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Yep, today is a special day in which we honor comic books. To participate, you can go see 'Iron Man', or rent your favorite movie or read your favorite comic book. Or better yet, go to a participating store and pick up some free goodies.

Here is some more info. Salon reports:

"Saturday, May 3, is the seventh Free Comic Book Day -- an annual tradition in which comic book stores around the country give away free stuff, host creator signings, put things on sale, and generally encourage merrymaking. (To find a store near you that's participating in FCBD, see this site.) As usual, both major and independent comics publishers are publishing special issues that will be given away in stores -- 41 different titles in all, although not all participating stores carry all of them, and most stores have a limit of a few freebies per customer.

This is a big week for American comics in general -- it's no accident that Free Comic Book Day falls on the day after the "Iron Man" movie's opening, and superhero buffs may also want to snag a copy of "DC Universe Zero," a 50-cent special that came out this Wednesday. For that matter, a few independent publishers have arranged to distribute giveaways this weekend outside of the FCBD system: Keep an eye out for "Diamond Comics" and "Nerd Burglar."

Read more @ Salon

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I just can't get into comics since they went to glossy paper and the coloring became so garish. There was a certain charm to cheap pulp paper and 4-color adventure...with wonderful, mindless writing. A John McCain speech kinda reminds me of that good old-fashioned logic and sensibility.

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