{"id":172099,"date":"2026-04-21T19:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172099\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:22:07","slug":"free-comic-book-day-brings-family-fun-to-erie-this-may-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/172099\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Comic Book Day Brings Family Fun to Erie this May | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Books Galore Prepares to Celebrate 23rd Anniversary of Free Comic Book Day\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Free comics and family-friendly fun are coming to Erie this May.<\/p>\n<p>Books Galore on Peach Street is celebrating Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 2 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., offering one free comic per person with selections available for readers of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can pick up additional comics by donating $1 to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank or by arriving in costume as a favorite superhero, sci\u2011fi, or fantasy character.<\/p>\n<p>The global event, now in its 25th year, celebrates the growing popularity of comics and graphic novels, many of which inspire blockbuster movies and TV shows. Whether you\u2019re a longtime collector or new to comics, the event offers a chance to explore the art form and discover something new.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/FreeComicBookDay.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FreeComicBookDay.com<\/a> or call Books Galore at 814\u2011864\u20111853. Organizers say it\u2019s a fun-filled day the whole family can enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Free comics and family-friendly fun are coming to Erie this May. Books Galore on Peach Street is celebrating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[77222,71827,136,138,137,1507,77220,77221],"class_list":{"0":"post-172099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-books-galore","9":"tag-comics","10":"tag-erie","11":"tag-erie-headlines","12":"tag-erie-news","13":"tag-family-fun","14":"tag-free-comic-book-day","15":"tag-graphic-novels"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}