Why comics are awesome – Reason #27
As you have read previously, I’ve been sorting and re-reading my comic collection. The other day I found a comic in my pile that made me think of why comics are awesome. That comic is Mr. T and the T Force. Mr.…
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Little Guardians
Despite it being a hugely popular genre in fiction, comics have traditionally been a bit lean on fantasy stories. Webcomics are changing that. There is a wealth of fantasy material being produced, from dungeon crawls, to fairy tales. Little Guardians…
Holiday Gift Guide
It is December 1st, which means you’ve got 24 days to buy for your loved ones… assuming you celebrate Christmas… but let’s be honest here, no matter what your faith is or is not, if you are reading this column…
Action #1 tops $2 Million
Wow! A CGC graded 9.0 copy of Action Comics #1 has sold on ComicConnect’s Event Auction for $2.161,000.00. This CGC 9.0 copy has a Cream to Off-White page designation and is the highest CGC graded copy that exists. If you’ll…
My first digital purchase
This weekend I was checking the comic news to see if any of the publishers were taking part in Black Friday or Cyber Monday, big discount shopping days surrounding Thanksgiving in the United States. I came across Digital Dark Horse…
Comic Culture Nov 30th
This week’s show has hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss a whole bunch of stuff including this weeks batch of new comics, news from the comicconnect Action Comics #1 auction, more comic book auction news, Archie’s gay marriage cover,…
Smallville Season 10 on Bluray
Well Smallville fans, it is finally time. Season 10, the final Smallville season is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. Season 10 will wrap up the complete series and will we see Clark finally wear the tights and cape? To…
Visit the library!
One of the greatest contributions to society as a whole is the invention of the public library. If it didn’t exist it would almost be hard to explain. There is this building, filled with books, and you can go in…
Undervalued Spotlight #104
Invincible Iron Man #47, Marvel Comics, June 1972 This week’s Undervalued Spotlight comes recommended by Mike Huddleston. Mike’s email notes that “…this story features great updated origin re-telling from Roy Thomas and artist Barry Smith. These two were in the middle…
Spotlight on Readers Den Comic Shop in Cape-Town
After almost 3 weeks with no access to comics, no sign of comics, no comics nerdery nor banta, no internet and no mobile device – my graphic, fictional requirements were boiling over and my (openly guilty) addiction to sequential…
Wolverine and the X-Men #2
Last week the second issue of Wolverine and the X-Men hit shelves. With a lackluster first issue behind it, I’m left to wonder how Aaron and Bachalo can recover. Let’s take a look at issue two of Wolverine and the X-Men.
Retailer Q | #6: Halloween FCBD
Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective.
Diamond discussed at NYCC this year the possibility of a second Free Comic Book Day event in 2012 for Halloween. Can the comic industry, and more specifically comic retailers, support and maintain a successful second FCBD-like event?
Comic Book Mustaches
November is coming to a close, and many men around the country have been sporting mustaches in support of “Movember“. This initiative is to bring awareness to men’s health, and especially prostate cancer. In honour of all these men, who’ve decided…
Galloway Park 4 #5
Galloway Park by Dennis DePues part 4, exclusively on Comic Book Daily every Sunday.
52Q | #56: Creators, Deadlines and Consistency
DC's new program of keeping books on schedule by getting books done well ahead of publication and shifting creative teams seems to be working. Of course it also means writers and artists are being juggled around to keep things flowing. Marvel's approach seems to have artists taking turns, giving readers up to six artists in a six issue stretch.
This week's 52Q: do you stick to a book when it has multiple creators or do you cherry pick issues based on your favourites? Would you rather see a small publishing delay for creator consistency?
Sell my collection?
A couple of months ago, Anthony Falcone wrote an article telling you to sell your collection. The column was very popular with lots of debate and discussion in the comments section. The idea of selling your collection is a sensitive…
Web Arted Nov 25th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Marooned
If you have to be stranded on Mars, it could definitely be improved by having a good friend with you. Sadly Captain John is Marooned on Mars with Asimov the Robot. Asimov would rather be alone. Asimov's mission was to attempt a space mission run by an AI and hampered by a human. It's not going so well.
The Anti-Sheldons (Non Stereotypical Readers)
Last week, Ed Campbell wrote a rather intriguing article about the television show The Big Bang Theory and how it has kind of thrown more light on the stereotypical version of a comic book fan. I thought for my part,…
CBC Debates Comic Movies
A very funny episode of CBC Radio’s The Debaters features Pat Thorton and comedian David Pryde arguing their case as to whether comic book movies are worth seeing. Fun stuff, great puns and very entertaining. Unfortunately the CBC only gives…
Zatanna TPB Vol 1 & 2
I just added two new trade paperbacks to my collection and they were very enjoyable to read. These books are Zatanna: Mistress of Magic and Zatanna: Shades of the Past. These two books collect all 16 issues of Zatanna from…