Web Arted Apr 26th
A gathering of wonderful art culled from the internet years ago and forgotten on my hard drive; sources unknown.
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Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
My First Canadian White
Interest in Canadian war-time comics, popularly known as the “Canadian Whites” is growing and with a scarce and limited supply of them available, their values continue to escalate. The other day I picked up one of my WECA books and…
How to Eat Healthy and Exercise at a Comic Convention
Personal improvement is a passion of ours here at CBD and we’ve done a lot of conventions, so I thought I’d pass on some helpful hints now that con season is in full swing. I would also like it make…
Promises Promises
Welcome to Promises Fitness. Fiona, Trish and Shanta will be working with you for the next while, firming up you laugh muscles and toning your webcomic enjoyment. Sessions will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Proprietor Julie Faulkner runs a great establishment.…
Sourcing Material For Comic Strip Reprints
After viewing the video tour of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum I wondered about what the original material for comic strip reprint collections cost. Sure, if you can tap a big time collector of original newspaper strips they may…
Undervalued Spotlight #157
G.I. Combat #138, DC Comics, (November/December 1969) DC War comics are a very active collecting strain. I’ve features two DC War comics here on the Undevalued Spotlight. Spotlight #7 featured the 1st Sgt. Rock while Spotlight #2 featured the 1st…
Review | Bedlam #1-6
A look back at the first arc of Bedlam, a violent and beautiful comics that questions the very nature of evil.
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Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Tour
Came across a great video about the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum on BoingBoing. Basically some artists who do a podcast went there to have a tour and a look at some great original comic strip and comic book…
Hard, Soft or Floppy?
How do you like it? Hard? Soft? Floppy??? Wait… what did you think I was talking about? This is a comic blog… I’m talking about comics. When it comes to comics there are three main ways you can enjoy them. …
Superman Man Of Steel Trailer 3
As the film gets closer the trailers add more and more: this is the best one yet. [youtube ]
Web Arted Apr 19th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
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Webcomic Moonlighting
One of the biggest daggers thrown at webcomics is that because it’s so easy to start one, anybody can do it and there’s just so much poorly done work that webcomics are viewed as amateur and not worthy. Well what…
16 months in the brig, that’s what them teeth cost me
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:…
Sleepy Censors #14
In the mid 1950s the U.S. Senate forced comic book publishers to adhere to the guidelines of a Comic Code Authority. The ‘Code’ was brought in to protect America’s youth from what was then deemed disturbingly graphic and blatantly sexual…
Why I don’t have a pull list.
The other night I went to Ladies Night at the Comic Book Lounge. While I was buying some comics I was chatting with one of the girls who attended about how I might have to order a couple issues of…
The 2013 Eisner Nominees
Awards are, by their nature, subjective and really just the opinions of a select few. That doesn’t mean that awards have no merit, or that those who receive awards are not deserving. I actually think that the benefit of awards…
WECA Publishers
There were four main publishers of Canadian comics in the WECA era. Anglo-American Publications out of Toronto and Vernon Miller’s Leaf Publications out of Vancouver started the whole thing off in March of 1941 with the issue of Robin…
Review | Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition
Continue to the Artist’s Edition Index for the complete review. IDW is exceedingly proud to offer an Artist’s Edition of Will Eisner’s The Spirit. Created by Eisner in 1940, the Spirit is to comics what Citizen Kane was to cinema—groundbreaking…
Comic Culture April 17th 2013
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about what makes comic books valuable, they also talk new comic book themed video games, Chris answers the Comic Culture Mail Bag. Rfee Comic Book Day is also discussed.…
What To Do With Worthless Comics You No Longer Want
At one time or another all comic readers and collectors wind up with a pile of books they don’t want any more, but know they will probably have a hard time selling. Maybe you still have a collection of early…
Advertising in Comics
Advertising is important in any form of media. It either brings us our entertainment for free, or at least at a reduced cost. I don’t have any hard data on this, but it feels like there is more advertising in…