May the 4th

We've got March 14th (Pi Day), and now we claim May 4th as Star Wars Day, or at least we lean into it some more. At first I was confused. Why May 4th? Say it out loud, I was told: "May the 4th be with you."

Ohhhhkkkaaaayyy. 

And now Disney+ is also leaning heavily into it, with their splash screen heavy duty with Star Wars stuff. Awesome...now we, the capital-N Nerds have at least two days.

There's also, going on year 20-ish, Free Comic Book Day, the first Saturday in May. At our local shop it was quite well-attended:

Cass and I waited in lone to make a donation to a local food bank and grabbed some free stuff. This year it looked like there was a competition going on:

Some of the comics were labeled "Free Comic Book Day", while others were labeled "Comics Giveaway Day." Um...what?

It turns out the FCBD label and logo was owned by Diamond Distribution, who had a de-facto monopoly over the distribution of most of titles available. It began to unravel when DC Comics broke away, and once Marvel joined them, their days were numbered. Diamond went under and the distribution rights went (mostly) to two different companies, Universal and Penguin, but only Universal has the rights to the logo and name, so, to compete, Penguin's distribution arm went with CGD. 

Is this the only year we get this competition? Are we, the readers and fans, the true winners?

Can we claim Life Day, November 17th, too?