Don't forget. July 3rd is the third annual Free Comic Book Day. Visit a comic shop, just about ANY comic shop, and ask (politely) for a free comic book.
In addition, many shops are holding special events. Check with your local shop for details, but I can tell you right now that the shop I buy my comics at is going to have a drawing for a $100 gift certificate. By spreading the news I might be lessening my chances at winning, but if it brings more people into Corner Comics on July 3rd, it's worth it. By the way, you have to physically go to the shop on July 3rd to enter the contest, although you don't have to be present during the drawing to win. So everyone in the Seattle area needs to plan a visit to Kenmore on July 3rd.
There are nine Gold Sponsors, and twenty-two Silver Sponsors... for the rare person who paid for their free comics (like me), that's 31 books if everything actually comes (unfortunately, a big if. I got 19 of the 21 Gold and Silver books from last year, but Transformers Armada and Keenspace dot com never showed). Most people will get one or two books, and you are most likely to get a Gold Sponsor book.
In 2003, Free Comic Book Day was held on May 3rd to coincide with the release of X-Men 2. In 2002, it was held on May 4th to coincide with the release of the first Spider-Man. This year it was moved to July 3rd to line up with the release of Spider-Man 2.
I'm going to warn you now that I'll be pushing this just about every day on my blog from here until the event. Expect to see a lot of this banner on this blog in the next couple of weeks.
