{"id":8431,"date":"2018-05-01T20:46:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T20:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=8431"},"modified":"2018-05-01T20:46:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T20:46:56","slug":"what-is-free-comic-book-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=8431","title":{"rendered":"What is Free Comic Book Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBDKID4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8435\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBDKID4.jpg\" alt=\"FCBDKID4\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBDKID4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBDKID4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/COMICDAYlogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8432\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/COMICDAYlogo-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"COMICDAYlogo\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/COMICDAYlogo-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/COMICDAYlogo.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>Free Comic Book Day is an annual event founded on the belief that for every person out there, there\u2019s a comic book that they\u2019ll love. Every first Saturday in May, the industry comes together to give away free comics and encourage fans, both old and new, to flock to the best place in the comic book community: local comic shops.<\/p>\n<p>These are the hubs of our community, where fans can come together and discover new comics, make lifelong friends, and find a sense of commonality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBDFAN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8434\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBDFAN-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"FCBDFAN\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBDFAN-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBDFAN.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/a>Fans also love dressing up in costume for Free Comic Book Day, showing off their favorite series. Many stores throw their own events, bringing in cosplayers, local comic book creators, and partner with local businesses to make Free Comic Book Day one of the best family events throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Participating stores for Free Comic Book Day 2018 can be found by using the official store locator at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freecomicbookday.com\/StoreLocator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.freecomicbookday.com\/StoreLocator<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBD27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8433\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBD27.jpg\" alt=\"FCBD27\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBD27.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBD27-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBD27-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/FCBD27-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Comic Book Day is an annual event founded on the belief that for every person out there, there\u2019s a comic book that they\u2019ll love. Every first Saturday in May, the industry comes together to give away free comics and encourage fans, both old and new, to flock to the best place in the comic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8436,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8431\/revisions\/8436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}