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For the most part, I like Mark Millar’s writing. I’m a big fan of his run on The Authority and the first run on The Ultimates. I enjoyed Kick Ass and thought Old Man Logan was great. But I’m not…
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
For the most part, I like Mark Millar’s writing. I’m a big fan of his run on The Authority and the first run on The Ultimates. I enjoyed Kick Ass and thought Old Man Logan was great. But I’m not…
Excelsior! Today was the first day of Wizard World Toronto and it was awesome! Pete and I arrived just before the con opened and we slowly made our way through the Direct Energy Centre. It was a little slow to…
Hey it’s toot Brent’s horn week on Just a Thought…urgh maybe I shouldn’t call it that…sounds kind of dirty… and not in my usual fun dirty way. First off, I got a great response from Jennifer Dupuis about my column…
“The time has come,” the Walrus said, “to speak of many things….” The most important of which is this weekend’s Comic Con! We here at CBD are excited to announce that we will be out – in full force! –…
I love my comic shop. Not just because they afford me a lot of leeway in terms of my pull list and not just because they are one of the better shops I’ve ever been to but I love the…
I am constantly amazed at the varied way in which comic fans collect their favourite books. Some of us just like to buy new stuff, some only like small press, some like alternate covers, some silver age, and so on.…
It’s one of those weeks. Three assignments due in seven days and I have a cold. But it’s not one of those awesome colds where you’re so sick you can’t get out of bed. It’s one of those colds where…
You ever wake up one day and realize how much you like a someone’s work? About a month ago, I happened upon a documentary about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers called Runnin’ Down a Dream. Great doc by Peter Bogdanovitch.…
First Wave #1 (DC) Written by Brian Azzarello Drawn by Rags Morales I hate when promotion drops the ball on something I’m waiting for especially when it turns out it’s something I end up liking. As I duly noted last…
Warning! Spoilers for Garth Ennis’ Battlefields books be ahead! Proceed with caution! I suppose now, that the Master’s major research project has been accepted, that I’m something of a comic book scholar when it comes to the representation of women…
Last night I had one of the best reading experiences. All the titles really only had one thing in common: great comics. Now most of these books are old, and for whatever reason I only recently picked them up. These…
It’s been a while since I’ve done a full grab bag edition of Just a Thought for a while. Not much goes on comic news wise until convention season hits it’s full stride in the summer. But we did get…
There is a type of magic that comes with a writer and artist that click. While there is something to be said about writers who can also draw like Mike Mignola or Frank Miller, there’s something special about comic book…
As I was scouring Twitter, I heard a lot about the Chris Handley case. Handley, a 40-year-old US manga collector, was sentenced to six months in prison for importing and possessing manga that was classified by the Protect Act as…
John Constantine has done quite well for himself as far as characters go. The character essentially started off as kind of a throw character that Alan Moore created because then Swamp Thing artists Steven Bissette and John Totleben wanted to…
Now, no one I’ve talked to can confirm this but would it really surprise anyone if it was true? Bleeding Cool is reporting that Dan DiDio is spearheading and effort to make prequels and possibly sequels to Watchmen. According to…
DC has a problem. The current slate of Marvel film projects looks pretty awesome and what’s more, they are interconnected. And much like the kid next door, DC wants the same thing. DC, I am here to solve your problems.…
I am a huge fan of movies. I’m also a big fan of movie history and trivia and love hearing about projects that disspapeared or never quite got finished. Movies like The Fountain. Sure it did finally get made but…
“I must hurry back to my comic book store, where I dispense the insults rather than absorb them.” Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons Last week I briefly mentioned the comic shop I go to in Barrie called the Blue…
Who knew you had so much in common with Captain America? Talking to Box Office Magazine, director Joe Johnston dropped some knowledge about the plot of the Captain America movie. Yeah, we sort of suspected it was a period film,…