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GR107 There are 3 Phases in a grand race – Earth, Ocean and Sky. Each Phase comprises of 3 Stages races. Points are awarded to the first 8 positions in the stage AND the first 8 positions in the transfer.…
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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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Avalon Cosette AKA Sir, Avi Apprentice/Pilot-Captain Avalon As a boy’s name is pronounced AV-a-lon and is of Celtic origin. The meaning of Avalon is “island of apples”. In celtic mythology, Avalon is an island paradise and In arthurian legend, it’s…
The Thrill Is Gone?
Well folks… I’m back. I was sorting and arranging a pile of comic books in my basement, when it fell on top of me. For the past several weeks I’ve been trapped in my basement, but luckily I remembered the…
Web Arted Jan 20th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Ramon Perez, Tommy Lee Edwards, David Aja, Sean Phillips and more.
Episode 12: I object! (to Mark Waid’s ‘Daredevil’)
Last week I saw something truly heinous, truly unseemly, truly asinine: "Daredevil is Marvel's best new comic series of 2011."
C.B. Daily Jan 19th
A new Popeye comic, CBLDF advisory, a look at Parker, new X-O Manowar, DC April '12 solicits, DC logo announcement and more!
Rock and Comics (revisited)
* I’m on a bit of a music geek kick this week and I thought it’d be interesting to revisit something I wrote for somewhere else and maybe spruce it up a bit and update it. The following article was…
Captain America & Bucky: The Life Story Of Bucky Barnes
I’m a sucker for Marvel World War II material and I love Chris Samnee’s work so picking up Captain America & Bucky: The Life Story Of Bucky Barnes was a given. [quote]Think you know the story of Cap and Bucky’s…
Comic Culture Jan 18th
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they cover this week’s new comic releases and discuss a wide variety of topics including the Powers TV series, a James Bond reunion, Abe Lincoln fighting Vampires, Tintin winning…
Diamond Hires Chris Powell
Diamond Comic Distributors, the sole distributor of comic books to the specialty comic market, last week hired Chris Powell as Executive Director of Business Development for the comic book specialty market. Chris Powell comes to Diamond from Lone Star Comics…
The Last Battle
Originally printed in 2005 as L’Ultima Battaglia by The Walt Disney Company Italia, The Last Battle by Tito Faraci and Dan Brereton is an English translation published by Image Comics. [quote]In 52 BCE, General Caius Rodius, retired hero of Caesar’s…
C.B. Daily Jan 17th
Top Canadian sellers, a Spirit TV movie, automated book scanning, and a new webcomics portal from Stephanie Buscema and J. Bone.
London’s Super Convention
On the weekend of February 25th–26th, London’s Super Convention will be taking over the Excel Centre at the heart of London’s Royal Docks. Sold with quite a few mouth-watering prospects including the great Stan Lee himself, whom makes his first appearance at a comic convention…
Captain Easy Vol. 1
I gave Roy Crane’s Captain Easy, Solder Of Fortune: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips Volume 1 1933-1935 a good thumbing many, many times before picking it up. The artwork was too simple, the stories silly. One day in my local…
Checking in on the New 52
It has been four months since DC Comics unleashed their much anticipated New 52 relaunch. Not surprisingly, DC dominated 2011’s bestseller list. The only non-New 52 title that managed to squeak onto 2011’s top ten list was Ultimate Spider-Man #160.…
Store Closings & Our Part
A lot of news has been made over the closing of Dragon Lady Comics, a Toronto comic shop that’s been around for a long time, first on Queen Street and then on College Street since 1996. A good amount of…
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Leona Dureau AKA Penelope Pitstop, Penny, Pitstop or Pit-Stains due to her nervous nature. Apprentice Leona Of German origin. The meaning of Leona is ‘Brave as a Lioness’. Dureau As a boy’s name is pronounced “dur-ROW” and is of French…
C.B. Daily Jan 13th
C.B. Daily Jan 13th: New DC titles, Conan interview, The Shadow and more.
Web Arted Jan 13th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days. The Spirit by Darwyn Cooke. Source. Kraven by Mike Mignola. Source. Powers by Michael Avon Oeming. Source. Secret Avengers cover by Art Adams. Source. Rawhide Kid splash…
Powernap
Powernap hits you over the head the minute you see it. I mean, seriously, look at this: Could you see that and not click on the next button? So Powernap is the new work from Maritza Campos and Bachan. Both have…
Comic Sales Data for 2011
So the 2011 yearly totals are in and I thought I’d pass along some data. Marvel was both the unit share winner for the year and the dollar value winner. I’ve included the top 10 publishers below. Publisher Fantagraphics finished…