PRESS RELEASE
Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) 2018 features an amazing selection of comic book titles for the industry’s most anticipated annual event which happens Saturday, May 5th, 2018 at participating comic book shops worldwide.
Retailers on the Selection Committee chose fifty titles overall to be available on Free Comic Book Day: twelve Gold Sponsor comics and thirty-eight Silver Sponsor comics that give fans a great opportunity to discover new titles and genres. This year’s announcement of Silver Sponsor comics includes such great titles as Adventure Time, Berlin, Infinity Watch/Spider-Man, Nintendo’s Arms, Star Wars Adventures, and more.
“It’s a great time to be a comics fan, and an even greater time to experience the medium of comic books for the first time during our 17th annual Free Comic Book Day,” said Joe Field, originator of FCBD, and owner of Flying Colors Comics in Concord, CA. “The amazing line-up of titles, the great events staged by thousands of independent comic book retailers, and the enthusiasm of comic shop fans all over the world will make May 5, 2018 a great day to celebrate comic books!”
A complete listing of all fifty FCBD titles, including the twelve Gold Sponsor and thirty-eight Silver Sponsor comic books, can be found in the January issue of Diamond Comic Distributors’ PREVIEWS catalog, on sale at comic book shops on December 27th, 2017. They can also be viewed online right now at www.freecomicbookday.com.
For more FCBD news and updates, visit www.freecomicbookday.com and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/freecomicbook, follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/freecomicbook, or Instagram at freecomicbookday.
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2018: GOLD COMICS
- Archie Comics | RIVERDALE
- BOOM! Studios | MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS SPECIAL
- Dark Horse Comics | OVERWATCH & BLACK HAMMER
- DC Comics | DC COMICS TOP SECRET GOLD BOOK
- :01 Second Books| COMICS FRIENDS FOREVER
- IDW Publishing | TRANSFORMERS UNICRON #0
- Image Comics | BARRIER #1
- Joe Books | DISNEY PRINCESS ARIEL SPOTLIGHT
- Marvel Comics | AVENGERS & CAPTAIN AMERICA
- Oni Press | INVADER ZIM: FLOOPSY BLOOPS SHMOOPSY
- Titan Comics | DOCTOR WHO 2018 #0
- VIZ Media | POKEMON SUN & MOON & POKEMON HORIZON
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2018: SILVER COMICS
- Abstract Studios | STRANGERS IN PARADISE XXV #1
- Action Lab Entertainment | MIRACULOUS ADVENTURES
- AfterShock Comics | RELAY #0
- Arcana Studio | HOWARD LOVECRAFT’S BIG BOOK OF SUMMER FUN
- Aspen Comics | WORLDS OF ASPEN ANNIVERSARY EDITION
- Benitez Productions | LADY MECHANIKA
- Bongo Comics | BONGO COMICS: FREE-FOR-ALL 2018
- BOOM! Studios | ADVENTURE TIME: FIONNA & CAKE SPECIAL
- Chapterhouse Publishing | DIE KITTY DIE I LOVE YOU TO DEATH
- Chapterhouse Publishing | INVASION PROLOGUE
- Dark Horse Comics | LEGEND OF KORRA & NINTENDO ARMS
- Dark Planet | SILVER #1
- Dynamite Entertainment | BOBS BURGERS #1
- Dynamite Entertainment | JAMES BOND VARGR #1
- Drawn & Quarterly | BERLIN #1
- Fantagraphics Books | WORLDS GREATEST CARTOONISTS
- Graphix | GRAPHIX SPOTLIGHT: SPARKS
- Humanoids | METABARON BOOK 3: META GUARDIANESS AND TECHNO BARON
- IDW Publishing | STAR WARS ADVENTURES
- Image Comics | STREET ANGEL’S DOG ONE-SHOT
- Kodansha Comics| GHOST IN THE SHELL: GLOBAL NEURAL NETWORK
- Lion Forge Comics | WORM WORLD SAGA: THE JOURNEY BEGINS
- Marvel Comics | INFINITY WATCH & AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
- New England Comics | THE TICK FCBD 2018
- Oni Press | SHADOW ROADS #1
- Papercutz | THE ONLY LIVING BOY
- Rebellion | 2000 AD REGENED
- Scout Comics | SCOUT COMICS PRESENTS: THE MALL
- Starburns Industries Comics | STARBURNS PRESENTS #1
- Titan Comics | A BRIEF HISTORY OF TANK GIRL
- Tokyopop | NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: ZEROS JOURNEY CHAPTER 0
- Udon Entertainment | ULTRA STREET FIGHTER II #1
- United Plankton Pictures | SPONGEBOB FREESTYLE FUNNIES
- Valiant Entertainment | SHADOWMAN SPECIAL
- Vault Comics | MAXWELLS DEMONS #1
- Viz Media | MY HERO ACADEMIA & RWBY
- YEN PRESS | CRUSH
- Youneek Studios | MALIKA: CREED & FURY
