Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Marvel just sent out a press release about Captain America issue 616: it’s been well covered around the comic sites. What captured my attention was the beautiful Travis Charest cover: why is this man not doing any comic interiors! Although…
For most comic fans the definitive Shadow was written by Dennis O’Neil and drawn by Michael Kaluta for DC’s The Shadow. Unfortunately that body of work consists of five issues drawn between 1973 and 1974, a graphic novel in 1988…
Before you get too excited it’s only a cover but never the less it’s Walt Simonson returning to his longest running work, Thor. Let’s hope someone can talk him into a regular gig; give the image a click to see…
Over Christmas I had a chance to read Superman: Secret Origin The Deluxe Edition hardcover. I’ve been a long-term Gary Frank fan so I knew what to expect with the art, and Geoff Johns is a major powerhouse at DC…
I wrote a review of Nemesis this week and as usual I like to link up to the publisher’s page, grab their description and see if anything extra is offered. Every time it’s a Marvel book I cringe internally as…
Like most comic enthusiasts I saw the online campaign for Nemesis, a creator owned series by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. It’s four issues have finally been collected in a hardcover Premiere edition. I generally like both creators so I…
Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. One of my favourite artists of all time is Paul Smith. He had an…
As loyal Comic Book Daily readers can attest I greatly looked forward to Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition two volume slip cased set. It had two things going for it: a long running series by it’s creator, gathering the first…
I just finished Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition and visited my local comic shop to see about volumes after that. The Fantagraphics hardcovers were oversized at 8×11″ and really brought out Stan Sakai’s art. The Dark Horse volumes are smaller…
1996 was the tenth anniversary of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. It’s hard to believe twenty-five years have passed since Miller brought his dark future to comics; I haven’t heard of DC doing anything to celebrate this year but in…
In case you’ve missed all the web news Wizard magazine has been shut down. There has been a lot of snarky good riddance pieces on the comic sites and that’s just completely unfair. Yes Wizard as a print magazine has…
Welcome to the first installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. Does every grade schooler still have a lunchbox that they haul back and…
This is my second book from the newly relaunched Humanoids English division, and Madwoman Of The Sacred Heart is not your average comic book. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: Professor Alan Mangel’s journey of madness begins when he impregnates Elisabeth, a…
I have absolutely no background material on this book. I spoke at length last year with Mariano Nicieza, editor of the Marvel Limited line in the mid 1990s, and he confirmed this book was not part of that line or…
After finishing volume 1 I moved quickly into Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman Volume 2. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: Jonathan Hickman and Dale Eaglesham’s critically acclaimed run continues in the Prime Elements, a story that kicks off the new world-spanning…
Based on the title I get the distinct feeling I should know who Jonathan Hickman is, but I still don’t. I’ve always been a Fantastic Four fan but I haven’t been reading it for a few years so Fantastic Four…
The new year is finally starting to roll out so I thought to highlight my picks from 2010: one book from each publisher that to me was the best material they put out. Superman: Secret Origin by DC Comics This…
This one has been brewing for a long time but over the holidays my ire was raised considerably as I tried to organize my library. Why, pray tell, does Marvel believe they need to have variant dust jackets for hardcover…
Over the holidays Fantagraphics released their Spring 2011 catalog which covers new items until August; yes that’s well into summer but I didn’t name it. Feel free to browse it at your leisure but I wanted to highlight a few…
DC solicitations for March 2011 went online yesterday and I was shocked, shocked, to see Absolute Promethea Volume 3 solicited. The final Absolute edition of Alan Moore’s epic collects issues #24-32 with the spectacular artwork of J.H. Williams III! ADVANCE…