#45: What Exactly Is A Comic?
Every week Comic Book Daily asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers; we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans Daily for the inspiration and Scott…
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Auction Highlights #56
ComicLink June 2011 Focused Auction The ComicLink Focused Featured Auction has just ended. Of the top 50 sales 45 were Marvel while 4 were DC and there was one Warren Magazine Vamperella #1 (a CGC 9.4 that sold for $2,117.00).…
A Place For Your Stuff
George Carlin said it all in his classic stand-up routine, “You need a place for your stuff”. This is very true when you collect comic books, action figures and other cool things. Where do you put your stuff? Single, married…
Comic Culture June 29th
Another fun show this week. Hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss the Video Game censorship, the Green Lantern movie, DC’s decision to not write comics with trade paperbacks in mind, the passing of Gene Colan, thoughts on the Kirby/Marvel…
Wizard T.O. Now 2 Days
Based on their website Wizard has shortened Wizard World Toronto 2012 to two days: March 24-25. Comic Book Daily attended in force last year and determined two days was really all the show needed: I could see tumbleweeds blowing through…
DC 52 Relaunch Video
Here is DC’s relaunch video/commercial courtesy of Bleeding Cool and Youtube. It hits all the points of the relaunch including young new heroes and digital day and date availability.
Simonson Thor Omnibus
I don’t tend to buy a lot of the Omnibus/Absolute format hardcovers. I tend to believe that comics should be able to be read without causing spine damage to the reader. That being said, the minute Pete DeCourcy opened up…
Green Lantern: Is that all there is?
As one Green Lantern fan said, “It’s the best we’re gonna get, which is not necessarily a good thing.” Well, better late to the party than never showing up, I finally saw Green Lantern. It was all right. Granted, I…
Writing For The Trade
During their retailer summits Dan DiDio made a statement that Modern Myths took note of and posted in their summary on Facebook. [quote]Another change DC is making is that they won’t be ‘writing for the trade’ anymore. Writers have…
Retailer Q | #2: Free Comic Book Day
Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective. [box type=question]Free Comic Book Day is now a huge event and one no retailer can…
Green Arrow #13
As Brightest Day concluded, so did J.T. Krul's run on the title as of issue 12. Writer James Patrick joins Agustin Padilla as the new creative team behind Green Arrow, so let's see how this new team stacks up to the past year of Green Arrow stories.
Mighty Thor #4 Cover
Marvel just released details to The Mighty Thor issue 4, including this stunning Olivier Coipel cover. Reminiscent of the classic Silver Surfer 4 cover by John Buscema it brings an updated and modern approach. Spinning hammer of Thor makes an…
Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing #1
For a year I followed the Brightest Day series through its ups and many downs, so you may be asking why I would revisit the series. Well, to answer your question, John Constantine. That dynamic alone warrants a return. Naturally. Forward march!
Top July Collections
We don’t focus on upcoming books enough here at Comic Book Daily so for the last Pick Five of the month I’ll be looking at the top July 2011 collections that are supposed to ship. It’s a solid month with…
Farewell Gene Colan
It is a sad day in the world of the hobby we love. Gene Colan passed away in his 84th year on June 23rd around 11:00 pm from on going health issues. I never met Gene Colan but I grew up with him…
Gene Colan: 1926-2011
On Thursday June 23, 2011 at around 11pm, Gene Colan died from complications related to liver disease and a broken hip. He was 84. We’ve lost another one of the Silver Age greats, folks. He made an indelible mark on…
RIP Gene Colan
Another member of Marvel’s silver age bullpen has passed on as Gene Colan passed Friday morning. I’ve written about Colan before but it can’t be overstated how important his work was. Long runs on both Daredevil and Doctor Strange will…
#44: Digital Reading
Every week Comic Book Daily asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers; we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans Daily for the inspiration and Scott VanderPloeg for this week’s question.
With all this "digital" talk about comics I'm interested to know who is reading any comics digitally? Our group here is a hardcore comic shop group but have we taken a walk on the interwebs and sampled its wares?
Undervalued Spotlight #90
Captain America #117, Marvel Comics, September 1969 There’s an old saying that goes ‘timing is everything’ and the time seems right for me do dig this one out of my “Future Undervalued Spotlights” file. I read with sadness today of…
Canadian G.I. Joe Convention (2011) Recap
This past Saturday (July 18th), G.I. Joe fans invaded Toronto for the annual Canadian G.I. Joe Convention (CanJoeCon). This is the highlight of the year for any “Canuck” G.I. Joe fan. It was written on my calendar as soon as…
New Captain America Trailer
Here’s the latest theatrical trailer, 2:30 long. We’re treated to a new tag line: “heroes are made in America”. As well here’s the new “George Hamilton” poster.