Area events: Free Comic Book Day

This Saturday, May 1, is Free Comic Book Day! That’s the day fans can go to participating locations, meet comic book artists and writers (and fellow enthusiasts), and pick up free – yes, FREE – promotional copies of comic books for every age group. Check out this article about Atlanta's comics connection, featuring a link to the official Free Comic Book Day website.

While you plan the what/when/where for your weekend, try these comic book-based DVDs:

Tales from the Crypt: from comic books to television -- Tells the story of Entertaining Comics (EC) publisher William M. Gaines and details the controversy which erupted in the 1950s over his ground-breaking horror, crime and science fiction comic books.

Stan Lee' s mutants, monsters, & marvels -- Stan Lee is interviewed about his life and career in animating comic book characters.

The mindscape of Alan Moore : a psychedelic journey into one of the world's most powerful minds -- Follow the evolution of Moore’s career as he transformed the comics medium, from the earliest days of his childhood through The Watchmen and beyond.

(Want music instead? Try this: The Dark Knight : original motion picture soundtrack)