Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Championing Comics
The first issue of Shade hit comic book shelves last week, very likely under the radar amid the trove of titles that included Buffy the Vampire Slayer, X-Men and Green Lantern. The book, penned by James Robinson, features the mysterious mystic known as Shade. The book at least to this point has been confirmed as a 12-issue maxi-series, but has been promised to be home to a fair number of surprises throughout the series, one of which calls this issue home.
Schism is over and the X-Men are left fractured. The only question left is, who stays on Utopia and who moves back to New York to help rebuild the mansion and the school with Wolverine?
Over the weekend I got a chance to check out the Blu Ray Combo Pack of Green Lantern (Extended Cut). The Blu ray is packed with extras and provides good value for money to the comic book fan. I feel…
New York Comicon 2011 just passed and here are my top five announcements. Dive right in.
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…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss a variety of comic book related topics including injured zombies, online digital comic subscriptions, Barnes and Noble vs DC, Archie’s new superhero line, DC’s big September and a whole…
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…
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…
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…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by professional cartoonist and artist Lief Peng. Join the three as they discuss a whole bunch of stuff including the Watchmen on Kindle, Chevrolet at the NYCC, the…
In the aftermath of the War of the Green Lanterns, Kyle Rayner was left without his girlfriend, and was escorted from Oa after defending the Guardians from an attack from Corps members hoping to assassinate Sinestro. Now off on his own, Rayner must new face challenges both from himself and from familiar allies and enemies alike.
On my last Pick 5 I talked about Halloween Costumes. I listed 5 cool costumes I found on officialsuperherocostumes.com, I was looking at their site more and found some really cool masks. So this week’s Pick 5 are some of my…
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.
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?
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by comic book fan and Blue Beetle authority Brian McGinley. The three amigos touch on a whole bunch of stuff including, the sex controversy surrounding the new Catwoman…
Issue one of the new Batman series hit store shelves last week, perhaps the premier title of the third week of DC Comics' relaunch. The book features Scott Snyder at the helm as Bruce Wayne is formally returned to the scene of his greatest triumphs and failures: Gotham.
Halloween is fast approaching and time is running short to find a costume. If you are creative and can whip something together you’re already off to a good start. But if you are like me, who can’t sew worth a…
Today Marvel released the inked covers for Fearless issues four and five by Art Adams. Wow.
Last week the fourth issue of the X-Men event of the year was released, with tensions rising to a fevered pitch in Jason Aaron’s Schism story. This week CBD takes a look at the penultimate issue of the mini-series as round one of Cyclops vs. Wolverine begins.
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about the success of the DC reboot, Marvel’s Fear Itself, DC’s new gay superhero, printing defects, the Montreal Comic Con and in honor of the Montreal Con we have…