Free Comic Book Day

My annual announcement is late, but no less enthusiastic.

This upcoming Saturday is the first of May. It is also Free Comic Book Day.

Go to your local comic book store, get to know the staff and get some free comic books.

Comics are one of the first places that our children learn to enjoy reading. Let's encourage that. For groups opposed to comic books, there are many for a wide audience. My kids always find something appropriate to read, and even for me, a non-comic reader, it is an enjoyable day out.

Last year, we (they) got to sit in one of the original Batmobiles and we met John Hebert, one of DC's artists.

Our local comic store also has costumed characters, signed artwork, goodies, cookies or other food (because really, what goes better with comic books than junk food?) and of course, the free comic books:

Check out this website: Free Comic Book Day and your local comic store.

And of course, HAVE FUN!

For those interested, this will be Bob's first Free Comic Book Day. We'll see where we can twitpic him from.

*Also, on a related note, Ironman 2 comes out in theatres in less than a week.* May is starting out with fun times.