Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
I read a lot of reprints, from golden and silver age superheroes to classic comic strips and everything in between. How the material is presented is as important as the contents itself. Unless published after 1990 most comics were printed…
My local comic shop received this last week although everyone seems to be listing today as its release date. I’ve been waiting all year for Tardi’s Like A Sniper Lining Up His Shot. [quote]Martin Terrier, ice-cold mercenary-turned-contract-killer, has his future…
Everybody looks cooler when you have a cool vehicle. Superheroes are no exception. Here are some of my favourite Superhero vehicles. #5 Fantasticar The Fantastic Four is a family. Families take vacations and road trips, like to the Negative Zone. The Fantasticar…
Last week the fifth and final issue of "Flashpoint" was release, resetting the DCU in the process.
Just came across the web site of amazing artist R. Kikuo Johnson: another stunning illustrator I’ve missed along the way. Take a look at this amazing piece that was done for the New York Times. Invoking raising the flag on Iwo…
At the last TCAF Scott and I got a chance to chat with Darwyn Cooke. We talked about a number of things, but one of the topics was people getting sketches from artists at conventions for the sole purpose…
Life could be perceived as a series of acts, each of us living out the drama of our lives in a microcosm of the whole day in and day out. Existence is a play, with each component of the greater story being told a piece at a time; before we know it, the curtains close on a chapter of life and the crowd disperses for intermission, anticipating the next part of the story.
This is actually one of my favourite covers, but it doesn’t really make sense. Normally when people talk about cancelling Christmas it is because the have no money, or some disaster has befallen them around December, or they are using…
Police Comics #1, Quality Comics, August 1941 This is a great Golden Age key that just does not get the respect it deserves. Thanks to DC’s acquisition of many of the Quality characters back in 1956 most of the characters…
I’ll be the first to admit that, by Sunday, I was muttering Roger Murtaugh’s (Danny Glover) catchphrase from the Lethal Weapon films. Apart from wondering how the hell I got so old so quickly, I ended up having a great…
Fan Expo is all done for another year, and it was a great show indeed. The reactions I have seen for this year’s Fan Expo have been very positive. I know for myself I was very happy with this year’s…
Now I have no idea what it says in the CGC grading manual so this will be my opinion only, totally based on me having absolutely no facts! All I will go on is the many discrepancies in grade I’ve…
Unfortunately Jim Steranko is a name fading from the collective comic book memory, to its detriment. Exploding onto the comics scene in the late 1960s and then quickly leaving the medium, he stands out as a master of page layout, design and motion.
How was your Fan Expo weekend? Glad to hear it. How was mine? Oh you know, My FF workshop was the buzz of the internet for a weekend, Brian Azzarello, Jill Thompson and Matt Fraction tried to convince me to…
Saturday had to be, by far, the busiest of all four days. I’m not the biggest fan of wall-to-wall people, so I was really happy to have been able to sit in on panels for most of the day. Panel…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija old comic books selling for tons of money, the new Ghost Rider movie, the new Sin City movie, comic book “pressing”, as well as a complete recap of the just…
I attended Fan Expo 2011 Thursday and Saturday. I was there Thursday early to get my name on the list of artist commissions and Saturday to feel the show at its busiest and pick up my art. The rest of…
Today is the big day for the DC 52 relaunch with the release of Justice League issue one. I received an email this morning at 7:00 AM EDT proclaiming “Buy Now At The DC Digital Comics Store“. Here’s the message…
Overall, Fan Expo 2011 was a positive experience for me. The programming was diverse and I think it had something for everyone. I’d like to see the official attendance numbers for this year. As a guess, I think it matched…
I attended quite a few panels at Fan Expo. Here are my comments on them. THURSDAY Ethan Phillips He played Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager. His Q&A panel started at 4:00 PM on Thursday right when Fan Expo officially opened. …
The final issue of Kill Shakespeare hit stands last week. CBD takes a final look at the immensely successful, critically acclaimed series that brought Shakespeare's greatest characters together into a solid, organic universe.