Free Comic Book Day

Back when we visited Zombie Planet for the first time back on Table Top Day, they told us about this awesome thing called Free Comic Book Day, it sounded like tons of fun so we made sure to get out and participate! 

 

Before now I have never picked up a comic book in my life, everything I have learned about comics has been through movies, but I'm pretty hooked on the movies so I figured why not? 

 

We picked up a bunch of free books, some just for the grown ups and some we let the girls pick out...C ended up picking out Tinker Bell and A picked out The Smurfs.

 

A doesn't really have the tolerance to sit and look at or have these books read to her (and they really aren't sturdy enough for her yet), but C on the other hand...

 

C loves them, now every time we stop into Zombie Planet she wants to go upstairs and pick out a new book.  Lately she has been picking out My Little Ponies.  Now whenever A goes down for a nap or starts getting ready for bed C and I cuddle up and read a few pages.  I love reading these to her, they are a step up from the books we have been reading her.  They have a plot and good guys and bad guys and they still have awesome colorful illustrations.  Usually we don't get through a whole book in a sitting, but that's okay too because it leaves her with some anticipation for next time and we can review what happened when we pick it back up!

 

 

Tabletop Day 2013

Like many others I was ecstatic when International Tabletop Day was announced on Geek and Sundry  then I realized that it was to be held on the day before Easter and some of the excitement faded a bit when I realized we had a ton to do that day, still we did the best we could!

 

To celebrate the day we made our first trip to our local comic book store!  This is a place where if Tabletop Day didn't exist we probably wouldn't have found.   The shop is called Zombie Planet and I am so glad we did find it!  Having never been in a comic book store before I had no idea what to expect, when I walked in the door I was pretty amazed.  In addition to the comics (which are housed upstairs), this place has every game imaginable and they have weekly and monthly events.  We bought three new games (Smiles, Qwirkle Cubes and Gloom) and walked away with an insane amount of (self-imposed) guilt for ordering 3 other games on amazon last week, if only I knew!  Good to know though that there is a local small business that we can support in the future though!!

 

 

Hubby and the Girls (in their Easter best) checking out the game selection at Zombie Planet

Ending the day with a little Tsuro by fire and glow-stick light