Free Comic Book Day at Fully Booked

Last May 23 was Free Comic Book Day at Fully Booked. On this day, all branches of Fully Booked gave away free comics to anyone who came to their stores.

Free Comic Book Day is a promotional effort to encourage readers to patronize new titles and encourage "newbies" into the joys of comic book reading and collecting. This is an annual event in the US and Canada which is scheduled during the first Saturday of May. It is often tied to the release of a major film adaptation of a well known superhero franchise such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine this year or the upcoming release of Iron Man II on May 7 next year.

As early as 6:30 AM, there were already people lined up and waited in front of Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street branch. By the time I arrived, around 10 AM, there was a long line already stretching from the bookstore all the way to the car park. Kids, their parents, and adult comic book fans waited in line in the heat to get their free comic. It took me almost an hour before I could even get in and pick a comic that I wanted. There were so many titles to choose from that I wished I could pick up more than one title. Some of the titles they had included, Shonen Jump English, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons and a Wolverine Origins comic. I personally ended up choosing an Avengers comic.

As part of the Free Comic Day celebrations, Fully Booked also gave 20 % discounts on graphic novels. Fully Booked has one of the larget collections of up to date graphic novels and English mangas in the country, so imagine the delight of some of the customers that were taking advantage of the discount. Not to mention that some of their titles were already around 600 or 700 pesos even before the discount.

They also arranged for a film viewing in the the min-theater as part of the event. The movie shown was Batman: Gotham Knightwhich is a collection of short animated films set in between the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

For more information regarding on what Free Comic Book Day is, can be seen HERE.