What is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY?
Don't miss out on this awesome event that happens all across the country, and it's PROBABLY going on right down the street from you! + Other quick #TeamINSYM news and notes!
Hey everyone! Matt & Steph here from INSYMMETRY CREATIONS (aka #TeamINSYM) with a QUICK BLOG of DESTINY update today focused on FREE COMIC BOOK DAY.
On SATURDAY May 6th, #TeamINSYM will be participating in FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2023- So WHAT IS IT?!?
Since 2002, on the first Saturday of May each (non-covid) year, independent comic stores, publishers, and creators come together for this annual event. It’s the closest thing to a holiday / celebration that there is across the country in our industry.
On the surface you may say ‘why would so many embrace an event that’s just about giving away FREE stuff?’ It’s so much more than that. In our experience, the only day that can rival the foot traffic and excitement in local stores is Black Friday. And YES, there is a lot of FREE stuff (stores will literally be giving away 1-10 specifically designated issues per customer), but the stores have tons of sales going, and the guest creators always have some fun incentives as well.
SO WHERE WILL #TEAMINSYM BE? For our Coast2Coast event, here are the locations:
EAST COAST: Matt will be at BEARDED BROWNCOAT COMICS & GAMES in Ocala, FL from 10am-3pm EST
WEST COAST: Steph will be at COLLECTORS CHOICE in Visalia, CA from 10am-1pm PST
Matt will have some specific FCBD deals, STEPH will have some items making their first appearance on the West Coast!
In addition to our personal appearances, so many of our friends and associates will also be at locations across the country. Here’s just a small handful (check with the location/creator for times):
* CHESS&GWEN (Variant cover artists for Heirs of Isildur - The Perilous Prospects Book TWO’s QIDO cover, and the creators of The Bohemian Trials) : They’ll be at DJ’s COLLECTIBLES in Hanford, CA
* GB LEATHERWORKS (our exclusive leatherworking partners): They’ll be at THE COLLECTIVE: A COMIC & GAME COMMUNITY in Altamonte Springs, FL
* MARTIN PIERRO of COSMIC TIMES COMICS: He’ll be in and out, hanging out at PAST PRESENT & FUTURE COMICS in West Palm Beach, FL
* TRAVIS GIBB of ORANGE CONE PRODUCTIONS will be at JETPACK COMICS in ROCHESTER, NH
* DON NGUYEN, CHRISTIE SHINN and a TON of others will be at THE COMIC BUG in Culver City, CA
This is just a SMALL list of the gazillion people we are in contact with that will be out and about this weekend. If you’re at a location that’s not listed above, throw it in the comments!
HOW CAN I KNOW IF MY STORE IS PARTICIPATING IN ‘FCBD’? It’s simple. Go to this STORE LOCATOR, provided by FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, put in your ZIP CODE, and it’ll tell you the stores in your area that are participating!
This sounds AWESOME, but there’s no way I can make it out to see you at one of these events. Can I still get an FCBD deal from you? Sure. If you place an order from our ONLINE STORE today through Sunday May 7th (click here), we’ll automatically include a FREE item in your swagbag, similar to what those in-store are getting.
That’s what we have for today, other than to let you know the following QUICK HIT items:
* MISFITZ CLUBHOUSE: Sharks Dragons & Little Red Wagons is approved at the printers and in the print queue. Woohooo! So, for those of you that backed the KICKSTARTER campaign, we are hopeful to have them shipped out EARLIER than expected deliverable date. We expect to debut it at live appearances at the start of June 2023, once the preorders are fulfilled.
* I AM QIDO (the HEIRS OF ISILDUR spinoff, following QIDO's time prior to coming through the portal) is moving right along. We currently have nearly as pages of art (inks, letters & character designs) done for this as we’ve ever released in a single print issue before (nearly 50 in total). Still a ways to go on this is fictional far east adventure horror (think If Mortal Kombat and Soul Caliber met Mad Max), but we’re super excited over the progress. We expect this graphic novel to be on KS sometime this summer. You can bookmark the campaign HERE now, and we’re hopeful to have some more specks of info on it out soon.
* The SCOUT COMICS campaign for RANGER STRANGER Volume 1 is doing great, but has hit that mid-campaign lull and needs some signal boosts. Can you help ol’ Garland Woodburn out? There will be some new tiers and add-on items soon, so the engine is revving and just about to be launched into full gear for that late campaign surge.
If you haven’t checked it out, you should! The campaign video alone is worth the (less than) 2 minutes of your time! Only 13 days remain! FOLLOW / SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN HERE!
NOTE: RANGER STRANGER is not a #TEAMINSYM campaign/title. We are working on the back end, helping with the project mgmt of it for Scout.. and because it’s a GREAT title!
That’s all for now - hope to see you out and about for FCBD!
Matt & Steph
#TeamINSYM
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