Four Bismarck businesses featured on Free Comic Day

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – Every year on the first Saturday in May, comic book fans around the country gather at their local comic book stores for Free Comic Day.

When Comic Realms opened at 11 a.m., fans of all kinds rushed through the doors to get their free comic books.

The event featured four businesses: Comic Realms, Chakra Realms, Cafe Realms and Rhythm Records.

Comic Realms has been open since 2017. For the last four years, Free Comic Day has been used by the business as a fundraiser.

”How we do it here is you get five books for free, just for coming, whatever titles you’d like. And then for every $1 donation or a nonperishable food item that’ll go to the local food bank, you can get an extra five books. And then we cap it at a $5 donation, and then you can get all 48 titles if you’d like,” said Lesley Frohlich, owner of Comic Realms.

Located next to Comic Realms, Cafe Realms sells comic book-inspired drinks.

In honor of the event, the theme was Transformers, but customers can enjoy themed drinks outside of Free Comic Book Day.

”We have a Marvel list and then a DC list. All of your Marvel drinks are going to be more like your energy-based, like Redbull, and the DC, we decided to steer away from that and do like a dirty soda,” said Britney Frohlich, manager at Cafe Realms.

Lesley appreciates the support of the community the business has attracted and wants to return the favor with the funds and donations received.

“We have a really good community of people that support us, so we like to give back whenever we can,” said Lesley.

Attendants also had the chance to win a door prize and a print designed by Dylan Kahl.

Comic Realms, Cafe Realms, Chakra Realms and Rhythm Records collaborate often. Lesley says they like to support small businesses, as they are a small business as well.

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