Crash! Part 10
Dennis De Pues presents Crash!!! Please contact Dennis at [email protected] with any comments or questions. Full size.
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 Jul 27th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Cardy, Cassaday, Buscema, Adams, Kaluta, Jones, Hitch, Gray and more!
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A Week’s Worth of Rambles and Grumbles
This week I had too many thoughts running through my head. Not enough to write a column about it, but enough that I have to get them out of my head so I don’t have to keep thinking about them. …
Review | Fairy Tales Of Oscar Wilde, Vol 5: The Happy Prince
My all time favourite fairy tale has been adapted to comics by master P. Craig Russell. The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde is the story of a statue and a bird that care for the city below them; it’s a…
Nerds, Comics and Podcasts Oh My!
Every morning I wake up, get ready and walk about half an hour to work, and every time I walk I listen to podcasts. This is my routine. Most people listen to music, but not me. I don’t have a…
Comic Culture July 25th
This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija review some cool new comics hitting the shops this week, they also open up the Comic Culture Mailbag. The guys also discuss some industry news on the San Diego Comic Con, the…
We’re Looking For Writers & Questions
Comic Book Daily is a small community by most standards; we’re passionate about comics and, just as our tagline says, “discussing the minutiae of the comic book world”. To that end we’re looking for people who are also passionate about…
2 Things…
1) The Daredevil Speedster. After a fairly heavy week in the press surrounding the Aurora incident, I’d like to keep things pretty light and simple today, bringing our focus back to the familiar and innocent humour of comic-culture. Here goes……
Frank Tieri and Space Punisher
Once upon a time I reviewed Marvel VS Capcom 3. This was relatively early on in my career as a columnist and I threw out the line that it was written by “hack” writer Frank Tieri. In return Frank told…
Undervalued Spotlight #128
Incredible Hulk #102, Marvel Comics, April 1968 Marvel Now is getting a lot of press and rightly so. Any time a comic publisher attempts some sort of relaunch fans pay attention. Marvel has had a few famous re-launches in its…
Review | Marathon
I’m quickly becoming a fan of First Second Publishing and their wonderful graphic novels. After thoroughly enjoying Friends With Boys I spotted Marathon on their publishing schedule but it looked a little too manga-like for my interests so I skipped…
Crash! Part 9
Dennis De Pues presents Crash!!! Please contact Dennis at [email protected] with any comments or questions. Full size.
Auction Highlights #68
Auction Highlights #68 ComicLink’s July Focused Auction ends Friday July 20th. All the books listed below sold between Tuesday July 17th and Thursday July 19th. This auction was even more Marvel skewed than last month’s (and that one was very…
The Dark Knight Rises Colorado Incident
Today is supposed to be a happy day. The Dark Knight Rises is opening in theatres today. There will be lots of people anxiously waiting to see the movie today at theatres around the country. Many theatres had screenings last…
Review | The Dark Knight Rises
Last night got a chance to check out the new Batman flick The Dark Knight Rises and in Comic Book Daily tradition, Scott and Anthony are going to go Head to Head and let you know what they thought of…
Web Arted Jul 20th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Young, Miller, Steranko, Schultz, Gottfredson, Buscema, Rude, Kamen, Dodson, Harris and more!
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Market Trends – Movie Later, Cash Now
First there was The Thanos Effect and now we have the Panel Effect? Last week at a San Diego Comic Con panel Marvel announced plans for a Summer 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy movie release. I quickly scanned the market…
Captain Canuck Movie Gets Writer
Canadian screenwriter Arne Olsen has been chosen to write the script for Richard Comely’s still on track Captain Canuck big screen feature film. Olsen’s screen credits include Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie and Cop and a Half. Regina, Saskatewan’s…
I Miss Renee Montoya (and other thoughts)
San Diego has come and gone and it’s been a while since I managed to get a column up (anyone want to come to Hamilton and fix my internet? I’ll bring you many sandwiches) so there is a ton of…
The Importance Of Panel Layout
Panel layout is one of those features, or more accurately functions, of a comic that goes completely unnoticed unless it breaks out of the established boundaries. The other function that slips by is lettering but that’s a topic for another…
Writing for Comics
Following on from last week’s Drawing for Comics post, I’d like to continue with my thoughts on creating comics… or more specifically, writing them. Just like we all drew our own comics as children, we’ve all attempted to write our own comics at…