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W E L C O M E...................TO IMAGE COLLECTIONS 2012 Free Comic Book Day Page...
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“Right -UPDATE having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve
--UPDATE #01: What is Free Comic Book Day? ... --UPDATE #02: Will YOU be @ FCBD??... --UPDATE #02.5: What's FCBD @ Image.C?? ....-UPDATE #03: ... --UPDATE #04: ... --UPDATE #05: ..--UPDATE #06....--UPDATE #07...--UPDATE #08: Avengers ACTION! ... --UPDATE #09: Get PRIMEd @ FCBD! ..--UPDATE #10 STAR WARned: Brace Yourself! .... --UPDATE #11
----------2012 FCBDay UPDATE #01.....WHAT is Free Comic Book Day?
Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) is an annual promotional effort to help bring new readers and creators into the exciting world of SEQUENTIAL ART....It occurs the FIRST SAT OF MAY every year...
......in 2012 terms, that's SAT MAY 5th :o]....
...........HELP US SPREAD THE WORD about FREE COMIC BOOK DAY......
“I told two friends about......
...and THEY told two friends,...
….and SO ON, and SO on, and so on.... "
-------From A Catchy 1980'S SHAMPOO COMMERCIAL
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---------2012 FCBDay UPDATE #02.5.....What is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY @ IMAGE COLLECTIONS?.... ....................................................................................................
THE SHORT.............
For over 10 years, We have made this day EXTRA-SPECIAL by offering even MORE out of a day already PACKED with reasons to get pumped about COMICS, a truely spectacular medium for telling the tales everyone wants to read....
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..Image Collections FREE COMIC BOOK DAY Event is....
---One of the oldest & largest Free Comic Book Day Events in Canada...
---Only 20 minutes from Toronto & most of the GTA...
---Come on down every year for a Giant-Sized Celebration of the medium of sequential storytelling...
8:00am - 6:00pm -- 10 Hours - Over 100 Comic-Related Interactive Activities,
Live-In-Person Debates, Discussions, Jams, Presentations, Showcases,
Showdowns, Teachings, Workshops, and more!
10 Hours of EXCITEMENT!
....Oh,....and yes, there's FREE COMICS!!! [which ones?....SEE BELOW ;o]
.....Sounds like some kind of FUN, yes??
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THE 'NOT-AS-SHORT'....... ;o)
We thought as long as we are showcasing THE BEST OF THE INDUSTRY, why not put a spotlight on the creators who will make up the foundation of the FUTURE of it....
As we read, we all know there are LEGENDARY WRITERS & ARTISTS [as well as Inkers, Letterists, Colourists] who built skyscraping bodies of work upon
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. SAYS.......Don't Forget your CAMERA & a hat on FREE COMIC BOOK DAY.......
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----------2012 FCBDay UPDATE #02.....Will YOU be @ FCBD??..
Is THIS the year you get involved in FREE COMIC BOOK DAY??....
.....or do we have to wait ANOTHER whole year to discover what YOU already know....
.....how EXTREMELY right you were when you stated that, YES indeed,....
....YOU COULD CREATE YOUR OWN COMIC....
[...when WAS that said again?....it couldn't have been THAT long ago, right?... ;o]
“Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve
forgotten this before.”
― Comedian [...No, no, not the one in 'WATCHMEN'...] Steven Wright
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou
“With great power comes great responsibility.”
― from Spider-man's 1st App, A.F.#15, words by the Legendary Stan Lee
GET INVOLVED...YOU 2 COULD become a Creator, Presenter, Panelist,
Demo Dude/Dudette, or Volunteer on this day. Just contact us....
(please by phone only) at 905.542.8307.
...(NOTE: Lineup begins at 8am, EVENTS commence at 9:00am, Store opens at 10:00am, FREE COMICS START AT 11:00am) .
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---------2012 FCBDay UPDATE #03.....
We hope you are looking forward to our traditional....
Image Collections FREE COMIC BOOK DAY Event on the...
FRIST SATURDAY OF MAY [...in 2012 terms, that's MAY 5th :o]....
