Lighten Up Man!
The last couple weeks have been sort of negative for me. First off we had the news that G.I. Joe Retaliation is being pushed back until March 2013, for the addition of 3D and more scenes with Channing Tatum. Secondly,…
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 Jun 15th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Davis, Frazetta, Sienkiewicz, Staples, Quinones, Stewart, Buscema, Cho and more!
So, a girl walks into a comic book store….
I was recently in London, Ontario and while I was there I had some time to kill, so I went to a couple of comic book stores. By the time I got to the third store I noticed something: men…
A Place For My Stuff
I just moved. I hate moving. Seriously. The lady and I moved into our first home of our own (no more land lord HUZAH!) and we went from thinking “Eh, it’s our first place, we’ll stay here, five or ten…
Bear Nuts
Bear Nuts is wrong. Cute fluffy animals doing unspeakable things wrong. Seriously, when the cast list is: Prozac, Death, Gimp, Lech, Evil, Tanked, Gay, Nerd and Cracked Bear you know this is just wrong, wrong, wrong. And Alison Acton does…
Comic Culture June 13th
This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija review May’s stellar comic book sales numbers, they also hit on topics that include DC title cancellations and additions, Disney green lighting the second season of the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series, Walking…
“This pretty picture syndrome is not a good thing.”
Last week 20th Century Danny Boy posted a 1975 interview from Graphex fanzine with Jim Steranko. It’s a great read to get a glimpse into Steranko’s purview of comics; this quote nailed it. Drawing well is requirement in being a…
Continuity In Comic Books
We talk a lot of about continuity at the CBD offices. It is one of our favourite topics. Last week Kurt Busiek mentioned something on Twitter that has stuck with me. He was talking about how some people wish that…
What a Banker
Real life Superhero alert!… Remaining anonymous to protect his true identity, this ballsy British banker has declared his very own war on crime in England’s second city: Birmingham. This normal-looking English chap crunches numbers in a boring office by day.…
Comic Book Data for May 2012
Diamond Comic Distributors has release the May 2012 Direct Market figures, here’s how things break down. Marvel Comics was May’s leading publisher in both Retail Dollar and Unit Market Shares to specialty retailers with 35.32% and 38.64% respectively. DC Entertainment,…
Review | Baltimore: The Curse Bells
Immediately following the story from Baltimore: The Plague Ships we find our relentless vampire hunter working his way into a new undead situation with Baltimore: The Curse Bells. This volume collects the five issues of the mini series. A horrific…
Stocks or Comics?
The recent turmoil in the European Union has rattled global stock markets. Greece’s massive debt and dwindling cash reserves threaten to destabilize Europe and potentially all economies around the world. Spain and Italy are hanging on by a thread and…
Niagara Falls Comic Con 2012
The Niagara Falls Comic Con held at the Scotiabank Convention Centre this past Saturday was a pleasant surprise. Attendance was strong; I’d estimate somewhere over 4,000 attendees but that is most likely a bit off. The promoter had promised me…
Avengers vs. X-Men #5
In the fifth installment of Avengers vs. X-Men, the highly anticipated mini-series featuring Marvel's mutants and resident team of Avengers, the pace definitively picks up as tensions come to a head between the two teams vying for their personal stakes in Hope's destiny. However, despite an epic-scoped story, the collective of Marvel architects fail to capitalize on the story's potential with a lackluster fifth outing which explodes the X-Men mythos with a barrage of head scratching developments.
Crash! Part 3
Dennis De Pues’ Crash saga continues on CBD. Full size.
Celerity Page 11
Dr. Felisberta Blaise Doctor See Page 4 Leona Dureau Apprentice See Page 5 Kalei Carina AKA: “Lucky Seven” Apprentice – Masquerader See GR107 Draft Day Apprentice: Dureau – Celerity – Diary Entry #1 Day zero. Just one more sleep…
True Blood Season 4 Blu Ray
It is hard to explain True Blood to anyone who has never seen the show. Not because it is so deep and complex, like some kind of Proustian opus, but because there is no way to explain the show without…
Burlington Toy Con – Summer Edition
Many toy collectors know about the Burlington Toy Show, which is now known as the Burlington Toy Con. This has been a spectacular show to find the action figures and toys you just need to get.
Web Arted Jun 8th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Ditko, Adams, Kirby, Vermeer, Stokes, Quitely, Pope, Robbins, Hergé and more!
Niagara Falls Comic Con
Comic Book Conventions are big business and the big ones represent a major tourist draw for the cities that host them. While comic convention goers heading to the New York Comic Con represent just a small blip in that city’s…
Artcurial June 2nd: Tintin
This is my first foray into Auction Highlights and I’m starting with material I have no point of reference for: Tintin art and original books in French. As such I’ll be declaring advantages based on the estimated selling prices and…