No, settle down. I’m not giving you anything.
However, the lineup for Free Comic Book Day 2007 was announced this week, and there are some pretty nifty books that you can get totally for free! The big publishers seem to be putting out a bunch of generic stuff, but as usual, it’s the smaller offerings that are the most interesting:
- The Unseen Peanuts – Fantagraphics. A collection of over 100 old strips that have never been reprinted. That’s a pretty awesome offering, and it’s gonna make me want to pick up the gorgeous collections.
- The Train was Bang on Time – :01 Second. A preview of Eddie Campbell’s new graphic novel. (and I still haven’t even bought his last one!)
- Comics Festival – the book of the 2007 Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Probably the book to get your hands on: Stories by Bryan O’Malley, Hope Larson, Darwyn Cooke, and others. The 2005 edition was awesome, and I expect nothing less from this one.
- Whiteout #1 – Oni Press. Kind of an odd reprint choice – is there a movie in development? – but a book I’ve always meant to read. A murder-mystery in Antarctica, by the writer of Queen & Country? I’m in. (Still, I wonder if Oni might have been better off with Local or something more recent; last year they had an all-new Scott Pilgrim story, which was pretty awesome)
- Owly & Korgi – Top Shelf. Owly is the cutest thing ever. You may scoff and say you’re not interested in the adventures of a friendly owl and his woodland friends, but this book will turn you around. I don’t know much about Korgi, but if it’s being packaged with Owly, it can’t be all bad. (This is probably a much more family-friendly offering than a Lost Girls/Superf*ckers preview…)
- Wizard’s “How to Draw” Sampler – Wizard. Hah. No, not really. “Draw bigger tits. More grimacing. Why doesn’t that costume have more pouches?” Pshaw.
If you’ve got a good comic shop around, you’ll be able to get these awesome books on May 5th. If your comic shop is just so-so, tell them you want the good stuff. Particularly Comics Festival – that one is going to rock.