Category Minutiae

Minutiae: those happenings in the world of comics.

Chris and Walt Top 10 Wolverine Covers

Walter Durajlija
February 12, 2025

Hey everyone! Chris and Walt have a new show today where they review the ol’ Canucklehead, Wolverine! They think they know the best covers, but maybe they missed your favourite? Let them know!

Chris and Walt Top 10 Show – Tales from the Tomb

Walter Durajlija
February 11, 2025

Hi everyone! Check out Chris and Walt’s newest show where they give you their top 10 Tales from the Tomb covers. Is there even 10 great ones? Find out below and let us know what you think!

And We’re Off…

Putting together a themed auction can be a daunting task, especially when there’s a flood of late consignments. We’re proud of our Canadiana auction, we want it to do well, so we tried hard to get everyone’s items in. I…

What a Classic

Walter Durajlija
April 15, 2024

The Women’s Hockey World Championship gold medal game went yesterday between the arch rivals Canada and the USA, it was an instant Classic, Canada took it in OT which made me happy, it was a great, competitive and entertaining game…

Back at it

Let’s wade back into things with this post, I’ll dive back into the auction piles next week. Getting away is always nice and coming home is even nicer. There were zero interactions with comics on my trip, this was, I…

Rarified Air

Walter Durajlija
October 24, 2022
7 Comments

It’s not often I get so awed by a comic. Over the years I’ve held some beauties and thanks to that beyond rare pile of 1930s comics we’ll be auctioning in the coming weeks, the ones with the covers stripped…

Trailblazers Done and RAID Gallery Show On

Ivan Kocmarek
December 15, 2021
3 Comments

Just a quick note to announce that I just picked up the 300-copy print run of my comic book tribute to Canadian wartime comic book artists called Trailblazers. This floppy comic has turned out to be a 56-pager containing 26…

Looking Ahead At 2021

Walter Durajlija
January 13, 2021
6 Comments

This week Chris and I look ahead to 2021, we get out the crystal ball and try to see what this year holds for comic book collecting, local comic shops, comic book conventions. Will the back issue market stay hot?…

Covered 365: Day 250

Walter Durajlija
September 7, 2019
6 Comments

Incredible Hulk #250, Marvel Comics, August 1980, Artist: Al Milgrom. I mentioned this in the comments of Day 248 but I thought I’d put it in the body of the post for the big Day 250. With the cover selections…

Ron Garney Storyteller

Dennis De Pues
May 20, 2019

I recently picked up Ron Garney’s Daredevil run from 2016. I like his stuff. I think my favourite work was his “Men of Wrath ” 5 issue mini-series. It opened my eyes to what he was capable of doing. Great…

Triumph-Adventure Comics

What would a Canadian newsstand have looked like in terms of comic books during the summer of 1941? Well, there would have been a dearth of them to begin with because the war-time government ban on the importation of almost…

Collecting WECA Covers

Ivan Kocmarek
February 6, 2019
19 Comments

The Top Ten WECA Covers A recent movement that has risen to the surface in comic book collecting seems to be a focus on impactful covers—especially impactful golden age covers. This focus can, of course, overlap with other collecting strains…

Web Arted #333

Scott VanderPloeg
November 2, 2018

A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Jones, Lee, Martin, Murphy, Risso.

Undervalued Spotlight #358

Mike Huddleston
September 5, 2017
13 Comments

Tim Holt #11 & #17 Published by Magazine Enterprises. It is double your pleasure today on the Undervalued Spotlight featuring the original Ghost Ride circa 1949-1955. Let’s get to it. The creation of the original Ghost Rider was rather unique.…

Undervalued Spotlight #304 – Delayed

Hey Looks like I have to throw in the towel, this thing ain’t going away as fast as I wanted it to. If I don’t feel better by tomorrow I’m switching from Advil to Cognac. Spotlight #304 will…

Merry Christmas 2015!

Scott VanderPloeg
December 25, 2015

From all of us at Comic Book Daily, we wish our readers a very Merry Christmas, comic book style!

Justice League: Gods And Monsters Trailer

Scott VanderPloeg
June 25, 2015

Here's the official trailer for Justice League: Gods And Monsters available July 15 2015. Looks like another DC animated feature my children won't be allowed to watch...