October sales figures just released by Diamond Comic Distributors show DC Comics emerging as the big winner. DC accounted for almost 51% of the unit sales of comic books in comic shops for the month of October, over 20% points above Marvel’s 30%. All the other comic book publishers divvied...

Last week, I had a number of special guests write about who they thought was the best superhero ever. From music guru Alan Cross to librarian Genevieve Kwant, the people and responses to the question and interpretations of the question were rather varied. But I never answered the question for...

Every week CBD’s Editor in Chief Pete DeCourcy asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers, we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans_Daily for the inspiration. Today’s Question: “What’s your take on J. Michael...

I am dying to play the new Scott Pilgrim video game. Unfortunately I am an Xbox 360 owner (my tag is BCGrendel316 if you ever want to murder me in Halo) so I’ve got to wait a few weeks until it comes out for my system. In the case of Scott Pilgrim, a video game is just meant to be. ...

Probably should have posted this one last week (the week before Free Comic Book Day). That’s OK though, we get it done now and it can serve as the rallying cry for all FCBDs to come...

It’s often said that the quickest way to learn anything is through the mistakes you make. Based on this old piece of wisdom I must be one heck of a smart guy.

Convention Tip #6 - Security and Safety! Last week my convention tip was all about the benefits of bringing cash to the con. I’d like to follow up that tip with a few words on safety