Fantastic Forum

For decades, comic books have been part of the American counter-culture. Does the success of recent Hollywood movies such as The Avengers, Spider Man and The Dark Knight mean that comics have finally gone mainstream?

Free Comic Book Day is the annual industry event during which comics publishers make special titles available to the public free of charge.

I’ve been in full geek mode for the past several days with the opening of Marvel’s THE AVENGERS movie followed by Free Comic Book Day 2012. Billie Rae Bates and I visited Cards, Comics & Collectibles in Reisterstown, Maryland. Owner, Marc Nathan, pulled out the stops for the annual industry wide promotion. In attendance to […]