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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Crazy Comic Cover: Jimmy Olsen #113 "The wrongo Superman!"
The Cover: I could make a comment on how Superman needs to be more careful when choosing his friends, but then again he’s best friends with Jimmy Olsen; the walking disaster zone. So let’s just take this cover for…
Stringer Bell To Protect Asgard
I’ve recently just finished watching the Wire – it’s bar none the best television show of this decade, and essentially sums up the corruption that permeate every part of america – but it’s also a real pick me up. Idris…
Auction Highlights #12
There were some really neat comics up for grabs in ComicLink’s November auction. Nice Golden Age books were plentiful as were quality Silver Age and Bronze Age.
Read MoreAuction Highlights #12Comic Culture: November 19th, 2009
It’s that time of the week again, guys! It’s the weekly Comic Culture Podcast with Walter Durajlija of Big B Comics in Hamilton, Ontario and Christopher Owen; professor of Comic Studies at Mohawk College. This week, they’ve got a special…
Ahhh, But Will Remender be able to reanimate Worthington’s corpse?
Rising Superstar Sam Worthington has signed on to appear in the film adaptation of Rick Remender’s upcoming miniseries “The Last Days of American Crime.” Created and written by Remender with artist Greg Tocchini, “Last Days” takes place in the near…
Just A Thought: Wherein Brent Discusses the 90s and Now
I love comics. A lot. My experience with them kind of runs the gauntlet. Read since I was a kid, got hard core as a teenager, sold them as a staff member at a comic shop, written them as a…
Comic Store creeping ever closer to the PSP
Kotaku reports that the firmware update for the PSP which has a built-in comic book reader has finally launched. While other things like the iphone already have comic book viewer apps in place, this will be a first for the…
Collecting & Investing Tips #12
This week’s tip is aimed at the collectors. The collectors are really the silent majority of the back issue market and a surprisingly large numbers of them don’t really know where to start when faced with the dilemma of selling their comic book collection
Read MoreCollecting & Investing Tips #12Meet The Warriors Three
According to Variety (from left to right), Stuart Townsend (from the Anne Rice film Queen of the Damned), Ray Stevenson (from Punisher: War Zone), and Tadanobu Asano (from Mongol) have been cast as the Warriors Three. The film is due…
Frank Quitely's HE-MAN
Okay, I’m sure this is old news and maybe you’ve already seen it, but I stumbled upon this while looking for some Frank Quitely original art to hang in my house and thought this looked too cool not to post…
More Buffy?
I know, I know. I’m only supposed to be here on Thursdays but apparently I’m Comic Book Daily’s resident Buffy expert so when this story came up, they asked me to comment. So apparently my beloved Buffy comic that I…
Hitman Monkey Takes No Joy In What He Does.
I’m sure all of you were sitting patiently curiously awaiting to find out more about marvel’s hottest new character, the Frank Cho drawn Hitman Monkey. Well, as of 12:33 the world of comics as we know it changed. Sure there…
Progressive Shop Report: Brave New World
This time around, we're taking a look at the 2008 Eisner Award winning Brave New World in Newhall, California. They look pretty awesome
Read MoreProgressive Shop Report: Brave New WorldThe Comics Journal #300 – Read it all now!
The Comics Journal is something I got into when they profiled Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka (seperate issues) – this wasn’t just a ‘ask a question, heap praise, then say goodbye’ type interviews, they were awesomely indepth back and forths…
Undervalued Spotlight #12
Rawhide Kid had a ho-hum 16 issue run between March 1955 and September 1957. Atlas Comics (which would turn into Marvel in a short couple of years) decided to reboot the title
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #12Lethargic Lad #115.2
Read MoreLethargic Lad #115.2Your Daily Dose of Awesome: Jack Kirby's Inglorious Basterds
I’m not a hundred percent sure where these come from, who drew them, etc. (if you know, please, please, please email me) but I found them through Chud, who in turn found them on Harry Knowles’ (aintitcool.com’s head honcho) twitter.…
Crazy Comic Covers: Action Comics #593 The Suicide Snare
This week’s Crazy Comic Cover is a continuation of last week’s Action Comics where we left off with Superman and Big Barda falling down a pit dug by an alien in a sewer. Yeah, aliens spend their time digging death…
Spider-Man arrested for assault
Sorry guys, I am sure you guys wanted to read about a plot in Amazing Spider-Man where he gets arrested for punching out Doc Ock, but alas, it’s just a simple street assault. But either way, you gotta love the picture…
Shazam movie writer speaks!
Over at Cinefools, Bill Birch; who is the writer for the upcoming Shazam movie alongside Geoff FRIGGING Johns! talks a little about the upcoming project and some other side projects he’s working on. To be honest, I wasn’t even aware…