Last Week in Panels
Pete gives you his take on the best panels from last week's comics.
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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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Dressed For Success | Episode 13
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.…
Undervalued Spotlight #41
In the late 60s and early 70s comic books were tackling some very important social issues. The Amazing Spider-Man and Green Lantern ran some very controversial drug use stories. Famously the Amazing Spider-Man issues #96-#98 did not receive approval from the Comics Code Authority and these issues are now known as “the drug issues”. Titles like Lois Lane and Wonder Woman were exploring women’s equality issues...
Stanley Tucci to Create Super Soldiers.
Marvel Studios has cast Stanley Tucci as Dr. Abraham Erskine in “Captain America: The First Avenger” opposite Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Hugo Weaving, and Hayley Atwell. In the early Marvel comics, the Erskine character was a German scientist behind the…
Fraction/Ferry Will Officially Wield Mjolnir in September
This September, superstars Matt Fraction, Pasqual Ferry and Matt Hollingsworth take the reins of Thor and begin a thunderous new direction! In Thor #615, following the stunning events of Kieron Gillen’s acclaimed Thor epic, the ruins of Asgard are now…
2010 Manning Award nominees announced
Comic-Con International announced via press release today this year’s nominees for the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award. Presented to a comics artist “who, early in his or her career, shows a superior knowledge and ability in the art of creating…
Sneak Peek: X-Men #1
Marvel is proud to present your first look at X-Men #1 from the red-hot creative team of Victor Gischler and Paco Medina. In the first X-Men #1 in almost 20 years, Marvel’s mighty mutants enter the Heroic Age to face…
Pete DeCourcy Punches His Way Through History #1
The first installment of Pete DeCourcy Punches His Way Through History. Brought to you by Leonard Kirk, and the time I spent summering in Prince Edward Island as a youth. (which it pretty much just four years ago.)
The 6th annual Joe Shuster awards
Last night on Saturday June 5th were the 6th annual Joe Shuster awards which honors some of Canada’s greatest comic creators and recognizes their contributions to a fantastic industry. This year’s categories and winners were: Harry Kramer Retailers: The Beguiling,…
Green Lantern Movie Logo and Tagline revealed
The folks over at Spinoffonline.com have gotten what appears to be the new Green Lantern movie logo and poster it looks pretty damn good. Not sure how I feel about the tagline “Anyone can be chosen”. A big part of…
Diary of a Comic Book Goddess :: Day One of the Toronto Comicon in 140 Words or Less….
Since Hobby Star’s Fan Appreciation Toronto Comicon (in the very nice south building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre) is a fairly small event, we tried an experiment. Instead of having me go to the con, come home, write and…
Anime North 2010: My week late report!
Ahh, there’s very little I look forward to every year other than Anime North, one of the largest fan run anime convention in North America. I’ve been going to Anime North ever since it started and have never missed it!…
Auction Highlights #40 – eBay
I was scanning eBay results and I found some very strong sales happening this past week. I also found deals!
WHOSOEVER HOLDS THIS HAMMER: WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
For More WHOSOEVER HOLDS THIS HAMMER check out the archives. I was speaking with my uncle and father and they were reminiscing about the dark day in 1962 when comic books jumped from ten cents each to twelve cents. This…
(Brightest) Day By Day | Introductions
Following the events of Blackest Night, Brightest Day is set to be either the jumping on or jumping off point for DC Comics. Can the series bring in new readers or will it see a mass exodus of readers who have grown weary of DC's many universe-changing storylines? Andrew Ardizzi reports on this ongoing bi-monthly series.
Just A Thought | Grab Bag of Thoughts and Reviews
Welcome back loyal readers, I hope my adventures were enough to keep you satisfied until my regular column returned this week. This week we’re going to do a grab bag and a few reviews. I guess we should start at…
Collecting and Investing Tips #40
This week’s collecting tip will touch on the wonderful world of promotional comic books. The topic is a big one and this article will just serve to spark your interest in promotional comics. I encourage you to research more on this great collecting focus.
Comic Culture Radio Podcast – June 2nd
This week Comic Culture’s hosts Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen discuss coming up with new ideas for comic books, super heroes in wax and a whole bunch of other cool stuff.
MSC #14
Read MoreMSC #14I Love Comics: Grant Morrison (Part One)
Disclaimer: I don't know what this is, it's not organized nor is it well thought out - it's just a gut reaction ramble to Grant Morrison's work. It's more about celebrating someone who is pushing the superhero medium into it's next level. If you can handle that... read on.
Green Lantern Movie Synopsis
A little more than a year away from the release of Green Lantern, it appears as if the official synopsis for the highly anticipated Warner Bros. film has hit the Internet. Comic Book Movie has the information on the Martin…