Free Comic Book Day

<p>Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is an annual <a href="/facts/Promotion_(marketing)/KFf2YwsC">promotional</a> effort by the <a href="/facts/North_America/djNjCQIl">North American</a> <a href="/facts/American_comic_book/RA0DTh5F">comic book</a> industry to attract new readers to independent <a href="/facts/Direct_market/7U6sFad4">comic book stores</a>. It usually takes place on the first Saturday of May and has historically been cross-promoted with the release of a <a href="/facts/Superhero_film/MdNcezht">superhero film</a>. Over two thousand participating stores give away millions of comic books annually. The event was proposed by Joe Field in the August 2001 issue of <i><a href="/facts/Comics_%2526_Games_Retailer/cNSA7L90">Comics & Games Retailer</a></i> magazine and Free Comic Book Day was launched in 2002, coordinated by the industry's single large distributor, <a href="/facts/Diamond_Comic_Distributors/8LlFNbDP">Diamond Comic Distributors</a>. FCBD has become an official Children's Book Week event and has inspired similar events for <a href="/facts/German_comics/RKyFj8zA">German-</a> and <a href="/facts/Dutch_comics/TwQmKwR2">Dutch-language comics</a> industries. The twenty-third edition of FCBD was held on May 3, 2025.
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Free Comic Book Day