..and Jughead. Just trust me on Jughead.
May 1st, 2008Saturday, May 2nd is Free Comic Book Day. You walk into your local comic book store and walk out with free comics. Simple! Here’s a quick look at what you’ll see on Saturday. Not all books will be availible in every store, and there may be a limit to how many you can take. Click on the title for a preview.
Gegika: A Drawn+Quarterly Manga Sampler - Contains excerpts from volumes by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Seiichi Hayashi. I’m unfamiliar with Hayashi, but I read a collection of Tatsumi stories released last year. It’s brutal depictions of the depths of man’s depravity (by an underground cartoonist who was decades ahead of his time) is just the thing for the manga fan who has seen everything.
All Star Superman #1 - Grant Morrison can breath life into the most barren of franchises and Frank Quietly’s art is beautifully crisp and expressive. Easily one of the best superhero comics of the last decade, and the best Superman comics since Alan Moore left DC. This is the first issue of limited series that has recently wrapped up; one volume has already been collected and the next will most likely be out sometime this fall.
Gumby’s Coloring Comic Book Special - Don’t pass this up because it looks like kid’s stuff. The Gumby comics are written by Bob Burden (best know for Flaming Carrot and Mystery Men) and feature charming and mildly trippy artwork.
Also look promising: I.G.N.A.T.Z.: International Graphic Novels at Their Zenith, E.C. Comics Sampler, Maximum Ride Vol 1, Neotopia, Hellboy/B.R.P.D.
For the kids: Bongo Comics Free-For-All!, Sonic the Hedgehog #1, Tiny Titans #1, Gyro Gearloose, Marvel Adventures Iron Man, Owly and Friends, Shonen Jump Sampler
It’s free for you, but your local Comic Book Guy does have to pay for them. So why not pick something up while you’re there? Look at this way: it’s the only day of the year you can spend ten bucks and walk away with a stack of comics. Man, Secret Wars was a loooong time ago…