Free Comic Book Day Full Line-Up of Comic Books Announced

Fifty comics available during Free Comic Book Day; thirty-eight all new Silver comics announced

This year, Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) features a whole new selection of thirty-eight Silver Sponsors books for the comic book industry’s most anticipated annual event, Free Comic Book Day taking place Saturday, May 7th, 2016 at participating comic book shops worldwide.

Retailers on the FCBD Selection Committee chose 50 titles overall, 12 Gold Sponsor Comics and 38 Silver Sponsor comics to provide fans a wide range of stories to choose from as well as new genres and publishers to discover. Titles from this year’s Silver comics include The Pink Panther, Grumpy Cat (And Pokey!), Strawberry Shortcake, Sanjay and Craig, Assassin’s Creed, March, Spongebob, and more.

“We have an incredible selection of Silver comics for fans for Free Comic Book Day this year, and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate our 15th anniversary of the event than with such a diverse range of titles for readers of all ages,” said FCBD Marketing Director Dan Manser. “Free Comic Book Day is such an important day for celebrating fans and their local comic shops, as well as introducing new readers to comics. Our Silver level supporters have really helped make this year special with such an interesting selection of titles.”

A complete listing of all fifty FCBD titles can be found in the January issue of Diamond’s PREVIEWS catalog, on sale at all comic book shops December 23rd, 2015, and online at www.freecomicbookday.com. For more FCBD news and updates, visit www.freecomicbookday.com and become a fan on Facebook www.facebook.com/freecomicbook and follow on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/freecomicbook or Instagram at freecomicbookday.

Free Comic Book Day 2016: Silver Comics

• ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT | AWAKE #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
• AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY | THE PINK PANTHER FCBD 2016 EDITION
• ARCANA STUDIOS | STAN LEE’S THE UNKNOWNS/HOWARD LOVECRAFT FCBD 2016 EDITION
• ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS | SONIC SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
• ASPEN MLT | WORLDS OF ASPEN FCBD 2016 EDITION
• AUTOMATIC PICTURES | CON MAN’S SPECTRUM #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
• AVATAR | MERCURY HEAT DEBUT
• BENITEZ PRODUCTIONS | LADY MECHANIKA #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION 
• BLACK MASK COMICS | WE CAN NEVER GO HOME/YOUNG TERRORISTS FCBD 2016 EDITION
• CBLDF | HELP THE CBLDF… DEFEND COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION
• DARBY POP | BRUCE LEE: THE DRAGON RISES #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
• DARK HORSE COMICS | DARK HORSE ALL-AGES SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
• DC COMICS | DC COMICS SILVER BOOK—FCBD 2016 EDITION
• DEVIL’S DUE/1FIRST COMICS | DEVIL’S DUE/1FIRST COMICS MIXTAPE FCBD 2016 EDITION
• DRAWN & QUARTERLY | MOONCOP: A TOM GAULD SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
• DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT | GRUMPY CAT (AND POKEY!) SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
• FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS INC. | LOVE AND ROCKETS SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
• FIRST SECOND BOOKS | SCIENCE COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION
• GEMSTONE PUBLISHING | OVERSTREET’S COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE FCBD 2016 EDITION
• GRAPHIC INDIA | GRANT MORRISON’S AVATAREX: DESTROYER OF DARKNESS FCBD 2016 EDITION
• GRAPHIX | GRAPHIX SPOTLIGHT: DREAM JUMPER BOOK ONE: NIGHTMARE ESCAPE FCBD 2016 EDITION
• HERMES PRESS | THE PHANTOM: 80TH ANNIVERARY SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
• IDW PUBLISHING | STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
• IMAGE COMICS | ODDLY NORMAL CHAPTER ONE FCBD 2016 EDITION
• KODANSHA | ATTACK ON TITAN ANTHOLOGY PREVIEW FCBD 2016 EDITION
• LIQUID COMICS | GRANT MORRISON’S “STAN LEE’S SHAKRA THE INCREDIBLE”
• MARVEL | CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
• NEW ENGLAND COMICS | THE TICK SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
• ONI PRESS | JUNIOR BRAVES OF THE APOCALYPSE FCBD 2016 EDITION
• PAPERCUTZ | SANJAY AND CRAIG/HARVEY BEAKS FCBD 2016 EDITION
• REBELLION | 2000 AD SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
• SPACE GOAT | SPACE GOAT PRESENTS: DARK LILY & FRIENDS FCBD 2016 EDITION
• TH3RD WORLD | THE STUFF OF LEGEND PREVIEW FCBD 2016 EDITION
• TITAN COMICS | ASSASSIN’S CREED FCBD 2016 EDITION
• TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS | MARCH TRILOGY SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
• UDON ENTERTAINMENT | STREET FIGHTER V SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
• UNITED PLANKTON PICTURES | SPONGEBOB FREESTYLE FUNNIES FCBD 2016 EDITION
• VIZ MEDIA| VIZ ONE PUNCH MAN/MY HERO ACADEMIA SAMPLER FCBD 2016 EDITION
• Z2 COMICS | Z2 COMICS LAB FCBD 2016 EDITION

Free Comic Book Day 2016: Gold Comics

• ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS | ARCHIE #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
• BONGO COMICS | BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL FCBD 2016 EDITION
• BOOM! STUDIOS | BOOM! STUDIOS SUMMER BLAST FCBD 2016 EDITION
• DARK HORSE COMICS | DARK HORSE SERENITY/HELLBOY/ALIENS FCBD 2016 EDITION
• DC COMICS | DC COMICS GOLD BOOK—FCBD 2016 EDITION
• DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT | BOB’S BURGERS FCBD 2016 EDITION
• IDW PUBLISHING | ROM: SPACE KNIGHT #0 FCBD 2016 EDITION
• IMAGE COMICS | CAMP MIDNIGHT FCBD 2016 EDITION
• MARVEL COMICS | AVENGERS #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION
• TITAN COMICS | DOCTOR WHO: FOUR DOCTORS SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
• VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT | VALIANT 4001 A.D. SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION
• VIZ MEDIA/ PERFECT SQUARE | PERFECT SQUARE PRESENTS: POKÉMON POCKET COMICS FCBD 2016 EDITION