Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Conan the Barbarian #1, Marvel Comics, October 1970 Conan the Barbarian was an important comic book in many ways. Some argue the book ushered in the Bronze Age while others look to Marvel’s first major licensing effort (actually only $200…
Have you ever had an artist that you’d follow to whatever project they’d do? Joelle Jones is that artist for me. Luckily though everything she’s done so far has been something I’d totally want to get anyway. I first found…
Writer: Zack Whedon Art: Andy MacDonald Letters: Nate Piekos Colours: Dan Jackson Cover: Massimo Carnevale Publisher: Dark Horse Following his three issue mini-series Terminator 2029 that concluded earlier in the year, Zack Whedon returns to the Terminator universe with another…
I was poking around the auction sites and noticed some very sporadic activity around the Star Wars #1 comic book. The regular edition (30 cent cover) of Star Wars #1 is a very popular book. The thing is also as…
Last week, the Toronto Cartoonist Workshop opened their doors in celebration of Fit-to-Print’s first publication, Holmes Inc, and a brand new workspace. Being CBD’s TCW correspondent, I headed to the city to check out the festivities. After a stroll down…
It’s been more than a year since Marvel announced that they acquired the rights to Marvelman from Mick Anglo and comic fans all around the world rejoiced that one of the most critically acclaimed runs would be released. Well, 1…
Would you want to watch a Wonder Woman TV series? Well, I sure hope so because that’s what we’re getting according to The Hollywood Reporter. Warner Bros. Television is developing a modern-day reboot of the classic DC comic book heroine…
One of the topics I generally like to talk to my students about sequential art and thus comics are how they are really just another way of telling a story. Not unlike prose, visual art, dance, poetry, etc, sequential art…
As far as first cars go, I’m fairly certain that the 1966 Batmobile makes my purple Honda Odyssey look a little stupid. For just $150,000, Mark Racop and his Fiberglass Freaks replicas will get you a full, exact copy of…
So it’s official, I have added another full time floppy to my pull list. For those of you who might be new to the column or may have forgotten, I don’t buy a lot of comics in floppy format. Traditionally…
Every week CBD’s Editor in Chief Pete DeCourcy asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers, we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans_Daily for the inspiration.…
Comic Culture This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by Comic Culture producer Anthony Falcone and by the new Comic Culture engineer James McIntosh. The guys explore a whole range of topics this week including DC’s new…
The Daily Mirror has gotten some set photos of Chris Evans as Steve Rogers during a Manhattan chase scene. It looks like he’s strapped on some prosthetic feet to protect his feet as he does some kind of barefoot chase…
“Under normal circumstances, I would follow Morrison and his ongoing Bat-narrative into the next title hosting it, but that new title is going to experience a 33% price increase, which is just way too much for me to be able…
Writer: Matt Fraction Artist: Whilce Portacio Inker: Ed Tadeo Colours: Brian Reber Letters: Joe Caramagna Cover: Terry and Rachel Dodson This is a story about a girl named Hope. We’re now a few issues into the first REAL X-Men arc…
Wow, this book was a pleasant surprise. Ever since this series was started by Jeph Loeb I’ve found each issue to be cringe worthy with things like the Watcher being punched out by the Red Hulk. The series started out…
ComicLink Focused Auction The ComicLink Focused Auctions are never as exciting as the Comic Link Features Auctions. Still, some very interesting things transpired. Let’s have a peek at what went down. Tales to Astonish #57, Marvel Comics (July/1964) Graded by PGX at…
The newest webcomic to join to the Comic Book Daily family is Dressed For Success. Written and Drawn by Egesta Comics‘ Chris Howard and Jeff Wasson. We’ll be updating Tuesday and Thursday until we catch up with their current run.…
Yesterday I picked up the last of the Burke novel series by Andrew Vachss. I’ve been a big fan of his writing for years, especially the Burke books so it kind of surprises me that this book completely slid under…