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Gekiga and Shonen Jump Samplers this year on FCBD




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Highway Star



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:26 pm Reply with quote
Just read a list of this year's free comics for Free Comics Book Day, and in the manga department, I noticed Shonen Jump Sampler 2008, which is probably "meh", and most suprisingly, Drawn & Quarterly will be releasing Gekiga; A D&Q Manga Sampler 2008. I'm totally hyped for the latter, and I presume it'll contain some a Tatsumi short or two from Goodbye and a bit of Red Colored Elegy. And who knows, they might have something else in store too...
Also on a side note, Dark Horse's free comic will have a Hellboy and a BPRD story, plus Mignola cover!
Anyways, this looks to be a better FCBD than last. Best comic last year was prolly' that Pantheon City short in DH's thing.
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Not a Jellyfish



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:24 am Reply with quote
Highway Star wrote:
... Drawn & Quarterly will be releasing Gekiga; A D&Q Manga Sampler 2008. I'm totally hyped for the latter, and I presume it'll contain some a Tatsumi short or two from Goodbye and a bit of Red Colored Elegy. And who knows, they might have something else in store too...


What day is FCBD?? I must know. I must have.... Anime smallmouth + sweatdrop
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HMMcKamikaze



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:27 am Reply with quote
Now this is just a guess, but I think it stands for Free Comic Book Day.
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Not a Jellyfish



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:07 am Reply with quote
HMMcKamikaze wrote:
Now this is just a guess, but I think it stands for Free Comic Book Day.


Yes, I'm familiar with what FCBD IS. I asked what DAY it was.
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Moomintroll



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:22 am Reply with quote
According to the FCBD website it's 88 days until the next one.
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Viga_of_stars



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:23 am Reply with quote
Gekiga sampler. Gekiga! This equals awesome.
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Highway Star



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:39 pm Reply with quote
I know, I'm as excited as you are Viga. Uh, I'm wondering, should I submit this for news or anything?
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Kagemusha



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:32 pm Reply with quote
Highway Star wrote:
I know, I'm as excited as you are Viga. Uh, I'm wondering, should I submit this for news or anything?


I can't remember if ANN posted FCBD press releases in the past, so I guess it couldn't hurt. The Shonen Jump booklet it hardly surprising, but very nice news about the Geikiga sampler. D&Q is really on the ball, which isn't all that surprising given their past record (what the hell is Fantagraphics doing?)

I'm sure that Tokyopop will release a couple samplers (probably for both manga and OEL books), and CMX will surely put out a booklet as well.
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Highway Star



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:03 pm Reply with quote
Kagemusha wrote:
I'm sure that Tokyopop will release a couple samplers (probably for both manga and OEL books), and CMX will surely put out a booklet as well.

Oh yeah, I completely forgot Tokypop put out one last year. Didn't see it anywhere though...
Didn't know the SJ sampler was a regular either, huh. You can forget all them though, my eyes are on the Gekiga one, and hopefully nab a few copies of it to share with some friends.
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