Saturday the 2nd of May will be the 2015 Free Comic Book Day. Anyone popping into a participating comic book shop. Come April the FCBD store locator will update to show which shops are taking part this time around.
This year, Free Comic Book Day gave away 4.7 million comic books and over 1,000,000 people took part. My favourite story is of three teenage thieves who were caught and forced to work in the store.
In 2015 there will be 50 free comic books thanks to the gold and silver sponsored arranged by Diamond Comics.
Gold Level Sponsors
Archie Comic Publications
Dark Circle Comics Preview—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Duane Swierczynski, Mark Waid, Dean Haspiel, Various
(A) Michael Gaydos, Dean Haspiel, Various (CA) Francesco Francavilla
Bongo Bomics
Bongo Comics Free-for-All!—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Matt Groening, Various
Boom! Studios
Boom! Studios Tenth Anniversary Special—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Various (CA) TBD
Dark Horse Comics
Fight Club/The Goon/The Strain—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Chuck Palahniuk, Eric Powell, David Lapham
DC Comics
DC Comics Gold FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) TBD
Dynamite Entertainment
Bob’s Burgers—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Mike Olsen, Justin Hook, Chad Brewster
(A) Brad Rader, Tony Gennaro, Hector Reynoso, Frank Forte
(CA) Frank Forte
IDW Publishing
Transformers: Robots in Disguise #0—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) John Barber, Tom Scioli (A) Priscilla Tramontano, Scioli
(CA) Priscilla Tramontano
Image Comics
Savage Dragon: Legacy #1—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) Erik Larsen
Marvel Comics
Secret Wars #1—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) TBD
Titan Comics
Doctor Who Special—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Nick Abadzis, Al Ewing, Various (A) Various
United Plankton Pictures
Spongebob Freestyle Funnies—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Graham Anable, Various (CA) Gregg Schigiel, Rick Neilsen
VIZ Media/Perfect Square
Perfect Square Presents: Pokémon—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Hidenori Kusaka (A) Various
Silver Level Sponsors
Action Lab
Gronk and Friends—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) Katie Cook
Antarctic Press
Steampunk Goldilocks—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) Rod Espinosa
Archie Comics
Sonic/Mega Man: “Worlds Unite” Flip-Book—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Ian Flynn (A) Various (CA) Evan Stanley, Various
Aspen MLT
Worlds of Aspen 2015—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) J.T. Krul, Vince Hernandez (CA) Alex Konat
Automatic Publishing
Hatter M: Love of Wonder #1—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Frank Beddor, Liz Cavalier (A) Sami Makkonen
(CA) Vincent Proce
Avatar Press
Mercury Heat Debut—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Omar Francia
Beguiling Books
Comics Festival! 2015 #1—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) Various
Capstone
March Grand Prix—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) Kean Soo
CBLDF
Defend Comics—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Various (CA) Dean Tripp
Chapter House
Captain Canuck #0—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Kalman Andrasofszky, George Freeman, Ed Brisson
Comixtribe
And then Emily was Gone #0—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) John Lees (A) Iain Laurie (CA) Ryan Stegman
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse all-ages sampler—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Gene Luen Yang, Paul Tobin (A) Carla Speed McNeil, Ron Chan, Colleen Coover
(CA) Carla Speed McNeil
DC Comics
DC Comics Silver book—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) TBD
Drawn & Quarterly
Supermutant Magic Academy/Step Aside, Pops! combo special—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) Jillian Tamaki, Kate Beaton
Fantagraphics Books
Hip Hop Family Tree three-in-one featuring Cosplayers—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Ed Piskor, Dash Shaw (A) Ed Piskor, Dash Shaw, Various (CA) Ed Piskor
Gemstone Publishing
Overstreet’s Comic Book MArketplace—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Robert M. Overstreet, Various
Graphix/Scholastic Inc.
Graphix Spotlight: Cleopatra in Space book one—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) Mike Maihack
Hermes Press
The Phantom Special—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Bill Lignante, Don Newton, Jim Aparo, Sal Velluto
IDW Publishing
TMNT: Prelude to VEngence—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Tom Waltz, Bobby Curnow (A/CA) Mateus Santolouco
Image Comics
Tales of Honor #0—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Matt Hawkins (A) Linda Sejic
Kodansha Comics
Kodansha Comics SAmpler—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Various (CA) Hajime Isayama
Legendary Comics
Legendary Comics Preview—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Various
Liquid Comics
Stan Lee’s Shakra the Incredible—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Stan Lee, Sharad Devarajan, Ashwin Pande, Dean Trippe
(A) Jeevan J. Kang, Dean Trippe, Brittney Williams, Dave Bardin
(CA) Jeevan J. Kang
Marvel Comics
Avengers #1—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) TBD
New England Comics
The Tick—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Jeff McClelland (A) Duane Redhead (CA) Duane Redhead
Oni Press
Terrible Lizard #1—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Drew Moss, Ryan Hill
Papercutz/Super Genius
Rabbids—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Thitaume (A/CA) Romain Pujol
Lady Justice #1—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) C.J. Henderson (A) Dan Brereton, Michael Netzer, Bill Sienkiewicz
Rebellion
2000AD Special—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Various
Red 5 Comics
Bodie Troll and Friends—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Jay Fosgitt
Th3rd World Productions
The STuff of LegenD: A Call to Arms Preview—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Mike Raicht, Brian Smith, Nick Tapalansky
(A) Charles Paul Wilson III, Alex Eckman-Lawn
Top Shelf Productions
The Motorcycle Samurai—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Chris Sheridan
12-Gauge Comics
I.C.E.: Bayou Blackout—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Doug Wagner, Ron Marz
(A) Daniel Hillyard, Nelson Blake (CA) Jason Pearson
Udon Entertainment
Street Fighter: Super Combo Special—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Matt Moylan (A) Jeffrey Cruz, Long Vo, Joe Vriens, Omar Dogan, Joe Ng
(CA) Joe Ng
Valiant Comics
Valiant 25TH Anniversary Special—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Jeff Lemire, Robert Venditti, Various
(A) Various (CA) Rafa Sandoval
Viz Media
Shonen Jump Presents: Jo Jo’s Bizare Adventure/Yu-Gi-Oh!—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A) Hirohiko Araki, Kazuki Takahashi
Zenescope Entertainment
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Wonderland one-shot—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W/A/CA) TBD
Jurassic Strike Force #5—FCBD 2015 Edition
(W) Joe Brusha (A) TBD (CA) Marat Mychaels