Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Championing Comics
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artists: Alex Maleev Colours: Matthew Wilson Letters: Cory Petit Covers: Bryan Hitch, Paul Mounts, and Paul Neary; Humberto Ramos and Edgar Delgado; Mark Texeira Published: Marvel Comics Bendis and Maleev reunite once again to bring…
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,…
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…
Writers: Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi Artists: Ivan Reis, Joe Prado, Patrick Gleason, Ardian Syaf, Scott Clark, Norm Rapmund, Vicente Cifuentes, Oclair Albert, Tom Nguyen, Mick Gray, Mark Irwin and David Beaty Colour: Peter Steigerwald Cover: Gary Frank and Rod…
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This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk Royal Wedding (there is a comic out commemorating the big event, Spider-Man musical, Batman carnival, lots of superhero movie news, superhero bikes and lots more. Now kick back, relax and enjoy …
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…
Writers: Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery Artist: Andy Belanger Colours: Ian Herring Covers: Ian Herring; Kagan McLeod Letters: Chris Mowry Publisher: IDW Having met Shakespeare in the previous issue, Hamlet and the Prodigals must face the possibility that…
I thought it was time to buy another belt buckle. I love them. I have a bunch of different styles and switch them regularly. I started searching online and found lots of really cool looking belt buckles. Here are some of my favourites I found.
This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk Spider-Man musical and Batman circus, superheroes helping the unemployed, Free Comic Book Day news, Pittsburgh ComiCon news, and lots more. Now kick back, relax and enjoy Comic Culture, the radio show…
This week I'm checking in on the fifth issue of Boom!'s Starborn, the Stan Lee creation helmed by Chris Roberson. Excelsior!...and stuff.
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.
This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk Eisner Award nominees, The Silver Snail moving, a Captain Canuck movie, why the Mouse Guard size format sucks, a World War Z movie, Nicholas Cage’s stolen Action Comics #1 being found…
There have been a lot of comic book properties that have been shown on the small screen, here are 5 of my favorites. I left animated series off the list, just because they could make up a great list on their…
Twelve heroes and villains have their lives returned in the wake of Blackest Night. Each is charged with a task they must complete if earth's ultimate saviour is to arrive in time to save the DCU from the dark avatar that spells their doom. This is Brightest Day.
Nothing about this book from the outside interested me in the least. When this collection was published site after comics site sang it’s praises so I decided to pick up Daytripper from Vertigo. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: What are the…
This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about the new Green Lantern movie trailer, the new Spider-Man video game, the new Captain America ongoing series from Marvel, DC’s new Retro-Active comics, Marvel’s Fear Itself and a whole lot…
Fantagraphics keeps the hits rolling throughout 2011 and The Arctic Marauder is the latest in their Jacques Tardi translations line. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: In our ongoing quest to showcase the wide range of Jacques Tardi’s bibliography, Fantagraphics reaches all…
Two weeks ago at the Wizard World Toronto Comic I sat down once again with Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery, and Andy Belanger, the creative minds behind the IDW comic book juggernaut Kill Shakespeare. This time around I talk to…
Writer: Peter Tomasi Pencils: Fernando Pasarin Inks: Cam Smith Colours: Gabe Eltaeb Letters: Steve Wands Cover: Felipe Massafera; Tyler Kirkham and Batt with Nei Ruffino Publisher: DC Comics Here we are Green Lantern fans! Part three of the War…