Y’know, we really need more low-pressure holidays, like Arbor Day or Festivus. More celebrations with no trees to decorate, no vegetables to carve and no relatives to avoid.
Maybe that’s why I’m so taken with the concept of Free Comic Book Day, held for the last two years on the first Saturday in May. The name pretty much says it all: Show up at a comic book store and get a free comic, just for being you. How’s that for unconditional love?
OK, OK, maybe it’s not so much a holiday as it is a marketing gimmick. But I take my joy where I can get it.
The first Free Comic Book Day (FCBD, as we’ll call it, because acronyms are fun) was held last year the day after
