C.B. Daily Jan 9th
Points of interest from the comics interweb; I sort the chaff so you get the wheat. Wheat-tastic.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Category Minutiae
Minutiae: those happenings in the world of comics.
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New Parker In May!
Courtesy of Chris Ryall’s blog we get news that Parker: The Score by Darwyn Cooke will be available this May. Plus check out the promo art below.
C.B. Daily Jan 6th
Points of interest from the comics interweb; I sort the chaff so you only get the wheat. Should I have a catchy superhero name like Wheatman or Chaff Smasher?
C.B. Daily Jan 5th
Points of interest from the comics interweb; I sort the chaff so you only get the wheat.
The Dark Knight Rises Trailer
The new Dark Knight Rises trailer has hit the internet after debuting in theatres last week. Plus the new poster.
R.I.P. Joe Simon
It’s a shame to lose someone who has given so much to comics and received so little in return. Kyle Baker, of course, sums it up very succinctly.
New DC Absolutes
DC Comics has announced via their blog, where all their news comes from, two new Absolute editions for next year. [quote]Coming in September 2012, ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR will collect the story of Sinestro’s bid for totalitarian control…
G.I. Joe Retaliation Trailer
With bated breath, I like many G.I. Joe fans, waited anxiously for the premiere of the new G.I. Joe movie trailer last night. After seeing it all I can say is… Wow!!! This trailer has everything a G.I. Joe fan…
November Sales Up
Diamond Comic Distributors released their November numbers for comic book and graphic novel sales. Marvel rebounded from the trouncing DC Comics gave them back in October, the two giant comic publishers are now neck and neck both in unit share and dollar share.
DC Allows Tuesday Sales
Just received this from DC, regarding their gigantic New 52 HC. [quote]DC COMICS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL TUESDAY ON-SALE DATE FOR DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 HC Due to a printing delay, the DC COMICS – THE NEW 52 HC (AUG110243)…
TCW Faculty Art Show
The fine folks at the Toronto Cartoonists Workshop are hosting a faculty art show this Friday, just in time to buy something for that special comic collector in your life. [quote]Toronto Cartoonists Workshop, 587A College Street (at Clinton), Toronto, On,…
Free Marvel Mondays
Here’s one for the “just in case you hadn’t heard” category: Marvel makes four digital comics available for free every Monday for one week. It only works in a browser and requires Flash 10 but it’s a wonderful way to…
First FCBD Hardcover
Diamond announced the Free Comic Book Day Gold sponsors today, and the one that jumps right out is Archaia. [quote]MOUSE GUARD, LABYRINTH, AND MORE HC FLIP BOOK Written by Jeremy Bastian, Nate Cosby, Royden Lepp, Jim McCann, Ted Naifeh and…
Smallville Season 10 on Bluray
Well Smallville fans, it is finally time. Season 10, the final Smallville season is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. Season 10 will wrap up the complete series and will we see Clark finally wear the tights and cape? To…
CBC Debates Comic Movies
A very funny episode of CBC Radio’s The Debaters features Pat Thorton and comedian David Pryde arguing their case as to whether comic book movies are worth seeing. Fun stuff, great puns and very entertaining. Unfortunately the CBC only gives…
Amazon Kindle Fire
The Amazon Kindle Fire has been reviewed across the interwebs today: I found the Engadget review most enlightening when looking at this as a digital comic reader. [quote]Amazon made a big deal about its partnership with graphic novel publishers for…
Free Ultimates Digital
Marvel released a FAQ for retailers, which is far more telling: let me see if I can sum this up. For the same cover price Marvel will be selling a print comic and a digital comic. The retailer will receive their usual discount on the print comic and will receive $0.50 credit for every digital copy redeemed. Marvel is basically saying that not only does the digital copy hold no value, they're paying to get it out there.
Cho’s Back Alleys And Urban Landscapes
Michael Cho has a new book solicited in Drawn & Quarterly’s Spring 2012 catalogue: Back Alleys And Urban Landscapes. Here’s the quote: [quote]Michael Cho began creating drawings of the back alleys near his Toronto home in 2008. With this book,…
Dust Jacket Incentive
This just struck me as odd. IDW is releasing Rocketeer Adventures Volume 1 hardcover on December 7th, and the direct market version will ship with a dust jacket. Here’s the relevant quote: [quote]All direct market copies of this book will…
DC Dominates October Sales
October sales figures just released by Diamond Comic Distributors show DC Comics emerging as the big winner. DC accounted for almost 51% of the unit sales of comic books in comic shops for the month of October, over 20% points…