Diamond has announced this year’s thirty-eight Silver Sponsors books for May 7th’s Free Comics Book Day. Gold sponsors were announced earlier – Hoo boy, Hilda, Love and Rockets and so much more.
“We have an incredible selection of Silver comics for fans for Free Comic Book Day this year, and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate our 15th anniversary of the event than with such a diverse range of titles for readers of all ages,” said FCBD Marketing Director Dan Manser. “Free Comic Book Day is such an important day for celebrating fans and their local comic shops, as well as introducing new readers to comics. Our Silver level supporters have really helped make this year special with such an interesting selection of titles.”
In addition despite some previous hangups, 2000 Ad’s anthology has been accepted and will now be part of the promotion.
Ben Smith, head of books and comic books for Rebellion Publishing, said: “We are delighted to have been invited back into 2016’s Free Comic Book Day celebrations. The clamouring from our fans has been amazing and we are very pleased – and, indeed, thrilled – that we can now bring them our huge 48-page bumper comic, with work by creators including Eric Powell, Mike and Laura Allred, Peter Milligan, Carlos Ezquerra, Henry Flint, and Joëlle Jones – and all for free! Free Comic Book Day is a brilliant initiative for readers, publishers, and retailers and we are very happy to be a part of 2016’s event!”
For more information, check out the www.freecomicbookday.com website.
Free Comic Book Day 2016: Silver Comics
ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT| AWAKE #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY| THE PINK PANTHER FCBD 2016 EDITION
ARCANA STUDIOS| STAN LEE’S THE UNKNOWNS/HOWARD LOVECRAFT FCBD 2016 EDITION
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS| SONIC SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
ASPEN MLT| WORLDS OF ASPEN FCBD 2016 EDITION
AUTOMATIC PICTURES| CON MAN’S SPECTRUM #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
BENITEZ PRODUCTIONS| LADY MECHANIKA #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
BLACK MASK COMICS| WE CAN NEVER GO HOME/YOUNG TERRORISTS FCBD 2016 EDITION
CBLDF| HELP THE CBLDF… DEFEND COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION
DARBY POP| BRUCE LEE: THE DRAGON RISES #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
DARK HORSE COMICS| DARK HORSE ALL-AGES SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
DC COMICS| DC COMICS SILVER BOOK—FCBD 2016 EDITION
DEVIL’S DUE/1FIRST COMICS|DEVIL’S DUE/1FIRST COMICS MIXTAPE FCBD 2016 EDITION
DRAWN & QUARTERLY| MOONCOP: A TOM GAULD SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT| GRUMPY CAT (AND POKEY!) SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS INC.| LOVE AND ROCKETS SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
FIRST SECOND BOOKS| SCIENCE COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION
GEMSTONE PUBLISHING| OVERSTREET’S COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE FCBD 2016 EDITION
GRAPHIC INDIA| GRANT MORRISON’S AVATAREX: DESTROYER OF DARKNESS FCBD 2016 EDITION
GRAPHIX| GRAPHIX SPOTLIGHT: DREAM JUMPER BOOK ONE: NIGHTMARE ESCAPE FCBD 2016 EDITION
HERMES PRESS| THE PHANTOM: 80TH ANNIVERARY SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
IDW PUBLISHING| STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
IMAGE COMICS| ODDLY NORMAL CHAPTER ONE FCBD 2016 EDITION
KODANSHA| ATTACK ON TITAN ANTHOLOGY PREVIEW FCBD 2016 EDITION
MARVEL| CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
NEW ENGLAND COMICS| THE TICK SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
NOBROW| HILDA/FANTASY SPORTS PREVIEW FCBD 2016 EDITION
ONI PRESS| JUNIOR BRAVES OF THE APOCALYPSE FCBD 2016 EDITION
PAPERCUTZ| SANJAY AND CRAIG/HARVEY BEAKS FCBD 2016 EDITION
REBELLION| 2000 AD SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
SPACE GOAT| SPACE GOAT PRESENTS: DARK LILY & FRIENDS FCBD 2016 EDITION
TH3RD WORLD| THE STUFF OF LEGEND PREVIEW FCBD 2016 EDITION
TITAN COMICS| ASSASSIN’S CREED FCBD 2016 EDITION
TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS| MARCH TRILOGY SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
UDON ENTERTAINMENT| STREET FIGHTER V SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
UNITED PLANKTON PICTURES| SPONGEBOB FREESTYLE FUNNIES FCBD 2016 EDITION
VIZ MEDIA| VIZ ONE PUNCH MAN/MY HERO ACADEMIA SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
Z2 COMICS| Z2 COMICS LAB FCBD 2016 EDITION
Free Comic Book Day 2016: Gold Comics
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS| ARCHIE #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
BONGO COMICS| BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL FCBD 2016 EDITION
BOOM! STUDIOS| BOOM! STUDIOS SUMMER BLAST FCBD 2016 EDITION
DARK HORSE COMICS| DARK HORSE SERENITY/HELLBOY/ALIENS FCBD 2016 EDITION
DC COMICS| DC COMICS GOLD BOOK—FCBD 2016 EDITION
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT| BOB’S BURGERS FCBD 2016 EDITION
IDW PUBLISHING| ROM: SPACE KNIGHT #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
IMAGE COMICS| CAMP MIDNIGHT FCBD 2016 EDITION
MARVEL COMICS| AVENGERS #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
TITAN COMICS| DOCTOR WHO: FOUR DOCTORS SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT| VALIANT 4001 A.D. SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
VIZ MEDIA/ PERFECT SQUARE| PERFECT SQUARE PRESENTS: POKÉMON POCKET COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION
50 titles instead of 52
IDW has three titles.
Strawberry Shortcake… formerly published by Ape Entertainment! (Is this the first FCBD property to be published by two different publishers?)
Hmm… why has there never been a FCBD edition from Vertigo?
DC’s Silver title is actually from Random House:
http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781101939581&view=print
American Mythology? Hmm… is the new business model for publishing comics now licensing? Lion Forge, American Mythology… following the path perfected by Dark Horse and IDW (and even Dynamite and Valiant).
If so, will we see a major agreement with Dreamworks/Classic Media?
No Capstone Press title?
And how many of these publishers will have extra copies available for BookExpo/BookCon later that same month?
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