Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Captain Canuck #1, Comely Comix, July 1975 Last week I went to a local comic convention and snagged a beautiful near perfect copy of Captain Canuck #1, the independent comic Richard Comely published back in 1975. I paid $5.00 and walked…
Every week CBD’s Editor in Chief Pete DeCourcy 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.…
Before you get too excited it’s only a cover but never the less it’s Walt Simonson returning to his longest running work, Thor. Let’s hope someone can talk him into a regular gig; give the image a click to see…
The other day I’m headed home from the day job and I have local classic rock station, Q107 on in my car and they play the new single from Robbie Robertson. I’m a big fan of Robertson’s, both of The…
So, I was puttering around the internets when I came across the following T-shirts and I felt that I had to share them all with you. First up, and rated high on the Meter of Squee!, is: The Planet Lunch…
MSC is the brainchild of Mike Laidman and is a semi-autobiographical slice of life tale featuring video games, ninjas. paintball and more! You can catch more of it over at msc.biscuitpress.com
Over Christmas I had a chance to read Superman: Secret Origin The Deluxe Edition hardcover. I’ve been a long-term Gary Frank fan so I knew what to expect with the art, and Geoff Johns is a major powerhouse at DC…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss WalMart picking up the new Justin Beiber comic, more Spider-Man the musical news, the Arkham City video game, the Marvel vs. CapCom video game and lots more. Now just…
Characters are people too, essentially. They are characters, obviously, but at their heart what makes a character in any comic special is their humanization by the creators of that particular book. At the same time, if we have invested ourselves…
I wrote a review of Nemesis this week and as usual I like to link up to the publisher’s page, grab their description and see if anything extra is offered. Every time it’s a Marvel book I cringe internally as…
Whosoever Holds This Hammer appears every Tuesday (more or less) exclusively on Comic Book Daily. I did not enjoy Blackest Night. It was slow, repetitive, and about 4 issues too long. I was full of optimism when I cracked the spine…
MSC is the brainchild of Mike Laidman and is a semi-autobiographical slice of life tale featuring video games, ninjas. paintball and more! You can catch more of it over at msc.biscuitpress.com
Like most comic enthusiasts I saw the online campaign for Nemesis, a creator owned series by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. It’s four issues have finally been collected in a hardcover Premiere edition. I generally like both creators so I…
I Love You #118, Charlton Comics, June 1976 I’ve been very excited about the Valentines edition of the Undervalued Spotlight for a least a month now. There are so many great Romance Comics to choose from. I’ve already picked Young…
Page 21 Galloway Park’s second story arc is available exclusively on comicbookdaily.com. Comments can be added at the bottom of the post or emailed directly to artist/writer Dennis De Pues at [email protected].
Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. One of my favourite artists of all time is Paul Smith. He had an…
Writers: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Pencils: Brad Walker Inker: Andrew Hennessy Colourists: Jay David Ramos and Guru eFX Letters: Joe Caramagna Covers: Doug Braithwaite and Rob Schwager; Harvey Tolibao and Morry Hollowell (variant) Publisher: Marvel Comics Spiraling out of…
So yeah, it’s been reported that at the ComicPro retailer summit, Marvel is going to start killing characters off every quarter in the hopes of boosting sales. David Gabriel said that while they are going to be killing off a…
As loyal Comic Book Daily readers can attest I greatly looked forward to Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition two volume slip cased set. It had two things going for it: a long running series by it’s creator, gathering the first…
Last week the shop I frequent was having a sale on Marvel hardcovers. I went through them and found a great copy of a book I hadn’t read in years Daredevil: Born Again. I wasn’t the only one. Ed (one…
MSC is the brainchild of Mike Laidman and is a semi-autobiographical slice of life tale featuring video games, ninjas. paintball and more! You can catch more of it over at msc.biscuitpress.com