So its Bank holiday Monday and I have finally found the time to write a post about my free comic book day. It was a busy day for me, being Star Wars Day, Charlton's last game of the season and also FCBD 2013.
I woke up early to travel in to London to
Orbital comics to collect my free comics and also spend some time there before heading off to the football which was unfortunately an early kick off. I am so glad I did bother to wake up early for this as it was great fun for the short time I was there. Orbital had teamed up with
Eggs Milk Butter a Comic Cafe in East London which turned out to be a great partnership for the morning, I grabbed a delicious coffee and possibly the best Brownie I have ever had, a Charlie Brownie, alongside my comics. It's just a great shame that I do not live closer to there cafe as I would love to grab a cake and coffee alongside some comics again.
Anyway more about the comics. I grabbed myself a copy of Marvel's Infinity, along with Image's Walking Dead, DC's Superman, Oni Press's The Stranger's and also Dark Horse's Mass Effect/ True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. The stand out for me so far, as I still have a couple to delve into, is Dark Horse's short Mass Effect origin story for Joker a fan favourite character from the series and also the great prelude to True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys with great art by Becky Cloonan and story from Gerard Way.
Marvel's Infinity had a great little teaser for there upcoming event of the same title. Written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by the superb Jim Cheung, the art was a highlight of this for me. I didn't really gain any huge clue as to the events of Infinity other than it involved Thanos and his henchman, which was already known anyway. This also contains a Thanos story alongside a teaser for Warren Ellis' upcoming Avengers original Graphic Novel.
DC's Superman offering was not what I quite expected. I was hoping for more of a tease of the new upcoming title from the superstar team of Scott Snyder and Jim Lee, but all this issue contains is an interview and some original artwork for the comic from Jim Lee. Apart from flicking through this issue to find this I have not yet read the rest of the issue.
Finally Oni Press' and Images FCBD issues are still currently sitting in my to read pile and there were many other great titles on offer, but there was a limit to the amount you could grab understandably as the queue was huge, going out the door of the store and round the corner of the street, and this all for some Free Comics.
If you didn't get a chance to head to a comic store for FCBD this year I strongly recommend you do next year. It's a great chance to talk to other comic book fans, get your hands on some great stories and just makes for a great day! I'll certainly be back there next year, and I hope I will be able to make more of a day of it.
