"FCBD" redirects here. For the Congolese airport with that ICAO code, see Djambala Airport.
Promotional event for the comics industry
Free Comic Book Day
Genre
Promotion, cultural
Frequency
Annually, first Saturday of May
Location(s)
Over 2,000 comic book shops worldwide
Inaugurated
May 4, 2002 (2002-05-04)
Founder
Joe Field
Most recent
May 6, 2023
Next event
May 4, 2024
Activity
Merchandise giveaways
Book signings
Cosplay contests
Art exhibitions
Organized by
Diamond Comics Distributors
Website
www.freecomicbookday.com
Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is an annual promotional effort by the North American comic book industry to attract new readers to independent comic book stores. It usually takes place on the first Saturday of May and has historically been cross-promoted with the release of a superhero film. Over two thousand participating stores give away millions of comic books annually. The event was proposed by Joe Field in the August 2001 issue of Comics & Games Retailer magazine and Free Comic Book Day was launched in 2002, coordinated by the industry's single large distributor, Diamond Comic Distributors. FCBD has become an official Children's Book Week event and has inspired similar events for German- and Dutch-language comics industries. The twenty-first edition of FCBD was held on May 6, 2023.
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