Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Tragically losing the rather astonishing Heath Ledger after his first and only portrayal of the greatest comics villain to ever grace our movie theaters was… beyond all else, bad news for the future of DC Movies. If you remove the hearts and…
Do the big 2 need to provide a solid creator owned platform for their regular talent? Or is it better that Marvel and DC maintain a primary mind-set of “Our property, edited our way.”? allowing the second tier publishers…
DC Comics September 12: “You may remember that at San Diego Comic Con we announced that Vertigo will be publishing a DJANGO UNCHAINED mini-series based on the upcoming film by Quentin Tarantino. This morning, we revealed that R.M. Guéra (Scalped) is the interior artist on the DJANGO UNCHAINED…
GREEN LANTERN Vol. 1 Sinestro Collects Green Lantern #1-6 Written by Geoff Johns Pencils by Doug Mahnke Published May 22, 2012 DC Comics, 160-page color hardcover, $22.99 Content rated T – Teen Order Online: Amazon.com, Book Depository Green Lantern passed…
I’d like to talk about the past year at DC comics, If I may. I’d like to open the door on how we think it’s all gone, a year on? With the luxury of hindsight. It’s been a full year…
JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL Vol. 1 The Signal Masters Collects Justice League International #1-6 Written by Dan Jurgens Pencils by Aaron Lopresti Inks by Matt Ryan Published May 22, 2012 DC Comics, 144-page color paperback, $14.99 Content rated T – Teen…
ComicLink has just wrapped up its August Featured Auction with the original comic art segment ending August 30th. Here we’ll take a look at five highlights of the auction. Before diving into that it’s interesting that approximately one third of…
JUSTICE LEAGUE Vol. 1 Origin Collects Justice League #1-6 Written by Geoff Johns Pencils by Jim Lee Inks by Scott Williams Released May 2, 2012 DC Comics, 176-page color hardcover, $24.99 Content rated T – Teen Order online: Amazon, Book…
DC Entertainment All Access Sunday Today, on the last day of Fan Expo, I decided to hit up the DC Entertainment panel. They have been having these panels all weekend and each day they have covered a different topic or…
ANIMAL MAN Vol. 1 The Hunt Collects Animal Man #1-6 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Travel Foreman Published May 2, 2012 DC Comics, 144-page paperback, $14.99 Content rated T+ – Teen Plus Order online: Amazon, Book Depository The launch…
Diamond released their sales numbers last week of the top-selling comics and related merchandise. ICv2 took that data and added real volume numbers, as they do every month; I don’t know why Diamond can’t just do this but they don’t.…
What do we think so far? I’ve enjoyed trying to pick holes in the continuity and I’ve also taken some pleasure in the head-aches that must have been inflicted upon the likes of DiDio and Lee, not to mention Cooke,…
The comics industry is a tough nut to crack for those who plan to squeeze inside it somehow. There’s no clear or obvious path towards a ‘job’ like there is in some industries. There’s no… “this much school”, “this degree”,…
How do we do things? Firstly, I buy the on-going monthly’s that I’m reading in print, obviously I do. I visit the comic shop every Wednesday like a kid on Christmas. I like the comic shop like a fat Englishman…
I picked up Green Lantern Vol 1: Sinestro HC last week as I’m a Doug Mahnke fan and wanted to see what the New DC 52 had in store. Looks like a straight continuation of the story, including references to…
This weekend in ol’ Blighty saw the Kapow! comic convention role into town, boldly claiming the London Business Design Centre as its own for 2 full days in the capital’s North East. The show was much hyped online by the English…
DC announced on the weekend that a major male character, previously heterosexual, will be reintroduced to the new DC 52 as gay. And they are about to reintroduce a previously existing DC character who was previously straight and now will…
The first comic I ever bought was Batman Vs Judge Dredd from 2000AD in about 1994. I honestly wish I still had it, the art was beautiful and the story was cool enough to claim me as a comics guy…
With the next big event in the UK scene fast approaching, I thought it best to open the box on the ‘Kapow!’ ComicCon and break it into little nuggets of joy for all to nibble as they see fit. I…