Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Just received this press release from Diamond announcing their digital partnership with iVerse goes live July 23rd, allowing comic retailers to sell digital comics to their customers. It’s basically everyone but Marvel, DC and Dark Horse. Diamond, iVerse Set Diamond…
I went to a great wedding this weekend. Below is the framed seating arrangement that greeted all guests as they walked into the pavilion. Note that Angela and Chris are Earth’s Favourite Couple. My wife and I were seated at…
Dennis De Pues presents Crash!!! Full size.
Diamond Comics Releases June 2012 Figures I like the June numbers for the comic book market. Marvel, DC and all the rest split the pie getting 1/3 each of the dollar share (though Marvel and DC still together control 3/4…
The trade paperback for Battle Scars was recently released. This is the 6 issue series about Marcus Johnson. Who could be the most important man in the Marvel Universe. Just be warned. There are spoilers ahead. Battle Scars is written…
So Marvel has just announced their big new initiative called Marvel Now! Marvel Now! will launch new titles and re-launch old ones from October 2012 through February 2013. Some of Marvel’s big name talent are being moved around for the…
My family moved in April from a large house to a more modest dwelling. At the old place I had a home office and a good sized library; now I had one room to make it all work. This post…
What do we think so far? I’ve enjoyed trying to pick holes in the continuity and I’ve also taken some pleasure in the head-aches that must have been inflicted upon the likes of DiDio and Lee, not to mention Cooke,…
Sam Raimi’s series of Spider-Man films were filled with grand gestures, exaggerated camera moves and large doses of quirky humour, mostly at the expense of the Peter Parker character. It was great fun while it lasted, but after the overstuffed…
This one may be more a “technically incorrect” cover versus our normal crazy covers: Hawkeye issue 1 variant cover by Adi Granov. I am a compound bow owner and target shooter so there’s some experience speaking here. Take a look…
Available for: Xbox 360, PS3, Vita, MS Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Wii System Reviewed: PS3 There has never, in the history of video games, been a good Superman game. Sure, there have been passable games, and quite a few awful ones,…
Hello all, I am on vacation this week. Until next time please enjoy this picture of Tony Stark and Nick Fury on the beach (from the Marvel Swimsuit special).
This is one of the few comics I had trouble waiting on the collected edition: a new book from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is reason enough to pick it up, and having just consumed Fatale Book One: Death Chases…
Captain Canuck has been spotted celebrating the Canada Day weekend in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Dennis De Pues presents Crash!!! Full size.
There are a lot of things that happen in comic books that we accepts as fact. Many of these events have happened generations ago. It’s hard to fathom it sometimes, but yes it’s true, many things happened in comics when…
Chi’s Sweet Home is an ongoing manga series by Konami Kanata about a kitten named Chi as she discovers the world around her. Chi’s Sweet Home is just plain fun to read because Chi is extremely adorable and acts like…
A while ago I decided that I was sick of the old, white, cheap cardboard look of my comic box. Once I got around to jazzing it up a bit, I thought I would write an article on “How to hide your…