Old Dogs & New Comics
Well it’s been a while. Life got in the way for about 6 months ,and hopefully I will have something to say again about this great hobby of ours that will add to the conversation. I have found over this…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Time Capsule: DC Direct Currents 5, May 1988
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Direct Currents 5 May 1988. Hawk & Dove by “DC discovery” Rob Liefeld, Haywire, Starman, Best Of The Brave And The Bold, plus Karl Kesel interviewed.
Undervalued Spotlight #279
All Star Comics #57, DC Comics, February/March 1951 Who wouldn’t be impressed with a stack of comics that included Showcase #4, Showcase #22, Flash #123, Flash #129, Showcase #55, Green Lantern #40, Justice League #41 and a slew of others?…
Max Bemis
52 weeks. 52 different writers. 2 trade paperbacks or hardcovers a week. Each week I’ll take a look at a different writer and read two different collected editions from within that person’s repertoire to help in the examination of their…
Web Arted Feb 12th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Lee, Williams, Kubert, Buscema, Swan, Klein, Kane, Staton, Giacoia.
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Review | Star Wars: Dark Times Gallery Edition
High quality scans of Douglas Wheatley’s original art, plus a feature not seen in other “artist’s editions”—the complete scripts from which Wheatley worked, allowing readers to see where he chose to stick to the script, or revise the art to…
Comic Culture February 10th 2016
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija join producer Shekky to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Each of the boys wrote a poem and performed it on air. We encourage you to vote for who did the best job!…
Time Capsule: DC Direct Currents 4, April 1988
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Direct Currents 4 April 1988. V For Vendetta, Tailgunner Jo, Animal Man, plus Denys Cowan interviewed.
Undervalued Spotlight #278
Cinderella Love #29, St. John Publishing, October 1955 Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. I’d like to shine the Valentine’s Day spotlight on a comic that features a Matt Baker cover. Matt Baker is a legend, a giant, truly one of the…
Matt Kindt
52 weeks. 52 different writers. 2 trade paperbacks or hardcovers a week. Each week I’ll take a look at a different writer and read two different collected editions from within that person’s repertoire to help in the examination of their…
Web Arted Feb 5th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Ditko, Heck Roussos, Plastino, Caniff, Miller, Janson.
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Review | The Sandman Gallery Edition
Features stories by Neil Gaiman and art by Sam Kieth, P. Craig Russell, Charles Vess, Kelley Jones and others. Highlights include the complete art from The Sandman #1, by Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg, and P. Craig Russell’s complete art for…
Comic Culture February 3rd 2016
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija join producer Shekky in some comic talk. So just sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure you go out and support your…
Canadian Comic Shops: 5% Tax on Books
It's 5% tax on books in ON, NS, NB and PEI. Retailers who are charging the full HST amount are doing it wrong. Here are the facts you and they need.
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Time Capsule: DC Direct Currents 3, March 1988
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Direct Currents 3 March 1988. Power Of The Atom, COPS, Batman: The Cult, The World Of Metropolis, plus William Messner-Loebs interviewed.
Undervalued Spotlight #277
Space Western #40, Charlton Comics, October 1952 It was a real toss-up. This week’s Spotlight pick, Space Western #40 narrowly beat out issues #44 and #45 of this exquisitely collectible 6 issue run. How did I not pick issue #44,…
Thoughts on “Slabbing: The Results Are In”
Eric Kaylor in response to Charlie Kim’s Slabbing: The Results Are In. Eric started this as a comment on the site but it became so much more. Very nice summary of the CGC grading experience, Charlie. Anyone interested in collecting…
Robert Kirkman
52 weeks. 52 different writers. 2 trade paperbacks or hardcovers a week. Each week I’ll take a look at a different writer and read two different collected editions from within that person’s repertoire to help in the examination of their…
Have Comics Peaked?
If you troll the auction sites as much as I do then you’ve noticed something interesting lately. It’s hard to account for every book but many of our favourite keys seem to be levelling out and some even trending downward.…
Web Arted Jan 29th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Roth, Heck, Tartaglione, Sakai, Oksner, Adams, Toth.
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They Call Me Mellow Yellow: Daredevil #1-6
We will begin this month with the start a new series in Arcs & Runs focusing on the first six issues of some of Marvel’s long-time super-heroes. There is no order here, these will be sprinkled intermittently amongst other posts.…