Fan Expo | Road to the Masquerade – Thursday
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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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ANIMAL MAN Vol. 1 The Hunt
ANIMAL MAN Vol. 1 The Hunt Collects Animal Man #1-6 Written by Jeff Lemire Art by Travel Foreman Published May 2, 2012 DC Comics, 144-page paperback, $14.99 Content rated T+ – Teen Plus Order online: Amazon, Book Depository The launch…
Fan Expo Starts Tomorrow & I’m Already Exhausted
For comic fans in Southern Ontario Fan Expo is upon us, starting Thursday August 23rd at 2:00 PM for fancy pants pass holders and 4:00 PM for everyone else. This year the guest list of top notch comic creators is…
Biff Socko, Two-Fisted Newshound: Aug 22nd
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: GOTHAM CITY– Comic book dealers…
Preparing For Fan Expo
Thanks for checking out my first video blog! If you would like more tips and tricks on going to conventions check out a previous article I wrote at Comic Book Daily “How to survive a con“.
Undervalued Spotlight #131
Special War Series #4, Charlton Comics, November 1965 Remember that 1974 song ‘Kung-Fu Fighting’ by Carl Douglas? You know, the one that starts …Oh – o –ho –hooooo! If you’re as old as I am you’ll remember it fondly, it…
Saga #6
If any comic book writer has the resume to be so bold as to title their comic, "Saga," it would be Brian K. Vaughan. With a bibliography including Runaways, Ex Machina, Pride of Baghdad and Y: The Last Man, and a number of Eisner awards to his credit, Vaughan has a remarkable body of work thus far, and Saga is no different.
Lining my ducks up
At the forefront of my excitement in comics today is the birth of my very own website. I’ve put together a ‘stage’ to exhibit my artwork on and to help me continue the journey towards being an independent creator. I’ll…
Review | The Complete Steve Canyon Vol 1: 1947-1948
Being very new to newspaper comic strips the launch of The Complete Steve Canyon Volume 1: 1947-1948 seemed to be a big deal and enough to warrant some attention. Choosing not to preorder from my local comic shop this book…
Drawing Comics Is Hard Work
For the past few months I have had the privilege of working out of The Royal Academy of Illustration and Design, or RAID studios. For those of you who don’t know, RAID studios is a collective of artists based in…
Avengers vs. X-Men #10
Avengers vs. X-Men, the high-octane superhero romp featuring the X-Men and the Avengers continued last week with its tenth issue. The Hope centric plot plodded onward, bringing the expansive mini-series ever closer to its conclusion.
Review | Blacksad: A Silent Hell
Blacksad: A Silent Hell brings American readers up to date with the series for the first time.
When Bad Movies Happen to Good Heroes
We are in a Golden Age for superhero movies. The Spider-Man, Iron-Man, X-Men, and Batman movies have been for the most part home runs both critically and financially. Sure, Spider-Man 3 and X-Men: The Last Stand suffered from too many…
Crash! Part 13
Dennis De Pues presents Crash!!! Please contact Dennis at [email protected] with any comments or questions. Full size.
Web Arted Aug 17th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Hicks, Sienkiewicz, Byrne, Kirby, Shaner, Ditko, Weeks, Metsu, Adams, Leyendecker and more!
2012 Canadian G.I. Joe Convention Review
August 11/2012 was the Canadian G.I. Joe Convention in Toronto at the Sheraton Airport Hotel. This was the third year that the Canadian G.I. Joe Convention (CanJoeCon) was held at that location. It was a great day indeed. CanJoeCon is the event…
Retro Review: Union Jack
Union Jack is a character that I love the costume design but up until recently, I’ve never really read much of the character. To be fair, he’s never had an ongoing series but I started into Brubaker’s run on Captain…
ComicConnect Original Art Auction Aug 13th
With the increased, some would say exponentially, prices of original comic art comes far more interest from all comic auction houses. ComicConnect wrapped up part 1 of their Summer 2012 Event Auction that included a small but impressive collection of…
Reprints As Archives Or Entertainment
It’s been said lately that we’re in a golden age of comic reprints, with a wide variety of classic material available in quality hitherto unknown. While this material is getting the deluxe treatment content has become something of an issue,…
Biff Socko, Two-Fisted Newshound: Aug 15th
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– The reaction to…
Dead World: War of the Dead #2
Largely due tot he buzz deriving from the success of The Walking Dead, it would seem zombie-based comics are rather the norm as companies attempt to mirror the basic horror elements and obtain a measure of success.