Web Arted #280
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Heck, Esposito, Roussos, Buscema, Kirby, Royer, Lee, Williams, Giacoia.
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Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Scott VanderPloeg
Scott works in I.T. but lives to eat and read. His other ramblings can be found at AE Index and eBabble. Art collection at Comic Art Fans.
What is a sustainable number of sales?
Anyone who glances at my reviews here and elsewhere can see I don’t read mainstream superhero comics: instead I like newspapers strips, translated European works, and art books. Even here on Comic Book Daily I’m swimming against the norm. Every…
Web Arted #279
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Pope, Kirby, Royer, Ditko, Bellamy, Manning.
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The Comics Code in 1974
I ran across this great 1974 article reprinted from Inside Comics titled The Comics Code: 20 Years Of Self-Strangulation? It was the comments from Leonard Darvin, who worked for the Comics Code, that struck me. I’ve added his comments in italics,…
Web Arted #278
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Darrow, Raymond, Kirby, Royer, Manning, Windsor-Smith.
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Web Arted #277
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: McManus, Beck, Kirby, Royer, Byrne, Giordano, Moreira.
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Reading “Adventures”
My son and I attended the Forest City Comicon and afterwards wandered over to Heroes Comics. We spent a good amount of time in their discounted second floor, perusing and meandering around the shelves and boxes of comics. We have…
Web Arted #276
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Briggs, Raboy, Sakai, Palmer, Day, McLusky.
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Web Arted #275
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Pope, Raymond, Kubert, Gibbons, Wrightson.
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Reprints: price versus quality
Last week a small corner of the comics internet exploded over an article on The Comics Journal about Craig Yoe Books. Here’s a salient quote that sets the tone. The hardcovers discharged monthly by the IDW imprint Yoe Books have…
Web Arted #274
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Boring, Kane, Grell, Rude, Baker, Kaye.
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Tyler Cross V.1: Black Rock
It’s 1950, and Tyler Cross has just robbed 17 kilos of pure heroin from the Mafia. He has 20 dollars in his pocket, a Colt in his belt, and he’s on foot, alone, in deepest darkest Texas. He’s heading for…
Web Arted #273
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Raymond, Burns, Perez, Gibbons, Kida.
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Fan Expo 2017
Another year, another Fan Expo. Like most of this decade, I hummed and hawed about going. In the end I decided it was worth the trip as my nine-year old son John hadn’t been before; he’s been to all the…
Web Arted #272
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: King, Reinman, Willard, Barry, Kubert.
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Kirby 100: My First Kirby
Jack Kirby would be celebrating his 100th birthday this year, today in fact, and as deserved it’s a comic book celebration. I started collecting comics in 1980 and lucked into finding a great back issue resource at a local flea…
Web Arted #271
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Godwin, McWilliams, Gray, Willard
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Web Arted #270
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Jones, Sears, Harris, Clark, Sparking, Hunter, McWilliams.
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Review | Once Upon A Time In Africa
No one thought he’d ever dare to return. In this African country where the dictatorship has banned all forms of cultural expression, the storyteller named Once-Upon-A-Time has already had a brush with death. For refusing to stop performing his puppet…
Web Arted #269
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Gould, Zeck, Beatty, Golden, Manley.
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