Baby Got Books

Free Comic Book Day & Buy Indie Day

Hey! Don’t forget that tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day. Your local comic book vendor, if they’re worth their salt, will be dispensing free comic books all day long. Woot! – as the kids say. A complete listing of what’s available can be found here.

Atlantans, this means you need to get over to Criminal Records with a quickness. As usual, they have a full slate of free activities lined up, in addition to the free stuff. Here’s the haps (via Criminal):

1 pm Nathan Edmondson – Writer for the upcoming comic Olympus will be discussing mythology in comic books.
2 pm Jason Flowers – Featured artist in Arcana’s Velvet Rope and artist of the upcoming comic Ripped will be speaking about his first experience getting published and about his upcoming comic.
2:30 pm Angela Pratt – Will be talking about and signing people up for a new comic creator’s network, the Atlanta Cartoonists Group.
3 pm Nathan Edmondson – Writer of the upcoming comic Olympus will be discussing how to get into comics.
6 pm Sass Parilla the Singing Gorilla – Do you really need a description? I think the name says it all. A singing gorilla, what more do you need? Yes, he has his own comic.

My daughter and I will be there waiting for the doors to open.

And today! is International Buy Indie Day. What you need to do: “On May 1, 2009, please buy one book — paperback, hardcover, audiobook — at an independent bookstore near you.” That’s it. Govern yourself accordingly.

Update: Wanda just sent a note that her Free Book Stimulus Plan for indie book sellers will send you two (2) free books with a May 1 receipt. Get shopping!