A great article about reading was published today and it really got me thinking about comics and how I consume them. I love comics and graphic storytelling; have been an avid comic reader and collector since 1980. Unfortunately it’s that “collector” part that interferes...
Colour In Reprints
by Scott VanderPloeg
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I read a lot of reprints, from golden and silver age superheroes to classic comic strips and everything in between. How the material is presented is as important as the contents itself. Unless published after 1990 most comics were printed on newsprint, a horrible medium that prohibited...
Jiminy Christmas! | DC Clearing Archives Again
by Scott VanderPloeg
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I've looked at the ever waning list of upcoming Archives and even questioned in this column if the line was being discontinued. It seems a strategy is becoming clear: low demand reprints will appear in Archive Editions and high profile material will appear in Omnibus editions.
Jiminy Christmas! | DC Archives In Peril
by Scott VanderPloeg
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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...



