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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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“Punch It Mickey!”
I don’t know about your Twitter, but mine had a Nerd-Gasm on Tuesday. In case you haven’t heard (like you were off planet or something), Disney bought Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light and Magic, and Skywalker Sound from now multi-billionaire George…
Potentially Awesome Things With Disney Buying Lucasfilm
Okay, so yesterday the nerd world exploded with the news of Disney acquiring Lucasfilm and announcing a 7th Star Wars movie. There will be a lot of negative talk (because that is what the internet is for) about monopolies but…
Comic Culture October 31st
The Halloween show has hosts Chris and Walt talking about what local comic book shops should be doing on Halloween. The guys also discuss the big Disney buys Lucasfilm. There’s also lots of convention news and movie news and the…
Revisiting “Classic” Comics
I started reading comics in 1980 when I spotted a G.I. Joe comic at my local Mac’s Milk store, having already enjoyed the new cartoon at my altogether tender age of eight. It didn’t take long for me to make…
London Comic Con smashes all attendance records
“Last weekend’s MCM London Comic Con smashed all previous attendance records, with more than 70,000 visitors coming through the doors of ExCel.” “Europe’s equivalent to San Diego Comic Con, MCM London Comic Con has gone from strength to strength over…
Disney Buys Lucasfilm
Disney is buying Lucasfilm for a reported $4.05 Billion. Disney gets Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light and Magic, and Skywalker Sound. George Lucas, who owns Lucasfilm privately, gets payment in Disney shares and in cash. George Lucas in a statement said…
Review | The Underwater Welder
Sometimes the things we bury deep within ourselves refuse to stay buried.
Undervalued Spotlight #138
True Crime Comics, Vol. 1 #2, Magazine Village (May 1947) There was this great crime comic collection I bought back in the late 1980s. The collection consisted of 300 or so crime comics, much of the stuff I’d never seen…
Night of the Living Dead Live!
OK zombie fans, in case you haven’t heard, there is going to be a live theatre production of George Romero’s classic Night of the Living Dead. I got a chance to sit down with Executive Producer Marty Birthelmer and talk…
Web Arted Oct 26th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Maleev, Everett, Johnson, Kirby, Miller, Sienkiewicz, Infantino, Coland, Dodson, Ditko and more!
What Happens To Your Comics When You Die
This past weekend I was watching the National Geographic channel and there was a program on called Fortune Finders. The show focuses on the Public Administrators office in Las Vegas. After someone dies in Las Vegas, with no apparent next…
Auction Highlights #72
The Comic Link October Focused Auction has just ended, all results below ended between Tuesday October 23rd and Wednesday October 24th. C-Link produced a rare dud with this auction. Sure there were some solid books but when your top book…
Spider-man Turn Off the Dark and more
Sadly this week I won’t be posting a video blog. It being cold and flu season, I was unlucky enough to catch a cold and no one needs to see that. So, I thought I would post this article about…
Collected Editions Back Issue Market
Every comic convention I attend and comic shop I visit gives me an opportunity to scour shelves and stacks for dusty hardcovers from the 1980s. Why? I can’t really say: I love rare comic hardcovers from smaller publishers like Graphitti,…
Comic Culture October 24th 2012
It’s another pre-Halloween themed show this week. Chris and Walt get all excited about the Justice League movie news and about the new Iron Man 3 trailer. The new DVD on on Stan Lee is discussed as is news of…
BIFF SOCKO: You Lied to Me, Larry! Why? WHY?
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: ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE – It…
The London Cartoon Museum
I’m not sure if ‘Half Term’ is something that happens in Canada or the US but on this side of the pond, every school in the UK take a break for a week in the middle of each term and…
Undervalued Spotlight #137
Archie Comics #7, MLJ Magazines (March-April 1944) I heard through a contact that a CGC graded 6.5 Pep Comics #22 (1st appearance Archie Andrews, Dec 1941) sold for around $120,000. The deal apparently went down at a dealer booth at…
Iron Man 3 Trailer
Here's the first full Iron Man 3 trailer and poster.
Absolute-ly | #4: Moebius’ Silver Surfer
After a very long hiatus we’re back with another edition of Absolute-ly, a look at material that deserves to be in a gigantic art loving format akin to DC’s Absolute, Dark Horse’s Library or IDW’s Artist Edition. Silver Surfer:…