Comments on: Free Comic Book Day: The Grad-School Thesis

By: ComicsPundit » A moral quandry at Free Comic Book Day

ComicsPundit » A moral quandry at Free Comic Book Day — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:48:52 +0000

[...] Posted on May 30th, 2009 by Shawn L. From Andy Ihnatko’s observations at his local comic shop’s celebration of Free Comic Book Day earlier this month, Free Comic Book Day: The Grad-School Thesis: [...]

By: Eric Zylstra

Eric Zylstra — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:00:14 +0000

I remember an era of free and regular blog posts by Andy. Now I guess we can only read Andy where he is paid–but isn’t quite as free in what and how he writes, or in 140 character snips. Big sigh…

By: Comic Book Stores

Comic Book Stores — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:02:44 +0000

I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

By: Jeff Edsell

Jeff Edsell — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:20:49 +0000

My boys are 3 and they’re absolutely fascinated with my comics — They pick up an issue and point to each character on the cover, demanding “Who’s THIS guy?” So at Free Comic Book Day I got them the first issue of Boom Studio’s Cars comic. They loved it, but were even more excited by the Incredibles preview in the back.

It’s so gratifying when you can see them heading down the path you hoped they’d pick.

By: CharlesP

CharlesP — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:35:08 +0000

After a long day at a conservative christian homeschool ren-faire (don’t ask, it will only depress me), I took my boys to our local shop and picked through the remaining free comics. The highlight for the 5 year old was the toy collection on the high shelf. The highlight for me (aside from the girl behind the counter still remembering my name even though I’ve not been in the shop since they moved a year ago) was seeing the rather large gentlemen (over 6 feet tall and around 300 lbs) who was dressed up as a member of KISS, complete with make-up, who was lounging in a folding chair holding a sleeping infant. Made me wish I had a camera handy.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:10:14 +0000

Ya know, children are hereditary, if you parents didn’t have any, odds are you won’t either.

By: Jan Kabili

Jan Kabili — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:44:37 +0000

Andy: Don’t bother regretting not having little clones with whom to share the joys of comix. It turns out that kids hardly ever like what the parents like. In fact, they go for the opposite. Don’t you remember when you were a kid?

By: Mike F.

Mike F. — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:32:37 +0000

I’ve had enough experience (and watched enough tv) to know that you never share comic books. It never works out in the end.

By: Carla Gesell-Streeter

Carla Gesell-Streeter — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:35:01 +0000

Is it a coincidence that Free Comic Book Day and National Homebrew Day are the same day? I think not…

By: John Duncan Yoyo

John Duncan Yoyo — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:47:26 +0000

My daughter is just about the right age to start schooling on the ways of four color goodness. Right now she gets a Scrooge McDuck or Mickey comic.

I’m old enough to have looked at Eastman and Laird’s first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and have thought it was a really stupid idea and who would ever buy that. The twenty-fifth anniversary reprint of TMNT #1 was a free comic today. That thing still stands up.