Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Minutiae: those happenings in the world of comics.
On Saturday September 25th at 4:30 PM at the Beguiling in Toronto Blake Bell will be hosting a launch party for his new book Fire & Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner and the Birth of Marvel Comics. This is the…
On Saturday September 25th at 4:30 PM at the Beguiling in Toronto Blake Bell will be hosting a launch party for his new book Fire & Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner and the Birth of Marvel Comics. This is the…
The National Cartoonists Society (or NCS) is coming to Mohawk College (Hamilton, Ontario), and for the first time is opening it’s doors to the public. If you have ever thought to yourself, “How do I become a cartoonist? What steps…
This Wednesday at 10pm, Strange Adventures in Halifax, Canada is hosting what they, and Dave Sim, are calling his Last Signing. And they are making it count. You can; 1) Welcome Dave on the flight from Toronto at Halifax airport…
David Gilson serves up the perfect antidote to Aly Bellissimo’s portly princess project with his ongoing “Disney Chibies” series. Look at this things – they’re soooooo cute. Here’s some more, just because they’re totally making my morning much more cuter…
I, like most boys with emotions, enjoyed the hell out of Blankets. It was the sort of book that I must’ve found at the right time and it resonated for some time. For those of you who haven’t read it…
We’ve had a glitch with the picture links within each article. That problem is now fixed so when you click on a picture within an article you will be properly linked to the image. We apologise for any inconvenience. P.S.…
DC Comics announced yesterday in its retailer newsletter Direct Channel #104 that it will stop shrink wrapping most hardcovers beginning in December. Here’s the blurb: Please note that starting with books arriving in stores in December, DC Comics will no…
Writer: Joe Quesada Artist: Paulo Rivera Great things and terrible things have a single thing in common. Eventually, at some point, they come to an end. Such is the case with this polarizing storyline that has divided Spider-Man fans ranging…
If – two years ago – you would have told me that Kieron Gillen would be writing the shit out of Marvel Comics I’d probably have told you that you’re being a bit over confident. Gillen is a fantastic writer,…
I’m sure you’ve seen by know all of the Captain America motorbike chase scenes courtesy of the daily mail that have been making the rounds the internet lately. And I gotta say, they look pretty good. All of the Cap…
The newest webcomic to join to the Comic Book Daily family is Dressed For Success. Written and Drawn by Egesta Comics‘ Chris Howard and Jeff Wasson. We’ll be updating Tuesday and Thursday until we catch up with their current run.…
On August 31st this letter was posted to the Fan Expo website and emailed to all subscribers September 2nd. In the wake of angry fans who waited hours to not only get into the show all three days but to…
As countless sources have confirmed, we are go for a tv series based on Neil Gaiman’s most popular creation: The Sandman. You know, the Vertigo Sandman, not the DC Sandman who sprays guys with gas..oh wait he had a vertigo…
Over the weekend I caught up with the masterminds behind the nefarious plot to kill Shakespeare writers Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery and artist Andy Belanger. These three gentlemen are hilarious and we’ve preserved the audio for you all…
Welcome to another fabulous edition of the ComicbookDaily con report focusing on the dealers of Fan Expo 2010. In the closing hours of the show, I walked the floor talking to various dealers to hear about their big sales and…
The lines were long, attendees were rude, security was proportionally worse, the building was overcrowded and above all I didn’t meet Stan Lee. There are a lot of justifiable reasons to criticize Fan Expo over the weekend, an event in…
It’s been a year today since Disney bought Marvel. Has it really been all that different? Naw, not really. Boom! Studios still has the rights to Disney’s comic properties and are doing pretty fantastic things. (Seriously, check out Darkwing Duck.…
I managed to catch the “It’s your Marvel panel” on Sunday at 1pm. Surprisingly or maybe not surprisingly since the Shatner panel was going on at the same time, the room was barely half full of Marvel Zombies waiting to…
Asterios Polyp, Chew, The Rocketeer: The Complete Adventures and The Walking Dead were among the titles winning multiple honors at the 2009 Harvey Awards, presented Saturday in conjunction with Baltimore Comic-Con. The ceremony, hosted by PvP creator Scott Kurtz, also…