Night Fisher
R. Kikuo Johnson set the comic world on fire with his 2005 debut Night Fisher. Unfortunately I wasn’t reading non superhero comics then and never heard of it. Big mistake. [quote]First-rate prep school, S.U.V., and a dream house in the…
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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New Tintin Trailer
Another trailer for Tintin was released yesterday. After viewing my skepticism has evaporated: it looks great. We’re introduced to the film’s nemesis and see a ton of great action scenes, comedic episodes and overall wonder.
Margaret Atwood: cartoonist?
The National Post has an excerpt from Margaret Atwood’s In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination. It’s a great piece on comic strips, imagination and where that takes us. Perhaps if Atwood had kept up the drawing Seth and…
NYCC 2011
New York Comicon 2011 just passed and here are my top five announcements. Dive right in.
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Halloween FCBD (Free Comic Book Day)
Diamond announced at New York Comicon this week that starting in 2012 there will be a second free comic book day event in October for Halloween. Here’s a snippet from ICv2: [quote]…but Diamond indicated that it had managed to interest…
The Dragon
Guelph Ontario
Last month I had the opportunity to visit The Dragon in Guelph Ontario. I had heard good things about the store and wanted to see it for myself. The location is in a mall with a unique layout, designed as…
Guelph Ontario
Comics News
I read a good amount of comic news every day, subscribing via RSS to the bulk of comic related websites. Unfortunately I find the bulk of it a waste of time, scrolling on by. The big news this week has…
Cover Story: The DC Comics Art Of Brian Bolland
A wonderful artist who has done a ton of cover work, and not enough interior comic work, Brian Bolland gets his spotlight in Cover Story: The DC Comics Art Of Brian Bolland. [quote]Artist Brian Bolland, best known for his work…
Holy Terror
It’s been heavily promoted by Legendary Pictures, as only a movie studio can do. Preview pages, an animated short, press releases and coverage everywhere. For it’s first foray into comics Legendary has published Frank Miller’s Holy Terror, his response to…
Next Men Vol 1: Scattered
First off I dropped the “John Byrne’s” from the title so it would be somewhat shorter, and I really don’t like it when a creator’s name is inserted into the title. I had heard Byrne was picking up with the…
New Batman: Year One clip
A second Batman: Year One clip was released today. Another example of being extremely faithful to the source material. As well there are those flashes on manga influenced looks to the material, but it’s so slight I may be hallucinating…
Why shop at a comic store?
When you collect trade paperbacks and graphic novels there’s Amazon and everything else. They have the market share, deep discounts, availability, free shipping, recommendations and even preview pages. There’s no denying it so retailers need to recognize, adapt and overcome. …
Adams Godzilla Triptych
Arthur Adams is doing a number of covers for IDW’s Godzilla: Legends mini series, as outlined by Chris Ryall. The first three covers will form one large image: here’s the inked version.
Retailer Q | #4: Discounts
As a retailer do you offer subscriber/frequent buyer discounts, such as a flat percentage off all purchases or buy X get one free cards? Why or why not?
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DC Digital Graphic Novels
Amazon launched their new Kindle line yesterday, most notably the Kindle Fire, a 7″ colour tablet. Along with this came word from ICv2 that Amazon will have 100 exclusive DC graphic novels available. [quote]…with 100 exclusive DC graphic novels, including…
Lone Wolf & Cub Retailer Incentive
Lone Wolf and Cub is a wonderful manga series that has come to North America twice: prestige format comics from First Publishing in the 1980s and in twenty eight 4.25×6.5″ softcover volumes from Dark Horse. For anyone who hasn’t sampled…
77,840 Attend Fan Expo
Hobbystar just sent an email that attendance for Fan Expo 2011 was 77,840, unofficially making it the third largest comic convention in North America after San Diego and New York. Crowd control was smooth this year: organized lines managed by…
Adams Fearless Covers
Today Marvel released the inked covers for Fearless issues four and five by Art Adams. Wow.
Artists Alley
The big draw for me at Montreal Comiccon 2011 was the bandes desinee artists that would be attending the show. I’ve been reading a lot of translated European material and was hoping to pick up some original art. Overall it…
Comic Shop Signings
This Saturday is an event at The Dragon in Guelph Ontario that will have Jeff Lemire, Scott Chandler, Marco Rudy and Jesse Jacobs. I plan attending to get a few books signed and a sketch or two so watch for…