This year's Free Comic Book Day was a huge success! We started setting up for the big event at 8 A.M. (two hours before the start of the
festivities.) We set up about 10 long tables around the perimeter of our big 900 sq foot "Gaming Room" at the back of our store. At each table or grouping of tables, we set up stations for particular interests. The first station upon entering the room was where the bulk of the comics were distributed. We had the "Mature" comics behind the table on a book case that was clearly labelled, so we could avoid any confusion or miscommunication. We also set up our door prize raffle (with prizes from Sideshow Toys, plus posters & t-shirts from the store) and a sign-up sheet for our weekly e-mail newsletter. The next station around the corner was a table set up for our Comic Creators Alliance group, where local creators showed some of their scripts & artwork and shared information with people interested in getting into making their own comics. The Wolverine HeroClixs were handed out from this station as an incentive to get customers to stop and take a look. Next up was artist/publisher Allen Freeman with Fan Attic Press talking about his publications and experiences. He had a free comic book edition of Slam Bang to hand out to attendees. Right next to him were local creators Nathan Bonner(Carbondale, IL)who was giving away free copies of Indavio and Michael Kasinger(Lawrenceville IL)who was doing free scetches for our attendees. Rounding the corner was a station for Action Figure Fanatics which displayed numerous figures and gave people a forum to talk about their favorite toys. Finishing off the back room set-up, we had a station for our Star Wars fans manned by the local Star Wars Fanforce team. There we had a Storm Trooper and two different types of Star Wars Rebel Commandos on hand to keep the crowd under control and to help give out the Star Wars/Conan flip book.

Attempts were being made by these factions to recruit more minions for their Empire/Rebel Forces! With everything set up and ready to go, we opened the doors for the crowd of about 55 people to rush in and grab for their free comic books! A total head count of 325 people marched in before 5:00pm, and we still hadn't seen the end of them! The local gaming organization (Evansville Gaming Guild) pitched in by having a fund-raising cook-out in front of the store, which drew attention to the store front and kept our hectic employees and guests well-fed! Also, slinging his way around the store was Spider-Man himself! The kids were very excited about meeting their favorite superhero, and he made a lot of new friends! We had a great time seeing all our regular customers and meeting a ton of new people, too! We received many compliments for our giveaways, organization and down right entertainment. We are already looking forward to next yeat with the goal of making freecomicbookday 2007 better than this one. Viva la freecomicbookday.

Jim Jones/Maggie Avis
Comic Quest
2260 Morgan Ave
Evansville IN 47711
812-474-1133
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