FCBD11withdate.jpgMedia Release -- From cool kids comics to the greatest super-hero fare, from classic reprints to the latest stories, it's a wide spectrum of comic books offered in the Gold and Silver comic books available for Free Comic Book Day 2011!

The Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) Committee is pleased to announce the Gold and Silver Sponsors and their comic books for FCBD 2011, which will be held Saturday, May 7, 2011. Complete descriptions of all thirty-seven FCBD titles can be found online now at www.freecomicbookday.com, and in the January issue of Diamond Comic Distributors' PREVIEWS catalog, on sale in comic book shops on December 29th, 2010.

Selected by retailers who serve on the FCBD Committee, this year's roster of Gold and Silver Sponsors and their books include a comic book for everyone's tastes:

Gold Comic Books

Ape Entertainment: KIZOIC PRESENTS: KUNG FU PANDA/RICHIE RICH FLIP BOOK
Archaia Entertainment: DARK CRYSTAL/MOUSE GUARD FLIP BOOK
Archie Comics: BETTY & VERONICA
BOOM! Studios: DARKWING DUCK/RESCUE RANGERS FLIP BOOK
Dark Horse Comics: AVATAR: LAST AIRBENDER/STAR WARS: CLONE WARS FLIP BOOK
DC Comics: A SPECIAL TOP-SECRET PROJECT!
IDW Publishing: LOCKE & KEY
Image Comics: ROBERT KIRKMAN KID-FRIENDLY TITLE
Marvel Comics: SPIDER-MAN
Papercutz: GERONIMO STILTON & THE SMURFS FLIP BOOK

Silver Comic Books

Archie Comics: Sonic the Hedgehog
Aspen: WORLDS OF ASPEN 2011
Bluewater: THE MISADVENTURES OF ADAM WEST
Bongo Comics: BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL! 2011
Boom! Studios: ELRIC: THE BALANCE LOST
Dark Horse Comics: BALTIMORE/CRIMINAL MACABRE FLIP-BOOK
DC Comics: YOUNG JUSTICE/BATMAN: THE BRAVE & THE BOLD SUPER SAMPLER
Drawn + Quarterly: JOHN STANLEY'S SUMMER FUN
Fantagraphics: Walt DISNEY'S MICKEY MOUSE
Gemstone Publishing: OVERSTREET GUIDE TO COLLECTING COMICS 2011
History Graphics Press: CIVIL WAR ADVENTURE
Image Comics: ARTIFACTS #½
Liquid Comics: THE SILVER SCORPION
Marvel Comics: THOR & CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE MIGHTY AVENGERS
New England Comics: THE TICK FCBD
Oni Press: SPONTANEOUS #1
Oni Press: RATED FREE FOR EVERYONE
Radical Publishing: JAKE THE DREAMING
Rebellion/2000 AD: 2000 AD
Red 5 Comics: ATOMIC ROBO AND FRIENDS 2011
Th3rd World Studios: THE INTREPID ESCAPEGOAT/STUFF OF LEGEND PREVIEW
Top Shelf: TOP SHELF KIDS' CLUB
12-Gauge Comics: I.C.E.
Viper Comics: INSPECTOR GADGET
Wizards of the Coast: MAGIC: THE GATHERING COMIC BOOK
Yen Press/Hachette: JAMES PATTERSON'S WITCH & WIZARD
Zenescope: DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S TOP 10 DEADLIEST SHARKS/ANIMAL PLANET'S PREHISTORIC PREDATORS

ADDITIONAL ITEMS

Wizkids: DC Heroclix: GREEN LANTERN FIGURE

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