{"id":3321,"date":"2010-05-03T06:45:09","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T10:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3321"},"modified":"2010-05-02T08:27:20","modified_gmt":"2010-05-02T12:27:20","slug":"free-comic-book-day-post-game-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/03\/free-comic-book-day-post-game-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Comic Book Day Post-Game Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Had an absolutely great time on <strong>Free Comic Book Day<\/strong> over the weekend! My kids and I hit three different shops to see what each store was doing.\u00a0 One shop featured face painting and a woman dressed as Wonder Woman.\u00a0 Another store offered face painting and extra free comics to kids dressed in costume.\u00a0 But I&#8217;d have to say I was most impressed with my regular shop, <a title=\"COSMIC CAT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmiccatcomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">COSMIC CAT<\/a>.\u00a0 Not only did they have the most diverse selection of free comics, they also had local comic creator signings, <em>Star Wars<\/em> character appearances from the 501st Legion and Rebel Legion, and original comic pages displayed as art in their gallery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My kids get really excited about Free Comic Book Day; it&#8217;s like a national holiday to them.\u00a0 They talk about it for weeks leading up to the date and plan out their costume, as if it were Halloween.\u00a0 My four year old daughter has outgrown her Supergirl costume, so she used elements to create her own Supergirl costume.\u00a0 She wore the belt and cape along with a red shirt and frilly white skirt.\u00a0 So cute!\u00a0 My 10 year old step-son was very creative and pulled together his own Black Lantern costume.\u00a0 He decided to bring his scythe, not knowing that was Nekron&#8217;s weapon of choice &#8211; watch out Geoff Johns, this kid has you figured out!\u00a0 You can see him below along with some of the <em>Star Wars<\/em> characters that appeared at Cosmic Cat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Rambunctious Rascal and Star Wars characters - Free Comic Book Day 2010 at Cosmic Cat\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/fcbd10.jpg\" alt=\"Rambunctious Rascal and Star Wars characters - Free Comic Book Day 2010 at Cosmic Cat\" width=\"520\" height=\"395\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We ran into lots of old friends at the different shops and generally had a great time.\u00a0 Also picked up some great-looking free comics.\u00a0 Can&#8217;t wait to read them!\u00a0 See you at Free Comic Book Day 2011!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3321\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/03\/free-comic-book-day-post-game-report\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3321\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/03\/free-comic-book-day-post-game-report\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/03\/free-comic-book-day-post-game-report\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/03\/free-comic-book-day-post-game-report\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-3321\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/03\/free-comic-book-day-post-game-report\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Had an absolutely great time on Free Comic Book Day over the weekend! 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What is \"Free Comic Book Day\" you ask? Free Comic Book Day is an annual event where participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/fcbd05.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":926,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/29\/free-comic-book-day-this-saturday-may-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3321,"position":2},"title":"Free Comic Book Day &#8211; This Saturday, May 2","date":"April 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Be sure to visit your local comic book shop this Saturday, May 2 - it's Free Comic Book Day! What is \"Free Comic Book Day\" you ask? 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Instead I\u2019m going to direct you over to my other blog FIRESTORM FAN where I\u2019ve posted my interview with comic book\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/firestormfan.com\/images\/logo_260.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":307,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/21\/recently-acquired-comic-book-t-shirts\/","url_meta":{"origin":3321,"position":5},"title":"Recently Acquired Comic Book T-Shirts","date":"January 21, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I got a couple new comic book t-shirts recently.\u00a0 My local comic book shop (Cosmic Cat Comics, Games & Anime) had a New Years Day sale - all t-shirts only $6.\u00a0 So I couldn't resist these two. Here is an inspiring Aquaman image by the fantastic Alex Ross. 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