What A Day!
This past Saturday, May 7th, was Free Comic Book Day (FCBD). I hope you all were able to visit your local comic book shop to support them. The event is always held on the first Saturday in May and for…
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Neal Adams
This week Chris and Walt take a bit of time to pay tribute to the great Neal Adams and they quickly try to promote Free Comic Book Day that is happening this weekend. Please let us know what you thought…
A Giant
I was very sad to read of the passing of Neal Adams. Mr. Adams used to come to a lot of Canadian shows with his instantly recognizable oversized booth. He focused a lot of his energies on selling signed oversized…
Puzzling
Two weeks without a Comic Culture podcast; catching Covid will do that to you. Chris looks for any excuse to avoid me as it is, imagine his luck when I came down with the thing. I’m feeling better and think…
There Are No Limits
Apologies for missing the Comic Culture podcast last week: I’ve been feeling under the weather but hope to recover for this week’s show. This past week we heard the news of that Mile High copy of Superman #1 graded CGC…
An Overview of Original Comics Published by Les Éditions Héritage
When I think about bandes dessinées québécoises (BDQ) from the early 1970s, the main collecting strain that comes to mind involves original content that was part of the “Springtime of Quebec Comics.“ The majority of these comics were comedic and…
A Little Light
I was talking to a few comic heads and the consensus seems to be that most of the latest Heritage lots went a little light. I know one guy that had a bunch of stuff in the auction and he…
Now That’s Funny
This week Chris and Walt explore the place for humour in comics: they discuss which characters do humour right and which characters should just keep their day jobs. Please let us know what you thought of the show: just leave…
Trending
As I’m typing this I’m watching that Fantastic Four #1 CGC 9.2 on Heritage pass the one million dollar mark. I said at the beginning of the year that there would be more one million dollar sales in 2022 than…
Slight Pause
Alas. Chris and I could not coordinate our week and thus could not get together to tape a show. We still plan on getting one in, hopefully for Thursday morning or worst case Friday morning. At the moment I feel…
Beware the Slides of March
Last week I touched on how the CGC 9.6s were performing so well; this week we have to talk about the overall soft March sales. It seems like almost every book I look up on the GPA is getting a…
Let’s Sort This Out
This Week Chris and Walt talk about how best to sort one’s collection: it sounds a lot simpler than it turns out to be. Don’t believe us? Have a listen to poor Chris lament as to how to get it…
The Water Cooler
It struck me that these little weekly observations I post are like little topics for discussion around the water cooler on a Monday morning; you can add the football and Oscar talk if you’d like. Next week I’m going to…
Richard Comely
This week Chris and Walt welcome Captain Canuck creator Richard Comely for some reminiscing fun. Richard takes us way back to Winnipeg in the days before he started Captain Canuck. Please let us know what you thought of the show:…
Money in the Bank
Have you guys noticed the strong prices CGC 9.6 grades have been getting lately? I’m noticing it, especially in the Bronze Age and the late Silver Age where there is a relatively good supply of CGC 9.8s. The 9.8s are…
What’s Worth More?
This week Walt tests Chris on comic book values: will Chris know which of the two comics Walt gives Chris is worth more according to the price guide? Please let us know what you thought of the show by leaving…
Steel City Supermen
As a kid who grew up in the North End of Hamilton in the 60s, the transformation of Hamilton from the ambitious Steel City to a flourishing Arts City that has accelerated since the turn of the century has been…
Cartoon Charlie and Elmer the Safety Elephant
For the past few months, I have focused on a handful of bizarre, low-quality “gutter” comics from the 1980s. This has been a fun exercise for me, but I think it is time to break things up with something completely…
The Hat Trick
A big ComicLink big auction ended this past week with record sales in the high end of the market. We keep questioning the validity of these record prices and the next big auction keeps pushing past the record prices set…
The Spectrum
This week Chris and Walt talk about the two polar worlds within the comic collecting hobby: the pure collectors and the pure speculators and the fact that most of us fall somewhere in between. Please let us know what you…
The Joys of Collecting
This week I want to go with a ‘collecting’ theme to celebrate this great hobby we all enjoy. I’ll first poke at the very famous but perhaps overlooked Two Issue Introduction sets, those quick two story arcs are the ones…