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Free Comic Book Day

     Every year around the summer months, popular culture amps up in the Morgantown area. The annually held WV Pop Culture Con is coming in to Morgantown in late august, but in a couple weeks, local comic book shops will be participating in the internationally celebrated Free Comic Book Day.

     Free Comic Book Day, or FCBD, will be on Saturday, May 5th. The event will take place all day as well, so it is impossible to miss it unless you just don’t go.

     During this day, comic book stores across the world open their doors and give free books in hopes to attract the reader that wouldn’t normally come otherwise. There is normally free food, free toys, and comic book authors/publishers that avid readers can actually talk to and meet.

     The entire shindig is more than just giving away a few books for free, it’s bringing together a community of people that love the same thing and celebrating the art.

     Two stores so far, Comic Paradise Plus in Fairmont and Comic Paradise Plus 2 in Westover will be participating in the event. 

FCBD takes place the first Saturday of every year.

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Moviepass

In a time where it seems like subscription services seem like they are taking over, another one comes to the mix. 

Ever been in a situation where you don’t end up seeing a movie that you hoped to because of money or the lack of people to go with? Maybe there was an instance where you took that chance and it paid off.

Moviepass gives people the opportunity to take more risks and see more movies without the fear of wasting their money. This movie subscription service allows customers to pay 9.95 a month and watch any 2D movie playing in theaters they want. 

Within the month, the Moviepass allows consumers to watch one movie in theaters per day. You could end up watching 31 movies for the price of one?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

This card gives the freedom and ability to customers to watch whatever they want, whenever they want.

It also benefits both moview producers and theaters because it brings an audience of people who otherwise wouldn’t go to the movies.

Personally, moviepass has led me to see more movies with it than without it.

Moviepass gives me a freedom feeling and encourages me to see movies that I wouldn’t see otherwise due to either the price or the inability to go with others. Knowing that after one movie the rest are free is very encouraging as well.

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Morgantown Music

Bigger artists are being attracted to the small college city of Morgantown.

Recently, rapper Ty Dolla $ign performed at MainStage Morgantown in front of a rambunctious crowd of college students. With such a big name coming to perform at the smaller venue one has to wonder.

Is Ty Dolla $ign just washed up? Or is Morgantown gradually growing bigger on the map of places for artists to tour?

I would hope for the latter to be true rather than the former, and there are previous performances by other artists that help to solidify that claim. 

Recently, rapping trio Migos performed at the Coliseum. Migos is one of the hottest music groups currently and have a massive fan following. 

Also, rapper ‘Lil Skies’ came on a tour through Morgantown just last week. He isn’t as prominent on the popularity scale as Migos, but he has over 1 million Instagram followers, and in that day and age that counts for way more than it should.

Other artists like Cage the Elephant, 2 Savage, Brad Paisley, Mac Miller, and Lil Wayne have all performed in this city of only around 60,000 (with the college students in town.) And there are plenty more artists to come.

Is Morgantown slowly becoming more relevant in the music world? I guess that we’ll have to wait and find out.

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Will “Fortnite” take over the world?

     If you haven’t heard of “Fortnite” by now then you must be living under a rock. Whether it is affecting a relationship you’re in or you’re addicted to it yourself, it has taken the world by storm

     The cartoonish third-person shooter released to gaming consoles and PCs in late July of 2017 and since then has gained massive popularity, primarily due to its easy accessibility. The game is free.

     This game has done more than please the avid gamer though, it has taken social media by storm with various memes and viral videos surfacing across different platforms. Youtubers dedicate their entire channels to solely playing “Fortnite” and “Fortnite” Instagram fan accounts are created.

     Personally, I wasn’t aware of the game until early December when my friends introduced it to me. Since then, I have replaced a lot of the time dedicated to various daily tasks with time spent playing this game, and many others can say the same.