FCBD 2010

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:59 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:When is the cut off date for ordering?

I think just a couple of days left.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:03 pm

dcbs is usually the 4th

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:54 am

Most of the Gold Sponsor/FCBD comics have preview pages posted on the site already:

http://www.freecomicbookday.com/comics.asp

All that's left are the Marvel and Dark Horse books.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 12:34 pm

Whats the difference between Gold and Silver ones?

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 1:17 pm

ian_house wrote:Whats the difference between Gold and Silver ones?

I think that gold sponsor refers to the well recognized characters who will draw in the most interest. Silver would be the lesser recognized.

dave · Post by **dave** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:03 pm

StarBrand wrote:142 days to go, but who's counting?

tick tick tick

Help me out here Greg, before I do the math and embarrass myself again...

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:53 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
ian_house wrote:Whats the difference between Gold and Silver ones?
I think that gold sponsor refers to the well recognized characters who will draw in the most interest. Silver would be the lesser recognized.

I should know, but I don't remember. This isn't it, though.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:19 pm

JCVaughn wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
ian_house wrote:Whats the difference between Gold and Silver ones?
I think that gold sponsor refers to the well recognized characters who will draw in the most interest. Silver would be the lesser recognized.
I should know, but I don't remember. This isn't it, though.

Hmm.. wish you could remember, cause I can't think of anything else off hand.

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Mon Mar 01, 2010 11:31 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
JCVaughn wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
ian_house wrote:Whats the difference between Gold and Silver ones?
I think that gold sponsor refers to the well recognized characters who will draw in the most interest. Silver would be the lesser recognized.
I should know, but I don't remember. This isn't it, though.
Hmm.. wish you could remember, cause I can't think of anything else off hand.

Well, the official answer is this:
"Free Comic Book Day is administered by a panel representing all parts of the comic book industry: retailers, publishers, suppliers, and Diamond Comic Distributors. Each year, publishers apply to provide comic books at cost to retailers, who in turn give them away for free. Diamond handles marketing and logistics for the event, shipping comics to shops and handling marketing and PR for the event."

Even as Diamond's sister company, my company (Gemstone) has to apply. We were one previously with the Disney's, and then we weren't. My understanding is the committee picks Gold Level with a combination of factors, including trying to have at least some kid-friendly material.

Since several publishers (Marvel, DC, Archie...) do more than one book, I think it's safe to presume that you can only have one in the Gold category.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:32 am

Thanks.

FCBD annoys me a bit... as I'm gunna have to buy them on eBay!

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:16 pm

The preview is up!!!

http://www.freecomicbookday.com/comic_solar.asp

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:24 pm

vikingspawn wrote:The preview is up!!!

http://www.freecomicbookday.com/comic_solar.asp

Cool!

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:31 pm

Brief but interesting.

Pretty hard to read in that quality too.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:34 pm

Looks interesting from what I can see. Can't wait!

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:38 pm

In the credits, they listed Wes Dzioba on colors for the Magnus side of the book. His coloring work on comics look pretty awesome.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 3:30 pm

Me likey.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:05 pm

I want more!

vikingspawn · Post by **vikingspawn** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:28 pm

Solar has a bunch of hexagons all over his suit in the big cover pic...

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 5:40 pm

FCBD wrote:Think . . . My heart has . . . stopped . . .

So this Solar still has human organs unlike the Valiant Solar. Interesting to see where this goes.

tmcneil82 · Post by **tmcneil82** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 7:49 pm

Oh noes! Please tell me thats not the chick from Wildcats on the ground..... is this a DK/Image crossover event? Is this going to be Deathmate United???

Im jk, that is a terrible preview. I really hope the art in the book is much much better

MoonChild · Post by **MoonChild** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:36 pm

ok im too lazy to do homework, is this going to be B/W? No Color Interior?

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:46 pm

tmcneil82 wrote: Im jk, that is a terrible preview. I really hope the art in the book is much much better

I kind of agree. This preview doesn't get me excited. I was more excited NOT seeing anything. Of course they aren't going to give much away in a preview, but the art is just "OK". I'm sure the color will help it a lot. Maybe the regular series is by a different artist and this guy is only on the FCBD edition?

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:59 am

Crow331 wrote:
tmcneil82 wrote: Im jk, that is a terrible preview. I really hope the art in the book is much much better
I kind of agree. This preview doesn't get me excited. I was more excited NOT seeing anything. Of course they aren't going to give much away in a preview, but the art is just "OK". I'm sure the color will help it a lot. Maybe the regular series is by a different artist and this guy is only on the FCBD edition?

I'm definitely not excited by the low res reproduction.

I am excited the fact that the issue and these characters' return is getting closer.

Denis Callero's art, in my opinion, has always been in the finish. I picked up the mini-series he did for Platinum called UNIQUE and it was very cool stuff. It will look a lot different in color.

It's sort of like looking at Greg Land's stuff in pencil form. It's hard to tell how it gets to the finished product I love so much. Pretty underwhelming at that point.

tmcneil82 · Post by **tmcneil82** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 6:56 am

JCVaughn wrote:
Crow331 wrote:
tmcneil82 wrote: Im jk, that is a terrible preview. I really hope the art in the book is much much better
I kind of agree. This preview doesn't get me excited. I was more excited NOT seeing anything. Of course they aren't going to give much away in a preview, but the art is just "OK". I'm sure the color will help it a lot. Maybe the regular series is by a different artist and this guy is only on the FCBD edition?
I'm definitely not excited by the low res reproduction.

I am excited the fact that the issue and these characters' return is getting closer.

Denis Callero's art, in my opinion, has always been in the finish. I picked up the mini-series he did for Platinum called UNIQUE and it was very cool stuff. It will look a lot different in color.

It's sort of like looking at Greg Land's stuff in pencil form. It's hard to tell how it gets to the finished product I love so much. Pretty underwhelming at that point.

Good to know. As it stands, it looks like it took them about 4 minutes to crank out the pencils for the whole book.

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:12 am

tmcneil82 wrote:
JCVaughn wrote:
Crow331 wrote:
tmcneil82 wrote: Im jk, that is a terrible preview. I really hope the art in the book is much much better
I kind of agree. This preview doesn't get me excited. I was more excited NOT seeing anything. Of course they aren't going to give much away in a preview, but the art is just "OK". I'm sure the color will help it a lot. Maybe the regular series is by a different artist and this guy is only on the FCBD edition?
I'm definitely not excited by the low res reproduction.

I am excited the fact that the issue and these characters' return is getting closer.

Denis Callero's art, in my opinion, has always been in the finish. I picked up the mini-series he did for Platinum called UNIQUE and it was very cool stuff. It will look a lot different in color.

It's sort of like looking at Greg Land's stuff in pencil form. It's hard to tell how it gets to the finished product I love so much. Pretty underwhelming at that point.

Good to know. As it stands, it looks like it took them about 4 minutes to crank out the pencils for the whole book.

Harsh.