Again this year we will be inviting LOCAL ARTISTS & WRITERS to shine brightly in the spotlight, so if you know anyone who wishes to gain the attentions of a [likely] soon-2-B-adoring public, please pass this message along to them....
They can contact us directly via phone or email [...see LINKS above...], and we can provide them the information about attending as a guest. REMEMBER: Everyone has creativity within, just some aren't as shy about showing it off....
We will have a number of activites running throughout the day, as always, and will have some schools involved as well...Again, if you know of a community organization which may be interested in taking part, have them contact us......
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2012 @ IMAGE COLLECTIONS no doubt will be memorable for many of the same reasons so many have kept coming back year after year supporting it.....
[...see some of our past FCBDay PICs by using the LINKS at the top/side of this PAGE :o]
If you have yet to dip your more 'READER-FRIENDLY' toe into this 'FREE COMIC BOOK DAY' Mass-O-Creativity, we urge your curiousity to get the best of you, and that you oblige the little voice in your head by diving right in for a refreshing experience!....
More information about FCBD 2012 is forthcoming....
....we will try not to lose control of ourselves in anticipation :o)...
Deadpool----”Hey, did you ever hear of a game called Street Fighter?...”
Kitty Pryde---”As i.....”
Deadpool-----”SHORYUKEN!!” (as he knocks her in the air)
-------From Deadpool [...MUCH funnier than the 'WOLVERINE'-MOVIE-version...] the Comic
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---------2012 FCBDay UPDATE #04.....
....FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: 'PEANUTS' Among 'Man...
......Yes, the rumours ARE true!!!!...
......which ones??.....we're not sure....
....but we DO KNOW: Along with 'SONIC The HEDGEHOG', 'ARCHIE', 'MEGA MAN',
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....& 'YO GABBA GABBA' [..find out SAT MAY 5th what-the 'GABBA' a 'YO' is bro'!]
....CHARLIE BROWN & Company will be offered @ .....
Image Collections' 2012 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY Event!!!!
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz
SAYS.....Bring the WHOLE family, and your favourite parts of OTHER ones too!
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---------2012 FCBDay UPDATE #05......
....FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: Streetsville?...Streetsville??...Where the heck is...
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............LOCATED IN NORTH / WEST MISSISSAUGA, [ 401 & Erin Mills Parkway Area] Streetsville is a very COOL PLACE full of great events which run throughout the year....
Getting to Streetsville isn't complicated at all....as any 'Internetty-MAP-Site' will reveal... :o)
“And still the storm approaches.
"And there's nothing I can do. So I wait and watch and feel his breath against my
face, cool and brave. His salt licks my skin, his promise brushes my hair. His
fury drives the wind to touch my cheek and whisper something I can't hear..."
-----From STRANGERS IN PARADISE comic, words by Terry Moore
-----Dale Yorkes: You're only a sophomore in high school, Gert. There's a reason
they call you kids "wise fools."
-------Gertrude Yorkes: Actually, that's a fake etymology, Dad. "Sophomore" is
derived from "sophist". It has no direct correlation to the Greek word for
"fool"... as any fool would know....
-----Dale Yorkes: [to himself] Do other parents have to deal with this?
----------From RUNAWAYS, the comic, a story about a band of teens who find out their parents are REALLY criminals, and TRY to runaway!
"Wealth and fame,......
he’s ignored.....
Action is.....
his reward.....
To him,....LIFE is a great big bang...UP......
Whenever there’s a hang...UP.....
You’ll find the.......
.....SPIDER-MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!"
----------From the THEME to TV's 'Spider-Man' (1967)
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---------2012 FCBDay UPDATE #06.....
....FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: "DANIEL, Local Heroic Penciler IS BACK!!!"
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DANIEL will be @ Image Collections to meet & talk to from 9:30am to 2:00pm
Daniel 'Oshouki' Wong -- Illustrator, Digital Artist -- Mississauga
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---------2012 FCBDay UPDATE #07.....
