My road to AF 15, Chapter the Third: Back to the B
So when you last heard from me about my arduous endeavour, I had just traded for an early appearance of Herbie aka the Fat Fury. This guy: Now some of you scoffed at my trade, but I knew that Marc…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Man of Steel
Arguably the most recognizable figure in popular culture, transcending generations and outliving his creators – one of (maybe) 3 fictional characters from the realm of comic books whom proudly parade as household names across the world. In comics, the series…
Holy Terror
It’s been heavily promoted by Legendary Pictures, as only a movie studio can do. Preview pages, an animated short, press releases and coverage everywhere. For it’s first foray into comics Legendary has published Frank Miller’s Holy Terror, his response to…
The Road Trip
Ahhh… the majesty of the open road. Music carefully selected for a mix CD. Four friends piled into a pick up truck, barrelling down the highway at 110KM/h heading for the big city. Yes my friends I am talking about…
Daredevil #118
Apparently there was not a single dictionary at the Marvel office in 1975. That is the only reason I can think of for suggesting that circus spelled sideways is death. Also, is that guy throwing live bats as if they…
Next Men Vol 1: Scattered
First off I dropped the “John Byrne’s” from the title so it would be somewhat shorter, and I really don’t like it when a creator’s name is inserted into the title. I had heard Byrne was picking up with the…
Batman Garter Belt
So, many of the team at CBD love Batman. And many of the team are married. But did any of the CBD team have a Batman Gun that shoots garter belts for their wedding reception? No. No they did not.…
New Batman: Year One clip
A second Batman: Year One clip was released today. Another example of being extremely faithful to the source material. As well there are those flashes on manga influenced looks to the material, but it’s so slight I may be hallucinating…
Spider-Island
Has anybody noticed that in the middle of the unstoppable juggernaut of publicity that is the new DC#1s or the ubiquitous Fear Itself tie-in fest, there is a really good little Spider-Man story going on? Spider-Island is being done exactly…
Where in the World is Renee Montoya and Other Questions
I will admit, I haven’t really been following the new 52 that hard. As I’ve stated before, I’m basically a “wait for the trade” guy but I have looked at titles I’m thinking of getting in trade and overall, I’ve…
Comic Link’s November
I just received an email from ComicLink highlighting their inclusion of a CGC 9.9 copy of Iron Man #1 for their November auction. Wow, now that is an impressive book. I jumped on their site to read up on the…
Comic Culture Oct. 5th
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by professional cartoonist and artist Lief Peng. Join the three as they discuss a whole bunch of stuff including the Watchmen on Kindle, Chevrolet at the NYCC, the…
Why shop at a comic store?
When you collect trade paperbacks and graphic novels there’s Amazon and everything else. They have the market share, deep discounts, availability, free shipping, recommendations and even preview pages. There’s no denying it so retailers need to recognize, adapt and overcome. …
Chuck Rozanski
I don’t really do interviews. Interviewing is not a skill that I possess. I do, however, have some great conversations with names in the industry. And then I try to remember all the awesome stuff they said. This is one…
Jonathan Ross & Turf
To a Great-British Audience, Jonathan Ross (OBE) is synonymous with belly laughs and banter as – the voice of Friday nights on his, self-titled/award-winning talk show “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross” (Kind of, the British Late Show). He also hosted…
Green Lantern: New Guardians #1
In the aftermath of the War of the Green Lanterns, Kyle Rayner was left without his girlfriend, and was escorted from Oa after defending the Guardians from an attack from Corps members hoping to assassinate Sinestro. Now off on his own, Rayner must new face challenges both from himself and from familiar allies and enemies alike.
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Halloween Masks
On my last Pick 5 I talked about Halloween Costumes. I listed 5 cool costumes I found on officialsuperherocostumes.com, I was looking at their site more and found some really cool masks. So this week’s Pick 5 are some of my…
Adams Godzilla Triptych
Arthur Adams is doing a number of covers for IDW’s Godzilla: Legends mini series, as outlined by Chris Ryall. The first three covers will form one large image: here’s the inked version.
Retailer Q | #4: Discounts
As a retailer do you offer subscriber/frequent buyer discounts, such as a flat percentage off all purchases or buy X get one free cards? Why or why not?
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Let’s Talk About Sex DC
I was at the comic book shop last week and a couple of friends handed me a comic and said "you have to pick this one up". The comic they handed me was Catwoman #1. It wasn't on my pull list (since Wonder Woman and Batwoman are the only new DC #1's I'm buying right now) but after flipping through it, I had to buy it.
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Undervalued Spotlight #97
Alpha Flight #106, Marvel Comics, March 1992. The history of comic books could easily serve as a rich resource for any anthropologist. Studying comic book history can shed light on the behavior, the social and cultural development of humans in…