fcbd 2010; school run #1 available at comic odyssey


it was madness yesterday at comic odyssey galleria's free comic book day event. i arrived around 11am and there looked to be about a hundred people standing outside the shop, while the interior was so packed you could throw in a coin and it wouldn't touch the floor. i saw one guy stumble out the door literally gasping for air while holding his credit card aloft. i kid you not.

i was going to hand out some flyers to the people standing in line (better to get my message to them while their loot bags were empty, i thought), but sir sandy offered to put the flyers in with the other free comics they were giving away and i naturally couldn't refuse.

it being my first FCBD, i was surprised at the number of free books. i was expecting the earlier-announced 3-5, but went home with no less than a dozen, including a maxx #1 and a beautiful edition of fractured fables with a mike allred cover. i hear some of the earlybirds received twice that number, including more than a few GNs that were raffled off.

while i waited for the crowd to clear so i could make my delivery of school run #1, there was this Loud Guy yammering to his lady friend about how wolverine used to be the most mysterious comic book character, but since disney bought marvel they gave him a whole backstory. "now he's james howlett?! whassup widdat?!" he exclaimed. i exchanged glances with a couple of other guys going through the back issues, and one of them sing-songed through his teeth, "matagal na siyang si james howletttt...." Loud Guy didn't seem to have heard though, as he kept up his prattle right until i left the store.

Comments

  1. About the guys that you were referring to, I think we were in front of them. I don't like those kind of people. Anyways. I got a copy of your Mababang langit. Did you get a chance to nab a Yo, Bo! komik?

    -Norby

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  2. hehehe so narinig mo rin pala siya. sayang di kita namukhaan!

    naubusan ako ng yo, bo! eh. nekstaym nalang

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  3. haha! kahit hapon na marami pa ring taong ganyan. feeling know-it-all ng comics. thankfully i have learned to tune them out. di man lang ba nila na realize na they are in a room full of sweaty fanboys & nag mumukha lang silang tanga :)

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  4. @dj, even dweebs gotta have their dweebs, heh heh

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  5. kuya magkanu pala ang school run sa Comic Odyssey? And are you gonna put more titles there? Thanks

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  6. @norby: P40. at hangga't maaari, bebenta ko dun lahat ng komiks ko.

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  7. Kuya Macoy, sold out na po daw ang mga komiks mo sa Comic Odyssey.

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