Aah, the beginning of a new adventure. It always makes the comic-related nevers tingle. And speaking of tingling nerves, I’ve been sitting on an announcement so huge that I could literally see my house. Regular visitors to The Watchtower site will have seen this already, but I want to bring the No Reason world into the fold.
Every year during the first weekend in May, the comics industry gathers and offers up an event called <strong><a href=”http://www.freecomicbookday.com/”>Free Comic Book Day</a></strong>. This is a day when, literally, you can walk into any participating comic shop and they will hand you free books. All the top publishers are on board, so there is a lot to choose from! This is one of the biggest events of the year in terms of getting new readers into comic shops, and into comics themselves.
This year’s <strong>Free Comic Book day</strong> is <strong>May 3rd</strong>, and our special announcement is detailed in the press release below:
<em><strong>UPDATE–TheWatchtowerComicPodcastCrewAtIMAGE COLLECTIONS.FreeComicBookDayEvent </strong>\r\n \r\nNEW—-Added: Jeff Moss and Donnie Coulter, those crazy opinionated, and highly collectible hosts of popular Toronto-based Comic Book Podcast ‘The Watchtower’ will be available for autographs and arguments, along with Dan Simon of No Reason Comics doing sketches and making jello, on May 3rd at the 2008 IMAGE COLLECTIONS Free Comic Book Day Event.\r\n \r\nInfluential, relevant, but mostly consistent (over 50 shows available all over the ‘net) these up-and-coming industry personalities are being listened to by more and more insiders. After all, did you HEAR what they said about ‘Secret Invasion #1′? \r\n \r\nDirect from thewatchtowerpodcast.com, where they’ve interviewed the likes of Jeff Smith and Neal Adams, it’s the battle of wits, LIVE in person, face to face for free with their fans for the FIRST TIME EVER! \r\n \r\nMeet the image behind the voices and ladies, find out why these two are perfect for radio… \r\n \r\nHeralding in the new comics’ media in Canada, they were the ONLY podcast with a booth at the largest comic convention in Canada! Jeff, Donnie, and Dan originally of noreasoncomics.com, are ready to meet you at the 2008 IMAGE COLLECTIONS Free Comic Book Day Event on May 3rd at 181a Queen Street South in MISSISSAUGA (near, but not in, Toronto, Canada). \r\n \r\nRemember: Line-Up begins at 8am, events begin at 9:30, and FREE COMICS?!?….who needs them?….YOU do!!!…..so be there, that way you can give Donnie Coulter a hard time about his Green Lantern affliction, and remind Jeff Moss which team was the last to lose a game in the NFL last year!\r\n \r\nIMAGE COLLECTIONS…..where we NEVER stop thinking about Sequential Artistry!….(just check out the timing of these posts… *yawn* 
\r\n \r\n”Wednesday[New Comic Day],…….a little bit of Christmas in EVERY week!” —-From ‘Countdown To Wednesday’, an excellent DVD about the industry that was solicited through the OTHER ‘Image Comics’ [....we had our name first ;]</em>
So there it is! Come one, come all! We will be there sketching, hanging out, and have a special limited edition Free Comic Book Day print available, so don’t miss out!!
If there are any questions, gimme a shout at jeff@thewatchtowerpodcast.com
Now, I have a <em>LOT</em> of reading to do.
-MM
