Happy Christmas To All
On behalf of everyone at Comic Book Daily I’d like to wish you all a very merry Christmas. A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement C. Moore is in the public domain and freely available from Project Gutenberg. You may…
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Auction Highlights 2012
Comic book auctions had their ups and downs in 2012. Things started with a bang last February when the Billy Wright collection set records at Heritage Auctions. That collection pumped some life into what had been a drab Golden Age…
Review | Scene Of The Crime
A new edition from Image provides an opportunity to enjoy an early work from Brubaker, Lark and Phillips. From the co-creators of Gotham Central and FATALE comes a lost crime noir masterpiece. Long out of print, and presented here for…
Crash 2! Part 2
Crash 2! By Dennis De Pues continues. Exclusively on comicbookdaily.com. Full size.
Merry Apocalypsmas!!!
I sit here (a couple of days before December 21st) looking at my Mayan-Day-At-A-Glance calendar and realize that there are only a couple of days left to the Mayan calendar. Now to many people (and Doomsday Preppers) this means the…
Web Arted Dec 21st
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
BIFF SOCKO “Let’s Get Ready To JINGLE!!”
It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND! Nobody can give you the stories that BIFF can, because they are mostly B.S.! 59% void of any factual content! He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE: NEW YORK CITY- Marvel has done…
My Fear of Zombies
Ok, look I admit it, I am terrified of zombies. I have and always have had an irrational fear of the fictional characters. I have had many people try and convince me other wise, they suggestions things like the Zombie…
Comic Books And Slot Machines
In the discipline of Classics, there is a particular branch, aptly named the Classical Tradition, that concerns itself with the study of how Classics was received and maintained by later cultures. I believe that similarly one could study The Comic Book…
Comic Culture December 19th 2012
Hey it’s the Comic Culture Christmas Special this week. Join hosts Chris and Walt as they record in front of a large enthusiastic studio audience. The admission cost was a comic book themed Christmas poem. Listen and enjoy Christmas poetry…
Captain America #1
I try to approach a new #1 issue with cautious optimism but that is the kind of glass-half-full guy I am. A slew of premier issues have been coming out fast and furious thanks to Marvel Now! and while some…
Review | Marked Man
Chaykin’s latest crime drama takes us along a familiar route with some odd turns and unnecessary choices. To the casual observer, Mark LaFarge has it going on. He’s got a beautiful wife, cute kids, a McMansion in the South Bay…
Crash 2!
The story so far: The 2 man crew of the Dionysious, a liqour cargo ship, crash lands on a nondescript planet. The captain is killed leaving the lone survivor, Derrick Keen, to fend for himself. After wallowing in self pity,…
Web Arted Dec 14th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Holiday Geek Gift Giving Guide
It’s winter. It’s the holiday season. For some that means Christmas. But for most, it means giving gifts. Buying for a “geek” can be difficult. We are passionate about our collections, and sometimes we can’t wait for somebody to give us…
Best of 2012
During this very festive of seasons we at the Comic Book Daily offices enjoy making lists and checking them twice, but our lists mostly are about the comic books we feel should be considered naughty or nice. In general I…
Review | Orion: The Gates Of Apokolips
Walt Simonson brings his skills, well honed in the pages of Thor, to Jack Kirby’s Fourth World with tremendous effect. ORION THE GATES OF APOKOLIPS: is a fast-paced tale about a never-ending battle between a father and son with the…
BIFF SOCKO: Let’s Get Trebekkin’!
It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND! Nobody can give you the stories that BIFF can, because they are mostly B.S.! 59% void of any factual content! He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE: CULVER CITY- December 13th, hit television…
Comic Culture December 12th 2012
This week our hosts Chris and Walt knowledge the Christmas spirit that seems to be everywhere these days they also get to the business at hand and talk up some new comic book releases hitting local comic book shops today.…
Enjoying The Bookshelf
I’ve had the flu this past week and have spent a lot of time in bed or lying on the couch feeling sorry for myself. This isn’t going to be a long post. With all that free time I’ve been…
Superman: Man Of Steel Trailer
Here’s the latest trailer for the new Superman movie, Man Of Steel, due out summer 2013. [youtube ]