Diamond Distribution have provided Hypergeek with details of the first ever commemorative t-shirt for Free Comic Book Day. The artwork for the shirt is provided by none other than legendary cartoonist, Sergio Aragonés!! Check out the artwork below… isn’t that amazing? He makes FCBD look so exciting! Oh, and if you look very carefully you can even see the man himself signing books in the background, just look for his unmistakable moustache

Every comic fan out there should pick up one of these shirts, not just because of the amazing design, but to support the FCBD event. If you walk around wearing this shirt, people are inevitably going to ask you what it is all about, at which point you can tell them all about FCBD, and direct them to your local comic shop. Yes it’s shameless promotion, but it’s promotion for a good cause, so that makes it OK!

Sergio Aragonés Creates First Commemorative T-shirt For Free Comic Book Day

(BALTIMORE, MD) — (December 18, 2009) — Legendary artist and creator Sergio Aragonés has lent his considerable artistic talents to create the first-ever Free Comic Book Day Commemorative Artist T-shirt.

“We wanted to create a unique annual event T-shirt and who better to start with than Sergio?” commented FCBD spokesperson Elissa Lynch. “We think he’s done a beautiful job of capturing the excitement and personalities found in comic shops and on Free Comic Book Day.”

Perfect for celebrating this year’s Free Comic Book Day, the FCBD Commemorative Artist T-Shirt is the start of a new tradition, with a new artist to provide artwork for the special design each year.

“I’m very proud, of course,” said Sergio about being the first FCBD artist. “The art is not based on any one comic book shop, it is my imagination—it is how I think shops look like, full of young readers, moms, super heroes reading and buying comics.”

This year’s shirt from the fan-favorite Groo creator and MAD Magazine legend will be available in white, black, and purple, in sizes ranging from Small through XXL. Proceeds from the sale of the shirts will go to support FCBD10′s marketing and promotional efforts, with $1 from each T-shirt sale also being donated to Sergio’s elected charity, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

T-shirts will be available in comic book shops starting early April, 2010.

For additional information about these commemorative T-shirts and other FCBD10 merchandise, be sure to visit your local comic book ship and pick up the January issue of Diamond’s PREVIEWS catalog, in stores on January 6, 2010

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