Web Arted October 23rd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Gleason, Miller, Janson, Wrightson, Perez, Giordano, Kirby, Giacoia!
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Doc Sees Hellfire In the Near Future
“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…
The Ghost Rider 1967
It is October – Halloween is just around the corner. We need a spooky character for this month’s Arcs & Runs. After scouring around a bit I headed to the deadest genre of comic there is – the Western and…
Forest City Con and Shusters 2015
The second edition of the Forest City Comic Con was held this past Sunday at the London Convention Centre. My day there began hosting an advertised panel with Patrick Loubert and Michael Hirsh. However, Patrick had apologetically written me midweek…
Time Capsule: DC Releases February ’88
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases February 1988. This time a Green Arrow monthly, poster and t-shirt as well. The Shadow Portfolio, History Of The DC Universe Limited Edition hardcover (limited to 10,000!). Plus a look at all the trade paperbacks available.
2015 Harry Kremer Award Winner: Amazing Stories, Saskatoon SK
The 2015 Joe Shuster Awards took place Sunday October 18th in London Ontario. Anthony Falcone and myself chair the Retailer Award Committee and were pleased to announce this year’s winner of The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer: Saskatoon's Amazing Stories.
Gail Simone
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: Gail Simone.
You Want 2nds? Batman and Robin: Eternal #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…
Web Arted October 16th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Lee, Williams, Shuster, Steranko, Williamson, Evans, Frazetta.
Hunting for Bargains Among Amazing Spider-Man Issues
This year has been another banner year for the comic book industry. The yearly comic collecting cycle seems to culminate in the comic convention circuit during the summer and the release of the new Overstreet Price Guide at around the…
Time Capsule: DC Releases January ’88
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases January 1988. An eight issue weekly comic premieres with Millennium. Plus Hellblazer!
Undervalued Spotlight #262
Black Knight #1, Atlas Comics, May 1955 Sometimes writing up a Spotlight opens up all kinds of doors leading to other worthy Spotlights. Case in point: last week’s pick. One detail I didn’t mention in that pick was the appearance of…
Mark Waid
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: Mark Waid.
Web Arted October 9th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Darrow, Wilson, Davis, Wrightson, Ditko.
The Dudes in ‘Staches Save the Day for Marvel Relaunch
“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…
Kraven’s Last Hunt
The 80’s was a dark, dark time in comics. Batman and Superman fought it out in the dystopian world of Dark Knight Returns, Alan Moore introduced us to the dystopian world of the Watchmen, and Green Arrow fought rapists and…
I’ve Just Paid For A Signature For The First Time
I was able to attend the Hamilton Comic Con over the weekend in Hamilton, Ontario. I had a singular reason to attend: Mike Zeck. As most readers know I am an avid collector of Artist’s Editions and thought it would be…
Patrick Loubert and Michael Hirsh
Patrick Loubert, who was born in Toronto in 1947 and Michael Hirsh, who was born in Belgium in 1948 but moved to Toronto when he was three and then to New York City for most of his teen years, were…
Time Capsule: DC Releases December ’87
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases December 1987. A second Mike Mignola penciled mini-series debuts with World Of Krypton, plus The Watchmen trade paperback and Batman: Son Of The Demon!
Undervalued Spotlight #261
Spider-Woman #6, Marvel Comics, September 1978. People love deals and were bringing them up to me in piles. I was adding up one pile in particular when I came to Spider-Woman #6. I honestly stopped, stood there and admired the book for a bit. I was gonna tell the guy it wasn't supposed to be in those bins but thought that a bit petty, then I thought I’d let him buy it and offer $4 to buy it back! Thankfully I didn't go there.
Brian K. Vaughan
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: Brian K. Vaughn.