Batman Likes It Deep Dish
And after a day of monkeys, the blog descends into a public service announcement…
If you’re a dork like me, you know that today is new comic book day. You’ve probably stopped by your local shop, picked up your pull list and read the latest issue of “Infinite Crisis” while eating your tasty good sandwich at lunch.
Comics are a good thing. Good, fine All-American entertainment. I don’t proselytize about comics to people who don’t care. There’s no point. Comics are great—but if you’re not open minded about the art form, you’re not going to consider them, no matter how terrific I tell you Geoff Johns can write or Rags Morales can draw.
But if you are open minded and not currently a card carrying comic book dork, then this Saturday is the perfect time to do something about that. May 6 is Free Comic Book Day.
Not “free with purchase.” Or “free if you know the secret password.” Or “free if you tell your local comic book retailer in the right light he looks just like Bruce Wayne.”
No. I mean free. You go into a comic book store, and you get free comics. Simple as that. Bring the kids! Go to FreeComicBookDay.com
to find out what comics are being given out for free (yes! They’re really free!) and to find out the location of your nearest comics monger.
And mention this blog when you go in for your free comics and get a free slice of pie!
Okay, I’m lying about that part. The comics are free but there’s no pie. If I sold periodicals, I wouldn’t want you browsing with your grubby little pie hands either.
But think of all the pie you could buy with the money you save on comics. Apple pie, rhubarb pie…heck, get some shepherd’s pie and make a meal out of it. You could feed a family of four with the money you save on comics! Not only will you be getting something fun to read, but you’ll be helping the economy.
Comic books. If you don’t read them, the terrorists get all the pie.
Final thought of the day: Always, always match your pie to your comic. Pumpkin is appropriate for “JSA,” while blueberry goes well with “Avengers.”
Happy Wednesday.
posted by Lois Lane @ 2:23 PM
5 comments
5 Comments:
Ya got me all teared up....
If you're teared up, think how all the local pie merchants will feel...
It seems to me that the more free comics we procure, the more money we can save and therefore pump into the economy. Given its current sorry state, I would dare say that every American has not just a right to free comics, but a civic duty to free comics.
If we do not vacuum up as many free comics as possible, the terrorists will have won. And it is your lack of love for Batman that will have put them over the top.
-- Lamont Cranston
Oh, bloody hell. That'll teach me to start typing without reading all the way to the end. Then again, I'm still waiting to find out who "Rosebud" was.
-- Lamont Cranston
Rosebud was Luke's father.
(And hurrah for FCBD! And also for pie.)
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