Stuff This Week in KIHTB (Knowing is half….
Wow…. This has been one busy week. I am only getting the opportunity to sit down now and bang out this column. I’ll try to get some comic talk into this column, but it’s basically going to be a bunch…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Web Arted Sep 28th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Kirby, Miller, Coipel, Trabbold, Stevens, Canete, Tomine, Ribic, Zonjic, Wood, Toth and more!
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Wham! Bang! Pow! Video Blog #2
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXujzTZjFYk&feature=youtu.be] This is my second video blog. I will be trying to post my vlogs monthly, so keep an eye out for them! In this episode, I go over what I am currently reading, why Halloween is awesome for…
Avenging Spider-Man #11
The celebration of Spidey’s 50th continues with an Uncle Ben tribute issue in Avenging Spider-Man #11. There is very little avenging to be had in this comic (only 2 pages actually) and the majority of the issue deals with Aunt…
Comic Values by the Numbers
I’ve been wondering lately; is the old price guide model of valuing comics based on where they fit in the numerical sequence out of date? Don’t tell me the guide doesn’t matter, most of us still buy off guide values, we…
Silver Snail Toronto Grand Opening @ Yonge & Dundas
The new Silver Snail had it’s grand opening at it’s new location today. I was lucky enough to have time to stop by during my lunch hour to check it out. The new location is at 329 Yonge Street. I have…
Biff Socko, Two-Fisted Newshound: Sep 26th
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!
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The boys were off to an odd start this they quickly collected themselves enough to have a solid show. Topics this week ranged from talk of a new Justice League movie with Frank Miller’s name attached to Thor and Wolverine…
Creator Owned?
Do the big 2 need to provide a solid creator owned platform for their regular talent? Or is it better that Marvel and DC maintain a primary mind-set of “Our property, edited our way.”? allowing the second tier publishers…
Spider-Man Is Fifty And Still Awesome
It will come as no surprise to longtime readers that I am a huge Spider-Man fan. It is the book that I have collected the longest, the character that I have always liked the most, and the one that still…
Undervalued Spotlight #133
Avengers #118, Marvel Comics, December 1973 This is such a great comic book! Avengers #118 is part 7 of the now famous 8 part Avengers/Defenders War crossover. The story spanned Avenger #115 to #118 and Defenders #8 to #11. Though…
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (Animated)
An animated adaptation of arguably the most well-known Batman story, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 is a faithful transfer of Frank Miller’s material to the small screen. In the bleak and ominous future of Batman: The Dark Knight…
Web Arted Sep 21st
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Hughes, Maleev, Adams, Fuchs, Cooke, Lloyd, Miller, Colan, Darrow, Kirby, Hernandez, Steranko, Cho, Rivera, Edwards, Kunstler and more!
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My Favourite Comics
I have a lot of comics. I don’t have more than some of you reading this right now, but I do have a lot more than an average reader. Many of the comics I have bought have disappeared. Some were…
Rating & Reviewing Comic Shops: CBD Secret Shopping
Anthony forwarded a link to me today for BlogTO and their Best Comic Shops In Toronto. It’s a nice snapshot of comic shops, listing one to nine, but absolutely no criteria are defined for what put these shops on the…
Otto the Odd and the Dragon King
Sorry, got turned away at Expo and wandered off for a while. So digging back into my TCAF bag of tricks I came across a flyer for Otto the Odd and the Dragon King. An intriguing title and very nice looking…
Comic Culture September 19th
Welcome back to a new season of the Comic Culture radio show. This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss the Montreal Comic Con that just was, the Joe Shuster Awards that just were and the latest in comic book news that just is!
The boys shine some light on a few new releases hitting comic book stands today and they open up the Comic Culture Mailbag to the questions people really need answers to. Go ahead and pour yourself that nice stiff drink then sit back, relax and enjoy the Comic Culture radio show.
Read MoreComic Culture September 19thBiff Socko, Two-Fisted Newshound: Sep 19th
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: STAR CITY– It’s been revealed…
Montreal Comiccon 2012 Thoughts
I still am a bit tired from the amazing race that was Montreal, so this will be a bit of a mishmash recap. Scott, Walt and myself got a chance to represent CBD and Big B Comics and had a…
Tarantino Comic
DC Comics September 12: “You may remember that at San Diego Comic Con we announced that Vertigo will be publishing a DJANGO UNCHAINED mini-series based on the upcoming film by Quentin Tarantino. This morning, we revealed that R.M. Guéra (Scalped) is the interior artist on the DJANGO UNCHAINED…
Montreal Comiccon 2012 Recap
I had the pleasure of attending Montreal Comiccon 2012; yes that’s how they officially spell Comiccon and while I see people putting a space in that’s not how the organization spells it. This time around I worked a booth at…