Review | Conan Vol 14: The Death
An intimate look at Conan and his relationship with Bêlit, queen of the black coast.
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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Web Arted July 19th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Rather see superheroes at the movies than read about them
An excellent article on The Forbidden Planet site from Richard, a regular contributor who is also a grade school librarian. Through knowledge, contacts in the industry and dogged determination he’s managed to build a substantial graphic novel section. I mercilessly played upon…
Titan’s Treasures Superhero Belts
My wife just forwarded this to me via children’s clothing sales site Kids Steals. Wow, those are nice looking belt buckles. Not so sure about the colour choices of the canvas belts but I’m sure they’d work with standard 1.5″…
Web Arted July 12th 2013
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Dealing with your collection footprint
I have a friend who has a toy room (hi Marc!). He tells me his collection will never get bigger than his toy room, and will sell old items to make room for new. It’s a sound strategy and one…
Web Arted July 5th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Customers do not engage […] with comics news sites
Brian Hibbs has his latest Tilting At Windmills column up at CBR and while it’s a discussion of DC’s Villains month he dedicates the first half of the article to discussing customers and their buying habits. It’s an interesting read…
Review | The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward
A tale of intrigue, mystery and the macabre, H.P. Lovecraft’s The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward is masterfully adapted by I.N.J. Culbard into a compelling read. Providence, Rhode Island, 1928. A dangerous inmate disappears from a private hospital for the…
Web Arted June 28th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly from ComicLink's May Featured Auction.
Web Arted June 21st
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
The Man Of Steel
I saw The Man Of Steel on the weekend, like a lot of other people. It was an enjoyable film, and set itself apart from the Superman we know from comics, movies and television. Working within its own framework, The…
Web Arted June 14th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Who doesn’t buy Volume 2 after enjoying Volume 1?
I was perusing upcoming book solicitations and marked a few titles I would be picking up. As always this site and my contributions came to mind, and while I have a stack of recently read books I don’t plan on…
Tom Laing 1949-2013
On Monday May 27th 2013 Tom Laing passed away. That name might not right a bell right away, but he was the owner of Comic 1 Books in Stoney Creek Ontario. I don’t think I ever knew his last name…
Man Of Steel final trailer
Here’s the final trailer for The Man Of Steel, apparently heavily sponsored by Nokia. Lot’s of reveals included, but since it hits theatres next week that’s hardly surprising. [youtube ] And here’s a different movie poster I dug up.
Web Arted June 7th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
2013 Joe Shuster Award nominees announced
The nominees for the 2013 Joe Shuster Awards were announced late last night, and it’s quite a list. The nominees cover a wide variety of material and genres. Feel free to make your selections in the comments. The “separate retailer…
Web Arted May 31st
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Free Comic Book Day 2013: Estimates As Facts
Free Comic Book Day 2013 was, by all accounts, a great success. I ran a free barbeque for my local comic shop and it was busy, very busy. Diamond recently published an article on their retailer site about the numbers.…