2016 Free Comic Book Day Full Line-Up of Comic Books Announced

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 7^th, 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 15^th 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 23^rd, 2015, and online at www.freecomicbookday.com. 

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

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

MARVEL| CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 FCBD 2016 EDITION

NEW ENGLAND COMICS| THE TICK SPECIAL FCBD 2016 EDITION

NOBROW PRESS| HILDA/FANTASY SPORTS PREVIEWS 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