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Hot off the heels of Record Store Day, we've got another nerdy holiday to celebrate: Free Comic Book Day is tomorrow, Saturday, May 7! And like its audiophile cousin, this holiday doesn't just mean sales—though there are some real good ones—it means parties in most of Portland's finest comic shops. What follows is a list of local events (though, if you know of any more PLEASE post 'em in the comments section below).
I've taken the liberty of adding, in bold and italic, below, notes on the few events that I'm super stoked on. But there really is something for everyone here, from the kids to the full-grown adults. Thanks to Ruth Brown for compiling this list. And away we go!!!
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BRIDGE CITY COMICS
Free comics and celebrations from 10 am - 7 pm, including:
11 am - 1 pm:
Autograph signings with Portland local Matt Holm, artist on the popular Babymouse series of YA graphic novels! This signing event will also be the worldwide launch for the newest volume of Babymouse (Babymouse Vol. 14: Mad Scientist) and his brand new series titled "Squish"! Copies of both books will be available for purchase three days before their nationwide release! â¨
[WW SEZ: Babymouse is really, really adorable.]
COSMIC MONKEY
Free comics, plus:
Noon - 3 pm:
Shannon Wheeler (of Too Much Coffee Man) and Zachery Baldus will doing signing from 12-3
FLOATING WORLD
Giveaways and a sale where customers get free dollar comics equal to what they spend (so if you spend $20, you get 20 free dollar comics)
Plus: DAN QUAYL & DRAGONS two special free comics produced by local indie publishers.
[WW sez: We love us some dollar comics, and we love Floating world.]
FUTURE DREAMS
Free comics of the standards and a store-wide sale, with 30% off a lot of stock
EXCALIBUR BOOKS AND COMICS
Giveaways from noon to 3 pm, and an all-weekend sale with 50% off all back issues, 24% of trade paperbacks and signings by the creators of Terra Tempo and more.
GUAPO COMICS
Free comics from 10 am - 6 pm, plus:
We will have the crazy new art comic Dan Quayle published by our friends at Sparkplug, Teenage Dinosaur, and Gazeta. It features local cartoonists and is a tribute to Willamette Week cartoonist John Callahan.
We will have the all-ages dragon comic put out by our friends at Tugboat Press, which features a terrific cast of artists including locals Aron Nels Steinke and Andrice Arp. And we'll have all the Marvel, DC, Darkhorse comics as well.
Saturday May 7, come to our Portland, Beaverton, and Milwaukie locations to get FREE special-edition comics from your favorite publishers all day long (while supplies last!).
Come bring the whole family for free comics and more:
• $2 doorbuster graphic novels!
• 60% off hundreds of sale items!
• TFAW Bucks!
• Signings with amazing creators!
• Stormtroopers and pirates!
Come on down--we've scheduled an incredible array of comic book creators all day long at each of our stores. Plus, you'll be entertained by the Pirates of PDX YAR and Stormtroopers from Cloud City Garrison! Check out our schedule below to plan out an awesome day for pop-culture fans of all ages.
PDX YAR Pirates in Milwaukie and Portland from 10 am-4 pm!
Stormtroopers from Cloud City Garrison in Beaverton from 11 am-6 pm!
TFAW BEAVERTON STORE
Free passes from Wunderland all day, plus:
12 pm-3 pm:
Amy Mebberson (Muppet Show, Finding Nemo)
Kelly Sue DeConnick (Osborn, Girl Comics)
2 pm-5 pm:
Patric Reynolds (Let Me In, Abe Sapien)
Ben Bates (Sonic The Hedgehog)
3 pm-6 pm:
Shawn Cruz and Micah Baker (Corrosive Comics)
4 pm-7 pm:
Dane Ault (Zombies Next Door)
But wait, there's more!
10 am-4 pm:
Video game demos and prizes from Game Trader
1 pm-2 pm:
Free sandwich samples from Subway (while supplies last)
Cloud City Garrison Schedule:
11 am-2 pm:
Commander Bacara, Darth Vader & Boba Fett
1 pm-4 pm:
Stormtrooper, Jedi
3 pm-6 pm:
Stormtrooper, EVO Trooper, Master Chief of Halo
[WW sez: So, we've been waiting for the perfect opportunity to hook up the ol' Laserdisc player and run through the supersweet Star Wars Trilogy box-set (wherein Han Solo shoots first!) for quite awhile. This weekend sounds like a good one. Also, if you've got kids there is a lot of great stuff going on out here for you. TFAW is going all-out!]
TFAW MILWAUKIE STORE
12 pm-3 pm:
Scott Allie (Buffy Season 8, B.P.R.D.: The Dead Remembered)
Todd Herman and Herb Apon (Warriors: Jailbreak)
2 pm-5 pm:
Ron Chan (The Guild: Tink, Supersized)
Jeremy Barlow (Metalocalypse, Star Wars)
4 pm-7 pm:
Brandon Seifert and Lukas Ketner (Witch Doctor)
[WW sez: Some great titles in that list, including the forthcoming Witch Doctor from two WW alumns. We couldn't be more excited for those guys, who are definitely on track for getting a TV series or movie made down the line (sorry, not trying to jinx it).]
TFAW PORTLAND STORE
12 pm-3 pm:
Ben Dewey (Dark Horse's Star Wars FCBD comic)
Paul Tobin (Marvel Adventures, Spider-Girl)
2 pm-4 pm:
Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson (Uncanny X-Men, Wonder Woman)
2 pm-5 pm:
Steve Lieber (Underground, Whiteout)
Dustin Weaver (S.H.I.E.L.D., Star Wars Vector)
4pm-7pm:
Paul Guinan/Anina Bennett (Boilerplate)
David Hahn (Murderland, Suicide Girls)
[WW sez: Well, the X-Men folks are going to be popular. Another no-holds-barred, knock-down, drag-out event from TFAW. This one might be the most blockbusteriest of the whole round-up!]
WWeek 2015