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).
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| my sketch / mi boceto |
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| my final version / mi versión final |
