If This Be Ragnarok…
All good things must come to an end, and so too must this column. For almost five years I have had...
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Category: Whosoever Holds This Hammer
Christmas Gift Guide
It is that time of year again! The gingerbread lattes are out, the stores are playing Christmas Carols, and your local comic book shop has a myriad of gift ideas for the comic book fan on your list. 2014 has been a very solid year for comic books, so here, in no particular order, are some suggestions from yours truly.
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Copra: Homage Done Right
Homage can be very tricky to pull off. In today’s rapid-fire society of internet forums homage for...
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Humble Bundle
Comic book fans love giving to charity. I have not seen a single convention in recent years were...
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An Urban Expression: Michael Cho’s Shoplifter
Michael Cho is a Canadian cartoonist who has previously published a collection of sketches about...
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Sorry kid, but I can’t sell you that comic book….
Mattel is one of the world’s largest toy companies and counts among its brands Hot Wheels, Barbie,...
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Fan Expo 2014 is Here!
Can you feel the excitement in the air faithful reader? Do you hear the sound of people printing...
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Hidden Gems
This train of thought got me wondering about those books that have no real financial value at all. That is you could probably find them in quarter bins or bargain basement section of your local comic book shop. These comic books probably wouldn’t ever be worth anything, but they have one redeeming value; they are great stories. They are these amazing little gems that for whatever reason will never be a big book or sought after by any collector except for the absolute completionist, but man are they great stories. Here are 3 of my favourite hidden gems.
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Johnny Canuck Kickstarter Campaign
Longtime readers know that we love us some Golden Age Canadian comics at CBD, and over the weekend I got a chance to sit down with Comics Historian and Publisher Rachel Richey to talk about her latest project, bringing back Canadian Hero and icon Johnny Canuck!
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News From Comic Con
Well, another year and another San Diego Comic Con has come and gone. With it brought a deluge of announcements on new projects, movies, tv shows, video games, and comic books. Some of the announcements were pretty obvious, and others caught me by surprise. Here, in no particular order, are the things that I was excited to hear about.
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Remembering the Yellow Pages
You see kids, once upon a time before the Internet and cell phones we kept all phone numbers in a large newsprint tome that was not only informative but also gave circus strongmen something to rip in half with their bare hands. All joking aside the phone book was a pretty important part of tracking down new comic books for your collection.
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Review: Velvet Vol 1
The main character Velvet is a wonderful subversion of the expected spy genre. Brubaker and Epting ask the question “what if Miss Moneypenny were a spy?” and the result is a robust, complex story.
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