Covered 365: Day 148
Justice League #148, DC Comics, November 1977 – Artist: Rich Buckler. I’ve always liked Rich Buckler and actually have a friend named Vince that used to ghost for Rich back in the 1970s, Vince helped Rich draw FF #161 and…
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Grant Morrison
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. Grant Morrison is in the spotlight this week, with a look at his work with DC’s Man Of Steel.
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“With A Special Appearance by Rory as Mar-Vell”
It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND. Biff Socko covers Comic Book News like zits on the A-V Club. Faster than Perry White! Stronger than J. Jonah Jameson! Hotter than Cat Grant. He is…BIFF SOCKO!
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How Much For Everything?
But isn't that implicitly what Marvel and DC state by having a shared universe for their stories? If all their stories are great and if they all have the same heroes who live in the same world then wouldn't I want to buy every book they produce? I decided to get out the Previews Guide and a calculator to answer this rhetorical question. I used the January 2014 Previews as a proxy for the entire year on the assumption that some months will have fewer books and some months will have more but overall it will probably average out. I didn't include books not in the shared universe and I didn't include collected editions.
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Cool stuff in my stash
My collection is quite minimal and modest compared to most… to be honest. But I do own a few little gems that are definitely cool and I wanted to share the highlights here and encourage you to do the same,…
Justice League Cover Sketch Progress #3
Welcome to the final installment of my little fan-art post. The aim here was to show the journey of an idea as it evolves from the murky depths of my frenzied fanboy brain, through my mildly capable fingertips and onto a page…
Fan Expo | DC Entertainment All Access Sunday Panel
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…
Undervalued Spotlight #118
Justice League of America #9, DC Comics, February 1962 DC’s new Justice League has dominated the comic sales charts since the book launched DC’s New 52 back in the last week of August 2011. The title has been the best…
DC Reboot
Like you didn’t see this coming a mile a way. I’m writing this on Tuesday. The day of the big DC announcement that they are rebooting the DC universe. 52 titles starting with a new Justice League #1 on August…
You Have To Read This: Toronto's MightGodKing's Review of JLA Cry For Justice
I’ve been a long time reader of Mighty God King. His website (even if he gets way too into So You Think You Can Dance Canada) is packed with amazingly witty and insightful articles about all manner of things. He…
This Week In Panels #2: February 19th, 2010
Pete looks at some of the best panels from this week's comics. This week's includes a very Liefeldian Mark Bagely, Michael Lark and the amazingness that is Sean Murphy.
Read MoreThis Week In Panels #2: February 19th, 2010Sneak Peek: James Robinson and Mark Bagley's First Issue of JLA
DC’s The Source has posted a few pages from the first issue of James Robinson (Starman and JLA: Cry for Justice) and Mark Bagley (Trinity, Ultimate Spider-Man) run on Justice League. While this doesn’t necessarily look like it’s going to…