The Tick: Free Comic Book Day

Since 2011, New England Comics has celebrated Free Comic Book Day with an annual dose of The Tick, a ten-issue series that keeps the big blue hero’s absurdist, blue-collar superheroics alive. Jeff McClelland, George Suarez, and Benito Cereno have been the primary writers, with Duane Redhead, Les McClaine, and Tony Sedani among the regular artists, giving each installment a consistent, offbeat visual flavor. These one-shot adventures matter because they’ve kept the Tick’s cult-favorite universe in print and accessible, offering new readers a perfect, no-strings-attached entry point into his wonderfully silly world.