Welcome to the second special geek blog for the week! It’s Free Comic Book Day aka FCBD!

Some major things are happening today. Thousands of retailers around the world will open their doors and celebrate comics’ biggest day of the year. They will be giving away free comics across three age ratings: All ages (green logo), Teen (blue logo), and Mature (red logo), which can be identified on the covers.

These comics cover nearly every possible genre you can think of, so there’s something for everybody. I’ll like to point out, that even though the FCBD comics are purposely created for the day, and are given away for free to the public; actually cost the retailer, something like 25 cents per issue. It actually costs them a lot of money to host the event.

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A cool thing about FCBD is cosplaying. Many stores have cosplay competitions to celebrate the day, but others just encourage people to dress up, because they want to. I live 200 km from a comic book store, so I won’t be cosplaying; but if I did, I would cosplay as a tired father, wearing a t-shirt featuring science jokes, and carrying a wallet where my money used to be.

Another place that could be celebrating FCBD, could be your local library. A lot of them will be promoting the graphic novels in their collection, as well as holding cosplay events.

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If you’re thinking of attending FCBD, so please do it and support your local comic book store. I’ve said this before, but they are the life blood of the industry, so while you’re receiving free comic books, maybe you could have a thorough look around the store. You could find something you didn’t know you needed!

How are you celebrating FCBD? Please let me know. Ok, that’s it for me. Enjoy FCBD and I’ll see you on Monday.

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