An evening with Dave Gibbons
On a crisp, autumn night in the city – a forgotten piece of British comics history is waiting patiently for my arrival at London’s kooky Cartoon Museum, and I’m rushing from my day job to make it in time. Doctor…
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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When Good Goes Bad
Recently Scott reviewed Holy Terror. To sum up the review quickly here is the best line from his review “this book is crap: don’t buy it. I want my money back. End review.” Classic stuff. I got thinking more about…
Hidden Gems
The title of this particular post is “Hidden Gems” but I’m not quite sure if that’s incredibly accurate. Most of what’s in here isn’t hidden at all really; if you go into a comic shop, a majority of it will…
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…
My road to AF 15, Chapter the Third: Back to the B
So when you last heard from me about my arduous endeavour, I had just traded for an early appearance of Herbie aka the Fat Fury. This guy: Now some of you scoffed at my trade, but I knew that Marc…
Man of Steel
Arguably the most recognizable figure in popular culture, transcending generations and outliving his creators – one of (maybe) 3 fictional characters from the realm of comic books whom proudly parade as household names across the world. In comics, the series…
The Road Trip
Ahhh… the majesty of the open road. Music carefully selected for a mix CD. Four friends piled into a pick up truck, barrelling down the highway at 110KM/h heading for the big city. Yes my friends I am talking about…
Where in the World is Renee Montoya and Other Questions
I will admit, I haven’t really been following the new 52 that hard. As I’ve stated before, I’m basically a “wait for the trade” guy but I have looked at titles I’m thinking of getting in trade and overall, I’ve…
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. …
Chuck Rozanski
I don’t really do interviews. Interviewing is not a skill that I possess. I do, however, have some great conversations with names in the industry. And then I try to remember all the awesome stuff they said. This is one…
Jonathan Ross & Turf
To a Great-British Audience, Jonathan Ross (OBE) is synonymous with belly laughs and banter as – the voice of Friday nights on his, self-titled/award-winning talk show “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross” (Kind of, the British Late Show). He also hosted…
Let’s Talk About Sex DC
I was at the comic book shop last week and a couple of friends handed me a comic and said "you have to pick this one up". The comic they handed me was Catwoman #1. It wasn't on my pull list (since Wonder Woman and Batwoman are the only new DC #1's I'm buying right now) but after flipping through it, I had to buy it.
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2 Years Of Thoughts
This week marks my second anniversary as a columnist for Comic Book Daily so in a semi-self congratulatory mood, I figured I’d take a look back at the past two years and let you in on some of my favorite…
What is “THE” Comic?
The title says it all. What is “THE” comic? What is the comic that changed everything for you? Did it change the way you think? Did it hook you in, that you had to buy the next issue, then all…
Favorite Covers
The saying goes, you can’t judge a book by its cover. That may be true but in comics, it’s usually a good starting point. Usually in this column, I tend to look at the writing of comics more than the…
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…
Episode 11: Bidding adieu to ‘Almost Heroes’
I received a distressing piece of news Sept. 15: Showcase, one of Canada’s specialty networks, opted not to renew the television series Almost Heroes for a second season. This, considering it was one of my favourite shows within the last year, quickly prompted me to tweet my displeasure like any other self-respecting new media junkie and classify it as a blunder on par with Fox cancelling any show that was ever worthwhile. Please see Firefly, Dollhouse and Arrested Development for further reference. At this point I imagine, though, that you’re questioning what it is I’m blabbering about.
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What do you mean I can’t sell this?
This past weekend I toured a couple of comic shops. One was my local favourite (Blue Beetle), the other was a comic shop in downtown T.O. I thought I would just check things out. See what was in stock. Get…
Liefeld and The Double Standard Debate
I kind of sat on this one for a little bit; surprisingly no one really wrote much about it. Rob Liefeld was prompted on twitter to explain the status of his Kirkman penned Killraven series which lead to a back…
Lies, Facts & Stats
The news this week has all been about DC’s relaunch and books selling over 200,000 copies. It all started with this announcement on the DC Comics Source blog: [quote]Earlier today, Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest distributor of comics, graphic…