Free Comic Book Day and Mother's Day

 

For those who don't know, the first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day. The event is a partnership between publishers, distributors and retailers to give out specially produced free comics to anyone coming to a participating store on Free Comic Book Day. What could be better than free comics?

When I was growing up, there was a local comic book shop near my house. It was literally a few miles away and accessible by bicycle. I ask myself now why I didn't go there more often before they moved to another location. When I did go, I was introduced to other worlds like ElfQuest (which you can read online), Green Arrow, Groo the Wanderer, the Green Lantern Corps and Arion Lord of Atlantis to name a few. I have long since sold those comics but oh how I enjoyed them back in the day.

This year I woke up to Twitter blowing up about Free Comic Book Day and I took a look at what was being offered, a special Grimm comic based on the TV show that my family likes. Knowing that, I decided to go to the local store and check it out. Needless to say, I was late to the party. By the time I reached a local shop, literally hundreds of people had already been there and received their free comics (No Grimm). I took the opportunity to get a few of the comics offered as prizes for my daughter (who unfortunately couldn't go with me this year). She likes Japanese Anime and Manga but I thought I might lure her toward some other comics if there was something fun around. I also looked around for some Wonder Woman merchandise. You see, Wonder Woman is probably my wife's favorite Super Hero - she grew up watching the Linda Carter series. I was on a mission to find her something Wonder Woman for Mother's Day while looking for free comics. Here are some of the Wonder Woman items I saw:

 Not exactly Wonder Woman, it's Wonder Girl

 

This is Wonder Woman, but how do you take her away from her friends? 

This Wonder Woman is a really nice statue

 

 

None of these quite catptured what I was looking for as a Mother's Day gift. Birthday maybe but not Mother's Day. You see at our house we tend to think of Mother's Day and Father's Day as made up holidays. You should treat moms great all the time - you don't need a special day for it. Plus moms really don't like to get stuff that they later have to dust. Just sayin'.

 

What I did find (by the time I had hit three comic book stores and a Target) was this:

 

 

 

Oh and this of which the Legos go to my daughter and the Wonder Woman to my wife:



How did Free Comic Book Day turn out? Thanks to Dark Tower Comics in Newburgh, NY (the third store I went to), it went great. Grimm was obtained along with some Pippi Longstocking, Spongebob Squarepants, Simpsons, Archie and others. A good haul. Free Comic Book Day had to be a success any way you look at it. I saw tons of families and kids at the shops I went to and people were buying loads of stuff after getting their freebies. Great for the store and good for kids. I give Free Comic Book Day five Mick Happies. All these comics will come in handy for the road trip coming up next week.