First we have ‘gold’ titles such as AVENGERS #12.1 (Marvel Comics), BONGO FREE-FOR-ALL / SPONGEBOB (Bongo), DC COMICS THE NEW 52 SPECIAL ED (DC Comics), IMAGE 20 (Image Comics), MEGA MAN, MOUSE GUARD LABYRINTH & MORE HC (Archaia), PEANUTS ADVENTURE TIME FLIPBOOK, STAR WARS SERENITY (Dark Horse), TRANSFORMERS #80.5 (IDW) & YO GABBA GABBA FREE COMIC BOOK TIME.
And then we have ‘silver’ titles such as 2000 AD JUDGE DREDD SPEC (Rebellion), ANIMAL PLANET WORLD MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS, ANTARCTICS ZOMBIE KID, ANTI (12-Gauge Studios), ARCANA PRESENTS INTRINSIC (Arcana), ATOMIC ROBO & FRIENDS, BAD MEDICINE #1, BARNABY, BUFFY THE GUILD (Dark Horse), BURT WARD BOY WONDER, CENSORED HOWARD CRUSE, DC NATION SUPERMAN FAMILY FLIP BOOK (DC Comics), DINOSAURS VERSUS ALIENS, DUNE ORIGINS (Boom!), FINDING GOSSAMYR STUFF OF LEGEND, GRAPHIC ELVIS PREVIEW (Liquid Comics), INFERNAL DEVICES CLOCKWORK ANGEL, JURASSIC STRIKEFORCE 5, LADY DEATH THE BEGINNING (Avatar Press), MARBLE SEASON, MOOMIN COLOR SPECIAL, MUQTATAFAHT MIDDLE EAST COMICS ANTHOLOGY, MY FAVORITE MARTIAN SPECIAL EDITION, OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE (Overstreet), ROCKHEAD & ZINC ALLOY 2-FOR-NONE, SMURFS & DISNEY FAIRIES FEAT TINKER BELL, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, SPIDER-MAN SEASON ONE (Marvel Comics), TOP SHELF KIDS CLUB (Top Shelf), UNDER THE FAERIE MOON (Radical Publishing), VALIANT PREVIEW, VOLTRON FORCE SHELTER FROM THE STORM, WALT DISNEYS DONALD DUCK FAMILY COMICS, WITCHBLADE UNBALANCED PIECES (Top Cow), WORLDS OF ASPEN (Aspen).
With so many promising free issues, every year I have a headache deciding what to get. Luckily for me, DCBS narrows down my decision to 5 titles. And since this is my fourth year in a row that I’m getting my FCBD freebies from them, I had to make a very careful selection: IMAGE 20 (a 20th anniversary anthology which I’m sure will be quite good), MOUSE GUARD LABYRINTH & MORE HC (a free 48 page hard cover graphic novel with original material), 2000 AD JUDGE DREDD SPEC (I’m huge fan of Judge Dredd, there’s no way I could skip this), GRAPHIC ELVIS PREVIEW (I know this one looks weird, but it has art by John Cassaday and, like I’ve said before, I’ll get anything with his name on it) and UNDER THE FAERIE MOON (with such a beautiful cover, how could I resist?). Other free comic books that didn’t make the cut but were close were Anti, Dune, Atomic Robo and the two Marvel titles.
If you happen to be in the US on May 5th, please do yourself a favor and visit as many comic shops as you can. And if you’re stuck somewhere else then, well, try to get a relative or a friend to do you a favor. After all, these are free comic books and we should never waste the chance to get something for free, right?
And, finally, I’m including a couple of my drawings which will appear in a comic anthology. Enjoy!
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En primer lugar, tenemos a las editoriales de más peso, con títulos como AVENGERS #12.1 (Marvel Comics), BONGO FREE-FOR-ALL / SPONGEBOB (Bongo), DC COMICS THE NEW 52 SPECIAL ED (DC Comics), IMAGE 20 (Image Comics), MEGA MAN, MOUSE GUARD LABYRINTH & MORE HC (Archaia), PEANUTS ADVENTURE TIME FLIPBOOK, STAR WARS SERENITY (Dark Horse), TRANSFORMERS #80.5 (IDW) & YO GABBA GABBA FREE COMIC BOOK TIME.
