Scenes from a Free Comic Book Day...

It always starts out like this: lots of comics in nice neat piles!

Then you have a line up waiting to get in!

Shuffle in!

Shuffle out!

Then add a little FM96 and a dash of Taz!

Then the great costumes!

"Ew what's in there?!"

And the taunting: "You are a bad guy!"

Super heroes come in all ages!

And all walks of life!

Best Free Comic Book Day Ever!
L.A. Mood wants to thank FM96 and Taz for the great job helping us promote the event. Also a great big thanks to our volunteers Adam and Sarah, as well as loyal employees Tom and Luke!!!

Check out our flickr photostream here.

You can check out Whisp's experiences here.

Here is a video of the line up in front of Heroes here, curtesy of FromMyBottomStep.

Free Comic Book Day
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

OMG! It's that time of year again! Come on down to L.A. Mood's on Saturday, May 2nd to get your free comics! Lots to choose from but the selections thins by the end of the day, so come down early, we open at 10AM!

This year we are happy to host a live remote with FM96 between 11 and 1 on Saturday, May 2! Listen to FM96 in the days leading up to FCBD for the chance to win prizes donated by our store or check out their website for more ways to win!

Of course, we are still partnering with Comic Book Collector, Heroes, Neo Tokyo and Worlds Away for our Comic Shop Crossover! Passports are available at all 5 stores! Get your passport stamped at all 5 stores on Saturday, May 2 and you have a chance to win one of 25 prizes!

So much free stuff! but hey that's not all, there will be lots of sales to tempt you to open your wallets! So see you then!

This one goes out to Teresa from City Lights!

Social commentary or shameless advertising?

Check out our Godzilla vs the Wick window display on YouTube!

(thanks to Teresa from City Lights Bookshop for inspiration and Colour by Schubert on King St. for the great photo of the Wick.)

and yes those Godzillas are for sale in big and bigger sizes!

Another Sinkhole!
This time in front of our store! Can I complain about London's aging infrastructure?!

It starts with a small hole on Friday...

They spend the day trying to fix it....


But come Wednesday, the repair had sunk down, so they spent the day digging deeper! 3 lanes wide and 3 metres deep!


But by 6PM Wednesday they had filled the hole back up and added some paving. I didn't think they could do it in one day! But how long will it last?


Free Press links here and a video here (search Richmond St Sinkhole, Feb 20, 2008 if it is not the first video up on that page)

Closed October 31st, due to Power Outage!

Downtown London sinks into hole in ground! Aaaaaaaaagh! I am blogging from home to inform all of you that we are closed due to power failure! Egads! Apparently a water main burst at Dundas and Wellington and power is out throughout the downtown core. Here are a few of the signs sighted on our walkabout.


There were a few chuckles as the City of London calls it a special event! Yes, very special, indeed. Remind me to bring up repairing infrastructure as a priority to our City Hall the next time they bring up spending millions of dollars on a performing arts centre!


I remember the winter, a few years ago, when the power went out when the sewer blew up downtown. sheesh. Here are some of the scenes from downtown London. There were cops at all the Richmond Street intersections directing traffic and the buses were totally screwed up. Nobody knew where to catch their bus.


The comics have come in and have been counted, we will be open tomorrow as long as possible even if the power is not back on. Bring cash just in case! We can do credit card (members only) or cash if there is no power but not debit.

Hope things are somewhat back to normal tomorrow, Happy Halloween!

Links to Free Press here, and here, and here if you want to blog with Dan,

or here is the A Channel with video of the water in the sinkhole. ugh.

Free Comic Book Day 2007

Another success full Free Comic Book Day! We gave away over 1000 free comics! I am soooo tired, but happy! Superman had a great time meeting all his fans and having his photo taken. You can view all the photos by clicking on one of the photos on the flickr badge on the sidebar. You can then view them as a slideshow or individually or click here to start.

Dan Brown from the London Free Press reports he had a fun time blogging about the event. You can read his blog here. We had fun sharing the event with him and thank him for giving up his Saturday to be with us! It was an awesome day!!!!!

Free Comic Book Day - Saturday, May 5th, 2007

Yes! It's that time of year again! Free Comic Book Day, an annual event that happens the first Saturday in May!

For those who don't know what this fantastic event is about, a brief summary: FCBD is a North America wide event where comic book stores get together with publishers and distributors to give away comic books. Specially printed books by dozens of publishers are made just for this event. It is an effort to bring back the fun in reading and collecting comic books. This idea was the brain child of Joe Field of Flying Colors Comics, who managed to bring the idea to Diamond Comic Distributors, and then eventually the major publishers Marvel and DC. The idea was well received by retailers and fans, where ever it was brought up for discussion. The first Saturday in May, 2002, was chosen for the inaugural launch and it was a resounding success!

We haven't looked back since! Here in London, Ontario, L.A. Mood Comics & Games makes it an even better event by teaming up with 4 other stores in town for an exclusive Comic Shop Crossover!!!! Pick up a passport at any of the 5 participating stores, and get your passport stamped at each of the 5 participating stores, drop it off at the last store, and you will have a chance to win one of many prizes donated by those awesome stores!!! Free comics! Prizes! Sales! I heard a rumour that Superman will put in an appearance at L.A. Mood's between 11 and 3!!! Awesome!

Passports are now available at the following stores:

L.A. Mood Comics & Games, 350 Richmond St.
Heroes, 179 Dundas St.
The Comic Book Collector, 610 Dundas St.
Neo Tokyo: The Anime Store, 610 Dundas St.
Worlds Away, 666 Dundas St.

You can check out photos from past Free Comic Book Days at L.A. Mood's, by clicking on one of the photos in the flikr badge in the sidebar or here. We also have this awesome countdown clock counting down the days, hours and minutes to Free Comic Book Day! You can also check out this website that is dedicated to all things FCBD at www.freecomicbookday.com. If you have enjoyed FCBD or Comic Shop Crossover in the past, please feel free to leave a comment about what a great time you had, so we can pass this message on to others, and definitely send your friends a link to this page, so they can know about FCBD, too!