Comic Culture February 1st

This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they talk up some new Avengers movie news, Spider-Man movie news, Oscar nominations, Marvel Kids comics, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Free Comic Book Day and a whole bunch more. The guys also cover some trailer trash and they...

C.B. Daily Jan 23rd

TCAF 2012 guests annouced, Miracleman and Marvel, DC fighting hunger, The Inifinite finite at issue four, and more.

52Q | #49: Conventions As News Outlets Jul29

52Q | #49: Conventions As News Outlets

Every week Comic Book Daily 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 and Scott VanderPloeg for this week’s question. Are conventions, especially San Diego Comic Con, still relevant as THE place for announcements? Anthony Falcone (Writer of Whosoever Holds This Hammer) I think that comic conventions have increasingly become THE place for announcements of television shows and movies. The con helps generate good buzz and lets the industry gauge interest in certain projects. Tron Legacy was made after...

Retailer Q | #2: Free Comic Book Day

Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers.  Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. Free Comic Book Day is now a huge event and one no retailer can afford to skip, but how well does it work for you?  Does its benefits outweigh the costs, since the event is in no way free for you? Christopher Butcher is the manager of The Beguiling Books & Art in Toronto, Canada. In addition, is the Co-Founder of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and blogs about the comics industry. It’s funny that you mention that no retailer can afford to skip...

CBD’s 52Q | #39: Beach Reading May20

CBD’s 52Q | #39: Beach Rea...

Every week Comic Book Daily 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. This Week’s Q: New/Old.. what’s the book you want to...

Just A Thought | Thor and ...

I had a comic book weekend that was both ends of the spectrum. First up was Thor on Friday night. The first marvel flick of the year and lucky me my girlfriend was dying to go. Since we hadn’t gone to the theater for a while, it became date night. First off, well done to all of the...

Diary of a Comic Book Godd...

I’m happy to report that day two was a little less insane than the first, though, in the afternoon, it was still pretty packed. I managed to pick up a couple of books, get a commission, and chat with a couple of webcomic creators. The creators I met and chatted with were absolutely...

The Four People You Meet A...

TCAF is one of the most interesting comics festivals in the world. Managing to bring together all different types of comic creators to celebrate sequential art. Kyrell chose four people at random and just chatted. Here's what she learned:

TCAF 2011

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2011 was held at the Toronto Reference Library this past weekend.  If you’ve never been TCAF is the antithesis of Wizard World or Fan Expo: its publishers and creators that focus on non-superhero comics.  I almost said non-mainstream or fringe but this...

Comic Culture May 4th

This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk Free Comic Book Day, Superman and his American citizenship, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, the Boston Comic Con, Thor movie news, Dylan Dog movie news, Sony’s compromised site and how it affects gamers, the Royal Wedding and a whole...

TCAF Is Right Around The C...

Toronto Comic Arts Festival: Pencil it In from Toronto Comic Arts Festival on Vimeo. The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, or TCAF, is coming up May 7-8, and to promote it some friends of the organizers have created this nifty video featuring many of Toronto’s talented comics folks — Chester...

Talking Salt Water Taffy W...

Working in a comic book store you get asked a whole lot of crazy questions – but one of the best questions I’ve ever been asked was ‘what is the most fun comic on the stands right now?” That would be Salt Water Taffy. I got turned onto this series by my co-worker who...

In Conversation With The A...

Karl Kerschl is one of the most in-demand artists working in comics right now. From his work on Superman with Greg Rucka to the critically and fan acclaimed Flash installments in the Wednesday Comics Project. However his heart seems to lie with his Transmission X webcomic The Abominable...

Matt Kindt: The TCAF Inter...

Matt Kindt has quickly become one of the more dynamic comic book creators working today.  Over the course of three books Super Spy, Two Sisters and the recently released Super Spy: the Lost Dossiers – He has given us intricately linked stories about spies during world war two and the...

Things I Learned at TCAF 2...

Pete reflects on all the things he learned, observed and eavesdropped on during his wonderful two days at the 2010 Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Brand new Banksy pieces sp...

Not comic related, per se, but still pretty cool. Famed graffiti street artists Banksy is a fairly dynamic figure – known as much for his secret identity and air of mysteriousness as his beautifully subversive street murals. Three new pieces done in Banksy’s distinctive style have...

TCAF | Day One

TCAF is one of the those exciting comic book experiences that don’t come along as often as they should. A celebration of pretty much everything under the umbrella of comic art. It can be pretty overwhelming when you walk into the Toronto Reference Library.* Rows and rows of comic...

Toronto Comic Arts Festiva...

Chris Butcher (manager of the award winning comic book store Beguiling, the co-founder of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival as well as inspiration for Wallace Wells in the always amazing Scott Pilgrim series) has sent out some news for this year’s TCAF, Check it out all you aspiring comic...