Y luego todas las otras editoriales, con títulos como 2000 AD JUDGE DREDD SPEC (Rebellion), ANIMAL PLANET WORLD MOST DANGEROUS ANIMALS, ANTARCTICS ZOMBIE KID, ANTI (12-Gauge Studios), ARCANA PRESENTS INTRINSIC (Arcana), ATOMIC ROBO & FRIENDS, BAD MEDICINE #1, BARNABY, BUFFY THE GUILD (Dark Horse), BURT WARD BOY WONDER, CENSORED HOWARD CRUSE, DC NATION SUPERMAN FAMILY FLIP BOOK (DC Comics), DINOSAURS VERSUS ALIENS, DUNE ORIGINS (Boom!), FINDING GOSSAMYR STUFF OF LEGEND, GRAPHIC ELVIS PREVIEW (Liquid Comics), INFERNAL DEVICES CLOCKWORK ANGEL, JURASSIC STRIKEFORCE 5, LADY DEATH THE BEGINNING (Avatar Press), MARBLE SEASON, MOOMIN COLOR SPECIAL, MUQTATAFAHT MIDDLE EAST COMICS ANTHOLOGY, MY FAVORITE MARTIAN SPECIAL EDITION, OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE (Overstreet), ROCKHEAD & ZINC ALLOY 2-FOR-NONE, SMURFS & DISNEY FAIRIES FEAT TINKER BELL, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG, SPIDER-MAN SEASON ONE (Marvel Comics), TOP SHELF KIDS CLUB (Top Shelf), UNDER THE FAERIE MOON (Radical Publishing), VALIANT PREVIEW, VOLTRON FORCE SHELTER FROM THE STORM, WALT DISNEYS DONALD DUCK FAMILY COMICS, WITCHBLADE UNBALANCED PIECES (Top Cow), WORLDS OF ASPEN (Aspen).
my sketch / mi boceto |
my final version / mi versión final |
Acá pasa al revés, hay maestros que han sido sancionados por llevar una cruz al cuello.
ReplyDeleteEs todo un tema, y complicado...
Tienen un gran auge los cultos afrobrasileños (umbanda) y me parece bien que la gente asista si eso les ayuda en algo.
Pero, si por desgracia te toca vivir al lado o muy cerca de uno de esos templos populares, te tenés que resignar a escuchar el sonido de los tambores hasta muy tarde en la noche.
Han habido quejas y denuncias, pero por el momento lo único que podés hacer es mudarte, irte para otro barrio.
Estaremos esperando tus comentarios de los comics que recibirás gratuitamente.
Hola Dany, mira qué curioso, mientras en Perú todos siguen bajo el yugo de la iglesia, ustedes están un poco más liberados, pero eso no los ha eximido del acoso de otras religiones. Espero que no te haya tocado a ti estar al costado de los tambores (a mí me parecería realmente desesperante).
DeleteInteresantes comics,que pena que aca en peru el intento de free comic book day solo nos den 5 comics, medio vacios y que en algunos casos los dibujos estan sacados de los blogs de los artistas
ReplyDeleteEl año pasado para mí fue toda una sorpresa que Perú21 se animara a sacar el FCBD de Marvel de 2009 y lo repartiera gratis. Al menos algo es mejor que nada. Aunque es cierto que las otras cosas gratis eran un tanto irregulares.
DeleteBuena elección de tus 5 FCBD, increíble que ahora estén regalando ¡hasta un hardcover!, eso sí, ha sido un pecado mortal no haber incluido en tu lista el Marble Season de Gilbert Hernández. ¡Saludos!
ReplyDeleteHola Guido: Sí, lo del hardcover me llamó la atención. Cuando vi la lista de los FCBD imaginé que el Marble Season te llamaría la atención. En DCBS los cómics del FCBD se piden en el mes de enero (no sé por qué con tanta anticipación).
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