Free Comic Book Day/Comics Give Away Day 2026

The geek world was seriously disrupted a few years ago with Diamond Distributors filed for bankruptcy last year. I know a few publishers that took some big losses from the fallout. It also affected the comic book world. Because of licensing issues and other behind the scenes things several comic book publishers that previous participated in Free Comic Book Day have launched Comics Giveaway Day. Its basically the same thing and on the same day, but for legal reasons they are two separate events. While some years I've visited several locations across Columbus, this year I'm just hitting Super-Fly Comics and Games in Yellow Springs.

Here are the comics from each event I'm looking forward to most.

FCBD

Energon Universe FCBD 2026 Special, Street Fighter Forever #0

Comics Giveaway Day

Something Is Killing The Children: Road to Slaughter, Alien, Predator, & Planet of the Apes #1 CGD 2026, Armageddon/X-Men #1 CGD 2026

I will do something DCC supers related for the day. If I can finish it in time, I have a 0-level funnel I'd love to release, but if not I'll figure something out.

D&D Dungeon Masters Campaign 1

 D&D Dungeon Masters is a new live play series by WoTC. You can learn more by visiting the official site. All of the characters for campaign one are created using new options from the next D&D book, Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. Like most official live plays, the players are all actors and voice actors. Two notable players this time are Neil Newbon (Astarion) and Devora Wilde (Lae'zel). The first two episodes were uploaded in one video which you can watch below.

I want to start by saying I really enjoy this format. I'm not going to sit down every week and listen to Critical Role for hours, but I can definitely commit an hour and 10 minutes or so each week for this one. The players are all fun and despite the brevity of it all, have presented some great characters with  a great amount of intrigue. Also I'm always down for new Ravenloft.

Each week will also see a "Play-Along Pack." Each pack will include an encounter based on that week's episode and preview a new monster from Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. The first Play-Along Pack is free, but to get the others you need to pre-order the book on D&D Beyond.

A Dark Double Feature

John McGuire and Levi Combs have a pair of horror themed Shadowdark RPG adventures crowdfunding at the moment that you need to know about.

Of A Harmonious Nature is a folk horror adventurer for 4-6 characters of levels 3-5. It will be 80 pages and will be a hardcover tome "written to be the best parts of an A24 film, in the Hammer Horror style." Confront fanaticism and corruption and maybe you'll be able to stop the ancient entity known as Prastr-Vem. You can check out a preview here.

Nothing Left To Lose, a 48-page zine for 4-6 characters of levels 3-5 that is "SAW in the H.H. Holmes "Murder Castle"." After a failed mission the characters (fully equipped) wake up with their allies and have to find their way out of a place of danger. Will they survive or just be more playthings for their sick captor?

Check out the campaign here. I backed at the Early Bird: Double Feature - Collector's Edition and am stoked. That pledge scores you the hardcover and zine, pdfs, and a miniature of Prastr-Vem. Because I'm an Early Bird I also get a glow in the dark version of the mini. I also decided to splurge and order several of the bookmarks for the adventure, since there are extra game mechanics associated with them.  

This one is gonna rock y'all.

Fuccubus Friday

 

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DC Is Punk Rock!

You might not agree, but Dan Hipp seems to. Also Bruce’s sleeves are fantastic.

Clayface Teaser

James Gunn said the Clayface movie was going to be more like a horror flick. Based on this initial teaser it will be. The music just fits perfectly with the images to create something truly unnerving.

I Am Gotham's Reckoning

I probably shouldn't be into the femme Bane piece by manga artist, Yashiro Manabu, as much as I am, but damn do I love a muscle mommy.

The Swordsman

I've loved Jacquees "Jack" Duquesne since his introduction in Hawkeye. While I don't know much about the comic version, the MCU version of the Swordsman is fantastic. He's become even cooler in season 2 of Daredevil: Born Again, showing that he is a master of weaponry, not just swords.

The Swordsman: Init +9; Atk +d10+2 sword (1d6+2); Crit V/d30; AC 14; HD 7d12; HP 60; Mov. 30'; Act 2d20; SP parry, deeds of swordsmanship; SV Ref +7; Fort +4; Will +3; AL L

Parry: While armed with a melee weapon, the Swordsman's AC gains a +2 bonus vs melee attacks.

Deeds of swordsmanship: Because of his amazing swordsmanship Swordsman of doing maneuvers similar to the Warrior's Mighty Deeds of Arms. Despite the name, this ability functions while Swordsman is wielding any melee weapon.

Nappa vs Homelander

Power scaling can be fun, though it’s also one of those subjects I normally don’t care about. If you ask me who will win in a fight, ABC or XYZ, I’ll say depends on who’s writing the story.

I love Dragon Ball and all of its off-shoots and I think Homelander is a tool. That’s why I love that, based on their respective power levels, early DBZ big bad Nappa (whose power level is quickly surpassed by just about everyone) would decimate Vought’s golden child. And remember if you want to add Homelander into your DCC game I have stats for him here.

This short animation illustrates how the fight would go.