Free Comic Book Day at

Your Library

What is Free Comic Book Day?

How can my library get in on this?

1. Contact Diamond Distributors

2. Contact your Local Comics Shop

3. Plan out Free Comic Book Day programming

4. Get Volunteers

Contact Diamond Distributors

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Diamond Distributors

• Who are Diamond Distributors?

• What will Diamond provide libraries for Free Comic Book Day?

• How early should they contact Diamond?

• Who should they contact?

Contact your Local Comics Shop

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Comix Revolution• When to contact your local comic shop

• How free is free?

• Ask questions and get answers.

• Promote early and often.

• Follow up, promote again and conduct a post mortem.

Interior Signage

Promotion

Chippewa River District Library/

Hall of Heroes• Separate events that are linked, through driving traffic

to different places.

• Different Free Comic Book Day selections

• Advertising each other’s festivities

• Punch card for a drawing

Plan out Free Comic Book Day programming

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Free Comic Book Day 2014

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Get lots of volunteers for the day

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VolunteersHow many volunteers do you need?

• Hand out the free comics

• Hand out and collect the punch cards

• Bodyguard for Darth Vader

• Photographer

• Game master for the board games

• Manager for the speakers

• People who know where everything is in the library to help direct patrons

Where do we get volunteers?

• Teen Advisory Board

• Local Businesses with volunteer programs

• Partner Organizations who will send staff

• Friends and Family

• Recruit regular patrons who would be interested

• Local Student Organizations

Volunteers

Things to Remember…• The volunteers are probably also fans. Relieve

them periodically so they can get comics or pictures too!

• Encourage them to cosplay for the event. They can always wear a name tag on their costume and it’s more fun.

• Get group pictures with all of the volunteers and staff at the event. It’s fun and when you post it on Facebook it’ll make them feel like a valued part of the library.

Volunteers

QUESTIONS?