Free Comic Day Was A Waste Of Time

I got up early this morning to make it to my local Bedrock City Comics for Free Comic Day. I think this is actually the first comic day I've ever gone to. Last time I was in the comic store they said there would be a line so I wanted to be there when it opened at 10am. They were right. There was a line. It took me and my friend about 40 minutes to get in an out of the store.

What pissed me off was that there was a 4 comic limit. You could only get 4 comics. What a rip. I stood in line for FOUR comics for 40 minutes? I just assumed (dumb me), that I would be able to get one copy of each free comic. But alas, that's what I get for assuming. If I had known about the limit, I wouldn't even have bothered to go. After looking around the net a bit after getting home, it looks like how many comics you can get is dictated by each comic store. So while some offer even less, others offer a lot more, so next time I will definitely call around to see what each store is offering.

If all of the stores in my city have the same limit, I will not participate in the Free Day ever again. So these are the free comics I got, along with a free Thor heroclix figure:

Also picked up Earth 2 #1 from DC and the first volume of Daredevil Marvel Essentials. These were definitely not free.

All in all, going to that comic shop was a big waste of time.

Oh yeah, me and my friend were talking in the line right at the point of getting to the comics, and this woman and her punk son suddenly appear in front of us. She said "I feel awkward about cutting here, but we have to be somewhere in 10 minutes, so....". Funny thing is we were so engaged in looking at stuff waiting in line that we wouldn't even have noticed them cutting IF they hadn't said anything. But we were so close by then, I didn't even care. Funny thing is you had to wait to leave AFTER you got your free comics and check out just as if you were buying them, so they ended up leaving without getting any comics. Idiots. I thought that was pretty stupid too. You had to wait in line to GET the free comics and THEN you had to wait in line to LEAVE with your comics??? WHAT A WASTE OF TIME.

I think this was my first and last free comic book day.  And it has also reminded me of why I could care less if physical comic stores cease to exist. They waste my time.

The New 52 Early Losers

Well, it looks like we already have some early losers in the New 52. Went to my local comic store today and all the New 52 comics were gone except for these four titles: Static Shock, Men at War, Omac, and Hawk and Dove. I wouldn't be surprised if these are the first to get cancelled.

Men at War looks like a comic book based on Call of Duty and the colors in the book make you wonder "What Can Brown Do For Me?" It just looked a little too drab and boring.

Static Shock seems to be a blatant attempt to bring in  African American readers, and I have no fault with that, but can we at least have a COOL African American hero?

Hawk and Dove are two of the most boring characters in the DC Universe, although I did purchase this one digitally, so I'll have to post a review later.

As for Omac, it looked kinda interesting but Keith Giffen and Scott Koblish are so slavishly imitating Jack Kirby that I don't see how anything new can be done with that book. Homage is one thing, but flat-out imitation is dull.

I was really surprised that there were no copies of Bat Wing at the store since it looked just as dumb as Static Shock, but I guess that shows the power of the word "Bat" in the DC Universe. I want a Bat-Mite comic!!

I wouldn't be shocked if all four of these books were dead within the next couple of months, and I bet Bat Wing will join their ranks as well.

The Onion News Network Reports on Green Lantern

The Onion, with its trademark brilliance, reports on US excitement over the release of Green Lantern. Among other things, they quote Ryan Reynolds as saying "I've been a Green Lantern fan ever since I was told I would be starring in a movie based on Green Lantern."


'Green Lantern' To Fulfill America's Wish To See Lantern-Based Characters On Big Screen