Walter Durajlija

Walter Durajlija is an Overstreet Advisor and Shuster Award winner. He owns Big B Comics in Hamilton Ontario.

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Comic Culture: November 5th 2009

Walter Durajlija
November 7, 2009

Welcome back to the Comic Culture Podcast with our amazing hosts; Walter Durajlija of Big B Comics and Chris Owen of Mohawk College. We apologize for the delay but due to some technical difficulties, this week’s episode took some doing. But we’re…

Walter Durajlija
November 6, 2009

Big Collection Surfaces in Missouri. The Mound City Comic Book Auction that took place November 1st and 2nd is the stuff of legend. The comics were found in the basement of a home in Arnold, MO. A cousin of

Walter Durajlija
November 4, 2009

A few tips ago we went over how to look for restoration on comic books. Not even 3 days after that post I submitted for grading a copy of an Amazing Fantasy #15 for a customer who had the week before

Walter Durajlija
November 2, 2009

Fantastic Four #1, Marvel Comics, November 1961. There’s been a lot written on what is the most important Silver Age comic book. For many years DC’s reintroduction of the Flash in Showcase #4 reigned as the Silver Age’s most important and most expensive comic book. Though I obviously disagree I’ll not continue the argument here but I will

Walter Durajlija
October 30, 2009

Each week I try to give the Auction Highlights some sort of theme. It’s an added bonus if this theme happens to be current and topical. Bonus City this week folks as I proudly present some Halloween themed auctions and listings.

Walter Durajlija
October 28, 2009

Hey gang, welcome back to another installment of the Comic Culture podcast with Christopher Owen and Walter Durajlija. This week, the guys have got a guest speaker with them! The guys have Glenn Kay; author of Zombie Movies: The Ultimate guide to…

Walter Durajlija
October 28, 2009

Collecting Raw. Most comic books are bought and sold raw (ungraded) so it's important to know a thing or two about grading.

Walter Durajlija
October 26, 2009

The Farmer's Daughter is undervalued! Here's a first for ComicBookDaily. I've listed an entire run as my undervalued comic of the week. The reality is that once you own 1 of this 4 issue run a malady called

Walter Durajlija
October 23, 2009

It’s that time of the week again! Time to tune out the world and tune into the smooth comic stylings of Christopher Owen and Walter Durajlija with this week’s edition of the Comic Culture. This week the guys discuss: the…

Walter Durajlija
October 23, 2009

The ComicLink October Focused Auction that ended yesterday yielded some very interesting results. First off, these monthly comic auctions from ComicLink have turned into major events though some months are much better (in terms of quality of offerings) than others.…

Walter Durajlija
October 21, 2009

Storage. The proper storage of comic books is often overlooked, sometimes with costly results. The main focus of storage should be preservation of condition. Convenience of access or visual display should not be deciding factors for comic book storage.

Walter Durajlija
October 19, 2009

The Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 1960s brought the Cold War with the Soviet Union to America’s kitchen tables and its workplace water coolers. Everyone was now talking about the Russians

Walter Durajlija
October 16, 2009

In honor of this past Wednesday’s Collecting and Investing Tips #7 (where we looked at how to spot restoration on lower grade comics) this week’s auction highlights will look at the hottest of the hot – with a catch. There is nothing…

Walter Durajlija
October 14, 2009

Welcome back to the Comic Culture podcast with Mohawk College’s Christopher Owen and Big B’s Walter Durajlija. We hope that you’re comfy as the guys talk about: this week’s releases, new graphic novels hitting the bestseller’s list, the adaptation of C…

Walter Durajlija
October 14, 2009
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Watching out for restoration The first thing I’d like to say is that restoration has its place in the comic book marketplace. Some copies of very, very important comic books would not even exist if it were not for the…

Walter Durajlija
October 12, 2009

The War Comics genre was an industry unto itself in the 1950s and 60s. Every major comic publisher had war titles. Charlton, Atlas, Fawcett, Dell and all the others drew heavily on the great adventure stories that could be set against the very recently won Second World War

Walter Durajlija
October 9, 2009

In honor of just posted Market Trends report this week’s auction highlights will try to find out what kind of jumps in price are accompanying incremental jumps in grade. We chose some relatively easy comics to get so all of us can relate.…

Walter Durajlija
October 8, 2009

Welcome back to the Comic Culture podcast featuring the smooth style of Walter Durajlija and Christopher Owen. This week the guys talk about; the continuation of Buffy at Dark Horse, the Archie wedding issues, the return of Heroclix, Mickey Mouse…

Walter Durajlija
October 7, 2009

In our second Market Trends installment we will discuss the rising importance of 'pressing' comic books before submitting then for grading.

Walter Durajlija
October 7, 2009

Buying locally is not a very easy thing to do these days. The internet has all kinds of sites offering to sell you old collectible comics, new weekly comics and everything in between with just the touch of a

Walter Durajlija

Comic Culture: November 5th 2009

Auction Highlights #10 – Mound City

Investing and Collecting Tips #10

Undervalued Spotlight #10

Auction Highlights #9 – Halloween

Comic Culture: October 29th, 2009

Collecting and Investing Tips #9

Undervalued Spotlight #9

Comic Culture: October 22nd, 2009

Auction Highlights #8 – On the Fence

Collecting and Investing Tips #8

Undervalued Spotlight #8

Auction Highlights #7 – Super Key – Not So Super Grade

Comic Culture: October 14, 2009

Collecting and Investing Tips #7

Undervalued Spotlight #7

Auction Highlights #6 – One Up

Comic Culture: October 7th 2009

Market Trends October 2009

Collecting and Investing Tips #6