Swing by the MYP on Free Comic Book Day this Saturday, May 2, to pick up a complimentary mini poster for SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, while supplies last. This movie will be exclusively in theaters July 31.
In addition to the free SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY poster, the MYP is offering:
Free comics
10% off all new TPs/GNs
20% off open-bin back issues (does not include the wall)
SATURDAY, 3 May 2025, is Free Comic Book Day! We will have LOTS of free comics to share* AND both Steve Weiner and Dan Mazur (https://www.danmazurcomics.com/) will be on hand to sign sampler copies excerpted from their upcoming graphic biography of WILL EISNER from noon-2pm!!!
* Limit 3 comics per person.
Stephen Weiner has been writing about graphic novels since 1992 and spearheaded the movement to bring graphic novels into public libraries. His books include: Will Eisner: a Comics Biography (with Dan Mazur) 100 Graphic Novels for Public Libraries, The Will Eisner Companion (with N.C. Christopher Couch) Will the Real Will Eisner Please Stand Up & Other Adventures in Comics, The 101 Best Graphic Novels, Faster than a Speeding Bullet: the Rise of the Graphic Novel (with an Introduction by Will Eisner), Analysis of BONE: A Look at the Jeff Smith Graphic Novel Masterpiece, and Hellboy: the Companion. The recipient of the Comic Creator’s Guild award, he is co-editor of the 7-volume series, Graphic Novels: A Critical Survey. His novel, Briandigo’s Dagger, is available from Haverhill House Press. He lives outside of Boston.
Dan Mazur is a cartoonist, editor and comics historian and lifelong Cambridge resident. His graphic novels include Lunatic and Hannabell Hobb and Her Horrible Heads, and his comics have appeared in many anthologies.. He co-founded the Boston Comics Roundtable and MICE (The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo), and is the editor of the Boston Powers anthology series of Boston-based superhero comics for kids. He is co-author with Alexander Danner of Comics: a Global History, 1968 to the Present. He’s been buying comics at Million Year Picnic since 1974.
Not only is it FREE COMIC BOOK DAY #FCBD21, but it’s TAX-FREE WEEKEND in MA, & as a special bonus, WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING!
Shop’s open for browsing and Tony will be in there from 11:30am-7pm.
Masks required. Maximum of 3 free comics per customer.
Call 617-492-6763 with questions.
We’ll limiting the number of folks allowed in the store, so there might be a bit of a wait. But hey, at least the computers working again! Including printing receipts!
AND we’ll have reps on behalf of the Detective Pikachu movie and the Brightburn movie distributing complimentary promotional items in celebration of Free Comic Book Day between 10:30am and 12pm!!!
Jay Kennedy will be signing at the shop from 10am-noon!
AND we’re having a big BIG SALE! 15% off young adult/kid graphic novels!!! 20% off back issues from the open bins (not the wall though, sorry), & 20% off all NEW comics!