Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Championing Comics
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…
This week young aspiring actor Marty Birthelmer joins Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija and helps them tackle all kinds of issues including bad buzz around the Green Lantern movie, Wonder Woman make up, Stan Lee deserving an…
Pete writes a love letter to the creators of the Sixth Gun - possibly the best new creator owned book of 2010.
Writer: Andy Diggle Artist: David Gianfelice Colours: Matt Hollingsworth Letters: Joe Caramagna Cover: Jock Publisher: Marvel Comics Come one, come all! Witness the rebirth of a(nother) comic book character. Excuse the cynicism, but it feels like there’s a rebirth in…
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…
Comic Culture delivers a really fun show for you this week. Hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss the shelving of the Wonder Woman TV series (thanks Disney), Jason Aaron’s great rebuttal to some Alan Moore comments, Stan Lee’s cameo…
Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist: Salvador Espin with Scott Koblish Colours: Jim Charlampidis Letters: Clayton Cowles Cover: Oliver Copiel, Mark Morales, and Chris Sotomayor Publisher: Marvel Comics Spinning out of the events of the X-Men’s Second Coming saga and the Five…
Writers: Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi Artists: Ivan Reis, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark and Joe Prado Inkers: Vicente Cifuentes and David Beaty Colours: Peter Steigerwald and Beth Sotelo Covers: Gary Frank with Nathan Eyring; Ivan Reis with Hi-Fi (variant) Letterer:…
Welcome to the first show of 2011. This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about the Marvel’s upcoming summer cross over event called Fear Itself. The boys also discuss Marvel’s new EIC, 3-D comics, Red Lanterns…
Writer/Pencils/ Variant Cover: David Finch Inkers: Scott Williams Coloured: Alex Sinclair Letters: David Sharpe Cover: Andy Clarke Publisher: DC Comics Welcome to the Bat Cave. Again. With a colony of Bat titles coming our way in the last month or…
Writers: Matt Fraction and Kieron Gillen Pencils: Greg Land Inks: Jay Leisten Colours: Justin Ponsor Letters: Joe Caramagna Cover: Greg Land and Justin Ponsor Publisher: Marvel Comics With the mutant flu ravaging Utopia, can Cyclops and the rest of the…
Writer: Grant Morrison Pencils: Yanick Paquette Inker: Michel Lacombe Colours: Nathan Fairbairn Letters: John J. Hill Covers: JH Williams and Yanick Paquette Publisher: DC Batman has gone global! We’re now two issues into Batman Inc., so let’s take a look…
Writers: Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery Artist: Andy Belanger Colours: Ian Herring Cover: Kagan McLeod Letters: Neil Uyetake Publisher: IDW Publishing The team behind the critically successful series are back again with the eighth issue of their Shakespearean tale.…
Writers: Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi Artists: Ivan Reis, Scott Clark, and Joe Prado Inkers: David Beaty and Oclair Albert Colour: Peter Steigerwald Cover: Gary Frank (with Nathan Eyring) (A), Ivan Reis (with Hi-Fi) (B) Letters: Rob Clark Jr. Publisher:…
Comic Culture: December 15th Great Show this week. Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about the casting of Flash Thompson, the death of Iron Man, the death of one of the Fantastic Four and who the most…
Writer: David Hine Artist: Agustin Padilla Colourist: Tony Avina Letters: Sal Cipriano Cover: Stanley Lau Publisher: DC Detective Comics Annual #12 is the latest comic in the Batman Inc. story. Let’s have a look. Synopsis With his return to the…
Most people think of the Disney live action film when they hear Rocketeer but for comic fans Dave Steven’s beautifully illustrated character cheerfully fills our thoughts. December 2009 IDW published the collected Rocketeer works in a regular hardcover and in…
The Grand Poobah: Stan Lee Writer: Chris Roberson Artist: Khary Randolph Colours: Mitch Gerads Letters: Ed Dukeshire Covers: Gene Ha with Nei Ruffino (A), Humberto Ramos with Edgar Delgado (B), Khary Randolph with Etienne St. Laurent (C) Publisher: Boom! Studios…
After thoroughly enjoying Conan Volume 7 I scanned my local comic book shop and found Conan Volume 6: The Hand Of Nergal softcover. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: A mysterious curse lingers, following Conan as he attempts to return to his…