Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
This past weekend I went to Hobby Star’s Toronto ComiCon. Before the weekend actually got here, I decided to be organized and looked through the schedule to see who would be there and what panels I would like to go…
A few weeks back, in my “Team Canada” post, I made the point that WECA era books did not produce a super hero team like the JSA at National. This week I want to make note of the fact that…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss February’s comic book sales figures and the strength of the comic book market in general. The guys also talk about this year’s Free Comic Book Day, ComiXology’s new indy…
May 2013 solicitations came out a few weeks ago and one that caught my eye was Tarzan: The Sunday Comics Vol 1: 1931-1933 by Hal Foster. Here’s the blurb from Dark Horse. Beautifully restored and printed at giant size, this…
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: WORLD-WIDE…
I just found a post on NewStatesman from September last year and I think it’s worth sharing. NewStatesman is a knowingly highbrow, politically heavy, national media news site with an occasional lean towards pop-culture. Its content is (historically) conceived in a…
Toronto ComiCon has wrapped up and finished for another year. For the most part Sunday felt the same as Saturday did. There were lots of people. Some parts of the convention floor were very congested and very hard to navigate. …
Toronto Comicon, or is it Comicon Toronto as their website URL would indicate, and for those of us who remember the Paradise Comics show. The two day weekend show wrapped up and it was quite the event, for Star Trek…
Another look at some excellent comics from around the web.
Comictrend’s Marvel Modern Age Index was the star performer for 2012, outshining the Silver and Bronze Age indexes. In fact, the latter indexes had ho-hum years. In a year when the Avengers smashed box office records and many high profile…
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Original Costume For entire Toronto ComiCon 2013 photo set on Flickr, click here. For…
Day one for the 2013 Toronto ComiCon is all wrapped and we are gearing up for Day 2. The ComiCon is being held in the South Building at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. If you are expecting this Con to…
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Borg For entire Toronto ComiCon 2013 photo set on Flickr,…
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Over the last couple of years, action figures have been getting better and better. But as the Rolling Stones said “you can’t always get what you want.” So when there is a toy that you want, that isn’t available, you…
Imagine that time in Canada during the early forties with the spectre of war looming over the homefront. No internet, no computers, no reality shows (except for war newsreels) or TV to speak of and everything in film-noir black-and-white. The…
Outsider is going straight into the ‘when is this going to be finished so I can buy the book’ category. Especially if they do a bit of tweaking to make the art consistent throughout. The story is familiar, Humanity begins space exploration…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija tackle a wide range of topics including comic books in school curriculum, the new Superman comics, a new Planet of the Apes movie, local comic shops staging special events and…
Well, that is a lot of comics. Diamond just announced the following in their retail newsletter. Comic book specialty retailers worldwide expect record attendance at this year’s Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) and have also pushed their ordering to record levels—with…
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: HOLLYWOOD…
Sadly, It looks as though the Kapow! convention organisers’ could’ve made a big mistake by skipping 2013. The London McMcomicCon has hustled its way into Kapow!’s vacant hot-spot at the end of May, 24th through 26th and it’ll be held at the Excel Center in the…