Yep, you heard that right – free, downloadable eComics for your reading and viewing pleasure, from the good folks at DriveThroughComics. Today, they’re giving out Erstwhile:
Erstwhile brings you the often overlooked gems in the collections of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm; tales that despite their quality are often ignored or unknown. Contained within this collection are a series of lesser known short tales.
The webpage has a preview that you can click on to see a full size page or three of the artwork inside the comic. Great stuff. Keep checking back with them through the 13th for more free daily comics.
Don’t forget about your favorite national holiday tomorrow. No, it isn’t Flag Day (why do you like that so much?). Saturday May 1st is Free Comic Book Day, a special time where comic book fans and fans of free stuff can come together to celebrate their shared interest, if only for one magical moment.
Each participating company publishes their own book(s) specifically for Free Comic Book Day, and while many are important new stories or samplers (such as last year’s Blackest Night #0), a few this year are reprints of popular books that are literally bribing you for your interest. For a full list of the comics and a handy participating store locator, check out <a href=”http://www.freecomicbookday.com”>www.freecomicbookday.com</a>. (Yes, there’s a Lady Gaga comic. No, the comic industry does not have any shame.) The event is great advertising for shops, so many will have sales and creators present to share in this most holy day.
Of course, Free Comic Book Day is just that; Free Comic Book DAY. So while you may be inclined to stroll into your local shop on May 12th and expect a hand-out, don’t be surprised if the Jedi Knight behind the counter pushes up his glasses and snorts in amusement at your misguided antics. Despite the delicious misnomer “Free”, FCBD books actually cost retailers as much as $0.40 each (plus shipping), which is why they don’t order infinite copies, and thus usually impose strict limits on how much you can pilfer. In fact, you may just want to bag and board these little treasures. Who knows? Maybe next year your Sonic The Hedgehog FCBD book will be going for a sweet $0.75 on the back issue market. In this economy, that’s too much to ignore.
You know what a comic is, right? Images, words, etc. It’s fairly easy to get these comics online, especially if you’re a publisher. So, every Friday, we’re going to bring you a bunch of free issues that you can download or read online, legal and easy, right from the publishers’ own sites, blogs and popular series.
If you’re a comics creator, feel free to hit us with your own work and we’ll get it out to all our rabid fans. All three of them! Hah. So, here’s your first Free Comic Friday. This week? We’re focusing on Image and Vertigo books: Read the full story
Sweet googly moogly, there is no better time to be a comics fan. There are just tons of online ways to waste time, this current site among them. We’re here to point you to the best of the best, and I suppose we need to start with the big guys. Consider this, then, Episode 1 of a new weekly feature: Slacking at Work, in which we show you some prime examples of great comic work that you can minimize when the boss comes in.
So, Marvel steps in and shoots us some videos. Full on episodes, as in the case of Super Hero Squad and The Astonishing X-Men motion comic. Embed and links below:
http://superherosquad.marvel.com/videos/ – Yeah, we know it’s really about selling toys and teaching them to love comics, but is that so wrong? This one won’t let us embed, but here’s a link and a screenshot:
The Motion Comics Hub – Here’s an embed of the first episode of Astonishing X-Men: Gifted, originally the first part of Joss Whedon’s run on the book, and now a major motion comic.
