Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
ComicLink September 2011 Focused Auction The ComicLink Focused Auction ended last week. I cannot remember a more Marvel heavy auction! Of the top 33 comics only 1 DC cracked the Marvel dominance. DC’s Green Lantern #76 graded a CGC 9.6…
This week marks my second anniversary as a columnist for Comic Book Daily so in a semi-self congratulatory mood, I figured I’d take a look back at the past two years and let you in on some of my favorite…
Amazon launched their new Kindle line yesterday, most notably the Kindle Fire, a 7″ colour tablet. Along with this came word from ICv2 that Amazon will have 100 exclusive DC graphic novels available. [quote]…with 100 exclusive DC graphic novels, including…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by comic book fan and Blue Beetle authority Brian McGinley. The three amigos touch on a whole bunch of stuff including, the sex controversy surrounding the new Catwoman…
Lone Wolf and Cub is a wonderful manga series that has come to North America twice: prestige format comics from First Publishing in the 1980s and in twenty eight 4.25×6.5″ softcover volumes from Dark Horse. For anyone who hasn’t sampled…
I was playing around on the “Twitter-verse” yesterday and saw an interesting tweet from Nathan Fillion that said “Wonder-Twin powers… ACTIVATE!”. I was intrigued and clicked the link. The link was for a news report from TV Guide that said the…
Hobbystar just sent an email that attendance for Fan Expo 2011 was 77,840, unofficially making it the third largest comic convention in North America after San Diego and New York. Crowd control was smooth this year: organized lines managed by…