The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping. This week: top translated comics.

The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping. This week: top graphic novels.

The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping. This week: top collected editions.

The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping.  This week: top comic strip reprint collections. 5. The Complete Johnny Comet The complete collection of Johnny Comet by Frank Frazetta.  It’s a...

November is coming to a close, and many men around the country have been sporting mustaches in support of “Movember“. This initiative is to bring awareness to men’s health, and especially prostate cancer. In honour of all these men, who’ve decided to grow some lip fur...

Like comic books, trading cards were booming back in the 90′s.  Trading cards are very popular now.  Card battle games are everywhere.  Back in the 90′s, cards were very basic and they were just a collector’s card. Impel released Marvel trading cards starting in 1990.  I...

New York Comicon 2011 just passed and here are my top five announcements. Dive right in.

On my last Pick 5 I talked about Halloween Costumes.  I listed 5 cool costumes I found on officialsuperherocostumes.com, I was looking at their site more and found some really cool masks.  So this week’s Pick 5 are some of my favourite masks I found on their site. #5 Batman The...

Halloween is fast approaching and time is running short to find a costume.  If you are creative and can whip something together you’re already off to a good start.  But if you are like me, who can’t sew worth a darn (tee hee, that’s a sewing joke), you may need some help...

Now that fall is upon us, images are popping up on the interwebs of the toys that will be coming to Canadian retail before Christmas and early 2012.  As you know from my other columns, I collect toys.  G.I. Joe is my main collecting passion, but I am becoming a huge fan of the new Marvel...

Everybody looks cooler when you have a cool vehicle.  Superheroes are no exception.  Here are some of my favourite Superhero vehicles. #5 Fantasticar The Fantastic Four is a family.  Families take vacations and road trips, like to the Negative Zone.  The Fantasticar is the best way for...

Scoring an exclusive interview, on record, at Fan Expo can be a difficult but rewarding task. The artists and writers featured at this event have a lot of interesting things to say – be it about their current titles or their artistic process. Interviewing is as much an art as writing or...

Fan Expo is this week and here’s my Pick Five: top five Fan Expo guests.  Completely my opinion but that is the one that matters most…to me. 5. Chris Claremont I can’t remember the last time I saw Claremont at a show and this appearance will be great for getting all my...

This weeks Pick 5 is a little bit different.  Since there are many lists that feature “this day in”, I thought I would try it here.  So this week’s Pick 5 are big events in a given year.  The year I chose is 1941.  A very big year for comics. #5 – Adventures of...

On a previous Pick 5, I highlighted 5 songs that feature Superheroes/Comics.  While reflecting on this Pick 5, I thought of music that has been featured in comic book movies.  Comic book movie soundtracks feature many songs, but some don’t actually see any screen time.  So this weeks...

Yesterday I was at the 80′s Toy Expo, and I found a really cool T shirt (check out my column later this week for more details).  This gave me an idea.  I hit a website I have bought from before, and found some shirts that I like.  So here is this weeks Pick 5 – T shirts. ...

Marvel released their October 2011 solicitations and I’ve picked the best five to share with you here. 5. Punisher Max #18 by Dave Johnson.  Johnson has a unique composition style that works well with every cover he tackles.  A great use of negative space and a version of Elektra,...

There has only been one item, in your toolbox, that has been featured the most in the comics world, and that is the hammer.  So this week let’s get hammered and Pick 5. #5 Justin Hammer Justin Hammer is a weapons and technology manufacturer.  Instead of working towards world peace,...

My recent Pick 5 focused on Canadian Superheroes.  Since Independence Day just recently passed, I got thinking of heroes who fought for “Old Glory”.  Here is my list of American Patriotic Superheroes. #5 Iron Patriot The Iron Patriot was Norman Osborn.  Osborn replaced Tony...

In honour of Canada Day, I decided to choose 5 Canadian Superheroes. #5 Scott Pilgrim This bass playing, video-gaming, vanquisher of evil exes lives in Toronto.  He had to fight 7 evil exes of the woman he loves, Ramona Flowers. #4 The Guardian The Guardian (or Vindicator or Weapon Alpha) is...