Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Hot Wheels #1, DC Comics, April 1970 The Mattel Toy Company introduced Hot Wheels in 1968. Their first salvo of 1/64 scale die cast cars included 16 models including the Corvette, Mustang and my favorite the VW Beetle. The company…
BATMAN Vol. 1 The Court of Owls Collects Batman #1-7 Written by Scott Snyder Pencils by Greg Capullo Inks by Jonathan Glapion Published May 15, 2012 DC Comics, 176-page color hardcover, $24.99 Content rated T – Teen Order Online: Amazon,…
August 11/2012 was the Canadian G.I. Joe Convention in Toronto. This year’s event had many special guests and panels. One of the panels was G.I. Joe Declassified: The Secrets of G.I. Joe. The panel was presented by JoeDeclassified.com. Their…
WILD CHILDREN Written by Ales Kot Art by Riley Rossmo Colors/edits by Gregory Wright Letters by Clayton Cowles Published July 2012 by Image Comics 64 pages, full color Order online: Amazon, Book Depository Much like its protagonists, WILD CHILDREN is…
Dennis De Pues presents Crash!!! Please contact Dennis at [email protected] with any comments or questions. Full size.
This week I wanted something different to read. So I asked the Twitter-verse to help me out and tell me which comics I should pick up this week (you can follow me too @EdCampbell_CBD). Just using the hash-tags #comic, #comicbooks and…
This past weekend I left the city and traveled very far north, all the way up to Sudbury in fact. While there I had to visit the local comic book store (as I do whenever I go to a new…
I was reading Secret Avengers By Rick Remender Volume 1 last week when I noticed it didn’t have a dust jacket: the colourful wraparound cover was printed on the hardcover. I’ve harped about dust jackets before and their complete uselessness…
This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by special guest Lief Peng. Lief joins the team to discuss new comics coming out this week, news of a possible Daredevil reboot, July comic book sales figures and other…
Machine Man #18, Marvel Comics, December 1980 “Canada’s Premier super hero group protect their country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. They are strong. They are on guard. They are Alpha Flight“. So goes the Marvel website’s description of Alpha Flight! The…
I can’t let the final week of the London games go by without another little salute to the athletes and characters taking part. With my nerdorific brain working the way it does, I’m led to a simple question that may…
Whenever I have a bit of writer’s block or simply can’t think of a topic for a column, the internet provides. Last week Rob Liefeld set Twitter abuzz with his comments about Deadpool, or more specifically about how Deadpool is…
Dennis De Pues presents Crash!!! Please contact Dennis at [email protected] with any comments or questions. Full size.
The Canadian G.I. Joe Convention (CanJoeCon) is just one week away, and this year is looking like it’s shaping up to be a great year for the CanJoeCon. This year’s special guests include Robert Atkins (comic book artist), Valentine DeLandro (comic…
This is not an illusion, you are not imagining this column. “The Couch,” as I’ve so affectionately dubbed this writing space at CBD, is back in full force. Party favours can be placed atop the refreshment table on the right,…
Last weekend was the latest Transformers Convention (TFCon) and Canadian Collectible Toy Expo held at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel in Mississauga. I attended the show on Sunday July 29th. This was my second time going to TFCon/CCTE, and every year gets…
I miss my old comic shop of Big B Barrie but my new shop, Big B Hamilton is starting to rank up there. Their used section for instance has been mountains of joy to my bookshelf and a bit of…