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Mark Bertolini is a Brampton based comic creator, the author of the indie hit Breakneck from publisher 215 Ink. Mark also had a story in the New York Times Bestselling World War II Zombie anthology FUBAR: Empire of the Rising Dead. Upcoming releases include Long Gone from Markosia Entertainment, Broken from 215 Ink, and a short story in the Oxymoron anthology from ComixTribe. Follow Mark's writing at http://markbertolini.wordpress.com/ and on Twitter at @mark_bertolini.
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.............2012 FCBDay UPDATE #08................................................
....FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: "MARVELous ACTION On & Off-Screen!"
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This year it's finally time to solve the ultimate fanboy question for MARVEL ZOMBIES everywhere, Which is the most powerful team when put to the test in AVENGERS VS X-MEN #0, AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1, #2, #3, #4, #5!
In the first issue from Brian Michael Bendis and John Romita, Jr.,...
when the Avengers and X-Men learn that the Phoenix is on its way back to
Earth, Captain America and Cyclops have very different thoughts on
how to prepare for the return. Lines are drawn. Lines are crossed.
In anticipation of the HEAT of the above STORY, and more-so the upcoming[...Opens the Day Before FREE COMIC BOOK DAY...check back here soon for MORE DETAILS on where to watch it!... ;O] AVENGERS live-action MOVIE, MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS....'THE AVENGERS:POINT ONE', the purrrrfect starting point, on FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2012 @ Image Collections!!!
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--------2012 FCBDay UPDATE #09.....
....FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: "Get Primed on SAT. MAY 5th!"
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...BECAUSE of THIS [below] new series....
Transformers: Robots in Disguise NEW Ongoing SERIES
John Barber (w) . Andrew Griffith (a & c)
The war for Cybertron is over-now the hard part begins!
This first of two new ongoing Transformers series offers an excellent jumping-on point and all-new direction as BUMBLEBEE and his fellow AUTOBOTS struggle to maintain control of a world without OPTIMUS PRIME!
...IDW is proud to present...
a BRAND NEW Transformers 2012 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
COMIC.....
It's time again to get OPTIMUS-istic about comics again!
[sorry,....that was uncalled 4, unlike the comic! ;o]
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---------2012 FCBDay UPDATE #10.....
....2012 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: "STAR WARned: Brace Yourself!!!..."
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Giving the FANs what they want.....it doesn't always happen....
But, for many lightsaber-wielders, THIS is THEIR YEAR....
Sure, above is the Dark Horse [Star Wars comic-rights holder]
2012 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
issue,
with great new content PLUS a look @ 'SERENITY' a Joss Whedon
[writer/director of the AVENGERS movie & all things BUFFY]
Sci-Fi masterwork [see TV's 'FIREFLY']....
But it's time to snuggle back up to George Lucas, as he is allowing to be told what could only be described as "The MOST REQUESTED, MOST SIGNIFICANT STORY in Star Wars Lore to be, for the 1st TIME EVER, uncovered....
It doesn't get any BIGGER than THIS:
[...what?....keep reading...]
"Only in COMICS you say?....Pity!"
“Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it.”
― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
---Darth Vader: "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed....The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the potential of the Force...."
---Admiral Motti: "Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerous ways, Lord Vader....Your sad devotion to that ancient Jedi religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you enough clairvoyance to find the rebels' hidden fortress..."
[..........Vader makes a pinching motion and Motti starts choking.......]
----Darth Vader: "I find your lack of faith disturbing......"
----Governor Tarkin: "Enough of this! Vader, release him!...."
----Darth Vader: "As you wish....." [...He does...]
--------------FROM 'STAR WARS', back when THAT was it's title, in 1977, when the voice of James Earl Jones freaked out everything & everyone, and a phenom trumpeted a new 'DARK REIGN', and 'kids' of ALL ages began wondering about the 'ORIGIN OF THE JEDI'....that is,...until NOW!!!...
[.......As astonishingly enough, THE MOST TALKED ABOUT COMIC SERIES of 2012 isn't 'Avengers VS X-men', or the latest from DC's 'NEW 52', but instead is DARK HORSE'S Star Wars origin-tale 'DAWN OF THE JEDI', a mini-series detailing the START of the backbone of the franchise, never before revealed!!!....]
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