Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Furious and frantic comic antics this weekend in ol’ Blighty with the London Super Comic Convention taking over the hearts and minds of thousands of proud, nerdy Londoners, most of whom were dressed in full costume so… a lot of…
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #31, Dell Publishing, April 1943 What a difference 3 short decades can make. Back in 1982 in the 11th edition of the Overstreet Price Guide it was Donald Duck who ruled the roost. Of the…
After thoroughly enjoying Fire & Water, Bell’s biography of Bill Everett, I eagerly awaited this first collection of early Everett comics. [quote]This book collects over 200 pages of this never-before-reprinted work from titles such as Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938), Amazing-Man…
I can’t remember an auction event this awesome! The Billy Wright collection has just been auctioned on Heritage Auctions and the A list lot of 300 plus books broke all expectations. Pre auctions estimates pointed towards the $2 million mark…
Reading is very important. I think that goes without saying. And as comic book fans, it is obvious that we like to read. You can’t just look at the pretty pictures forever, without reading the story to find out what…
I have always loved monster movies. I enjoy the distillation of fear into a single malevolent being, I am constantly in awe of the pioneering special effects and makeup, and I will always have a place in my heart for…
Wasn’t The Heroic Age supposed to return us to good ol’ fashioned fun in comic books? Wasn’t it supposed to be a shift away from the these dark, gut wrenching story-lines like House of M, Civil War, Secret Invasion, and…
The comic book era of the 90’s gets crapped on a lot. And for good reason. It’s not so much that things like chrome covers, variant covers, inter-company crossovers or Image style artists were or are a bad thing, it…
Quick read for you this week. We’re going to take a tour of the sculptures of Richmond Virginia as seen through the eyes of Bizhan Khodabandeh. Wait, I thought this was a webcomic column you say. Well it is, because every…
Detective Comics #32, DC Comics, October 1939 As far as I’m concerned there is no greater comic book title than Detective Comics. The iconic cover to the March 1937 1st issue is one of the most identifiable covers in the…
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they answer the comic culture mailbag and discuss the possibility of comic book trade deadlines, the also tackle news on the new Ghost Rider movie, the new John Carter…
Original art is near and dear to my heart; I’ve been an active collector for a few years and really enjoy getting a completely unique piece of comic art when attending a comic convention. I diligently check the list of…
I’ll cut right to the chase: this movie is exceptionally bad. Now I wasn’t expecting greatness from this motion picture, and I actually thought that the first movie was okay. Not great, but okay. And I can appreciate the ridiculousness…
The Super Comic Convention will be taking over the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands this weekend with a good looking panel schedule and an interesting prize for the ‘hardcores’ in costume – meaning… a likely showing of well-dressed nerds in…
A few weeks ago Scott corrected Walt and Chris when, on the Comic Culture Radio Show, they referred to some upcoming title from Marvel’s All Ages rating as kids comics. Scott was correct in noting that these comics are rated…
Like my other newspaper strip reading this is my first exposure to Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim. This was solicited as The Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim Volume 1 but that seems to have changed at some…