Web Arted Aug 10th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Sienkiewicz, Jones, Stewart, Yu, Smith, Pope, Anka, Allred and more!
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Sudbury is a One Comic Store Town
This past weekend I left the city and traveled very far north, all the way up to Sudbury in fact. While there I had to visit the local comic book store (as I do whenever I go to a new…
Marvel Dropping Dust Jackets
I was reading Secret Avengers By Rick Remender Volume 1 last week when I noticed it didn’t have a dust jacket: the colourful wraparound cover was printed on the hardcover. I’ve harped about dust jackets before and their complete uselessness…
Comic Culture August 8th 2012
This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by special guest Lief Peng. Lief joins the team to discuss new comics coming out this week, news of a possible Daredevil reboot, July comic book sales figures and other…
Undervalued Spotlight #129
Machine Man #18, Marvel Comics, December 1980 “Canada’s Premier super hero group protect their country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. They are strong. They are on guard. They are Alpha Flight“. So goes the Marvel website’s description of Alpha Flight! The…
The Olympics
I can’t let the final week of the London games go by without another little salute to the athletes and characters taking part. With my nerdorific brain working the way it does, I’m led to a simple question that may…
Hawkeye #1
The first issue of Matt Fraction's Hawkeye series is one of a number of titles debuting prior to the "Marvel Now!" initiative. The series finds Fraction and David Aja, the team behind The Immortal Iron Fist, reuniting to bring readers deeper into a more personalized view of Marvel's alpha-archer, Clint Barton.
Rob Liefeld and the D-List
Whenever I have a bit of writer’s block or simply can’t think of a topic for a column, the internet provides. Last week Rob Liefeld set Twitter abuzz with his comments about Deadpool, or more specifically about how Deadpool is…
Crash! Part 11
Dennis De Pues presents Crash!!! Please contact Dennis at [email protected] with any comments or questions. Full size.
2012 Canadian G.I. Joe Convention
The Canadian G.I. Joe Convention (CanJoeCon) is just one week away, and this year is looking like it’s shaping up to be a great year for the CanJoeCon. This year’s special guests include Robert Atkins (comic book artist), Valentine DeLandro (comic…
Episode 18: The Return + ‘Dark Knight Rises’ thoughts
This is not an illusion, you are not imagining this column. “The Couch,” as I’ve so affectionately dubbed this writing space at CBD, is back in full force. Party favours can be placed atop the refreshment table on the right,…
Web Arted Aug 3rd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Windsor-Smith, Fegredo, Shaner, Cho, Kirby, Adams and more!
TFCon and Canadian Collectible Toy Expo 2012
Last weekend was the latest Transformers Convention (TFCon) and Canadian Collectible Toy Expo held at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel in Mississauga. I attended the show on Sunday July 29th. This was my second time going to TFCon/CCTE, and every year gets…
Beta Ray Bill, The Dark Knight Rises, Looking To Fan Expo
I miss my old comic shop of Big B Barrie but my new shop, Big B Hamilton is starting to rank up there. Their used section for instance has been mountains of joy to my bookshelf and a bit of…
Rock, Paper, Cynic
One of the most awesome things about webcomics is all it really takes to make one is the decision to make one. Then you set yourself up with a website and start posting. Oh I know this is also seen…
Why Review A Comic Without Including Interior Pages?
This is an old irritation for me but other than on Comic Book Daily doesn’t seem to be gaining any traction. Why oh why do websites continue to review comics but only include a shot of the cover with no…
“Good evening Mr. Bond.”
London found herself under the expectant and scrutinising eyes of the world again this week as the 2012 Olympic Games kicked off in England’s capital with a rather fitting and brilliant bang. The opening ceremony was doomed to fail on…
Does Marvel Now! Cause Sales To Go Down?
We all know that rebooting a series or creating a “new jumping on point” causes sales to increase, albeit in some cases temporarily, but I often wonder what this does to the sales of a title before the relaunch. Comic…
TFCon Panel: How to get into voice acting
This past weekend was the Transformers Convention (TFCon) and Canadian Collectible Toy Expo in Mississauga. On Sunday (July 29) the TFCon presented a panel of “How To Get Into Voice Acting”. The panel included Scott McNeil (X-Men Evolution, Beast Wars,…
Auction Highlights #69
Auction Highlights #69 Well the big Doug Schmell/Pedigree Comics collection was finally auctioned this past weekend through Heritage Auctions (HA). Below are excerpts from HA’s press release. BEVERLY HILLS — The multi-million dollar Doug Schmell Collection, featuring the single greatest…
Heritage Jul 26-28 Comic Art Signature Auction
Heritage just wrapped up their 2012 July 26-28 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction- Beverly Hills #7063, resulting in the first comics auction over ten million. Yes, that’s crazy but the volume was incredibly high. We’ll be looking at the…