about Catwoman
Last week a picture of Anne Hathaway’s costume was posted on our Facebook page. The question was asked “What do you think?” When I saw the picture, I wasn’t blown away by it (even though Anne Hathaway is beautiful). It…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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New Tintin Trailer
Another trailer for Tintin was released yesterday. After viewing my skepticism has evaporated: it looks great. We’re introduced to the film’s nemesis and see a ton of great action scenes, comedic episodes and overall wonder.
Sorry, this poster is classified
So I was looking at the latest Previews and saw this picture in the Marvel section: I can understand not wanting to give away too much of a key plot point or whatever but how is any customer supposed to…
X-Men Regenesis
Schism is over and the X-Men are left fractured. The only question left is, who stays on Utopia and who moves back to New York to help rebuild the mansion and the school with Wolverine?
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Green Lantern Blu Ray DVD Combo Pack
Over the weekend I got a chance to check out the Blu Ray Combo Pack of Green Lantern (Extended Cut). The Blu ray is packed with extras and provides good value for money to the comic book fan. I feel…
Margaret Atwood: cartoonist?
The National Post has an excerpt from Margaret Atwood’s In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination. It’s a great piece on comic strips, imagination and where that takes us. Perhaps if Atwood had kept up the drawing Seth and…
NYCC 2011
New York Comicon 2011 just passed and here are my top five announcements. Dive right in.
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Celerity Page 1
Sebediah Aziza AKA Seb Racer Sebediah A boy’s name of Hebrew origin, meaning “Gift from God”. Aziza Is of Arabic and Hebrew origin and its meaning is “beloved, precious or mighty”. GR106 = Grand Race number one hundred and six.…
Giveaway: Green Lantern Blu-Ray DVD Combo
Courtesy of Warner Bros Canada Comic Book Daily is giving away one copy of Green Lantern Blu-Ray Combo Pack, which includes the movie on Blu-Ray, DVD and Ultraviolet digital copy. Here’s how to win: Add a comment to this post:…
Undervalued Spotlight #98
Brave and the Bold #79, DC Comics, August/September 1968 Neal Adams knew something was wrong with Batman even during the absolute height of the character’s popularity. In a panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con (with excerpts reprinted in…
Halloween FCBD (Free Comic Book Day)
Diamond announced at New York Comicon this week that starting in 2012 there will be a second free comic book day event in October for Halloween. Here’s a snippet from ICv2: [quote]…but Diamond indicated that it had managed to interest…
When Good Goes Bad
Recently Scott reviewed Holy Terror. To sum up the review quickly here is the best line from his review “this book is crap: don’t buy it. I want my money back. End review.” Classic stuff. I got thinking more about…
How far would you go?
I don’t know if you’ve seen this elsewhere yet, but this article really struck a chord with me. Reuters had a story about Herbert Chavez, a Filipino designer who is a huge Superman fan. He’s had body modifying surgery to…
Green Lantern on Blu-Ray Oct 14th
Oct 14th Green Lantern is coming out on Blu-Ray and DVD. This is Green Lantern’s first appearance in a live action feature film. Three different releases will be available: 3D/Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Combo, Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital Combo and a straight DVD copy. Some of…
The Dragon
Guelph Ontario
Last month I had the opportunity to visit The Dragon in Guelph Ontario. I had heard good things about the store and wanted to see it for myself. The location is in a mall with a unique layout, designed as…
Guelph Ontario
Hidden Gems
The title of this particular post is “Hidden Gems” but I’m not quite sure if that’s incredibly accurate. Most of what’s in here isn’t hidden at all really; if you go into a comic shop, a majority of it will…
My Money is on Spidey!
Our shop sells a good amount of vintage comics. Sales seem to be concentrated at the comic conventions but the odd sale here and the odd sale there at the shop do add up to a respectable figure by the…
Comic Culture Oct 12th
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss a variety of comic book related topics including injured zombies, online digital comic subscriptions, Barnes and Noble vs DC, Archie’s new superhero line, DC’s big September and a whole…
The Avengers Trailer
Yesterday Marvel released the official trailer for The Avengers. The Avengers is the movie event of 2012. As you can see in the trailer it looks like there is going to be lots of action (and humour… love that Tony…
Comics News
I read a good amount of comic news every day, subscribing via RSS to the bulk of comic related websites. Unfortunately I find the bulk of it a waste of time, scrolling on by. The big news this week has…
Cover Story: The DC Comics Art Of Brian Bolland
A wonderful artist who has done a ton of cover work, and not enough interior comic work, Brian Bolland gets his spotlight in Cover Story: The DC Comics Art Of Brian Bolland. [quote]Artist Brian Bolland, best known for his work…