Sell my collection?

A couple of months ago, Anthony Falcone wrote an article telling you to sell your collection.  The column was very popular with lots of debate and discussion in the comments section.  The idea of selling your collection is a sensitive topic with comic book collectors.  Essentially, why...

Donating Collections

The Edmonton Journal published a story last week about a man whose family donated his comic collection to the University of Alberta after his death.  Some interesting quotes. “His is not an old collection, nor is it particularly rare, but the quality is what really stands...

Collected New 52

First off every title is getting a collection of at least six issues, so DC clearly has no plans to cancel any of their New 52 titles within the first six months. Since they required books to be done well in advance I'd hazard a guess they already have at least six issues ready to go.

Jiminy Christmas! | Reading Monitor

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 Batman still being published? At first it...

Jiminy Christmas! | Managing Your Collection Digitally

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 wallet with teeny tiny writing on it containing his want list.  Most...

Jiminy Christmas! | DC Archives In Peril

Word on the street is that the DC Archives program is in peril, or at least that’s what the Collected Editions blog is saying and I agree.  The brouhaha started last week on Robot 6 when two DC Omnibus collections were advanced solicited on Amazon: Jack Kirby Omnibus Volume 1 and Steve...