FunnyBooks Ready for Free Comic Book Day
Store celebrates its 20th anniversary in June.
Comic fans everywhere are excited for this weekend, when Free Comic Book Day will give veteran and new comic fans alike a chance to add to their collections at no cost. Of course, Lake Hiawatha’s FunnyBooks Comics & Stuff is getting in on the action. “It’s up to us to order what we want to give away, so we don’t have to order everything that they offer,” said FunnyBooks owner Steve Conte. “We order what we want to do. I treat it as a family weekend for people of all ages—an introductory day. People come in like an open house, see what FunnyBooks is like and see what we do here, and we introduce them to some comic books that they may not know exist.” One of those comics is exclusive to FunnyBooks and written and illustrated by Conte himself…
