Marvel Now!
So Marvel has just announced their big new initiative called Marvel Now! Marvel Now! will launch new titles and re-launch old ones from October 2012 through February 2013. Some of Marvel’s big name talent are being moved around for the…
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Captain Canuck spotted on Canada Day
Captain Canuck has been spotted celebrating the Canada Day weekend in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
TCAF 2013 Not On FCBD!
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has announced their 2013 dates: May 11-12. Free Comic Book Day 2013 is May 4th. Yay! In his announcement post Chris Butcher had this to say. Saturday May 11th and Sunday May 12th return us…
Comic Book Data for May 2012
Diamond Comic Distributors has release the May 2012 Direct Market figures, here’s how things break down. Marvel Comics was May’s leading publisher in both Retail Dollar and Unit Market Shares to specialty retailers with 35.32% and 38.64% respectively. DC Entertainment,…
Niagara Falls Comic Con 2012
The Niagara Falls Comic Con held at the Scotiabank Convention Centre this past Saturday was a pleasant surprise. Attendance was strong; I’d estimate somewhere over 4,000 attendees but that is most likely a bit off. The promoter had promised me…
Niagara Falls Comic Con
Comic Book Conventions are big business and the big ones represent a major tourist draw for the cities that host them. While comic convention goers heading to the New York Comic Con represent just a small blip in that city’s…
Major DC character to be gay: who cares?
DC announced on the weekend that a major male character, previously heterosexual, will be reintroduced to the new DC 52 as gay. And they are about to reintroduce a previously existing DC character who was previously straight and now will…
Crash is Coming
Galloway Park creator Dennis De Pues is back at it again. Crash!!! Dennis’ new web comic made exclusively for comicbookdaily.com will start up next week. I’ve had a sneak peak and I think you’ll enjoy Crash!!!
$45 Million for Comic Book Art
A work by Roy Lichtenstein has sold at auction for nearly $45m, a new record for the US Pop Art icon. Sleeping Girl, from 1964, went for $44.9m (£27.8m) at Sotheby’s New York sale of post-war and contemporary art. OK…
Batman #1 Sells for $850,000
A CGC graded 9.2 copy of Batman #1 brings $850,000 in a private sale through Heritage Auctions. I’ve always believed Batman #1 to be undervalued so It’s nice to see someone else thinks the same way. These guys however are…
I am Iron Man
In a Variety article this morning I read that Robert Downey Jr., who in my view is the principle star of the Avengers, is the only one of the core cast whose contract with Disney does not reach the inevitable…
TCAF 2012: Perspective
One of the premiere events on the indie comic convention circuit took place in Toronto this past weekend (May 5 to May 6). The 2012 edition of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) expanded to five venues with its main…
April Comic Book Sales
Diamond Comics released their April 2012 sales figures today. The Avengers vs. X-Men event picked up where it left of in March by being the best selling comic. Marvel place 4 comics in the top 10 slowly clawing back from…
New CGC Cash Grab: Grader Notes
CGC, the Certified Guaranty Company, announced a new service yesterday: grader notes. Here’s the info straight from the source. What are CGC Grader Notes? When CGC graders examine a comic book or magazine, they often enter comments about the collectible’s…
Free Comic Book Day
This Saturday is the 1st Saturday in May; it’s also the most important day of the comic book calendar because it’s Free Comic Book Day (FCBD)! Over two thousand specialty comic shops around the word will have cleaned their windows,…
Visa, the Official Card of Comics?
Here’s a great link someone sent me from the Financial Post. How Superheroes Save It says on one website that the book will be printed in 8 languages so I’m assuming Greek, Spanish, Portugese, post bubble Irish, Italian and Sub-Prime…
Toronto Comic Landmark Moves On
Toronto’s comic book store scene has been changing in the last couple years. Both Yesterday’s Heroes and Dragon Lady Comics have closed and now there has been a big announcement regarding Silver Snail. There have been rumours of the Silver…
Wizard World Toronto wrap: Behind the exhibitor’s table
While in the past I’ve made a concerted effort to keep separate my dual roles in the comic book industry, this weekend marked the first time I worked a comic convention both as media and as an exhibitor. Although some…
WWTO: 2012 Photo Parade – Sunday
PHOTO OF THE DAY: T-800 Terminator For the entire Wizard World Toronto 2012 photo set on Flickr, click here. For Saturday’s photos, click here. All…
Wizard World Toronto Recap
Wizard World Toronto completed its third year on the weekend and the show continues to to show growth and strength in the Toronto convention market. This year saw the use of the Toronto Convention Centre, which is a far more…