Mel Crawford
Mel Crawford was born in Toronto in 1925. His parents divorced when he was four and he went with his mother and her parents to Drumheller, Alberta for a few years and then they all moved onto Oklahoma to live…
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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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Rich Johnston Just Spammed Titan’s Press List
I just received an email from Rich Johnston promoting a post on Bleeding Cool. I found it odd since I’ve never received anything from him before and we’ve never met or made contact of any kind. Yet here was the…
BIFF SOCKO: “Bruce and Clark’s Excellent Adventure!”
It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND. Biff Socko covers Comic Book News like zits on the A-V Club. Faster than Perry White! Stronger than J. Jonah Jameson! Hotter than Cat Grant. He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE:…
Review | Clockwerx
Giant steampunk robots terrorizing London: what's not to like?
Review | Conan Vol 14: The Death
An intimate look at Conan and his relationship with Bêlit, queen of the black coast.
The Age of Ultron is Upon Us!
On Saturday, Marvel announced the sequel to their smash-hit Avengers will be titled Avengers: Age of Ultron. Plot details remain scarce. Who created Ultron in the Marvel cinematic universe? Will Hank Pym be in the movie? Will we see Vision? What’s interesting…
Now I Know – Your Favourite Comic Movies
Movies are one of my favourite topics. I own a lot of DVD’s and Blu-Ray’s (too many actually). I am so addicted to movies, it is one of my favourite things to talk about to people. It is a great…
Crash 3! Page 17
Crash 3! by Dennis de Pues continues exclusively on comicbookdaily.com. If you enjoy this storyline, we are proud to announce that Crash!!1 and Crash!!2 are now available for Digital Download in our CBD Store.
Web Arted July 19th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
BIFF SOCKO: “People You Don’t Want To Miss at SDCC”
It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND. Biff Socko covers Comic Book News like zits on the A-V Club. Faster than Perry White! Stronger than J. Jonah Jameson! Hotter than Cat Grant. He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE:…
Jack “Crash Carson” Tremblay
I’d like to take a small respite from this small blog for a few weeks to work on a couple of other things. I plan to post the short columns I did for Leif Peng and his Daily Inspiration blog…
Would I Ever Stop Collecting Spider-Man?
Some comments on one of Scott’s articles got me thinking about an old maxim of mine: I have frequently told fans to drop a book if they don’t like and voice their disdain with buying power. I’ve followed this rule…
Rather see superheroes at the movies than read about them
An excellent article on The Forbidden Planet site from Richard, a regular contributor who is also a grade school librarian. Through knowledge, contacts in the industry and dogged determination he’s managed to build a substantial graphic novel section. I mercilessly played upon…
Indies: Titan, Post, Thinger Dinger, Lettuce Girl & Copra
Another round of minicomics that make having a PayPal account worthwhile.
Titan’s Treasures Superhero Belts
My wife just forwarded this to me via children’s clothing sales site Kids Steals. Wow, those are nice looking belt buckles. Not so sure about the colour choices of the canvas belts but I’m sure they’d work with standard 1.5″…
Reviews and Comic Book Movies
Are you someone who pays attention to the reviews of a movie? If it gets “Two Thumbs Up” do you have to go see it? Or do you even care what someone has to say on TV or in a…
Crash 3! Page 16
Crash 3! by Dennis de Pues continues exclusively on comicbookdaily.com. Apologies to our readers I posted this page to the Page 15 post last week. Please double back to last week’s post right here to set things straight. A thousand…
Web Arted July 12th 2013
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
BIFF SOCKO: “I GIVE IT SIX STARS OUT OF FIVE!!!!!”
It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND. Biff Socko covers Comic Book News like zits on the A-V Club. Faster than Perry White! Stronger than J. Jonah Jameson! Hotter than Cat Grant. He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE:…
Comic Culture July 10th 2013
This week Comic Culture host Chris Owen continues “breaking in” new co-host in Marty Birthelmer. Marty jumps into the co-host chair putting Walter Durajlija into the producers chair. Walt had some dental work done that involves a retainer limiting his…
Top 20?
I was talking with Walter Durajlija the other day about doing an entry on the WECA keys and he suggested a good task might be to start to create a list of the top twenty WECA (1941-46) books much…