Free Comic Book Day 2015!

by Rae

Tomorrow will see Proud Lion taking part in Free Comic Book Day! This annual event takes place the first Saturday in May as a celebration of comics, allowing readers to delve into familiar favourites or discover something new. As in previous years, Proud Lion is pleased to say we will have a fantastic selection of free comics for you to pick from!

Many of you will remember our previous Free Comic Book Day events, and will already be aware that our supply of free comics tends to disappear very quickly. Last year in particular saw our tables emptied within an hour! We want to ensure everyone who visits the shop on the day gets a chance to pick up a free comic, so to allow them to last a little longer, we are changing the rules slightly from previous years.

For this year's Free Comic Book Day, every visitor to the shop will be able to take up to five free comics. This means you can pick up one copy of up to five different titles you think you'd like to read! All our available titles will be on offer from 10am, and it will be first come, first served. If there's something in particular you'd like to get your hands on, try and get down early to make sure you don't miss out!

FCBD 2014, photo courtesy of @OldManRupee

Here's a list of the free comics we will have on offer:

• 2000 AD Special
• And Then Emily Was Gone #0
• Bobs Burgers
• Bongo Comics Free-For-All!
• Boom Studios 10th Anniversary FCBD Special
• Dark Circle Comics #1
• Dark Horse Fight Club The Goon The Strain
• DC Comics Divergence FCBD Preview
• DC Comics Teen Titans/Scooby Doo Team-Up
• Doctor Who Special
• Legendary Comics Sampler
• Marvel’s All-New, All-Different Avengers #1
• Marvel’s Secret Wars #0 FCBD
• Motorcycle Samurai
• Neil Gaiman’s Lady Justice
• Perfect Square Presents Pokemon
• Savage Dragon Legacy
• Sonic The Hedgehog Mega Man Worlds Unite Prelude
• Spongebob Freestyle Funnies
• Steampunk Goldilocks
• Street Fighter Super Combo Special
• Stuff Of Legend Call To Arms
• The Tick
• TMNT Prelude To Vengeance
• Transformers Robots In Disguise #0

We will have guests Jon Lock and Lucy Brown in store, with a selection of books from Big Punch Studios. Don't forget to pick up your free copy of the FCBD special edition of Big Punch Magazine! (This does not count as one of your five free comics.)

In addition, we will be offering the first 100 attendees an opportunity to choose either FCBD 2015 CBLDF DEFEND COMICS or FCBD 2015 OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE as an extra free comic, sponsored by True Believers Comic Festival 2016! The first 50 customers to make a purchase in store will also receive a free True Believers 2016 badge.

If there are more than five comics you're interested in, we will be re-opening the free comic tables from 3pm for readers who are looking to pick up extra titles. Please note this is only while stocks last!

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Rae and Ben will be up bright and early in the morning to make all the final preparations for FCBD.