A Reminder This Free Comic Book Day…
From The Gutters.
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Love it 🙂
My kids each got a few comics on free comic book day. It was so cute watching my three year old little girl throw a hissy fit at the clerk because he suggested a Yo Gabba Gabba comic to her when he couldn’t understand her toddler speak for “Hulk.” Seriously though, I had both her and my seven year old boy all over town because he wanted Captain America and Transformers and everyone was incredibly nice to them. I’ll take “comic nerds” over just about any other group any day of the week.