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The New
York Times
embraced Free Comic Book Day in the Weekend Arts section of its
Friday, May 6 print issue. Directing people to the FCBD web site and
accompanied by a picture of the Bongo free comic book, this piece in
the Times spread the word about tomorrow's Free Comic Book
Day to over a million readers of one of the world's premier
newspapers.
USA Today prominently featured Free Comic Book Day in an
above-the-fold item on the front page of the May 5 print Life
Section. USA
Today has the broadest reach of any daily newspaper in the
U.S. with a circulation over 2.1 million.
Newsweek
led off FCBD 2005 coverage in its May 9, 2005 cover-dated issue. The
magazine listed FCBD in its "Tip Sheet" section as one of the "top
picks for the week ahead."
The May 2005 issue of
Maxim
magazine featured a profile of model/actress Mandy Amano that shone
favorably on comic books and drove readers to check out Free Comic
Book Day.
Popular internet resource site
Craig’s List (www.craigslist.org)
has listed FCBD under "Events" in the nation’s top 20 markets: New
York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA; San
Francisco, CA; Boston, MA; Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX; Washington, DC;
Atlanta, GA; Detroit, MI; Houston, TX; Seattle-Tacoma, WA; Tampa-St.
Petersburg, FL; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; Cleveland, OH; Phoenix,
AZ; Miami, FL; Denver, CO; Sacramento, CA; and Orlando, FL.
Radio Disney
in New York City broadcast a “Kid's Concerns” show on May 1 focusing
on literacy and comic books in support of Free Comic Book Day!
USA Today's
popular
Hip Clicks blog by Whitney Matheson also reminded visitors
about Free Comic Book Day.
E!
Online listed FCBD on its popular Guilty Pleasures column on
the best stuff in entertainment. E! Online is the number one
entertainment website and averages more than 6 million unique U.S.
users per month.
Ain't It Cool
News listed Free Comic Book Day in its AICN Comics section.
Ain't It Cool News is the destination of choice for swarms of people
seeking the latest in comics, movies, TV, and other information from
Hollywood.
New York Daily News
The Saginaw News (MI)
The Olympian (WA)
Dallas Voice (TX)
Centre Daily Times (PA)
East Valley Tribune (AZ)
KCBD-TV
(TX)
Houston Chronicle (TX)
Winfield Daily Courier (KS)
Sioux Falls Argus Leader (SD)
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA)
Tallahassee Democrat (FL)
Cleveland Plain Dealer (OH)
Anchorage Daily News
(AK)
The Olympian (WA)
Winston-Salem Journal (NC)
Watertown TAB & Press (MA)
The News-Press (FL)
Newark Star Ledger (NJ)
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA)
Charlotte Observer (NC)
The Gloucester County Times (NJ)
Salt Lake
Tribune (UT)
Louisville Courier-Journal (KY)
Sun Herald (MS)
Asbury Park Press (NJ)
Fort Worth Star Telegram (TX)
Elmira Star-Gazette (NY)
Elmira Star-Gazette (NY)
Barre Montpelier Times Argus (VT)
Toronto Eye Weekly (Canada)
Boston Herald
Jackson Sun (TN)
Long Beach Press Telegram (CA)
New Haven Advocate (CT)
Biloxi Sun Herald (MS)
The Reporter (Fond Du Lac, WI)
The Huntsville Times (AL
The Sun Herald (MS)
Cincinnati Enquirer (OH)
Fort Wayne News Sentinel (IN)
Rocky Mount Telegram (NC)
Modesto Bee (CA)
Georgia
Straight (Canada)
Crain's Chicago Business
Whistler Question (Canada)
The Halifax Herald Limited (Canada)
CBS
Channel 2 (Chicago)
Canton Observer (OH)
Milwaukee
Presents with Damien Jaques
(Wisconsin Public Radio 90.7 WHAD)
Fox News Morning Edition - Baltimore
Maryville Daily Forum (MO)
The
Advocate
Dayton Daily News (OH)
Long Beach Press Telegram (CA)
Sun Herald (MS)
Syracuse Post-Standard (NY)
Ames Tribune (IA)
The Arizona Republic
Newark Star-Ledger
(NJ)
Birmingham
Post-Herald
(AL)
Fort Pierce Tribune (FL)
Puyallup Herald (WA)
Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, KY)
Decatur Daily Democrat (IN)
Arizona Reporter
York Daily Record
(PA)
Long Beach Press Telegram
News Tribune (Tacoma, WA)
Up & Coming Magazine (NC)
Des Moines Register (IA
The Georgia
Straight (Vancouver)
Honolulu Advertiser
Hippo
Press (Manchester, NH)
Cleveland Plain Dealer (2 stories)
Story 1
Story 2
Tyler Morning Telegraph (TX)
Jackson Morning Sun (TN)
NJ Star-Ledger
Orlando Sentinel
Oshkosh Northwestern (WI)
Stuart News (FL)
Nashville City Paper (TN)
Sample of Internet Sightings:
Catalogablog
Actionfigures.about.com
Mostly Muppet
Fine Arts Guild
Library Techtonics
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