3rd Quarter 2012 Review
What goes up must come down and what goes down… must come up! That was the story for comic values during the third quarter of 2012. The two hottest Ages so far this year, the Silver and Modern Ages, declined…
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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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Brent Miller: Vernon Miller & The Birth Of Canadian Comics
In November of 2011 I posted Undervalued Spotlight #103 featuring Better Comics #1. The book was published in March 1941 by Vancouver’s Maple Leaf Publishing. I picked the book for several reasons: it is extremely rare, it is Canada’s 1st…
Web Arted Oct 12th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Toth, Adams, Aja, Shaner, Staples, Miller, Kirby, Lee, Simon, Byrne, Janson, Corben, Seth, Charest, Ditko and more!
Turtle Power!!!
I don’t think I’m supposed to like Turtles. I’m talking about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… not the candy. Because I love the candy… maybe a little bit too much. When the Ninja Turtles first busted onto the scene back…
‘Kill Shakespeare’ follow up announced at NYCC
Upon the success of their initial 12-issue maxi-series, Kill Shakespeare creators Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery announced the follow up to the critically acclaimed series at the New York Comic Con Oct. 11.
Emanata App brings indie creators to digital storefront
A new comic book App for the iPad brings independent digital comics to the forefront, affording fans the chance to find new creators and follow them and their work with ease. Emanata, the San Francisco-based company behind the App, has…
Collecting Crossover
Experienced or hardened comic readers and collectors see the word crossover and experience a cold shudder or at a minimum a slight frown. We’ve all followed a story arc from one book to the next, only to be disappointed by…
Comic Culture October 10th 2012
This was the 1st of our Halloween themed shows for 2012. Chris and Walt talked all things spooky including comic book sales numbers for 2012 and Peanuts movie news (maybe it will be the pumpkin patch one?). Some scary video…
Biff Socko – Kimmel Has a Quesada, with a Side of Guac
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: ABC– Marvel C.C.O. JOE QUESADA appeared…
DC Zero Issues Should Have Been First Issues
September was another strong month for comic book sales, and Marvel’s AVX and DC’s New 52 Zero issues led the way. The zero issues allowed readers to have a look into the past history of their favourite heroes, and while…
Undervalued Spotlight #135
Avengers #89, Marvel Comics (June 1971) A while ago in my Undervalued Spotlight #88 longtime comment contributor to the site Charlie made a great point. He hinted that we should be collecting more comic book story arcs. We may not…
MCM Expo London Comic Con
Happy days. I recently received my tickets for the up-coming MCM London Comic Con on the 26th through 28th of October at the ExCel Center in the heart of London’s Royal Docks. Cheers. Since then, I’ve been receiving the marketing updates and…
Review | Night of 1,000 Wolves
As the autumn air cools and the days grow shorter I, like many, find myself seeking out spooky tales to enjoy while nestled in front of a crackling fire and sipping hot cider. Coming Oct. 23 from IDW is a…
ComicLink Original Comic Art Auction Sep 28th
ComicLink completed their September Focused Auction last week, with the original comic art portion ending September 28th. Here we’ll look at five picks that tickled my fancy. It was an odd auction with mostly lower end material for sale; a…
Comic Book Things That Make You Go Hmmm! part II
Back in the beginning of summer I posted part 1 of this article. I had so much fun reading the answers from the Comic Book Daily Nation, I decided it was time for Comic Book Things That Make You Go…
Web Arted Oct 5th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Ross, Adams, Bolland, Cooks, Cockrum, Miller, Dell'Otto, Opena, Buscema, Byrne, Mignola, Romita Jr., Russell, Rivera, Rude, Nguyen, Young, Maleev, Kirby and more!
Comixology Celebrates 100M Downloads with FREE comics
As part of their celebration of closing in on 100,000,000 downloads Comixology is giving away one free comic a day until they reach that magic number. Here’s a snippet. With the quickly approaching milestone of 100 million comic and graphic…
Auction Highlights #71
Apologies for the late ComicLink Auction Highlights! Better late than never I always say. The Comic Link September Focused Auction ended last week, all results below ended between Tuesday September 25th and Friday September 28th. I found the auction to…
Comic Culture October 3rd 2012
Solid show this week sees the guys talking about the Silver Snail, Halloween, Stan Lee, Mark Millar, Grant Morrison and more. The Comic Culture Mailbag is opened up and new comics hitting your local comic book store today are featured. …
Marvel Digital Codes: Used Or Abused
Marvel has been including a digital code in their monthly books for some time but they’ve also started filtering into select Marvel hardcovers; my most recent volumes was Hulk Season One. There’s a handy ad sticker on the book’s plastic…
Biff Socko- At Least He Doesn’t Drink Out of the Toilet
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!