Undervalued Spotlight #259
Action Comics #419, DC Comics, December 1972 Time to step aside and let first-time guest Spotlight writer Carey take the Stage. Is it me or did Carey just dis my brilliant Friday Foster pick? If I didn’t like Carey’s pick…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Warren Ellis
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 work: Warren Ellis.
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Web Arted September 18th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Kirby, Mignola, Powell, Colan, Ribic, Williamson, Tuska, Chiaramonte.
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What I Found For a Dollar-A-Pound
“Dear Doc Curmudgeon” is a column by Clint McElroy made up of completely fabricated responses to mostly fabricated questions. But you knew that due to your discerning nature and brilliant mind which would never fall for a columnist trying to…
Silver Age Ant-Man
A couple of weeks ago my brother gave me a shout and asked if I wanted to go see the Ant-Man movie. I had been meaning to go and see the movie but somehow never had made it to the…
Comic Culture September 16th 2015
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk comic talk with what appears to be a tipsy producer Shekky Feldstein. So sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure you…
Time Capsule: DC Releases November ’86
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases December ’86. Legends gets the front page, another Byrne blockbuster title that has faded over time. Closing out is a farewell to Julie Schwartz.
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Undervalued Spotlight #258
Detective Comics #27, DC Comics, May 1939. I’ve always wanted to write-up a complicated essay on Detective Comics #27. Over the years I’ve had a couple of abortive starts, giving up when I realized the work needed to do it right. I would like to express my view though. So what’s a guy to do?
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Marv Wolfman
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 work: Marv Wolfman.
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Web Arted September 11th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Kane, Wood, Adkins, Kirby, Whitney, Bolton, Windsor-Smith, Wiacek.
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YW2s? The Shadow: Volume 2 #2
Hi folks, welcome to ARCHIE G’s. I’m your waiter, Raoul. Here at ARCHIE G’s, we don’t think you can make a dependable Pull List decision based on the first serving of a comic. Publishers throw everything they’ve got at a…
Auction Highlights #90
Comic Link Summer Featured Auction The comic book portion of ComicLink’s Summer Featured Auction ended Wednesday September 9th and it produced some results worth talking about. Two Marvel Silver Age CGC 9.0s fought it out for top spot with a CGC…
Review | Eric Powell’s The Goon Artist’s Edition
The first painted Artist Edition, Eric Powell’s The Goon Artist’s Edition presents an interesting look at Powell’s process and technique. This beautiful Artist’s Edition features Powell’s Goon original graphic Novel, Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker, the opus that…
Best of Enemies
In the glory days of 1990s comic book collecting we were often drawn to shiny things. Like easily distracted birds we flocked to whichever anniversary issue had the best foil/glowing/die-cut/super-special cover on the promise that by purchasing such a collector’s…
Comic Culture September 9th 2015
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija chit chat about comic type stuff with producer Shekky Feldstein. So just sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure you go out…
Should Comics be in an Art Gallery? These guys think so.
Comics as art “Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.” ― Dr. Seuss Doing this column, with its necessary research and the knowledge gained from that research, has, by default,…
Undervalued Spotlight #257
Brave and the Bold #34, DC Comics, February/March 1961 Fan Expo Toronto was both a lot of fun and a lot of work. The fun always wins out though because you get to see lots of old friend, and make…
What to Buy
If you’re in this hobby to read books and be entertained, then far be it for me to tell you what you should be buying. The answer is simple: buy books you like and don’t let guys like me tell…
Scott Snyder
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 work: Scott Snyder.
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Web Arted September 5th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Swan, Klein, Kane, Sutton, Sakai, Heck, Windsor-Smith, Wiacek.
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Kelvin Mao on Zeck’s Artist Edition, Dave Stevens and IDW
After publishing our review of Mike Zeck's Classic Marvel Stories Artist's Edition I was contacted by Kelvin Mao, the book's editor. He was kind enough to answer questions about the book, his process, working with IDW and how it all began.
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