A Year of Free Comics: Saint for Rent by Ru Xu
First off, I am totally stealing this list of up and coming cartoonists at TCAF by Ardo Omer.
The first name on her list is Ru Xu, definitely an up and comer. This Chinese-American SCAD grad already has a full length...
A year of free comics – Dan Berry’s Carry Me
I’ve been carrying my son often lately. It’s a natural occurrence in my daily life now. He’s on the verge of walking, but hasn’t found its balance yet and keeps tripping and falling. He’s...
A year of Free Comics: Read Catalyst Prime: The Event in full
One of the year's biggest events is the launch of Catalyst Prime, Lion Forge's new superhero line. The arrival of a new line of comics created by a diverse line-up of talent behind the page - led by editor Joe Illidge - and with a diverse cast of characters on the page, couldn't be better timed for today's comics readers.
A Year of Free Comics: Rebecca Roher’s comics take on tough subjects
Canadian artist Rebecca Roher won the Doug Wright Award for her graphic novel Bird in a Cage, about a woman's descent into dementia and a family's struggle to deal with it. A heavy topic,...
A Year of Free Comics: Hannah Blumenreich
Hannah Blumenreich is best known for her blockbuster Spidey zine which tore up the internets and subsequently got her an actual paying gig at Marvel. I met her briefly at TCAF and I can safely...
A Year of Free Comics: Softcore by Box Brown (NSFW)
by Stephen Harrick
Box Brown's modus operandi as a cartoonist is to scrutinize aspects of popular culture and unearth their messy and unsanitized realities without judgment. His takes on Andre the Giant and the making...
Free Comic Book Day in NYC – Life on the Line
It's 7:15 AM on Saturday, May 6 and I'm standing at the end of the line outside Midtown Comics on West 40 St. The store won't open for another 45 minutes, but the line...
A Year of Free Comics: Witchling by Renee Nault, a gorgeous hand painted fantasy
by Stephen Harrick
Renee Nault, artist on the upcoming comics adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale, is already well versed in comics with her webcomic, Witchling.
Jane is a nineteen-year old woman who was orphaned and lives in a small...
FCBD 2017: Read It! The TOP FIVE Issues!
50 Free Comic Book Day titles!
If you’re lucky, your store will give you a bundle of comics!
But more likely, you’ll have a limit… both in time (what? this isn’t the line for the 12:15...
FCBD 2017: Hi De Ho Comic Con comes to Santa Monica
The Los Angeles area has become a mini Free Comic Book Day mecca. What started with readers only visiting their local shops has now evolved into a full day's worth of activities for those...
FCBD 2017: Read It Or Leave It?: Gold Titles
Free Comic Book Day 2017
Gold Sponsor Comics
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It's Betty vs. Veronica! Betty and Veronica are America's sweethearts... until they turn on each other! Pops' Chocklit Shoppe is being taken over...
A Year of Free Comics: Sacha Mardou’s “Archtypes” comics in The Common Reader
by Stephen Harrick
Sacha Mardou (Sky in Stereo) has published several comics in The Common Reader, Washington University's online journal "engaging the essential debates and issues of our time." She presents a futuristic world that...