Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Undervalued Spotlight #216
Nova #4, Marvel Comics, December 1976 For this week’s Undervalued Spotlight I’d like to go with a book that gives us a new villain, has great eye appeal, won’t break the budget and tracking one down won’t be like finding…
Getting to Know Gotham
The tv screen is getting crowded with comic-related tv shows this season. Agents of Shield, Arrow, and the Walking Dead are already well-established shows, and The Flash just debuted this month on the CW network. I’m going to look at…
Web Arted Oct 24th
Humble Bundle
Comic book fans love giving to charity. I have not seen a single convention in recent years were there wasn’t some component that allowed fans to donate money to a good cause. However, if you add some sweet swag to…
Avengers: Age Of Ultron Official Teaser Trailer
Here’s the first trailer from Marvel for next April’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron. And the movie poster.
“Toodle-oo, Bub” – Eulogy For a Short Canuck
“Dear Doc Curmudgeon” is a column by Clint McElroy, made up of completely fabricated responses to mostly fabricated questions. But you knew that, due to your discerning nature and brilliant mind which would never fall for a columnist trying to butter you…
Three Firsts
BOOM! Studios Offers 50 Kids Comics For $19.99
Not With A Bang, But A Whimper…
It’s been just about a month now since the Jack Kirby Estate and Marvel settled out of court in what has been an ongoing battle not only between the heirs of Jack Kirby and Marvel , but the ongoing argument…
Undervalued Spotlight #215
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2, Marvel Comics, 1965 Mike Huddleston’s great post on the Fantastic Four Annuals got me to thinking how much we neglect Annuals. Is it that Annuals reprint stories collectors already have? That’s probably a big part of…
RAID Studio profiled on AT&T U-Verse Buzz
Marvel Comics: 75 Years of Cover Art
Web Arted Oct 17th
Piece Replacement
You Want 2nds? Episode 2 of The Flash “Fastest Man Alive”
Hi folks, welcome to Archie G’s. I’m your waiter, Raoul. Here at Archie G’s, we don’t think you can make a dependable Pull List decision based on the first serving of a comic. Publishers throw everything they’ve got at a…
Jim Aldridge
On one of my research visits to Gerry Lazare and his wife Setsuko, Gerry said that he had recently received a phone call from someone who had written him a fan letter 40 years ago. Gerry said that the man’s…
An Artist’s Edition Index For All Publishers
Web Arted Oct 10th
An Urban Expression: Michael Cho’s Shoplifter
Michael Cho is a Canadian cartoonist who has previously published a collection of sketches about Toronto titled Back Alleys and Urban Landscapes. So it seems fitting that he begins Shoplifter by showing the reader a cityscape. There are black, rectangular…
“I Like Ike’s Plan. The FF Should Go”
“DEAR DOC CURMUDGEON” IS A COLUMN BY CLINT McELROY, MADE UP OF COMPLETELY FABRICATED RESPONSES TO MOSTLY FABRICATED QUESTIONS. BUT YOU KNEW THAT, DUE TO YOUR DISCERNING NATURE AND BRILLIANT MIND WHICH WOULD NEVER FALL FOR A COLUMNIST TRYING TO…