Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
I thought I’d chime in this week with a series of contemplations and hypothesis about some recent comic book news and such. Javier Pulido is one of my favourite artists. Straight up. I think his panel layout and his ability…
This adorable painting is called “Doctor Hoo.” The Joke needs no explaination – but, y’know is still funny – and so cute! However you do need to click it and enjoy all the subtle details. Perfect – especially the eleventh!…
Black covers. Comic book collectors and investors have always coveted classic black covers when found in very high grade. It’s very hard to preserve and old comic with a black cover, any little fleck, color break or crease just seems to be amplified...
I honestly was working on a great column for this week…and then I honestly ran out of time to finish it (you will see it eventually, it’s another 101 piece much like the Grendel one that ran a while ago).…
The newest webcomic to join to the Comic Book Daily family is Dressed For Success. Written and Drawn by Egesta Comics‘ Chris Howard and Jeff Wasson. We’ll be updating Tuesday and Thursday until we catch up with their current run.…
This week Comic Culture’s hosts Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen discuss 2 Amazing Spider-Man comics in the same week, the ever popular Blue Beetle, the growing stable of Wizard conventions and a whole bunch of other neat comic book type stuff. So sit back, relax then click...
Every Wednesday, Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen entertain us with their take on the comics industry and other pop culture news in Comic Culture (Comic Book Daily’s weekly radio podcast). Well, getting your fix is that much easier now that Comic…
The Cover: This is a Crazy Comic Cover (CCC) first! We’re going to be featuring a comic that has not one but two covers! The O’Neil and Adams run on GL/GA was fairly groundbreaking run which covered a wide variety…
This comic book does not get the respect it deserves. March 1965 is very early for Marvel Comics, The Silver Surfer and Galactus were still a year away while the Amazing Spider-Man title was only...
The newest webcomic to join to the Comic Book Daily family is Dressed For Success. Written and Drawn by Egesta Comics‘ Chris Howard and Jeff Wasson. We’ll be updating Tuesday and Thursday until we catch up with their current run.…
The full line up of new-look Looney Tunes has been unveiled from designer Jessica Borutski who redesigned them for the new animated TV seriescon Cartoon Network, The Looney Tunes Show. She writes; Here they are!! Man I had fun drawing…
A new casting update for AMC’s The Walking Dead, this one for the pivotal role of protagonist Rick Grimes’ son, Carl. He’s going to be portrayed by Chandler Riggs, who is a bit of a newcomer to acting. Throughout the…
In my last article, I discussed the ritualistic nature of comic book collecting and participating in comic book fandom. I then outlined the challenges facing the industry in terms of increasing a readership that has been diminishing over the last…
Writers: Andy Diggle and Antony Johnston Artists: Marco Checchetto, Matt Hollingsworth, Joe Caramagna, and Paolo Rivera With Marvel’s summer event Shadowland drawing near, the Daredevil team is gearing up for the event that will pit Matt Murdock dead at the…
On his Twitter feed, Geoff Johns just announced there are many plans in store for Jamie Reyes, the current Blue Beetle. Jaime will be appearing in “most of” the episodes of Batman: The Brave and the Bold this coming season,…
Keeping in with this weekend’s theme of lazy reporting by posting cool comic related video clips, we’re gonna bring to your attention, the upcoming Scott Pilgrim game by Ubisoft. Look for it on the PS3 or the xbox360 through their…
Get ready to rumble once more with Marvel characters as Marvel vs Capcom returns for a third time. This time around, the game seems to have taken a cue from Street Fighter 4 and runs in 2.5 D. In addition…
Entertainment Tonight was recently on the set of the Thor movie and we got some cool footage of Chris Hemsworth in costume and Anthony Hopkins as Odin One-Eye. Eye patched Hopkins? Good enough for me. But listening to Hemsworth speak…
The second day of the Toronto Comicon/Fan Appreciation event was just as awesome as the first. Perhaps more so as I got to interview the fantabulous Mr. Greg Rucka. In other news, I began and almost completed my collection of…
This week I wanted to feature a collecting focus that is beyond cool. It’s nice to have that Amazing Spider-Man run and that Batman run but thousands of those runs are being put together (with perhaps thousands more already completed). What will really impress the guests at your dinner party is the run of Feature Books you are trying to
Well with convention season in full swing, I thought it was time for a look into the crystal ball and take a look and see what we may have in store for the future. Before we begin, these predictions are…