Web Arted Sep 9th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Heck, Ayers, Kaluta, Orlando, Kane, Janson, Keown, McLeod.
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Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Auction Highlights #95 – The Canadian Whites
Comic Link Summer Featured Auction The comic book portion of what I’ll call a historic ComicLink Summer Featured Auction ended Thursday September 8th. This auction was historic for the number of quality Canadian White’s available, quality in issue selection and…
Auction Highlights #94
Comic Link Summer Featured Auction The comic book portion of ComicLink’s Summer Featured Auction ended Thursday September 8th and there were plenty of very interesting results. The team at ComicLink did a stellar job on this one! The big book…
Arcs & Runs | Incredible Hulk 1-6
We continue our series on the “First Six” this month featuring the first six issues of the Incredible Hulk. This series is unique in that it was cancelled after issue #6. Commercially it might have failed, or it could have…
Artist’s Edition Out Of Print Sales August 2016
Luckily for most Artist’s Edition readers and collectors almost all of these books are still available for cover price from Diamond through your local comic shop. For the full list with Diamond order codes please see our AE Index. The…
Undervalued Spotlight #307
Marvel Team-Up Annual #4, Pawns of the Purple Man, Marvel Comics, August 1981. Cover Art and story by Frank Miller, Interior art by Herb Trimpe, Inking by Mike Esposito. Walt: Here’s another fantastic contribution to the Undervalued Spotlight from Mike…
Undervalued Spotlight Index 1-100
For your collecting and investing reference, here is a complete listing of the first one hundred Undervalued Spotlights presented here on Comic Book Daily. Click the number to go to the post. Also see 101-200, 201-300, and 301-400. # Title,…
Web Arted Sep 2nd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Gibbons, Martin, Golden, Granov, Grell.
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Keeping Kirby’s Legacy Alive!
In honour of Jack “King” Kirby’s birthday, I dug into a couple of long boxes to take a look at the King’s legacy. His entire career is legendary from the Golden Age on up. His pioneering work on every genre…
Comic Publishers Don’t Need To Pay For Advertising
There’s been a lot of talk this year about large comic sites, comics journalism and not making money. Comic Book Resources last week changed their design and brand to CBR. Augie De Blieck Jr. had an excellent write up about it…
Undervalued Spotlight #306
Tom Landry and the Dallas Cowboys #nn, Spire Christian Comics, 1973. When I think of Spire Christian Comics I think of Hansi, The Girl Who Loved the Swastika. After that I think of that great Spire Christian Archie series drawn…
Review | Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye Curator’s Collection
You’ve seen Sin City, but never like this! Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye Curator’s Collection showcases the entire graphic novel scanned from the original artwork in Frank Miller’s archives and reproduced at full size. Introduction by Robert Rodriguez,…
Web Arted Aug 26th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Cassaday, Ditko, Colan, Palmer, Adkins, Frank.
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Overvalued Overstreet | Green Lantern 76, April 1970
One of the most critically acclaimed comic books to hit the stands in early 70’s was Neal Adams and Dennis O’Neil’s Green Lantern/Green Arrow run. I didn’t know much about DC comics but I was very familiar with Neal Adams,…
The Sweet Spot
When it comes to investment comics, here’s what we know: The growth trajectory isn’t a simple ramp but rather an exponential curve and higher grades can offer higher yields. Serious hardcore comic investors like to dabble in high grade…
September 2016 Previews
Diamond has updated Previews World with the September 2016 catalog. Scouring the full list this month show two new Artist Edition format books. both advance solicited for January 2017 shipping. For complete details and daily updates visit our AE Index.…
Preview | Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye Curator’s Collection
Our review with 31 images from the book is now available. Courtesy of Dark Horse and Diamond comes this preview of Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye Curator’s Collection, currently scheduled for an August 24th release. For a list of all Artist…
Undervalued Spotlight #305
Archie #600, Archie Comics, October 2009 A quest to amass a worthy collection should not be dictated by value alone nor solely by things like first appearances. Let’s consider books that delivered things that surprised us, elicited reactions, positive and…
Review | Herb Trimpe’s The Incredible Hulk Artist’s Edition
Herb Trimpe was one of the premier artists working for Marvel in the 1960s and 1970s. His extended run on The Hulk is a high point for many fans of Bruce Banner’s rampaging alter ego, with masterful inks by both…
Web Arted Aug 19th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Byrne, Capullo, Chaykin, Cassaday.
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Long Live The King! Kirby That Is!
Nothing has been written about more in comics fandom than the split between Jack Kirby and Marvel. Jack leaving for DC. Jack returning to Marvel and all the various arguments that go along with it. My little bi-monthly column can’t begin to…