There has been a bit of doom and gloom on our site lately. Andrew, Ed, and I have all written some glass half empty articles recently, and I wanted to let our intrepid readers know that all is fine at the CBD offices. We have not started dressing in all black and writing sad poetry....

I finally got a chance to check out the Tintin movie the other day and in light of my previous column on the source material I thought I would share some thoughts. As the Vulcans say “only Nixon can go to China”. First I need to add my voice to the every rising chorus of film...

I found this column very hard to write. For while I agree that creators should be well compensated for their work, I also feel that the large companies do a lot of work in promoting and marketing characters as well. This isn’t about dumping on the little guy, nor is it about going on a...

So now that we have all gotten our fill of “best of 2011″ lists, it is time to think about 2012 and all the awesome comic book goodness that is coming our way. I don’t know if we will see anything as monumental as a company cancelling all its titles and producing 52 new ones,...

No column this week folks. I am enjoying a little vacation. Until I return please amuse yourselves with this picture of Superman punching Santa-Batman in the...

So I am sure that many of you have seen the JMS vs Steve Wacker bit on Bleeding Cool. If not check it out here. Don’t worry I’ll wait. Back? Okay good. So here is the thing, JMS might not have meant to slam the current creative team specifically, he could have been basically...

Like any other artistic medium comic books have their seminal works. The works that have won award after award, received critical acclaim, and maintained popularity decade after decade. Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin is one of those works. It has proven immensely popular since its 1929...

One of the greatest contributions to society as a whole is the invention of the public library. If it didn’t exist it would almost be hard to explain. There is this building, filled with books, and you can go in and borrow any book you want and then you return it and can borrow more books....

When my brother and I were kids we loved going to comic conventions. Now these weren’t a big event like Fan Expo or Comic Con, but little, one-day affairs at a local hotel. We paid our $2 (at the time still paper money) and we got to check out various vendors. We might pick up old books...

As readers know I talk a lot about the digital medium. I am a huge supporter of the digital medium as an additional delivery method for comic books and graphic novels. At times this has been interpreted as my support for the dissolution of the brick and mortar comic book shop, which could not...

A couple of weeks ago our Editor-In-Chief wrote about a recent trip to the Dragon where Scott Chantler was charging for sketches at a store signing. This generated some discussion on why and when artists may charge for sketches and Scott was kind enough to reply and give his reasons....

There comes a time in every collectors life when they simply cannot find that key issue that they are looking for. They have tried online or in their local shop and have had little success. Even when at a convention they can’t seem to find that key issue at any of the dealers. So they do...

So when you last heard from me about my arduous endeavour, I had just traded for an early appearance of Herbie aka the Fat Fury. This guy: Now some of you scoffed at my trade, but I knew that Marc of Big B Comics is a huge Herbie fan. I know that I started out at Big B Comics, but you need to...

I don’t really do interviews. Interviewing is not a skill that I possess. I do, however, have some great conversations with names in the industry. And then I try to remember all the awesome stuff they said. This is one of those times. Almost everyone who has been collecting comic books...

  At the last TCAF Scott and I got a chance to chat with Darwyn Cooke. We talked about a number of things, but one of the topics was people getting sketches from artists at conventions for the sole purpose of selling them online for a profit. I must confess that was unaware that such a...

Another Fan Expo has come and gone and the folks at Hobbystar must be congratulated for producing another top-notch con that excited fans of all genres. It is necessary to mention last year’s overcrowding debacle, if only to note that no such issues occurred. The South Building venue...

I can feel the excitement in the air as we are only two days away from Fan Expo, the biggest and baddest nerd gathering in the Great White North. While the summer may be drawing to a close there is still a last hurrah for every trekkie before they need to trade in that tricorder for a set of...

Long time readers are well aware of my support for digital comic books and the trend towards a digital shift in the medium. Customers are able to purchase digital copies of their favourite books from Marvel, DC, and Dark Horse comics. Of course this direct distribution connects the publishing...

I am on vacation this week, so here is a disturbing picture of Wolverine at the beach for you to...

So for the most part I was pretty meh about the announcements from Comic Con, but there were a few things that I am pretty jazzed about. Incredible Hulk #1.  Yep. Another #1 issue. However, in Marvel’s defense Hulk continuity is so messed up that this was pretty necessary. Hulk got...