Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Minutiae: those happenings in the world of comics.
The nominees for the 2013 Joe Shuster Awards were announced late last night, and it’s quite a list. The nominees cover a wide variety of material and genres. Feel free to make your selections in the comments. The “separate retailer…
Here’s the latest extended trailer from The Wolverine, coming to theatres July 26th 2013. [youtube ] Plus, here’s the Silver Samurai teaser movie poster.
Here’s the first full trailer for Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., coming to ABC Tuesdays this fall. [youtube ]
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival celebrated its tenth anniversary this past weekend and was a grand event in and around the Toronto Reference Library. Like all comic shows I attended in the hopes of interacting with favourite creators and scoring…
Bill Amend is the creator of the syndicated newspaper comic strip FoxTrot, which started in 1988. He was one of the featured guests at The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) 2013. Part of the TCAF 2013 programming was a spotlight…
Captain Canuck Web Series adds Smallville’s Supergirl Laura Vandervoort to Cast. Toronto, Canada – May 9, 2013 –Captain Canuck Inc. and Smiley Guy Studios announce the addition of Laura Vandervoort to the Canadian superhero web series’ cast as the voice…
Free Comic Book Day is fast approaching. We at Comic Book Daily hope you’ve saved the date and made your plans to head down to your local comic book shop. Let’s check in with a few Canadian Comic Shops to…
Came across a great video about the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum on BoingBoing. Basically some artists who do a podcast went there to have a tour and a look at some great original comic strip and comic book…
As the film gets closer the trailers add more and more: this is the best one yet. [youtube ]
A “news” article on Global discusses a comic collection on auction this weekend in Vancouver. It’s one of Canada’s largest comic book collections. Sixty thousand comics that were amassed over four decades by an East Vancouver man who doesn’t want…
Here’s the first full The Wolverine international trailer. [youtube ]
Things seem to be moving forward on all things Captain Canuck. Writer Arne Olsen (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie) continues work on a script for the movie adaptation of the Captain Canuck property. Captain Canuck creator Richard Comely is collaborating and I’m…
This past weekend I went to Hobby Star’s Toronto ComiCon. Before the weekend actually got here, I decided to be organized and looked through the schedule to see who would be there and what panels I would like to go…
Toronto ComiCon has wrapped up and finished for another year. For the most part Sunday felt the same as Saturday did. There were lots of people. Some parts of the convention floor were very congested and very hard to navigate. …
Toronto Comicon, or is it Comicon Toronto as their website URL would indicate, and for those of us who remember the Paradise Comics show. The two day weekend show wrapped up and it was quite the event, for Star Trek…
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Original Costume For entire Toronto ComiCon 2013 photo set on Flickr, click here. For…
Day one for the 2013 Toronto ComiCon is all wrapped and we are gearing up for Day 2. The ComiCon is being held in the South Building at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. If you are expecting this Con to…
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Borg For entire Toronto ComiCon 2013 photo set on Flickr,…
Well, that is a lot of comics. Diamond just announced the following in their retail newsletter. Comic book specialty retailers worldwide expect record attendance at this year’s Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) and have also pushed their ordering to record levels—with…
Diamond posted some interesting information about participating in Free Comic Book Day, or to be more accurate to be a Free Comic Book Day 2013 Participating Retailer and receive its benefits. Store owners looking to maximize their potential on Saturday,…