Free Comic Book Day!

I've always missed "Free Comic Book Day" since it was started in 2002. Well, this year, Parker and I as going! What is Free Comic Book Day? According to the web site: "Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores." It's really a way to introduce comics to a new generation, like Parker, and reintroduce them to old fans, like me. Parker loves Spider-man. We're not really sure how or why. When I got back from New Orleans last year, he could pick out Spider-man in Kohls and now he goes around webbing people and singing the 1960s Spider-man cartoon theme song. Ok, I'm to blame for the theme song, I admit it. He's been begging to watch my Spider-man DVDs. We tell him he can't because they're for "Big boys." That's just backfired on us. Whenever he accomplishes something and we tell him how big he is, he says "I watch Spider-man now?!"

So, Free Comic Book Day, May 3rd, 2008. Be there. Parker and I will be going to Vintage Phoenix Comics in Bloomington. You can find a participating comic shop near you by clicking here.