Winter Conventions Suck!!!
A couple of weeks back I was at a convention at the Royal York in Toronto. It is a convention I plan on attending for the next 7 years. Over 1000 delegates attend the convention, and it always occurs in…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Heritage 2013 Feb 21-23 Art Auction: Bronze Age
Continuing our look at Heritage 2013 February 21-23 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction (7073), this time at the bountiful bronze Age material offered. There’s no stopping this auction. Amazing Spider-Man issue 121 cover by John Romita Sr, 1973,…
Death, be not proud.
The comic book world was abuzz this week with the news that Damian Wayne, the fourth Robin, was going to die in the upcoming Batman Incorporated #8. I didn’t bother posting a spoiler alert because once something appears in the…
A Touch of Colour
There’s that significant moment in silver screen history when Judy Garland, as Dorothy, steps out of her black-and-white Kansas world, through the door of her tornado-transported farm house, into the rich, full-colour, munchkin-filled Land of OZ. This really didn’t happen…
Heritage 2013 Feb 21-23 Art Auction: Silver Age
Continuing our look at Heritage 2013 February 21-23 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction (7073), this time at the bountiful Silver Age material offered. Avengers issue 55 cover by John Buscema and George Russos, 1968, sold for $35,850.00. Source. A…
Don’t Forget Princess Skin-tight Black Leather Spy
It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND. Biff Socko covers Comic Book News like zits on the A-V Club. Faster than Perry White! Stronger than J. Jonah Jameson! He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE: NEW YORK- The Powers-That-Be at…
Comic Culture February 27th 2013
This week Comic Culture is hosted by Walter Durajlija and Marty Birthelmer. Regular host Chris Owen is on a well deserved vacation! Walt and Marty discuss whether Mark Hamill will be in the new Star Wars movie, they also chat…
Upgrades
In the interests of learning how exactly to sell my amateur artwork, I’d like to take an opportunity to — quite shamelessly — plug my latest project here and would encourage any feedback from anyone whom is kind enough to…
Heritage 2013 Feb 21-23 Art Auction: Moderns
Over the weekend Heritage Auctions completed their 2013 February 21-23 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction (7073) in New York. There were some significant pieces for sale and startling final prices were achieved. Heritage has made itself the preeminent…
Undervalued spotlight #152
Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men, nn, Marvel Comics, (December 1985) Some of the defining events of the 1980s were surely the massive famine relief efforts initiated by Sir Bob Geldof. If you remember Sir Geldof put together a British…
Comics from around the web
A few comics on the web that have caught my eye.
Crash 2! Part 11
Crash 2! By Dennis De Pues continues. Exclusively on comicbookdaily.com. Full size.
BIFF SOCKO: Reservation for a Mr. Riff Raff?
It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND. Biff Socko covers Comic Book News like zits on the A-V Club. Faster than Perry White! Stronger than J. Jonah Jameson! He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE: HOLLYWOOD- It’s been confirmed that…
Web Arted Feb 22nd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
“Boy Scout” Heroes
Last week Leigh Hart wrote a column about Antiheroes in comic books. She had some great characters on her list. And yes, everybody loves a hero who walks that tightrope of right and wrong. In the comments section Laura wrote…
The Canada Jack Club
The last of the Big Four WECA publishing companies to come on the scene was Educational Projects out of Montreal. The first WECA books appeared on the West Coast and Toronto through Maple Leaf Publications and Anglo-American Publications respectively in…
Comic Culture Feb 20th 2013
This week Comic Culture Radio hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija Chris Powell’s promotion, GameStop store closures, Leigh Hart’s Antiheroes post on comicbookdaily.com and tons more. So now just kick back, relax and enjoy the Comic Culture radio show. Comic Culture…
Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition, Finally
Being a devout fan of IDW’s Artist’s Editions line of oversized comic art books I’ve been looking forward to Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition since it’s initial announcement at SDCC 2011. An oversized, hardcover collection, WILL EISNER’S THE SPIRIT:…
Undervalued Spotlight #151
Micronauts #1, Marvel Comics (January 1979) After World War II Japan was a recovering economy that built cheap toys for export, primarily to Europe and North America. Japan being Japan began to improve their production quality and constantly came up…
Kill Shakespeare: The Tide of Blood #1
After their successful 12-issue maxi-series, Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery and Andy Belanger return with the follow-up to their critically acclaimed comic series, revisiting the world of Shakespeare's greatest creations.
Cool stuff in my stash
My collection is quite minimal and modest compared to most… to be honest. But I do own a few little gems that are definitely cool and I wanted to share the highlights here and encourage you to do the same,…