Aram Alexanian
One of the “precious” (not actually in the “Gollumnal” sense of the word, but almost) pleasure of being a comic collector for 50 yrs, is the magic of finding something you’d thought you’d never come across. In the last couple…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Comic Culture February 13th
This week Comic Culture Radio hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss local comic book shops and Valentine’s Day, are they mutually beneficial? The boys also discuss January’s comic book sales numbers, DC’s new list of cancelled titles, Marvel teasers…
Django Unchained Comics Writer Revealed
Recently an article here on CBD about the Django Unchained comic piqued my interest, as there was no writer mentioned, just Quentin Tarantino’s name. No mention anywhere of who wrote the comic, including the credits of the first issue or DC’s website. It…
BIFF SOCKO: Breakin’ Up Is Ha-a-ard To Do
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! He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE: NEW YORK –…
Review: Debris
GREEN WAKE creators Kurtis J. Wiebe and Riley Rossmo reunite for DEBRIS, an action-packed sci-fi adventure featuring enormous robotic monsters.
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Undervalued Spotlight #150
Daring Love #1, Gilmour Magazines (Sept/Oct 1953) Look at that cover! Careful kids, you might start a fire! It’s at moments like this that I wish I was a poet so that I could convey the power of love via…
Review | Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland
A fantastic look at a period in a creator’s career, Judge Dredd: The Complete Brian Bolland is a must-have for fans of this artist. This luscious, oversized hardcover volume collects as many Brian Bolland-illustrated Judge Dredd stories as THE LAW*…
Pick 5 | Music Stars in Comic Movies
Super Bowl 47 happened not too long ago, and music mega superstar Beyoncé rocked the half time show. Like a lot of music stars, Beyoncé has been in the movies. Her most famous role (to us people who like comics…
Crash 2! Part 9
Crash 2! By Dennis De Pues continues. Exclusively on comicbookdaily.com. Full size.
Web Arted Feb 8th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
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Pet Peeves of Collecting
I collect stuff. A lot of stuff. Between my comic books, action figures, DVDs, CDs and video games. I have a lot of stuff. Having this much stuff doesn’t lead to every day being a “shiny happy day”. There are…
Comic Book Sales
I was looking at a list of the discounts that Marvel is offering to local comic book shops (Bleeding Cool has a good breakdown here) and I wonder if we will ever be able to have accurate sales figures for…
Comic Culture February 6th
Welcome back to another episode of Comic Culture Radio. This week our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk super ads during the Super Bowl, the also discuss the new gimungous Wolverine book being put out by Marvel, preperations for…
Eddie Campbell takes on “The Literaries”
In a wonderful essay at The Comics Journal Eddie Campbell, yes that Eddie Campbell, argues against comics being held to the same standard as literature. It’s a shot across the bow of those who ask if the story would hold…
I like walks on the beach, soft kisses, and Vapors of Valtorr
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! He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE: NEW YORK – Marvel Sources…
Few things this week…
1) Downloads. Download 2 things immediately: Bottom of the Ninth digital comic app and The Orbiting Pod Podcast. Bottom of the Ninth is a digital comic app created by Ryan Woodward and should be shared with any person whom is…
Moebius 80s English Volumes Still Only Cover Price
There’s been a lot of talk and buzz online recently about Moebius and the dearth of English translated material, even a Facebook petition. Anything he collaborated on with Jodorowsky makes its way through Humanoids but the rest is languishing. Most…
Undervalued Spotlight #149
Jackpot Comics #4, MLJ Magazines (Spring 1942) I’m not sure how I let this one go for so long. Perhaps it’s because I’ve been on a bit of an Archie kid lately? Anyway, this comic book is currently very undervalued.…
Crash 2! Part 8
Crash 2! By Dennis De Pues continues. Exclusively on comicbookdaily.com. Full size.
Web Arted Feb 1st
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
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Why isn’t there a huge chain of Comic Stores?
It seems that there is one debate that never goes away with comics. No it isn’t who is the best Superhero. That is a debate for another day. The debate I am talking about is the Comic Book Shop. People…