Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Howdy. I’m currently sitting on the couch as I write this. I’m on vacation from the dreaded day job so I figured I’d take it easy. I’ve been running around visiting people, delving into my copy of the Walt Simonson…
Reflecting on the collected editions I’ve read over the last three months one thing stands out: publishers are skimping or dropping extras and supplemental material. Since the birth of the trade paperback softcovers have rarely included any extras, but their…
A great show this week. Hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss the Conan movie, 100 Bullets TV show, Green Lantern’s disappointing opening weekend, the death of Ultimate Spider-Man, the Joe Shuster Award winners and DC’s big September re-launch. Now…
This past weekend was the 2011 Canadian G.I. Joe Convention in Toronto. One of the special guests was comic book artist Valentine DeLandro. I got the opportunity to sit with Valentine and talk to him about comics and of course…
Via their weekly retailer newsletter Image Comics announced they would be adopting the same ratings system DC uses. Here’s the full text: [quote]Greetings, retail partners! We have some exciting news this week and we wanted you to hear it first:…
Wolves is the latest mini-comic from Becky Cloonan. It follows a man on a hunt for a werewolf. The story is told in 20 pages of black and white art. I like Wolves a lot. The story is told in…
Hot on the heels of a disappointing opening weekend for the big budget Green Lantern film comes Cartoon Network’s promotion of Green Lantern: The Animated Series.
I love it when the industry gives us a news story that causes great debate. We have seen it before, of course, with the Death of Superman, the Clone Saga, and Quesada getting the EIC job; the list is endless.…
Don’t get me wrong here; I want the new DC to be a huge success. There will be 52 new #1s this September and even the biggest optimist at DC doesn’t expect all 52 to last out even a year.…
The winners of the 7th Joe Shuster Annual Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards were announced June 18 at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. The awards highlight from coast to coast the Canadian comic book industry’s top talent and recognize…
Lethargic Lad brought to you courtesy of Greg Hyland.
So concludes Humanoids week here at Comic Book Daily. Here’s a list of reviews available: I Am Legion Madwoman Of The Sacred Heart Weapons Of The Metabaron Day Of The Magicians Legend Of The Scarlet Blades Screaming Planet Elias The…
Our last review of Humanoids week on Comic Book Daily: Elias The Cursed by Corrado Mastantuono and Sylviane Corgiat. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: [quote]Fallen king Elias is on a quest to reclaim the face that was stolen from him by…
So, before work this morning, I popped onto Rotten Tomatoes to see how Green Lantern fared in terms of film critics’ response. As of this writing, the “Tomatometer” is at 22% (with an average score of 4.4/10) with 93 critics…
More Fun Comics #73, DC Comics, November 1941 Now here’s a comic book that should be getting a lot more respect and a lot more attention. More Fun #73 introduces two major DC characters, Aquaman and Green Arrow. Both were…
In the summer of 1989 I was sitting in my room, with pad and a pen, writing out what I had hoped would be the greatest piece of G.I. Joe fiction ever. After two paragraphs I got bored. So unfortunately…
Humanoids week continues at Comic Book Daily with a look at Alexandro Jodorowsky’s Screaming Planet. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: [quote]All that remains of a prosperous, warm planet destroyed by the madness of its inhabitants many years ago…A living piece of…