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April 2015 Comic Book Day By Fran Miller

Comic books are back – in a big way. The surge in popularity can surely be attributed to Hollywood blockbusters such as The Avengers and X-men. But which came first? Any superhero fan knows that Batman and Spiderman were born not on the silver screen but in the pages of comic books. And any true comic book fan knows that the first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book Day, when comic book retailers around the world hand out free comic books.

Serving the Lafayette Community Come to the 10th Annual Lafayette Earth Day Festival Sunday, April 26, 11AM - 3PM

From bicycles to solar cars to electric scooters, modes of green transportation will roll, soar, and glide their way around the Lafayette Library at Lafayette’s 10th annual Earth Day Festival on Sunday, April 26. This special anniversary event; hosted by Sustainable Lafayette, Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, Lafayette Library and City of Lafayette; will feature hundreds of community members arriving on foot, bikes, skateboards, and other self-propelled means to enjoy food, fun, and entertainment and to discover the latest ideas and approaches for living a more sustainable life. The festival will take place on Golden Gate Way behind the library. The event kicks off with a “Bike Fest” from 9:30–11am at Stanley Middle School. The Bay Area Bike Mobile will perform free bike repairs, and Lafayette Boy Scout Troop 200 will register bikes for free on Bike Index. Wheel Kids will be instructing young cyclists on best practices for riding safety. At 11am, cyclists will depart from Stanley together for a short family group ride, arriving at the library at approximately 11:15 am. There will be free Clif bars for all cyclists.

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Top Six Reasons to Take Your Dog to Lafayette’s Dogtown Downtown Animator Sam Filstrup entertains young guests at last year’s Lafayette Library Free Comic Book Day.

But retail stores don’t claim all the action. The Lafayette Library and Learning Center (LLLC) will host its own Free Comic Book Day – Thursday, May 7th from 3:30 – 5PM – to celebrate all that is cool about comic books and graphic novels. Featuring a scavenger hunt, a costume contest, a comic book ‘Jeopardy’ trivia contest, door prizes, and of course, free comic books, the event is intended for all ages. In the world of comics, Free Comic Book Day is described as Christmas for comic book lovers. WonderCon creator and Concord comic book retailer Joe Field of Flying Colors Comics founded the event in 2001. He came up with the idea to give away free comics after seeing an out-the-door line at a local Baskin Robbins during ‘free scoop day.’ He knew he could adapt that same idea to the one item he found cooler than ice cream – comics. On Saturday, May 2, more than 2,100 comic book stores in 64 countries will hand out a variety of titles containing new and classic stories and iconic characters from publishers DC Comics, Marvel, Archie, IDW, Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, and other major and independent publishers. The American Comic book – the genesis of all visual entertainment according to Field – originated in the early 1930s and was hugely popular through the 1940s. The first Super Hero comic book, published in 1938, is known as Action Comics #1 and was Superman’s first appearance. Batman came along in 1939 as Detective Comics #37. “If you look at how TV shows, movies, video games, advertising, and animation are developed, each starts with a storyboard--a series of panels that

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April 11th, 10am to 1pm

Long considered a pet friendly town, Lafayette is giving top billing to its canine community for its 2nd annual Dogtown Downtown event, scheduled for Saturday, April 11, from 10am to 1pm at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center. This is an event about, and for, dogs and dog lovers. Designed to be a fun and festive canine-focused event, Lafayette Dogtown Downtown 2015 includes outdoor working dog and canine

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Enjoy the Birds with Diablo Audubon Society By Fran Miller

It’s prime bird watching season, and many locations along the Diablo Corridor are host to several species of migrating water, land, and shore birds. Beginning early April through May, birds making their Pacific Flyway return journey seek suitable habitats in which to Volume IX - Number 4 3000F Danville Blvd #117 feed, and many find a temporary Alamo, CA 94507 home in areas such as Walnut Telephone (925) 405-6397 Creek’s Heather Farms Park, the Fax (925) 406-0547 Lafayette Reservoir, Castle Rock editor@yourmonthlypaper.com Regional Park/Diablo Foothills Alisa Corstorphine ~ Publisher Regional Park, and Mitchell Can- The opinions expressed herein belong to the writers, and do not necessarily reflect that of Lafayette Today. Lafayette yon in Clayton. Today is not responsible for the content of any of the ad-

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