Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
It was 1989 and DC comics was celebrating the 50th anniversary of Batman. They had started slowly publishing reprint material in softcover trade paperbacks but hardcover editions were left to Warner Books, Graphitti Designs and with these volumes Longmeadow Press.…
Sometimes as a critic and reviewer you get caught up in your job. In my column over the past months, I’ve talked about a lot of the bad in comics or stuff I don’t really agree with. I’ve also talked…
On Monday night, I had the pleasure of attending the midnight release party of the sixth volume of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series, Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour. A tad sad to learn that I would be going alone earlier…
What kind of features should we demand of a principle Marvel key? This group of comics is one of the most important investing blocks in the hobby. People are buying up high grade Marvel keys as a group and you can’t really have one without any of the others and call yourself a true high end collector...
Comic Culture's Walter Durajlija welcome's co-host Chris Owen back from vacation. This week Chris and Walt chime in on the San Diego Comic Con, Lady Deadpool, Scott Pilgrim Volume 6, the Mile High comic collection and a bunch of other comic book related boobery. So sit back, relax...
With Chris Evans and the rest of the Captain America: The First Avenger crew hitting Comic Con this weekend, you can bet we’ll see the Star Spangled Avenger in his full regalia. To tide you over check out this poster,…
Writer: Andy Diggle and Antony Johnston Artist: Roberto de le Torre Colours: Matt Hollingsworth Letters: Joe Caramagna Shadowland has begun, and for the residents of Hell’s Kitchen and Marvel’s costumed heroes that can only mean one thing: either band together,…
UPDATED! Now with color image: DC Comics loves teaser images almost as much as cult TV shows love to homage the Last Supper. Well, this year it looks like Ivan Reis gets the honors with this uber-detailed rendition of…well, what?…
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.…
How can you get people to read your story? It doesn’t matter if you have the most clever twist ending, the best characterization, or the prettiest artwork, if people aren’t hooked after the first couple pages they won’t care. Your hard work…
Writers: Zeb Wells, Mike Carey, Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, and Matt Fraction Artists: Ibraim Roberson, Esad Ribic, Terry and Rachel Dobson, Greg Land, Jay Leisten Colours: Matt Milla, Matt Wilson, Frank Martin, Brad Anderson. With this final issue of the…
Goon. Perhaps the greatest character find since Hellboy graced our midst is getting the animated treatment. By David Fincher. He who creates movies so detailed that Kubrick thinks that it might be a bit much. Well, we’ve got 30 seconds…
The Phantom was the brainchild of Mandrake the Magician creator Lee Falk. Mr. Falk’ brilliant twist to the character was that he made his Phantom the 21st in a line stretching back over 400 years. The Phantom always fought evil wearing the same costume, part of a ruse to get the bad guys to believe that the character was immortal.
I’m not very familiar with Rob Hanes as I should be. I do plan to change that with the release of the first collection of the long running adventure series. For those of you as unfamiliar with the young Mr.…
This week, the always entertaining Comic Twart collective illustrated everyone’s favorite stogie-chomping super-spy — Colonel Nicholas Joseph Fury. Furthermore, they went the extra mile and drew the 1960s Swingin’ Steranko version of Nick. (check out the above image by Evan…
What happens when the very powers that drive you to be a hero are also killing you? Do you burn out or fade away? Do you resign yourself to your fate or risk it all to die a hero? Those…
The pictures from Kenneth Branagh’s Thor keep rolling in, and they keep making the Marvel panel at Comic Con my most anticipated event of the coming weekend. The pictures so far look really, really campy and kind of plastic. I…
Writer and Image Comics partner Robert Kirkman has launched Skybound, an imprint designed to recruit and showcase the next generation of comic creators. Announced in today’s New York Times, Skybound will make its official debut on Thursday during Kirkman’s Comic-Con…
It’s been out for a while now, but let’s take a look at this nice big picture featuring the three principal actors of the Thor movie. I gotta admit, they look very snazzy if a bit anachronistic due to the…