As May 4 draws near, GeekOut takes a look at the goodies we'll possibly be getting this Free Comic Book Day 2013. I've always thought that FCBD was a good mix of comic book publisher marketing and community building. The event brings in more people into the comic book world, as well allow comic book fans discover great reads from publishers that aren't just the big two.
Here is the list of the titles that make up the 4.6 million free comic books open to all our grubby hands at the annual event.
Gold Books:
Bongo Free-For-All
Star Wars Captain Midnight Avatar
Infinity
Ugly Doll Comics
Kaboom Summer Blast
Sesame Street & Strawberry Shortcake
Spongebob Freestyle Funnies
Superman Special Edition
Smurfs
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Animated Adventures
The Walking Dead Special
World of Archie Digest
Silver Books:
Endangered Weapon B
Molly Danger/ Princeless
NFL Zone Rush: Season of the Guardians
Fubar FCBD Special
Action Time Buddies
Steampunk Original Presents: The Steam Engines of OZ
Mouse Guard/ Rust FCBD Flipbook
Sonic the Hedgehog Mega Man Flipbook
Worlds of Aspen 2013
Absolution: The Beginning
Bleeding Cool Magazine
Capstone Presents: Mr. Puzzle
The Red Ten #0
Mass Effects/ Kill Joys/ R.I.P.D.
DC Nation Super Sampler
Damsels
Grim FCBD
Marble Season
Pippi Longstockings Color Special
Hal Foster's Prince Valiant
Overstreet Comic Book Marketplace
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Scratch9
Judge Dredd Classics
Aphrodite IX
Stan Lee's Chakra The Invincible
Ramayan Reloaded Preview
Avengers Assemble/ Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
The Tick
Rated *FREE* For Everyone
The Strangers
Disney Fairies
2000 AD FCBD Special
Atomic Robo and Friends
Finding Gossamyr/ Stuff of Legend
Top Shelf Kids Club
Harbinger Wars FCBD 2013 Special
Valiant Masters Showcase FCBD 2013 Special
Kellerman/ L'Amour FCBD 2013 Sampler
Shonen Jump Presents: Dragon Ball/ Rurouni Kenshin Restoratio
For the full list and more details on these titles, click here.
And there you go. Pick out your favorites and those that catch your eye and be ready to expand your comic book loving universe. Personally, I'm interested in Infinity and the Mass Effect book. See you guys at FCBD 2013!