Quick history: There's this amazing shop in Florida. It's called A Comic Shop, and they're real innovators when it comes to running a comic shop. In 2013 we borrowed one of their ideas -- Free Comic Book Month! You can thank them for this.

What is Free Comic Book Month?

It's a month long celebration of comic books! We give away comics, graphic novels, and other comic-related goodies each and every Saturday. When you show up for freebies on the first Saturday, it unlocks freebies for you on the next Saturday. Don't miss a Saturday and you'll enjoy awesome freebies for 5 Saturdays in a row! For tracking purposes, you'll be issued a FCBMonth Passport on Free Comic Book Day -- so be sure you get one!

How FCBMonth works

Free Comic Book Month starts with Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 3, 2014. When you attend, you'll receive your Free Comic Book Month Passport, and instant access to the freebies on the following Saturday, May 10.

You must come by on May 10 and get your FCB Month Passport stamped in order to access the freebies the following Saturday, and so on.

If you miss a Saturday, you miss out on the freebies for the rest of the month. And of course, we're saving the best items for later in the month.

Another reason to visit Empire's for FCBD

So, here's a schedule of what we have planned as giveaways. Please note, we'll be posting updates of additional items we'll be giving away throughout the month.

A month of freebies

May 3 - Fifty-seven different 2014 Free Comic Book Day titles
May 10 - Miscellaneous 2013 Free Comic Book Day and Halloween comics
May 17 - Shirts and overstock back issues
May 24 - Toys, posters, and more
May 31 - Trade paperbacks, collected editions, and graphic novels

Jan 29, 2023

Hanging out with artist Eric Nguyen

We had such a great time hanging out in the store with Sacramento artist Eric Nguyen. Here’s a photo collage of the event and a link to the replay of our online interview.

Jan 23, 2023

Legendary comics creator Eric Nguyen in-store signing

I’m excited to have Sacramento’s own Eric Nguyen in the shop to sign his new book White Savior. Learn all about it in this post.

Nov 28, 2022

The Continuum Universe books self-published

I'm excited to share the completion of many years of work. Also, I'd like you to know, that I''ve started a new email newsletter to talk about all my creative work. If you're a fan or just curious, please check it out on Substack.

Nov 21, 2022

2022 Black Friday Sale

The year is quickly coming to its end, but the fun is not! Here’s a look at the Black Friday deals, some upcoming events, and our holiday hours for November.