We are so excited to see Free Comic Book Day back in May for 2022 and even more excited that we get to celebrate in our awesome new space on Bloomfield Ave!

We’ve got some really great stuff in store - most importantly - FREE COMICS! Here is a sampling of what we’ll have available:

Next up - the SALE!

We’re offering - for ONE DAY ONLY - 20% OFF EVERYTHING in the store like:

• Graphic novels

• Toys

• Statues

• Novelty items

• Select wall books and minor keys

• Comic sets

• Funko POPs

• and more!

Items NOT included in the sale are the following items:

• New comics

• Dollar comics

• Supplies

• Cards

• Artwork by local artists

We are also offering ALL BIN BACK ISSUES at 40% OFF! If it’s in a bag & board and sits in our bins, it’s 40% off! It’s that simple!

Please note: anything on hold prior to FCBD, in pull boxes or previously reserved before May 7, 2022 are NOT eligible for FCBD discounts. Fully stamped reward cards also cannot be combined with FCBD discounts.

We love characters and what would FCBD be without some of your favorites! We’ve got COSPLAYERS who will be coming by to hang out and take pictures including (with more to come)!

Last we’ve got the always amazing Camp Veritans in Haledon, NJ (right next to William Paterson University) as our special guest. They are a really awesome summer day camp (not sleep-away) that runs for 8 weeks throughout the summer and offers a massive variety of activities for all ages including a variety of sports, archery, arts and crafts, cooking, ropes and challenge courses, gymnastics, dance, STEM and so much more including swimming in a solar heated pool! Make sure you stop by their table and check out all they have to offer!

The festivities start at 9am and go until 7pm! We can’t wait to see everyone again!

East Side Mags is proud to present the BIGGEST SIGNING EXPERIENCE we have hosted to date!  

Frank Barbiere (Writer)

• Five Ghosts (picked up by SyFy channel for recurring TV show)
• Black Market (2014)
• Dark Horse Presents (2012-13)
• Solar Man of the Atom (2014)
• Avengers World #15, #16 (upcoming 2015)
• AXIS:  Revolutions #3 (upcoming 2015)
• Superboy:  Future's End #1 (2014)
• Blackout (2014)

Matthew Rosenberg (Artist)

• 12 Reasons to Die (2013-14)
• Liberator:  Rage Ignition (2014)
• Intellectual Property (stories embedded Five Ghosts Issues)
• The Urn (2012)
• Occupy Comics Anthology (2013)

Anthony Marques (Writer/Artist/Assistant Editor)

• Superman New 52 #17-34 (2013-14)
• Action Comics New 52 #20, 22-35 (2013-14)
• Earth 2 New 52 #9-26 (2013-14)
• Teen Titans New 52 #17-30 (2013-14)
• Secret Origins #1-3, 5, 7 (2014-15)

This is just a sampling of their work.  All 3 guys are amazingly talented.  You do NOT want to miss this.

Signing comics, sketching and tons of fun will be at East Side Mags on January 24th from 1pm-4pm.  

Come meet some of today's hottest writers and artists!