New Comic Book Price Guide
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 42nd Edition by Robert M. Overstreet has just hit the stands. The guide is simply the best tool we have in the hobby! I always get excited when the new guide comes out. The…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Comic Con 2012 Recap
Well, another San Diego Comic Con is in the books and I thought I'd mention some of the news that I got excited about.
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Undervalued Spotlight #127
Famous Funnies #1, Eastern Color, July 1934 I’ve started writing up this Spotlight many times over the past couple years and have always abandoned it for one reason or another. Looking back at my notes I can see why I’ve…
My thoughts on Marvel Now!
So the big announcement came down the pipe last week that Marvel is going to relaunch, not reboot all of their comic books starting this fall (gee… where have we heard that one before). Essentially every title is going to…
The Walking Dead #100
When any book hits a milestone, it's routinely momentous and deserving of a measured amount of fan fare. With its 100th issueThe Walking Dead, co-created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, hit such a milestone with its July 11th release, accompanied a wealth of media hype, fan hype and more covers than can possibly be necessary. Yet in a case like this, what matters is the comic itself, as regardless, in the end, a book needs to stand on its own.
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Dirty Laundry! (watch until the end)
Watch the following YouTube video with Tom Jane and Ron Pearlman.
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Congrats to The Dragon & Jennifer Haines: Eisner Winner!
A hearty congratulations to Jennifer Haines and her comic shop The Dragon in Guelph Ontario. We’re previously featured The Dragon as one of our Progressive Comic Shops and now they’ve won the 2012 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award.…
Where Have All The Buyers Gone?
O.K, let’s all sing together (sung to “Where have all the Flowers Gone?”): “Where have all the buyers gone, long tiiiiime passing, where have all the buyers gone, from long time ago???” O.K, I admit it, I collect those cheesy…
Sotheby’s Bande Dessinée July 4th
As part of Comic Book Daily’s look at auction highlights of original comic art we’re taking stock of Sotheby’s recent bande dessinée auction held in Paris on July fourth. This was the first Sotheby’s auction dedicated to comics work. Here’s…
2nd Quarter 2012 Review
Right now comic fans are descending upon the San Diego Comic Con. By all accounts, the industry is doing very well. Year-to-date orders by Direct Market shops in North America are up 18%. This time last year, sales were down…
Crash! Part 8
Dennis De Pues presents Crash!!! Full size.
I could’ve been Captain Canuck
To celebrate Canada Day this year, Captain Canuck’s creator Richard Comely toured Southern Ontario visiting Big B Comics three locations. On July 7th, Big B Comics Barrie was the final stop on the Captain Canuck tour. Richard Comely was on…
Web Arted Jul 13th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Davis, Ross, Adams, Ba, Staples, Sook, Ditko, Cox, Stokes and many, many more!
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There are more of us than you think
I was chatting with a client at work the other day, and the conversation turned to video games and comic books (as it tends to do when I talk to people). And, the gentleman I was talking to pointed out…
The Intrepid Girlbot
I met Diana Nock at TCAF. Sadly, it was late on the second day and I was pretty much spent out. But she offered to take my last cash for a copy of her first collection of The Intrpeid GirlBot and I’m…
Watchmen Sales Numbers Without All The Facts
Diamond released their sales numbers last week of the top-selling comics and related merchandise. ICv2 took that data and added real volume numbers, as they do every month; I don’t know why Diamond can’t just do this but they don’t.…
Comic Culture July 11th
Something a little different this week as Chris Owen is away on his honeymoon. Host Walter Durajlija welcomes Comic Book Daily EiC Scott VanderPloeg and show producer Anthony Falcone to discuss Marvel Now, Fan Expo, and lots more so why…
Drawing for Comics
Everyone who’s ever had a love affair with comics has probably rolled their sleeves up and tried to draw their own at some point. Good, bad or indifferent, we’ve all folded a scruffy piece of paper into a book-shaped rectangle…
Disney and Marvel
Since the announcement of Disney acquiring Marvel was made, I have been wondering when we would see some comic book action at the Disney Theme Parks. This isn’t as much of a slam dunk as some might think: Universal currently…
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise Part 1
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an animated series that ran from 2005 to 2008 and its sequel, The Legend of Korra, is set 70 years afterwards. Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Promise is a three part miniseries that is…
Review | The Activity Vol 1
Lots of buzz about a new series from Image led me to pick up The Activity Volume 1 trade paperback by Nathan Edmondson and Mitch Gerads. The evolution of global conflict necessitates the evolution of warfare to rise and meet…