FCBD 2017 Report, the good and the bad.

The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day.  It's a big day for the industry, giving them a chance to promote upcoming titles, and with them giving out free books it tends to attract new readers.  It's a big day for people like me because that means comic shops are having sales, usually great sales which gives us a chance to score some awesome deals. I went to 4 shops total, 3 of which were great and one was not so great.

All the shops I went to were running sales from 25-50% off. I bought a lot of books, over 100 total. A couple of the shops also had some great artists doing signings. I got to see Ming Doyle again and bought a Constantine sketch from her, Her artwork is awesome. I didn't walk away with any major books, some nice Adam Hughes stuff like Wonder Woman 184 and Zatanna 16. I got a decent amount of variants.

The 3 shops I want to shout out for being great and making FCBD a wonderful experience for fans are, Merrymac Comics and Games in Merrimack NH, Chris's Cards and Comics in Salem NH and Midgard Comics and Games in Derry NH.  Those 3 shops were great and I'd recommend any of them.
I won't mention the shop by name that I had a bad experience at but its in Manchester NH, so those of you that live in the area will probably know it. The people there were not friendly as far as staff, the event was disorganized which left people waiting for over an hour outside in the cold and rain, just poorly executed. That's all I'll really say about that shop.

Overall it was a great day and one I look forward to every year.

How did you guys do on FCBD?












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