Review | Winterworld
Another book I had never heard of that was on my local comic shop’s shelf of new releases; the cover grabbed my attention and I gave Winterworld a quick thumbing. I quickly added it to my buy pile and headed…
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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.
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First Tintin Movie Trailer
Coming to a big screen near you December 23rd is Tintin by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. The first official movie trailer has been released showcasing the animation of the film but not much else; I did enjoy the theatrical…
Review | iZombie: Dead To The World
I’m not a fan of horror books or themes but the story just grabbed me; never would have picked it up but I’m a fan of Allred’s art. iZombie: Dead To The World is about a young girl and her…
Review | Taskmaster: Unthinkable
This one came out of left field. I was at my local comic book shop and spotted Taskmaster: Unthinkable on the rack. I remember reading good things about the series but hadn’t given it any thought; being a light week…
Review | Thor: For Asgard
Like most people who shop regularly at a comic store I have a pull list that I submit when a new Previews magazine comes out. Items are picked two months in advance and occasionally you forget what’s coming. Last week…
New X-Men: First Class Clip
A great new clip from the upcoming X-Men: First Class. They’ve gathered a really outstanding cast for this and we get just a taste.
Jiminy Christmas! | $448K Comic Page
On May 5th 2011 Heritage Auctions sold the original art from Batman: The Dark Knight Returns issue three page ten for $448125. That’s right, just shy of half a million dollars for a piece of comic book art. Recorded as…
Review | The Spirit: Angel Smerti
I wholeheartedly enjoy the Spirit: it’s a classic character in a crime-ridden city with a colourful supporting cast, mixing action, drama and comedy in equal measure. DC Comics has recently launched their second iteration of a Spirit ongoing series and…
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…
Free to play: Thor Bring The Thunder
Marvel has made available a great retro looking 8 bit flash game: Thor Bring The Thunder. It’s a fun side scroller and free to play.
Absolute-ly | #1: The Spirit
We’re launching a new monthly feature that focuses on what comic should receive the “absolute” treatment: any story from any publisher. A call to arms of hardcover comic book fans. While at DC Scott Dunbier pioneered the absolute edition line,…
First full Conan The Barbarian Trailer
Take a look at the first full Conan The Barbarian movie trailer. It seems to fit the bill for an ancient non-historical specific action adventure with lots of swordplay, sorcery and mayhem.
Jiminy Christmas! | Adam Hughes Sketch Fiasco
Adam Hughes was at Boston Comicon this past weekend. I arrived at his table around 10:05 AM on the first day to find his sketch list well over ten names, which I knew meant he wouldn’t get to me even…
Boston Comicon 2011
I'm back from the Boston Comicon 2011 this past weekend. This was a very traditional comic book show: comic dealers and creators in a big room with fans milling about. A few toy dealers around but mostly comic retailers set up to sell, plus a ton of comic creators.
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Bound Together | Elektra Lives Again
It’s Elektra and rebirth week at Comic Book Daily so I’m going to provide some insight on Elektra Lives Again from Epic Comics and Graphitti Designs. This was a huge book for 1990: Frank Miller had collaborated with Janson and…
DC Universe Online 50% Off Today
Over at Direct2Drive they’re offering DC Universe Online for 50% off today only: $24.98 instead of the normal $49.99. Get on this quickly!
Review | The Hound Of The Baskervilles
This is a book that has flown very low on the radar of North American readers; I became aware of it via the excellent Forbidden Planet UK blog, a great spot for European works in English. The Hound Of The…
No Guarnido in Montreal
Just received an update from Oscar Yaz of the Montreal Comicon: they were unable to get Juanjo Guarnido for this year’s convention. Expect to see a full guest list shortly. Two exciting confirmed guests this year are Stan Sakai and…
Jiminy Christmas! | DC Clearing Archives Again
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.
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I'm a huge Darwyn Cooke fan and was recently perusing my Absolute New Frontier, marveling at some of the splash pages. Here are five I picked at random, in order of appearance.
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