--- description: Today is Free Comic Book Day, so find out where to go near you to snag one of the 2015 giveaways. title: Here's Where To Get a Free Comic Today image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Where to Get a Free Comic Book Today  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2015 12:41 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 2, 2015 12:41 PM CUT It’s like Christmas in May for comic fans: today is Free Comic Book Day. You can check [here](http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992 "undefined") to see which of your local stores are participating, but remember, you can’t just snag any title you want—[here’s a list](http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/981 "undefined") of the 2015 giveaways. In the promotional video above, an owner of a comic store explains that Free Comic Book Day is a great way to promote comics as an art form as well as get children interested in them. But it’s also good business for comic books—Free Comic Book Day is often one of the biggest sales days of the year for comic shops. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3844238/free-comic-book-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3844238/free-comic-book-day/"},"headline":"Here's Where to Get a Free Comic Book Today","datePublished":"2015-05-02T12:41:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:52:41.176Z","description":"Free Comic Book Day is often one of the biggest sales days of the year for comic shops","url":"https://time.com/3844238/free-comic-book-day/","keywords":["Books","comic books"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3844238/free-comic-book-day/","name":"Here's Where to Get a Free Comic Book Today"}}]}] ```