Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
It’s Elektra and rebirth week at Comic Book Daily so I’m going to provide some insight on Elektra Lives Again from Epic Comics and Graphitti Designs. This was a huge book for 1990: Frank Miller had collaborated with Janson and…
IDW had some announcements at Wondercon this past weekend, but the one that caught my eye was the release of Walter Simonson’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition. Here’s their blurb: San Diego, CA (April 1, 2011) – IDW Publishing is…
Fantagraphics keeps the hits rolling throughout 2011 and The Arctic Marauder is the latest in their Jacques Tardi translations line. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: In our ongoing quest to showcase the wide range of Jacques Tardi’s bibliography, Fantagraphics reaches all…
Last year I took the plunge and decided to only read collected editions, cutting out monthly comic books. Overall it’s been a pleasant experience, enjoying entire story arcs and not experiencing hiatus periods of big name books; is All Star…
The comic convention season will be upon us in Ontario this weekend, kicking off with Wizard World Toronto. For collected edition collectors that means two things: hunting and signing. A convention is good opportunity to find newer books on discount…
In 2008 The Umbrella Academy took the comic world by storm, winning an Eisner for best limited series and cementing the creative team of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba as up and comers. It was followed up by a second…
This one caught me by surprise. As I read more and more collected editions my library of Fantagraphics books grows with new releases and older material “discovered” online and at my local comic shop. I was perusing their 2011 catalogue…
A new artist on an entire story arc of Spider-Man, in one hardcover package. Spider-Man: Big Time Premiere hardcover collects Amazing Spider-Man 648-651 by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: Big changes are happening for the Amazing…
For most comic fans the definitive Shadow was written by Dennis O’Neil and drawn by Michael Kaluta for DC’s The Shadow. Unfortunately that body of work consists of five issues drawn between 1973 and 1974, a graphic novel in 1988…
Over Christmas I had a chance to read Superman: Secret Origin The Deluxe Edition hardcover. I’ve been a long-term Gary Frank fan so I knew what to expect with the art, and Geoff Johns is a major powerhouse at DC…
Like most comic enthusiasts I saw the online campaign for Nemesis, a creator owned series by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. It’s four issues have finally been collected in a hardcover Premiere edition. I generally like both creators so I…
As loyal Comic Book Daily readers can attest I greatly looked forward to Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition two volume slip cased set. It had two things going for it: a long running series by it’s creator, gathering the first…
I just finished Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition and visited my local comic shop to see about volumes after that. The Fantagraphics hardcovers were oversized at 8×11″ and really brought out Stan Sakai’s art. The Dark Horse volumes are smaller…
1996 was the tenth anniversary of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. It’s hard to believe twenty-five years have passed since Miller brought his dark future to comics; I haven’t heard of DC doing anything to celebrate this year but in…
This is my second book from the newly relaunched Humanoids English division, and Madwoman Of The Sacred Heart is not your average comic book. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: Professor Alan Mangel’s journey of madness begins when he impregnates Elisabeth, a…
I have absolutely no background material on this book. I spoke at length last year with Mariano Nicieza, editor of the Marvel Limited line in the mid 1990s, and he confirmed this book was not part of that line or…
After finishing volume 1 I moved quickly into Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman Volume 2. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: Jonathan Hickman and Dale Eaglesham’s critically acclaimed run continues in the Prime Elements, a story that kicks off the new world-spanning…
Based on the title I get the distinct feeling I should know who Jonathan Hickman is, but I still don’t. I’ve always been a Fantastic Four fan but I haven’t been reading it for a few years so Fantastic Four…
This one has been brewing for a long time but over the holidays my ire was raised considerably as I tried to organize my library. Why, pray tell, does Marvel believe they need to have variant dust jackets for hardcover…
DC solicitations for March 2011 went online yesterday and I was shocked, shocked, to see Absolute Promethea Volume 3 solicited. The final Absolute edition of Alan Moore’s epic collects issues #24-32 with the spectacular artwork of J.H. Williams III! ADVANCE…