Feb

9

Free Comic Book Day

Filed Under Comics Artists, My Comics | 8 Comments

My adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”, appearing in Graphic Classics 2008 Special Edition, will be part of Free Comic Book Day on May 3, 2008. Basically, this comic book, along with other selected comics, will be free on the first Saturday of May, in all participating comic book stores all over the world. You can get your copy, if you’re early enough, at Robinson’s Galleria branch of Comic Odyssey.

Store owner Sandy Sansolis promises to order a lot of copies of this Graphic Classic book, and I’ll be there to sign copies for everyone who will get it. Since Edgar Tadeo lives on one of the dark shady corners on the 3rd floor of Robinson’s Galleria, I’m sure he’ll be there too.

This is the first time I’ll be participating actively in FCBD, and I think all this is a great idea to promote not only comics but reading as well.

This the second full cover for a comic book I’ve done that’s published abroad, meaning a cover I both pencilled and inked. The first cover was for Ochlocrat #1 back in 2002. This time around, not only did I pencil and ink it, I also did the colors, which is really quite a thrill!

Comments

8 Responses to “Free Comic Book Day”

  1. Ed on February 9th, 2008 11:33 am

    Bulabugin kita sa FCBD. Mwahahaha! >:) So, may bayad na magpapa-sketch sa yo? :P

  2. Reno on February 9th, 2008 6:43 pm

    Will be at Comic Odyssey on FCBD too! These are the kinds of comics I like to see more of during that day, because the mainstream books get enough attention as it is.

    Pero may Edgar Allan Poe pa rin na book na lalabas or exclusive ito for FCBD?

  3. Jerome Dizon on February 10th, 2008 4:45 am

    Yehey! Thanks for the heads up Gerry, meron din dito sa Sydney ng FCBD sa Books Kinokuniya(tounge twister ano heheheheh)
    Lagay ko na sa diary ko yang date na yan

  4. Miko on February 10th, 2008 10:12 am

    May 3? A long wait but I’ll be marking it on my calendar :D

  5. Free Comic Book Day News ( Philippines ) « Komiks News Now Philippines on February 10th, 2008 7:01 pm

    [...] from Gerry Alanguilan’s  blog post about the Free Comic Book Day event on May 3, 2007, the Graphic Classic comics [...]

  6. Aarona on February 10th, 2008 10:04 pm

    Olrayt! Pupuntahan ko yan! Mabuti na lang at may ganito din pala sa bansa natin! :)

  7. Gio Paredes on February 11th, 2008 3:55 pm

    Last year hindi ako nakapunta. :-(
    This year I will definitely come. :-)

  8. christian on February 11th, 2008 6:54 pm

    Sweeeet! Ngayon ko lang nabalitaan ang FCBD sa Pinas pero sa CCHQ dati, nakakuha ako ng libreng comics kahit tapos na FCBD.