for free. That'll keep you busy for at least a day.

I have taken April 'off' both book work and Patreon in order to clear an enormous mountain of admin which was preventing any real work getting done. That has, thankfully, mostly been taken care of, and I've found some time to stack up the Patreon queue for May and beyond. So if you like drawings and polar history (why else are you here?) there'll be plenty to fill your boots in the months ahead.

[robotshowtunes]

Happy FCBD! 🦸🏽

[muskrat-john]

HAPPY FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!  There's a huge sale going on at the Dork Store! https://shop.dorktower.com/category/fcbd Dork Tower collections for $12, T-shirts for $7...and this year's TOTALLY FREE signed mini-print - no purchase necessary! Now through midnight, Monday! PLUS, if you're a Dork Tower Patreon, check your in-box for some $5 and $10-off coupons, a Patreon exclusive offer, and ORIGINAL ARTWORK on sale, for the first time! patreon.com/kovalic

[ryuuza-art]

Hello #FCBD2024!

I've uploaded a free digital sketchbook zine bundle to my Ko/fi store, including my Emet-Selch and Decemboss Final Fantasy books, from now until the end of Monday.

Any shares and support are always appreciated! <3

Bundle link: https://ko-fi.com/s/15d0cdf4e8

[smashpages]

Disney’s Encanto & Turning Red: The New Adventures Papercutz 

In Encanto, Mirabel, Camilo, and Antonio battle a bully by spinning a yarn about an even bigger baddie. Meanwhile, in Turning Red, Meilin Lee struggles with containing her inner furry self and turns to he friends and family for help!

Disney’s Encanto & Turning Red: The New Adventures is a gold sponsor title and one of almost 50 Free Comic Book Day titles for 2024.

[paullovescomics]

Free Comic Book Day 2024

I thought it might be fun to write a little something about each of the comics I got yesterday at FCBD. So here we go. Part 1 of 5.

The Worlds of James Tynion IV - This includes samples from three different series written by James Tynion IV: Something Is Killing the Children, Memetic, and The Woods. These are all creator-owned series published through Boom! Studios. The only one of these I'd read before is Something Is Killing the Children. The pages here are, IIRC, the opening pages of volume one. The other samples also feel like openings. They are all intriguing. Each scene has a really good hook. They are all horror series. I'd say this is a good FCBD issue, as it definitely works as a promotional comic. You really want to see what happens next in each of these series.

Dying Inside - Mixed emotions here, because the story is about a girl who is trying to kill herself. It's not done distastefully, it's just inherently troublesome. I don't want to dwell on it. It's not a series that I want to read, but this opening chapter does end on a cliffhanger, so it does its job as a "first taste". Do not read if you are having problems with self harm or suicidal thoughts (the warning on the inside front cover says essentially the same).

Hellboy - As far as I can remember, I've never read a Hellboy story that I didn't like, and happily, that tradition continues here. It's 1983, and Hellboy is investigating a potentially supernatural death in Romania. In the process, he encounters a monster who can see into his past, showing us the readers glimpses of previous Hellboy stories. This is a cool way of showcasing the character's catalog, and it's a satisfying short story. Well done. The second story in this issue is a Stranger Things tie-in featuring Argyle, that dude from the most recent season who delivers pizzas. It's neat bit of backstory for him, and the art is nice. Good stuff.

Absolute Power - This one is billed as "the prelude to the epic event!" and that's accurate. It introduces the latest scheme by Amanda Waller, Supervillain. She has teamed up with Failsafe, who is apparently something like those robot duplicates that Superboy used to keep around to protect Smallville when he was away, but it's Batman this time, and it's super serious. Or, you know, as serious as a Batman robot duplicate can be. Waller is in charge of some new, super-powerful government program, and she's taken over the Hall of Justice (renaming it the Hall of Order). Okay, I love the DC characters, so I'm always interested in what's going on with them, and my comic-nerd brain can't help but be a little intrigued by wondering where the latest twists and turns are going, but I probably won't pick this up. The supervillain version of Amanda Waller feels like a lessening of the character. She felt more complex in the old Suicide Squad when she wasn't super. I know she doesn't have actual superpowers, but she's super like Batman or Lex Luthor are super: they have super resources, super smarts, super skills, super plans, etc. etc. Anyway. The art is great, and the write-ups about DC's recent events (Lazurus Planet, Beast World…) made me want to read those. Apparently Waller had a thread running through those that led up to Absolute Power, so good job with the longterm storytelling seeds. (Yes, I'm way behind with the superhero universes. The only current one I've been reading is Birds of Prey, which I love. I'm a mood reader, and the mood goes where the mood wants to go.)

[martianmantakemebythehand]

Happy Free Comic Book Day!

[theinsanecrayonbox]

HAPPY FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2024!!!!

It's that magical time of year again where the comic companies try to be cool and show off what they think is going to be the next cool storyline and...usually isn't. But hey! Free fun festivities for all ages and comic lovers!!

That means it's time for the yearly print sheet of mini comics! Scaled for your Barbies, Monster High, and other-like figures.

FCBD 2024 Print Sheet *newest*

All Comic Book Print Sheets

Happy crafting and happy comic-ing!!

[evilhorse]

Conan Battle of the Black Stone Free Comic Book Day Edition #01