Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Minutiae: those happenings in the world of comics.
Ok, now that the comic code authority is effectively gone…what’s going change for us comic fans? Probably jack squat. Marvel dropped it in 2001 and you probably didn’t notice. Bongo did in 2010 (just goes to show how much people…
Over at Vertigo’s Graphic Content Blog they tease an actual conversation between 100 Bullets writer Brian Azzarello & Editor Will Dennis: AZZ: I got an idea for a new series. ME: What’s it called? AZZ: SPACEMAN. ME: SPACEMAN? Is that…
I was no where near the internet yesterday, so I missed the explosion of FLASHPOINT teasers. However, it looks like some of those teasers now have answers! CLICK HERE to see more. To be honest, I had no interest in…
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…
Welcome to This Month in Previews where we take a look at the catalogue that all comic book stores order from and pick out the cool stuff we want and by extension you should want! David’s picks: Free Comic Book…
New York, New York January 5, 2011 — Hound Comics is proud to formally announce that its flagship brand, “Brimstone and The Borderhounds” will officially be on the shelves of Barnes & Noble and Book World retail stores nationwide on…
Joe Quesada is no longer the Editor in Chief of Marvel Comics, instead we now have Axel Alonso who will take over while Quesada focuses on his duties as Chief Creative Officer with an emphasis on the media division. Is this…
Well, looks like the 4 issue mini-series will finally be reprinted! I’m still okay with getting my four issues (my four ..very expensive issues) bound together in a nice hardcover, but be sure that I’ll be buying this again. For…
If you heard a sound that was kind of like a million nerdy comic girls sighing in disappointment or felt the tremor in the force as a million goth girls silently wept, I have an explanation for you. Neil Gaiman…
Over the holidays Fantagraphics released their Spring 2011 catalog which covers new items until August; yes that’s well into summer but I didn’t name it. Feel free to browse it at your leisure but I wanted to highlight a few…
It’s hard to tell what the issue here is. Is it some form of censorship, is it sound business practices or just plain ignorance. Hamilton Ontario’s Big B Comics has been running some radio ads on a local radio station.…
So, JMS has decided to leave monthly comics behind and focus exclusively on writing the sequel to Superman Earth One according to the DC Source blog. Well, I don’t have a problem with that since he simply hasn’t been doing…
There’s so much going on in this trailer. We can see that there likely will be no real use of Donald Blake, since when he lands he recognizes that he isn’t on Asgard anymore and they probably thought the whole…
More DC offerings for the…offering. DC COMICS PRESENTS DC UNIVERSE COLLECTED EDITIONS FOR JULY AND AUGUST 2011 DC Comics continues to look at collected editions for summer 2011, continuing today with DC Universe titles scheduled to reach stores in July…
Updated December 9th with Pre-Order links! DC COMICS LOOKS AHEAD TO DC UNIVERSE COLLECTED EDITIONS FOR MAY AND JUNE 2011 As 2010 draws to a close, DC Comics looks ahead to collected editions for summer 2011, beginning with titles from…
I was 8 when my grandfather showed me Danger: Diabolik. To this day I still have no idea why he showed me it. It was pretty out there. Very 60s. Filled with crazy cuts, zooms and of course garish colours.…
Walking Dead fans have got so much and yet so little coming their way. This Sunday, we get our season finale with the crew making their way to some kind of lab base. This seems to be where the biggest…
It’s been reported that the actors for Peter Parker’s parents have been cast. According to the Hollywood Reporter; Scott Campbell and Julianne Nicholson have been cast as Richard and Mary Parker respectively. If you don’t know who these guys are,…
A book with two versions listed and a different ship date from every online bookseller: exactly what and when is Fantagraphics offering? A few days ago I was perusing the Fantagraphics website and noticed a solicitation for Usagi Yojimbo: The…