Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Auction Highlights #74, Comic Link November Featured Auction The Comic Link November Featured Auction has just ended, all results below ended between Tuesday November 27th and Wednesday November 28th. WOW! I’m calling this the “Get Smart Auction”. The famous saying…
Anyone actively following internet comic auctions has most likely noticed a few books sporting those little CVA stickers at the top left corner of the CGC casing. CVA. What the heck is CVA? CVA stands for the Comic Verification Authority…
Again let’s all congratulate CFMU-FM 93.3 for being chosen Hamilton’s best radio station. That’s two years in a row. CFMU! CFMU! CFMU! This week Comic Culture hosts Chris and Walt talk Zack Snyder and the latest Superman film… and how…
This week saw an insightful post from Skullkickers’ writer Jim Zub about the realities of comic publishing costs and profits. Basically after all other costs there’s very little left for the creators. On a print run of 5000 comics (and…
Welcome to the final installment of my little fan-art post. The aim here was to show the journey of an idea as it evolves from the murky depths of my frenzied fanboy brain, through my mildly capable fingertips and onto a page…
Tales of Suspense #79, Marvel Comics (July 1966) Now this is a great Marvel Silver Age comic book! Tales of Suspense #79 kicks off a great 3 part Iron Man and Sub-Mariner battle story but more importantly I’ll argue, it…
Halloween just wrapped up and with it Diamond's Halloween Comicfest 2012. Did you take part in this event, and if so how did it go? Is Halloween ComicFest an event that should continue, and if so how can it be improved?
The first issue of David Hine's sci-fi crime thriller hits all the right notes.
Heritage wrapped up their 2012 November 15-17 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction – Dallas this past weekend and it was another high stakes comic art auction. It seems Heritage gets the cream of the crop and the buyers…
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days at the Heritage Vintage Comics and Comics Art Event November 15-17 2012. Click any image to start the gallery.
If you have been following the comic news lately, you know that there has been a lot of talk about women and comics (and nerd culture). This all came from a comment that Tony Harris made on his Facebook account.…
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I plan on observing my traditional Thanksgiving, which means by four o’clock this afternoon I will be shaking and dry-heaving in some jail cell somewhere with a world-class case of the D.T.’s. But before my incarceration and inevitable jail cell…
Quirky is the only word I can use to describe Mary Elizabeth’s Sock. Odd sounds negative. Weird sounds both negative and more like something from EC in the sixties. It’s not zany or screwball. It’s just, quirky. I don’t want…
First off we want to congratulate CFMU-FM 93.3 for being chosen Hamilton’s best radio station. That’s two years in a row. Take a bow CFMU! This week Comic Culture hosts Chris and Walt plug this Sunday’s Toronto Comicon, they also…
Christmas is rolling around and I’ve ordered my gift from my children at my local comic shop. That’s correct, I order my own gift to take away the uncertainty of getting something horrific. Two reasons for this: they’re 4 and…
I just found out about this and decided to share it here. The British Comic Awards is a brand new initiative to annually celebrate the very best in British comics. The aim is to commend and highlight the best stories…
Some comics are meant to be more disorienting than others. When you don’t know what’s going on in a story, it’s due to one of two things: author intent or bad writing. Author intent eventually reveals itself. Bad writing usually…
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Miller, Cho, Simonson, Manning, Quesada, Tedesco, Cassaday, Dodson, Kane, Canete and more!
When you collect action figures, there is nothing better than tearing into that package and getting your hands on that action figure. I am not a MIB (or Mint-in-Box) guy. I like to get my hands on the toy. What…
The Pedigree Grand Auction has just wrapped up, all results below ended Wednesday November 14th. I don’t know how Mr. Schmell does it but he sure puts up a lot of very high grade Silver Age comics! Many of these…