Heroes of the Home Front Kickstarter
Ready to kick off the Kickstarter for my Book on the Bell Features artists called Heroes of the Home Front on or about Labour Day and was fortunate enough to get a write up by Jeff Mahoney in the local…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Undervalued Spotlight #357
Pink Panther #1, Gold Key, April 1971. I just noticed the last 11 Spotlights were either Marvel or DC! Time to fix that. This week I thought I’d shine the Undervalued Spotlight on an old favorite of mine, Pink Panther…
Kirby 100: My First Kirby
Jack Kirby would be celebrating his 100th birthday this year, today in fact, and as deserved it’s a comic book celebration. I started collecting comics in 1980 and lucked into finding a great back issue resource at a local flea…
Web Arted #271
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Godwin, McWilliams, Gray, Willard
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The Mighty Thor 145-152
Arcs & Runs #52. Our month-long celebration of Jack “King” Kirby’s 100th birthday continues in Arcs & Runs with a look at another one of Kirby’s long running characters the Mighty Thor. Thor has always been one of my favourite characters…
Bert Bushell
Edward Albert Bushell was probably born in 1917 and probably in B.C. We don’t know much about him except for the comic book work he did for Maple Leaf Publications in Vancouver during the Second World War. His first work…
Undervalued Spotlight #356
Silver Surfer #3, Marvel Comics, December 1968 I wanted to feature this book a while ago but when I realized the market was already onto it I held off. Upon some reflection I’ve decided Silver Surfer #3 still has very…
Antique Markets
While cities across Canada are hosts to a large number of comics, toys and other collectibles/merchandise shows, in-between, scattered throughout the rural landscape, are antiques markets or smaller antique stores. Often situated on the outskirts of small towns, retrofitted barns…
Web Arted #270
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Jones, Sears, Harris, Clark, Sparking, Hunter, McWilliams.
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Jack Kirby 100
August 28th would have been Jack Kirby’s 100th birthday. This column is not going to recap his story so much, as there are a ton of articles and celebrations from people that actually knew the man, I only had the pleasure of…
WECA Swipes
These days we “swipe” to make a purchase. Holding our credit or debit card, we move its encoded magnetic strip through a slot in a portable reader that decodes the digital information embedded in the strip and makes the appropriate…
Undervalued Spotlight #355
Action Comics #275, DC Comics, April 1961 Let’s stay with Superman one more week. One of the hottest Silver Age DC’s on the market is Action Comics #242 featuring the 1st appearance of Brainiac and the 1st Lost City of Kandor.…
Review | Once Upon A Time In Africa
No one thought he’d ever dare to return. In this African country where the dictatorship has banned all forms of cultural expression, the storyteller named Once-Upon-A-Time has already had a brush with death. For refusing to stop performing his puppet…
Web Arted #269
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Gould, Zeck, Beatty, Golden, Manley.
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Fantastic Four 25-30
Arcs & Runs #51. It’s time to take my semi-annual look at another segment of the landmark Kirby-Lee run on the Fantastic Four issues #1-67. We are on segment number five if you are counting (and I am). Early Fantastic…
The most collectible of the WECA Publishers
I often wonder how many WECA (or, if you prefer, Canadian Whites) collectors there are out there? How many of them are outside Canada (in the States, in the UK, in Europe, or even in Australia/New Zealand)? In any case,…
Undervalued Spotlight #0
It seems a common comment appears on our Undervalued Spotlight posts: that comic isn’t undervalued. And after several hundred Undervalued Spotlights, it appears some defining statements are needed. How does Comic Book Daily define undervalued? An undervalued comic is one…
Web Arted #268
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Sale, Garcia-Lopez, Dillin, Colan, Young.
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Return of the Spinner Rack
I came across an interesting article recently that I wanted to bring to everyone’s attention. The article is by Adam Barnhardt over at Comicbook.com: I found this quite interesting and would be interested in hearing the thoughts of the…
Undervalued Spotlight #354
Superman #199, DC Comics, August 1967 I’m working feverishly trying to price up comics for an upcoming con. Today I hit a real wall like in a large,broken run of Superman. The stack started at #150 something and ended just…
Print And Digital: Choice Benefits Everyone
Before getting into any discussion here, this isn’t a print versus digital column. I am an ardent reader and have been for as long as I can remember. As I got older and my budget increased so did my book…