May 3, 2007 2 min read

Well, it’s official: spring is here at last! The flowers are blooming, the bees are buzzing, the leaves are unfurling, and Free Comic Book Day is just around the corner….

That’s right, it’s this Saturday, May 5, 2007. Don’t miss out, it’s the best yet! We’ll be giving away an amazing selection of great comics this year. Of special note is Lynda Barry’s contribution, Activity Book. It is not the selection of greatest hits from her earlier work that we expected, but is, rather, a boldly original work that takes her — and comics — into new territory as she elevates her status from artist to philosopher sage. An excerpt from a projected forthcoming book length work, What It Is, slated to be published in the spring of 2008 (a long wait we know), Activity Book gives its readers — which could (and should!) be you — the chance to actualize a new, better, freer and more self-aware self… through comics! “How?” you ask. Well, I guess the only way to find out is to pick up this comic on Saturday. And don’t forget, it’s free!

Get a sneak peek at a few of the freebies here: here!

And while you’re here for Free Comic Book Day — and, of course, even if you can’t (sob) make it — you’ll want to check out all the great new work that has freshly sprouted on our shelves. Visit our website!