FCBD Adelaide | Celebrated Comic Shops

05.05.2019 – Free Comic Book Day in Adelaide has become part of the locals’ annual event that it gets featured on the broadsheet The City whenever the days close in to the celebration not just about getting free comics but pop culture happening in general. If last year was any indication the huge turnout 2019 gets the best party. One year separated from FCBD 2018 everyone was all set and ready to go as three stores within the vicinity of Adelaide was well prepared to party hard like it was Christmas in May for the passionate nerd down in South Australia.

FCBD 2018 | Four Comic Shops in Adelaide

05.06.2018 – Free Comic Book Day has become a worldwide event that started as one of the campaigns in America to promote literacy and also introduce comic books to the next generation. Yesterday FCBD is a global event considered as “Christmas” for comic book fans all over the world as they march to their nearest shop. In Adelaide it has been hyped up a few days before Saturday with all four comic shops within the area had set to promote this annual gathering of comic book fans as well as inviting new readers to this medium.

Batman Day 2017 at Greenlight Comics!

09.24.2017 – “Batman Day” is celebrating Harley Quinn’s first appearance with the character’s 25th anniversary originally appearing in Batman: The Animated Series’ episode “Joker’s Favor” as the annual event is no longer about just the cape crusader. If you haven’t heard about “Batman Day” it started with the Dark Knight’s 75th Anniversary in 2014. Every year it was all about Bob Kane with Bill Finger’s creation but for 2017 its about the Joker’s sidekick Harley Quinn and the event was celebrated in South Australia by Greenlight Comics.

Adelaide Comics Centre Moves to New Location

01.13.2017 – Adelaide Comics Centre was one of the two stores featured in 2015 that carry American produced works and also locally published serials featuring The Phantom, the pulp hero that was considered the hero ahead of Superman. The shop however is moving to a smaller venue and had announced its closing the old location. The shop has been around since 1989 and would currently be the oldest around Adelaide in South Australia. Now they are moving in a smaller store inside Adelaide Arcade. It’s been a while since the last visit there, but here’s how they look now…

Discover Adelaide's Two Comic Shops!

01.06.2015 – Last year during the trip to South Australia there was a chance to explore the city of Adelaide for comic shops in the area. So far there are two that were spotted within the vicinity of Rundle Mall that can tell its popular culture scene. Comparing it to the Philippine comic book scene the shops are like any other ordinary store in South Australia fairly conservative much like the American counterparts. But further look into the shops as explored during the last week of December 2014.