Upon re-reading my promptly-posted proceeding posts, which I put together for your personal pleasure.  It’s obvious that I am still an amateur writer.  Sure. While my own pursuit of legitimacy rages on in the distance, the delivery of fully fathomable wording is knowingly required and I...

Fantastic Four #45, Marvel Comics (December 1965) The Fantastic Four is easily the most important of the original slew of Marvel titles. Most of the time we focus on the importance of FF#1 and how it changed everything. While Fantastic Four #1 started the process of change it was the...

I saw The Man Of Steel on the weekend, like a lot of other people. It was an enjoyable film, and set itself apart from the Superman we know from comics, movies and television. Working within its own framework, The Man Of Steel does a good job of showing where Superman came from, how he is who...

I recently started a new job, and with the new job came a new office.  Shortly after I got settled into the office, I started making it my own.  And that meant unpacking some of the stuff I wanted to be surrounded with on a daily basis, my toys. I’ve had all sorts of jobs since I...

A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.

Just wanted to do a quick report on the Canadian Comics panel  that we held at Niagara Con this past Saturday (June 8). The panel was comprised of Hope Nicholson (producer for the upcoming “Lost Heroes” documentary which will air on Super Channel Canada this year, Rachel Richey Canadian...

I am an avid con goer. I say this often on Comic Book Daily, I am also a fan of dressing up for Halloween, and parties, and pretty much any occasion I can use to dress up. So, I have started to wonder, why is it that I have never cosplayed? Cosplaying has been big in Japan for a long time,...

I was perusing upcoming book solicitations and marked a few titles I would be picking up. As always this site and my contributions came to mind, and while I have a stack of recently read books I don’t plan on reviewing any of them because they’re subsequent volumes of newspaper...

I’ve written about styles of comic books here before.  Hard ones.  Soft ones.  Floppy ones.  Even digital ones.  But one of my favourite styles of comic books are big ones. Omnibus and collected editions are great.  Having every issue at your fingertips, in one huge lap crushing bound...

Jonathan Hickman puts his own spin on the apocalypse, and readers would do well to tag along.

On Monday May 27th 2013 Tom Laing passed away. That name might not right a bell right away, but he was the owner of Comic 1 Books in Stoney Creek Ontario. I don’t think I ever knew his last name until this week. My friend Marc at Big B Comics told me yesterday; people were coming into...

Here’s the final trailer for The Man Of Steel, apparently heavily sponsored by Nokia. Lot’s of reveals included, but since it hits theatres next week that’s hardly surprising.   And here’s a different movie poster I dug...

A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.

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! DATELINE: NEW YORK CITY-    We now know two more members of THE...

This time we are going into the back room. Behind the curtain with the sign saying no minors. No really, if yer a kid or at work or easily offended by naughty bits hit the back button. Now. … Are we good? Okay. So Oglaf is dirty. Now that said, Oglaf is also funny. Really funny. Every...

By the end of 1942 all 7 main Bell Features titles were in place. These included Action Comics, Commando Comics, Dime Comics, The Funny Comics, Joke Comics, Triumph Comics, and Wow Comics. All but a handful had no date of issue reference on them. When I talk about Bell Features comics, I...

There is no end to comic book related podcasts on the internet, but I would be amiss if I didn’t share with our readers a little about Ink Pulp Audio, which is, pound for pound, the best comic book related podcast on the world wide web today. Ink Pulp Audio is the brainchild of Shawn...

The nominees for the 2013 Joe Shuster Awards were announced late last night, and it’s quite a list. The nominees cover a wide variety of material and genres. Feel free to make your selections in the comments. The “separate retailer award committee” mentioned for The Harry...

The book: X-Men #1 Marvel Comics Words by:  Brian Wood Art by:  Olivier Coipel Inks by:  Mark Morales and Olivier Coipel Colours by:  Laura Martin Release Date 05/29/2013 – Day-and-Date Digital Age Rating 12+ Only Why this book? An interesting book to review, due to its scale.  This is...

JLA/Avengers #1, Marvel Comics, (September 2003) This comic features the 1st meeting of the Justice League of America and the Avengers. Considering how big the Avengers are and how big the JLA will most likely be this is a book that belongs in everybody’s collection. What’s odd to me is that...

  This past Saturday the city of Barrie had a celebration for the city’s birthday.  Big B Comics in Barrie was there to help celebrate the event. I was there to help promote Big B Comics dressed as Captain America.  If you are a regular reader of Comic Book Daily, you may remember my...