Web Arted #266
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Nostrand, Rude, Ribic, Bolle, Risso.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Winning Collaborators 3: John Byrne and Terry Austin and Chris Claremont
The team of John Byrne and Terry Austin burst into comic consciousness in a big way with X-Men #108. They came in to finish off the Empress Lilandra and the Imperial Guard /Starjammers storyline and exploded in what was undoubtedly one of the…
Undervalued Spotlight #352
Daredevil #16, Marvel Comics, May 1966. The back issue comic book market is robust these days. It seems there is healthy activity in almost all segments of the market, Golden, Silver, Bronze, Copper and Modern Age books continue to break…
Review | Thorgal: Child Of The Stars
In the wild and inhospitable European far north, in the land of Scandinavian myth and runic legend, Viking warriors discover a child in a space capsule. Leif Haraldson adopts him and gives him the names of his gods: Thorgal Aegirsson,…
Web Arted #265
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Bolton, Rogers, Crane, Shalvey, Frank.
Don Winslow of the Navy #1 Fawcett Comics February 1943
This week Overvalued Overstreet takes a look at a very popular and successful character from the Golden Age of comics – Don Winslow of the Navy. The character Don Winslow has a very interesting history. He was originally created by…
Jack Tremblay at the Montreal Comic Con
It was great to meet up with Jack Tremblay and his son Rick Trembles at the Montreal Comic Con this past Saturday. Jack turned 91 this on May 1st and now lives in a retirement home after a fall that…
Undervalued Spotlight #351
Amazing Spider-Man #66, Marvel Comics, November 1968. There were several things that happened this past weekend that helped me choose Amazing Spider-Man #66 as this Week’s Undervalued Spotlight pick. First off the big Spider-Man: Homecoming movie opened to impressive box…
Review | CLZ Comics
Like everyone else who collects comics, I keep a list of what I have. And I try to keep it up to date, so that I’m not coming home with yet another copy of a book I already have two…
Web Arted #264
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Bellamy, Kane, Cornwell, Cruz, Redondo.
Winning Collaborators 2
When I initially was planning to do this post, I was going to talk about one of the most revered winning collaborations out there, John Byrne and Terry Austin’s run on the X-men. Which culminated with the Dark Phoenix Saga. However when…
Comic Culture July 5th 2017
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk welcome comic fan Kwame Mason to the show. So sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure you go out and support…
Real Boy’s Stories
An issue of Real Boy’s Stories No. 1 has shown up on the coming ComicLink July Focused Auction. I originally wrote about this title four and a half years ago in one of my earliest columns. At that time, it…
Undervalued Spotlight #350
Batman #296, DC Comics, February 1978. I was pricing up some books for an upcoming con and had the pleasure of going through a sweet stack of Batmans. It was nice going through those late #200s and early #300s issues.…
Artist’s Edition Index Podcast Episode 8
Taking the Artist’s Edition Index from print to the spoken word, join me monthly for a look at all things Artist’s Edition. This month we take a look at the state of Artist's Editions in 2017 so far, May 2017 Sales Numbers, Out Of Print Sales May 2017, July 2017 Previews, and a review of Deadman: Kelley Jones Gallery Edition and Jack Kirby The Forever People Artist’s Edition.
Arcs & Runs | #50: Amazing Spider-Man 1-6
This month we feature the beginnings of the most popular new super-hero of the Silver age of comics The Amazing Spider-Man. I can say that just about as brashly as Stan Lee did calling The Fantastic Four The World’s Greatest…
Auction Spotlight #14
Ringo Kid #8, Atlas Comics, October 1955, CGC graded 7.0 with Off White to White pages recently sold on eBay for $36. I’m not sure how I came across this result but I did a quick double take when I…
Undervalued Spotlight #349
X-Men #139, Marvel Comics, November 1980. Happy 150th birthday Canada! For a while now I’ve had a few Canadian Whites in mind for this post but at the last moment I was inspired to choose something a bit more accessible. Sending…
Review | Jack Kirby The Forever People Artist’s Edition
Continuing IDW’s yearlong celebration of the centennial of Jack “King” Kirby’s birth! Jack Kirby’s classic Fourth World Epic told the story of a group of New Gods sent to Earth to oppose Darkseid. Featuring Beautiful dreamer, Big Bear, Moonrider, and…
May 2017 Sales Numbers
Diamond released their May 2017 sales numbers over the weekend and ICv2 has extrapolated those and determined actual unit sales: Top 300 Comics Actual and Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual. Oddly these numbers were delayed one week this month. These numbers are for Diamond’s…
July 2017 Previews
Diamond has updated Previews World with the July 2017 catalog. Scouring the full list this month shows no new Artist’s Edition format books. For complete details and daily updates visit our AE Index. This is the first month in quite some…