My Moebius Moment
It was around 1989 that my local comic shop Silver Snail brought Jean Giraud, aka Moebius, on a tour of their stores. Silver Snail in those days had a mini comic empire going on Ontario and it was truly a…
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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TCC 2012: Saturday Photo Parade
For photo set in Flickr, click here. All photos courtesy of Stanley Jon.
Web Arted Mar 9th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Noto, Rivera, Moldoff, Roth, Francavilla and more!
Marvel giving free digital code with all $3.99 comics
Wow, this announcement just came in my inbox and floored me. A real game changer: Marvel is including a digital code in all $3.99 comics starting this June. Let that sink in for a minute: every print comic, at least…
Auction Highlights #63
ComicLink Winter Featured Auction The March 2012 ComicLink Winter Featured Auction has just ended and boy were there ever some nice books available to purchase! I’m going to call this auction the “Thank you Billy Wright” auction. If you’ll remember…
Coming Soon To A Toy Aisle Near You
This is the best time of year! Finally the drudgery of the winter is starting to fade. The barren toy aisles that were stripped of their wares since the holidays are starting to fill. Yes folks, it’s new action figure…
Corto Maltese: The Ballad Of The Salt Sea
A work long out of print for the English market and mostly forgotten by North American comic readers, Corto Maltese: The Ballad Of The Salt Sea is now back in print. [quote]Treasure hunter, sailor, and adventurer, Corto Maltese remains one…
Reflections on the Industry
Take a look at the comic rack of your local store. Now, take look at the Previews catalog. And finally, take a look through various comic book news websites. Now if you’re around the age of 30, a lot of…
The Adventures of Superhero Girl
In honour of her new book Friends with Boys arriving today, I thought we should have a look at one of Faith Erin Hicks’ other comic works. A quickly rising star, Faith cut her comic teeth in the webcomic…
The Dynamite Art Of Alex Ross
Comic art coffee table books are hard to gauge without a good thumbing, so I looked forward to an opportunity to get my hands on The Dynamite Art Of Alex Ross and flip through to determine its worth. [quote]Alex Ross’…
Comic Culture March 7th
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they put on their pledge drive hats and rally their listeners in support of CFMU 93.3 FM, Hamilton’s best radio station!! Listeners are encouraged to call 905-928-9888 and pledge.…
Super Hero Role-Playing Games
If you are into comic books (a safe assumption if you are on this site), especially the ones with super heroes in them and you have always wanted those extraordinary powers for your very own, I suggest trying your hand…
The New DC and Shazam: Way Too Serious
DC is just past six months into its relaunch (don’t call it a comeback; I’ve been here for years) and we’ve been shown the new Shazam. That’s right, he’s not called Captain Marvel on covers anymore since DC lost that…
The Immortal, Demon in the Blood #3
Dark Horse's modern, mystical samurai tale continued with its third issue last week. The story is based off the Japanese novel Ura-Enma, written by Fumi Nakamura and follows a young tattoo artist versed in the art of imbuing spirits into the subject of his artwork.
Lady S: Here’s To Suzie!
Being a fan of Cinebook and its English translations of foreign works I quickly snapped up Lady S: Here’s To Suzie!, the first volume of this series. [quote]Adopted daughter and principal collaborator of James Fitzroy, roving ambassador, special correspondent for…
2 Things…
I was recently (and very kindly) given a gift-voucher for a comic shop. A perfect gift for a ‘comics guy’ since, it’s nice to pop along to the local comic shop with an (averaged sized) wedge of cash that you…
A Thought About Transformers
You know that scene in Clerks where they talk about the second Deathstar explosion being problematic because really it was just bunch of space contractors that got killed? I had my own logical realization about Transformers the other day. Also…
Undervalued Spotlight #116
Flash Vol. 2, #164, DC Comics, September 2000 Did DC’s New 52 save the print comic book industry? Or did it just stave off the demise of the brick and mortar comic book stores by 3 or 4 years? Time…
Justice League #6
Justice League and its varying assortment of off-shoot titles has long been considered the flagship title of the DCU, often featuring the biggest heroes DC has to offer. Having been the lead-off title for the company's New 52 initiative, that distinction held true and has remained a top title on Diamond's sales charts since Sept. 2011. The first arc of the Geoff Johns penned series concluded last week with the world's greatest heroes having a final showdown with the dark god himself, Darkseid.
The Dragon March Mini-Con 2012
Sunday March 4th I had the pleasure of attending The Dragon March Mini-Con in Guelph Ontario. For the occasion The Dragon Comics owner Jennifer Haines brought into her store Francis Manapul, Agnes Garbowska, Marcus To, Marco Rudy, Andy Belanger, Becky…
Does Page Color Matter?
Every collector of CGC graded comics is familiar with the information panel—typically referred to as the label—located at the top of each slabbed book. The most important part is of course the grade, ranging from 0.5 to 10. In addition…