DC Universe Rebirth!

Join us at Flying Colors on Wednesday May 25 as a new era is ushered in for the DC Comics Universe with REBIRTH, an 80 page special bargain priced at just $2.99. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/758696497599710/

FCBD Photo Contest is LIVE!

Thank you, Flying Colors Faithful, for a fantastic Free Comic Book Day 2016!

As always, more cool stuff is on the way... and we hope you can join us for New Comics & Other Cool Stuff every Wednesday!

Did you sign up to participate in our FCBD Photo Contest?
We've started to upload some of the photos for this contest on our Facebook page, so that means voting is underway! Please note: Due to a technical delay, we will be extending the deadline to vote.

Be here Saturday May 7th for the 15th Annual FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

 Tell us you'll be here for FCBD by joining our EVENT page on Facebook!

CIVIL WAR movie ticket giveaway on Free Comic Book Day!

By special arrangement, Flying Colors and The Geek Speak Show will be giving away tickets to the May 7th 4:40PM showing of CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR at Pittsburg's Maya Cinema.

Your chances of winning will improve by being among the first in line for our Free Comic Book Day event--and by wanting to see this film at the Maya Cinema in Pittsburg!

We'll give these tickets away in pairs...and we have a BUNCH of pairs!

Join our event page HERE!

FCBD Photo Contest at Flying Colors!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1915464532011188/

The Origin of Free Comic Book Day

 From the pages of Comics & Games Retailer magazine, August 2001 issue.

I wrote the column (seen here, click on the images to enlarge)) in April 2001 after seeing the success of Baskin-Robbin's "Free Scoop Night." 

After the column was published in June 2001 (the mag was dated ahead by a couple of months), there was considerable discussion in the comics' biz whether this was an idea worth pursuing.


In October 2001, Diamond Comic Distributors had one of their retailer meetings attached to a comic-con in Las Vegas.

It was there that a meeting was put together with executives from the largest comics companies, with Diamond execs and the editor of the Comics Buyer's Guide (the industry's newspaper, published by the same company that published my retailer-directed columns).
 
When we all decided FCBD was worth pursuing, it was (then) Image Publisher Jim Valentino's suggestion to put Free Comic Book Day on the same weekend as the opening of the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie. 

In the years since, FCBD hasn't always been on a big comics-related movie opening and, in fact, wasn't even the "First Saturday in May"---once!

I like to think that Hollywood has seen the powerful synergy of movies & comics by scheduling a comics-spawned movie on the first weekend in May every year... and it looks to be that way for many years to come!



Since 2002, comics retailers have given away more than 30 MILLION FCBD comics. 

From left: Libby, Cindy, Michelle, Joe Field, May 2002

Flying Colors 1st FCBD guests: Mick Gray and Jason Dube

Each year, well more than one million people attend FCBD events at more than 2300 comic book specialty stores in more than 60 countries all over the world.

To find a FCBD participating shop near you, please go to FreeComicBookDay.com

Join our event at Flying Colors HERE!

Hope to see you on May 7th! 

Peace 'n' Comics!

Joe "FlyCoJoe" Field

To do Sat 4/30: Prelude to FCBD @ Flying Colors

Cartoonist Jeff Bonivert has created this cool comic strip for us! 

• On Saturday 4/30, we'll be giving away FREE unsigned copies just for coming to Flying Colors. We also have a signed/numbered edition available for just $5.  

This 8"x26" print is a Flying Colors exclusive. 

• We'll also be visited by The Geek Speak Show at 12 noon. Who knows? They may want to get your thoughts on the upcoming 15th annual Free Comic Book Day happening Saturday May 7th at Flying Colors and more than 2300 other comic shops all over the world. 

• We'll also have a special selection of FCBD t-shirts with art by Skottie Young for just $4.99 each.  

Hope to see you these next two Saturdays! 

Now, for those FCBD preparation tips and tricks...

This Saturday! April 30th... A Low Key Special Event!

Saturday April 30--- just one week before Free Comic Book Day!  

It's our first ever "Prelude to FCBD" with cartoonist Jeff Bonivert, a limited edition signed print, The Geek Speak Show will be here...and yes, there will be FREE comics!

https://www.facebook.com/events/586976244799257/

FCBD Press Release-- Please bring your friends!

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 

IS MAY 7^th 2016 

AT FLYING COLORS COMICS

World's Largest Comic Book Event 

Founded by Concord CA Retailer

Flying Colors Comics in Concord CA celebrates the 15th annual Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 7th. The worldwide event was founded by Flying Colors' owner, Joe Field, as a way to introduce the comic book art form to new readers, while calling back former readers and thanking all current fans. More than 2300 comic book specialty shops in over 60 countries around the world will give away more than six million comic books this year. 

With the 2015 event drawing more than 1.4 million people to comic shops, Free Comic Book Day is the world's largest comic book related event.

Special Guests at Flying Colors Comics event will be artist Brian Hess of the all-ages fantasy series Awake from Action Lab Entertainment and artist Brandon McKinney of Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises from DarbyPop Publishing. Both artists will be signing their FCBD Special Edition comics from 11am-2pm.

 “Our Free Comic Book Day is a big party. This year, there are 50 different FCBD special edition comics and the publishers have done a fantastic job of producing comics for all ages and reading interests. There's never been a better time for anyone to discover the rich entertainment found in comic books," said Joe Field, owner of Flying Colors Comics.   

Now in its fifteenth year, Free Comic Book Day is an international success, introducing new readers to the wonders of comics the first Saturday of May every year. “Free Comic Book Day is our welcome invitation for everyone to visit us at Flying Colors. We know you'll have a great time here on May 7th, because our event is such a big party, with special guest comic artists, refreshments, entertainment, costumed characters, a kids' costume contest and, of course, thousands of free comics. We also encourage everyone to bring their cameras and have their photos taken with costumed characters.”

Free Comic Book Day updates, information about comic books, a list of participating publishers and a store locator for other participating shops worldwide are all online at www.freecomicbookday.com.

The doors open at Flying Colors Comics Free Comic Book Day event Saturday May 7th at 11am and the event runs until 7pm. Visit www.flyingcolorscomics.com/ or follow Flying Colors on Facebook for the latest info.

Don't Miss Free Comic Book Day on Saturday May 7th

Our 15th Annual FREE COMIC BOOK DAY is now just a month away. Please join us on Saturday May 7th for a fun party with thousands of FREE comics, cool deals and special guests.

We'll be giving away free comics from 11AM-7PM. Please accept this invitation to our Facebook event page HERE!

Here's a look back at FCBD 2015.