Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
August 11/2012 was the Canadian G.I. Joe Convention in Toronto at the Sheraton Airport Hotel. This was the third year that the Canadian G.I. Joe Convention (CanJoeCon) was held at that location. It was a great day indeed. CanJoeCon is the event…
Union Jack is a character that I love the costume design but up until recently, I’ve never really read much of the character. To be fair, he’s never had an ongoing series but I started into Brubaker’s run on Captain…
With the increased, some would say exponentially, prices of original comic art comes far more interest from all comic auction houses. ComicConnect wrapped up part 1 of their Summer 2012 Event Auction that included a small but impressive collection of…
It’s been said lately that we’re in a golden age of comic reprints, with a wide variety of classic material available in quality hitherto unknown. While this material is getting the deluxe treatment content has become something of an issue,…
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: HOLLYWOOD– The reaction to…
Largely due tot he buzz deriving from the success of The Walking Dead, it would seem zombie-based comics are rather the norm as companies attempt to mirror the basic horror elements and obtain a measure of success.
Saturday August 11th was the 2012 Canadian G.I. Joe Convention. This year featured many special guests and panels. One panel featured IDW artist Robert Atkins, who has drawn G.I. Joe since IDW acquired the license in 2008. To start off…
Legendary comic book artist Joe Kubert passed away Sunday August 12th. He was born September 18th 1926 and died just over a month shy of his 86th birthday. Kubert’s body of work spanned 70 years and he remained active creating…
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…
Gambit titles have also been an oddity. Popular enough that Marvel has included him in a number of ensemble X-Men titles, but never popular enough to hold his own title, past solo outings for the "Ragin' Cajun" have been a mixed bag of results.
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…
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Sienkiewicz, Jones, Stewart, Yu, Smith, Pope, Anka, Allred and more!
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…