Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Reflecting on the collected editions I’ve read over the last three months one thing stands out: publishers are skimping or dropping extras and supplemental material. Since the birth of the trade paperback softcovers have rarely included any extras, but their…
So concludes Humanoids week here at Comic Book Daily. Here’s a list of reviews available: I Am Legion Madwoman Of The Sacred Heart Weapons Of The Metabaron Day Of The Magicians Legend Of The Scarlet Blades Screaming Planet Elias The…
This is an open letter plea to Humanoids North America as part of Comic Book Daily’s Humanoids week: number one get yourself a public relations person and number two start adding material to your books. I’m a big fan of…
I like hardcover books: they feel sturdy in your hand and hold up to frequent reading. What I don’t like is paying a ridiculous premium for the privilege of this format. Marvel is a good benchmark for this pricing disparity:…
DC is stopping all it’s monthly comics and relaunching fifty-two series in September. They have their own press site called The Source that has been posting tidbits of information until September solicitation information is release June 13th. So far they…
As you may well have noticed Comic Book Daily has undergone a site redesign. The old design was simple and clean with the well-heeled look of a news blog. Unfortunately as we bolted more and more features onto the design…
I recently picked up Marvel’s Thor: The Mighty Avenger volume one and two. I hadn’t realized trade paperbacks had been published of this wonderful material from Roger Langridge and Chris Samnee but discovered them through an Amazon search and quickly…
On May 5th 2011 Heritage Auctions sold the original art from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns issue three page ten for $448125. That’s right, just shy of half a million dollars for a piece of comic book art. Recorded as…
Adam Hughes was at Boston Comicon this past weekend. I arrived at his table around 10:05 AM on the first day to find his sketch list well over ten names, which I knew meant he wouldn’t get to me even…
IDW had some announcements at Wondercon this past weekend, but the one that caught my eye was the release of Walter Simonson’s The Mighty Thor Artist’s Edition. Here’s their blurb: San Diego, CA (April 1, 2011) – IDW Publishing is…
Last year I took the plunge and decided to only read collected editions, cutting out monthly comic books. Overall it’s been a pleasant experience, enjoying entire story arcs and not experiencing hiatus periods of big name books; is All Star…
Here I’m going to discuss how to manage your collection lists: what you have and what you’re looking for. This was sparked by a friend on the weekend at Wizard World Toronto pulling a piece of paper out of his…
On opening day of Wizard World Toronto 2011 I had the chance to chat with Jesus Merino for about an hour. It was totally unexpected so I wasn’t prepared for it in any way; no notepad or recorder, just a…
This one has been brewing for several months but I needed some research; Pete’s post yesterday spurred me into action. All around the internet are scans of either full stories or full comics. I’m not talking about CBR files of…
I wrote a review of Nemesis this week and as usual I like to link up to the publisher’s page, grab their description and see if anything extra is offered. Every time it’s a Marvel book I cringe internally as…
I just finished Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition and visited my local comic shop to see about volumes after that. The Fantagraphics hardcovers were oversized at 8×11″ and really brought out Stan Sakai’s art. The Dark Horse volumes are smaller…
In case you’ve missed all the web news Wizard magazine has been shut down. There has been a lot of snarky good riddance pieces on the comic sites and that’s just completely unfair. Yes Wizard as a print magazine has…
The new year is finally starting to roll out so I thought to highlight my picks from 2010: one book from each publisher that to me was the best material they put out. Superman: Secret Origin by DC Comics This…
This one has been brewing for a long time but over the holidays my ire was raised considerably as I tried to organize my library. Why, pray tell, does Marvel believe they need to have variant dust jackets for hardcover…