Time Capsule: DC Releases October ’87
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases October 1987. Mike Mignola art on The Phantom Stranger, plus Ronin trade paperback.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Scott VanderPloeg
Scott works in I.T. but lives to eat and read. His other ramblings can be found at AE Index and eBabble. Art collection at Comic Art Fans.
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Web Arted September 25th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Frazetta, Kirby, Ditko, Raymond, Lee, Williams.
Review | Zenith Phase One Apex Edition
Rebellion’s first foray into original art size books, Zenith Phase One Apex Edition offers up a rare treat for fans and collectors. The Apex Edition is a full size reproduction of the original artwork from Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s seminal superhero…
Time Capsule: DC Releases August ’87
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases August 1987. DC's second prestige format series premieres, riding the coattails of The Dark Knight Returns. The Shadow monthly by Bill Sienkiewicz and The Shadow trade paperback make the back page.
Web Arted September 18th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Kirby, Mignola, Powell, Colan, Ribic, Williamson, Tuska, Chiaramonte.
Time Capsule: DC Releases November ’86
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases December ’86. Legends gets the front page, another Byrne blockbuster title that has faded over time. Closing out is a farewell to Julie Schwartz.
Web Arted September 11th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Kane, Wood, Adkins, Kirby, Whitney, Bolton, Windsor-Smith, Wiacek.
Review | Eric Powell’s The Goon Artist’s Edition
The first painted Artist Edition, Eric Powell’s The Goon Artist’s Edition presents an interesting look at Powell’s process and technique. This beautiful Artist’s Edition features Powell’s Goon original graphic Novel, Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker, the opus that…
Web Arted September 5th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Swan, Klein, Kane, Sutton, Sakai, Heck, Windsor-Smith, Wiacek.
Kelvin Mao on Zeck’s Artist Edition, Dave Stevens and IDW
After publishing our review of Mike Zeck's Classic Marvel Stories Artist's Edition I was contacted by Kelvin Mao, the book's editor. He was kind enough to answer questions about the book, his process, working with IDW and how it all began.
Time Capsule: DC Releases October ’86
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases October '86. John Byrne's The Man Of Steel gets the cover and Batman 400 the back.
Undervalued Spotlight #256
Violent Cases, Escape Comics, 1987. Gaiman. McKean. In 1987 neither of these creators had done much of anything, yet together they created a fourty-eight page original graphic novel for a small imprint of Titan, Escape Comics.
Web Arted August 28th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Running Store Events
As a local comic shop you will most likely end up running two types of store events: Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) and creator signings. Let’s look at the logistics of each. In general both will require something your store…
Time Capsule: DC Releases September ’86
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases September '86. The Watchmen gets the cover, and justly so, using Gibbon's first ad image for the series. The History Of The DC Universe gets the back cover, and lots of interesting items in between.
Web Arted August 21st
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Springer, Robbins, McNiven, McKone, Leon, Noto.
Time Capsule: DC Releases August ’86
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases August '86. Some real gems here including Heroes Against Hunger, The Dark Knight Returns and The Shadow, but Angel Love gets the cover...
Web Arted August 14th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Steranko, Yu, Schultz, Norem.
Web Arted August 7th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Stokes, Mignola, Russell, Steranko, Canete.
Art Drop Day, Tonci Zonjic and Lobster Johnson
I started following Tonci Zonjic on Twitter because I like his art and he lives in Toronto so I had hoped to hear about any signings or events directly. I was checking my feed just before heading to Toronto when I spotted this: free art hidden at The Beguiling.