Web Arted Mar 18th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Kirby, Royer, Trimpe, Giacoia, Romita Jr, Janson, Raymond
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Tag John Romita Jr
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Web Arted Dec 18th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Crandall, McWilliams, Lee, Hanna, Williams, Romita Jr., Williamson.
Undervalued Spotlight #236
Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1, Marvel Comics, June 1982 We owe this week’s Undervalued Spotlight to my Comic Culture podcast co-host Chris Owen. On a recent show Chris stumped me on the origins of Marvel’s Contest of Champions,…
Web Arted Jan 30th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the ComicLink Fall Featured Auction 2014.
Web Arted Dec 19th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the Heritage Comic & Comic Art Signature Auction November 20-22 2014.
Web Arted Nov 14th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at ComicConnect Event Auction XXV.
Web Arted Sep 26th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the ComicLink Summer Featured Auction.
Web Arted Aug 15th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the Heritage Signature Auction #7097.
The Best Part Of Saying Goodbye To Comics
One of the most interesting things about walking away from this great hobby of ours, which is what I did between 1992 and 2002, is finding out what you missed when you return. Both positive and negative.
Heritage 2014 Feb 20-22 Comic Art Signature Auction
This week Heritage wrapped up its 2014 February 20 - 22 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction, covering a large array of classic covers and stunning artwork. A nice mix of silver age covers, modern classics and a range of strip art. The big winner was the cover to Action Comics issue 15 for $286,800.00, but these five pieces caught my eye.
Web Arted Feb 21st
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Ring-ding-dingeringeding! Gering-ding-dingeringeding!”
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!
Web Arted Feb 7th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Web Arted Dec 27th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Best of 2013
With another year coming to a close, I turn my eye to that most time-honoured of traditions: the best-of list. 2013 was a banner year for comics and here are the things that I liked the most.
Web Arted Oct 18th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Web Arted Aug 2nd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Web Arted June 14th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Web Arted Jan 18th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Captain America #1
I try to approach a new #1 issue with cautious optimism but that is the kind of glass-half-full guy I am. A slew of premier issues have been coming out fast and furious thanks to Marvel Now! and while some…