Web Arted Sep 20th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
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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Peter Maresca’s Restoration Process
A brief interview with Peter Maresca at CBR caught my interest about his restoration process in relation to working on Titan's Flash Gordon series.
Web Arted Sep 13th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Web Arted Sep 6th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Web Arted Aug 30th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
2013 Harry Kremer Award Winner: Heroes, London ON
The 2013 Joe Shuster Awards were held Saturday August 24th in Toronto; the full list of award winners can be found here. Anthony Falcone and myself were responsible for the Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer, who this…
Review | Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
A fun and fast paced adventure through 19th century Turkey, Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant delivers in print form. Lovable ne’er-do-well Delilah Dirk is an Indiana Jones for the 19th century. She has traveled to Japan, Indonesia, France, and…
Web Arted Aug 23rd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Review | Prince Valiant Vol 7: 1949-1950
Another excellent volume in the march of Hal Foster’s creation, Prince Valiant Volume 7: 1949-1950 shines on Princess Aleta. You might think that birth of Prince Valiant’s son Arn at the end of the previous volume would have slowed down…
Review | Mark Schultz’s Xenozoic Tales Artist’s Edition
Another stunning collection of original art brought full size to the discerning reader, Mark Schultz’s Xenozoic Tales Artist’s Edition is the best presentation of this material to date. Xenozoic Tales is the classic story of a post-apocalyptic future where mankind…
Web Arted Aug 16th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Hey, that’s my sketch! Credit your source.
I have a fair sized original art collection and a website I set up years ago (and never update) to showcase it, eBabble Comic Art. Since I’m a fan or comic art I started our Web Arted weekly feature in…
Web Arted Aug 9th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
ComicLink July Featured Auction Original Art
ComicLink’s July Featured Auction was a low end affair, in preparation for their gigantic August Featured Auction apparently. I found five items that called out to me and was taken aback by their relatively low finishing prices. While these pieces…
Web Arted Aug 2nd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
What I’m looking for in a Harry Kremer Award comic shop
As Anthony mentioned a few months ago he and I constitute The Harry Kremer Retailer Award committee. The criteria are presented at the site and are straightforward, but it also comes down to personal experiences. The criteria for judging includes: Support…
Hakes Americana & Collectibles Auction 209
I haven’t been following the auctions at Hakes Americana & Collectibles because I find their categories confusing. Their recent Auction #209 – Part II that ended August 25th had a good haul of original comic and comic strip art, enough…
Web Arted July 26th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Rich Johnston Just Spammed Titan’s Press List
I just received an email from Rich Johnston promoting a post on Bleeding Cool. I found it odd since I’ve never received anything from him before and we’ve never met or made contact of any kind. Yet here was the…
Review | Clockwerx
Giant steampunk robots terrorizing London: what's not to like?