47 comics available during Free Comic Book Day; 35 all-new Silver Sponsor comics announced
(Hunt Valley, MD) — (December 19, 2019) – Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) 2020 features an amazing selection of comic book titles for the industry’s most anticipated annual event which will take place Saturday, May 2, 2020 at participating comic book shops worldwide.
A committee made up of comic shop retailers chose fourty-seven titles overall to be available on Free Comic Book Day: twelve Gold Sponsor comics and thirty-five Silver Sponsor comics that give fans a great opportunity to discover new titles and genres. There will also be two educational support titles from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Gemstone Publishing. This year’s announcement of Silver Sponsor comics includes such great titles as Stranger Things & Minecraft, Mean Girls: Senior Year, Spider-Man/ Venom, Disney Masters: Donald Duck, Blade Runner, Naurto/ Samurai 8, and more.
“Every year, our goal is to bring fans the very best Free Comic Book Day experience,” said Joe Field, originator of FCBD, and owner of Flying Colors Comics in Concord, CA. “The caliber, strength and depth of this year’s comic book titles is really something to be thrilled about! With such a wide variety of stories in 2020 FCBD titles, every long-time fan and every new shop visitor curious about comics is going to find something exciting. Comic book specialty retailers all over the world are excited to treat everyone to an incredible day of fun, discovery, and learning about comic books and comic book shops.”
A complete listing of all fourty-seven FCBD titles, including the twelve Gold Sponsor and thirty-five Silver Sponsor comic books, can be found in the January issue of Diamond Comic Distributors’ PREVIEWS catalog, on sale at comic book shops on January 1, 2020. They can also be viewed online right now at www.freecomicbookday.com.
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FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2020: GOLD COMICS
Archie Comics | ARCHIE BLUE RIBBON PRESENTS
BOOM! Studios | POWER RANGERD FCBD 2020 SPECIAL
Dark Horse Comics | NORSE MYTHOLOGY/ CRITICAL ROLE
DC Comics | DC COMICS TOP SECRET GOLD BOOK
IDW Publishing | MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC
Image Comics | FIREPOWER #1 – ROBERT KIRKMAN & CHRIS SAMNEE
Macmillan/ First Second Books| INVESTIGATORS: TAKE THE PLUNGE SNEAK PEEK
Marvel Comics | X-MEN
Random House Children’s Books | ONLY A MATTER OF SPACE TIME
Ten Speed Press | JACK KIRBY: THE EPIC LIFE OF THE KING OF COMICS
Valiant Entertainment | VALIANT 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
VIZ Media | THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS / SPLATOON: SQUID KIDS COMEDY SHOW
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2020: SILVER COMICS
AfterShock Comics | DARK ARK: INSTINCT
Albatross Funnybooks | HILLBILLY: THE LIZARD OF RUSTY CREEK CAVE
Artists, Writers & Artisans | THE RESISTANCE
Benitez Productions | LADY MECHANIKA
BOOM! Studios | LUMBERJANES: FAREWELL TO SUMMER
Chapterhouse Publishing | CAPTAIN CANUCK BEYOND AND CAPTAIN BATTLE
Dark Horse Comics | STRANGER THINGS/ MINECRAFT
DC Comics | DC TOP SECRET SILVER TITLE
Drawn & Quarterly | LITTLE LULU: NO BOYS ALLOWED
Drawn & Quarterly | MANHWA: CONTEMPORARY KOREAN COMICS
Dynamite Entertainment | THE BOYS #1
Fantagraphics Books | DISNEY MASTERS: DONALD DUCK
Golden Apple Books | RICHARD FAIRGRAY’S MONSTER SHOWCASE
Graphix | DONUT THE DESTROYER
Graphix | OWLY: THE WAY HOME
Humanoids | ENTER THE INCAL
IDW Publishing | USAGI YOJIMBO
Image Comics | INVINCIBLE #1
Insight Comics | MEAN GIRLS: SENIOR YEAR
Kodansha Comics| SUE AND TAI-CHAN PREVIEW
Marvel Comics | SPIDER-MAN/ VENOM
New England Comics | THE TICK
Oni Press | SUPER MERCADO MIX TAPE
Papercutz | ASTERIX
Papercutz | THE LOUD HOUSE FCBD 2020 SPECIAL
Penguin Workshop | ZOO PATROL SQUAD: KINGDOM CAPER
Rebellion | BEST OF 2000 AD ISSUE #0
RH Graphic | STEPPING STONES/ MAX & THE MIDKNIGHTS
Titan Comics | BLADE RUNNER 2019
Titan Comics | HORIZON ZERO DAWN #0
TOKYOPOP | BIBI & MIYU/ THE FOX & THE LITTLE TANUKI
UDON Entertainment | STREET FIGHTER #100: RYU VS. CHUN-LI
Vault Comics | BRANDON SANDERSON’S DARK ONE #1
VIZ Media | NARUTO/ SAMURAI 8
Yen Press| THE WEIRN BOOKS
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TITLES
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund | CBLDF & BOOM! DEFEND COMICS
Gemstone Publishing | THE OVERSTREET GUIDE TO COLLECTING – FCBD 2020