Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
An Un-Heroic Ending For Heroes?
NBC cancels series, although movie event is possible This is the third draft of this column. I began formulating my reactions early Monday night, even going so far as to watch the finale to season one for inspiration.…
Collecting and Investing Tips #38
Double Covers. Basically a comic book with a double cover is the result of a factory binding defect. Somehow two (and sometimes 3 or more) covers get scooped up by the rollers and get bent and stapled to the rest of the book...
Of Sweet Tooths and Superboys: Chatting with Jeff Lemire
You don’t often come across that many brand new writer/artists working for the Big Two anymore, that could be the reason why Jeff Lemire seems like such a rarity in this industry. He’s known for slice of life, lyrical biographical…
Dressed For Success | Episode Nine
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.…
Today(ish) in Twitter – Monday, May 17th, 2010
Today(ish) in Twitter is a regular column wherein our staff troll through the best of the 140 letter updates of the comic book world. ComicBookDaily is not responsible for the content of these tweets, but we will admit to laughing…
Undervalued Spotlight #38
Torchy #5, Quality Comics, July 1950. Artist Bill Ward is one of the most popular ‘good girl art’ cartoonists of the 20th century. His most famous creation is Torchy Todd, the goodhearted naïve young blonde whose...
Deadpool #1000 Might Actually be kind of interesting
I’m not really that big into Deadpool – he’s an interesting enough character, but I don’t think he’s interesting enough to support that many titles. However, that said, I will probably pick up Deadpool #1000. Why you ask? Well, check…
Matt Kindt: The TCAF Interrogation
Matt Kindt has quickly become one of the more dynamic comic book creators working today. Over the course of three books Super Spy, Two Sisters and the recently released Super Spy: the Lost Dossiers – He has given us intricately…
Cover for Incognito Season Two!
Over on his blog, artist Sean Phillips teases the next Incognito series by posting a cover sketch for the first issue. The follow-up to Phillips and writer Ed Brubaker’s Eisner-nominated series is actually subtitled “Bad Influences,” Brubaker said on Twitter,…
Not Comics, Just Cool | Up! and Inception Trailer Mash-Up
Whenever we get an excellent trailer, such as the one for Inception last week, people tend to get creative and mix it together with other movies. It happened with 300, The Dark Knight and Watchmen, and it’s happened again with…
Lemire and Gallo to Bring Superboy to new heights
DC Comics announced this morning that Jeff Lemire will launch a Superboy ongoing series later this year with artist Pier Gallo. A one-off co-feature in August’s Action Comics #982 will kick off the new title. Lemire, an award-winning cartoonist best…
Auction Highlighs #37
Legendary artist Frank Frazetta passed away early this week. I thought we’d take a look at whether the market has...
Dressed For Success | Episode 8
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.…
Review: Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne #1
I’ve developed somewhat of a love-hate relationship with Grant Morrison’s writing. Although I openly admit that both his New X-Men and more recently his runs on the main Batman title as well as Batman and Robin are fantastic, at any…
Fan Expo Announces Its Guest List 2010
Where and When: August 27-29, 2010; Metro Toronto Convention Centre, baby! Fan Expo has just announced the guest list for the Comic Book Expo portion of the event! In addition to Adam West (Batman, Family Guy), William Shatner (Star Trek,…
Mythos, Melee, Mayhem, Musings | Anything But Silent about Silent Leaves
For those of you who like your graphic novels infused with a plethora of content comparable to H.P. Lovecraft and set in a rich world of insomnia-inducing science fiction, read on about the highly-anticipated series, Silent Leaves. Christopher Shy is…
Just A Thought | Iron Man’s Demon in a Bottle
Have you seen Iron Man 2 yet? Good chance most of you have. Don’t worry, nothing even remotely spoilerish here but I will say I rather enjoyed it. So given the occasional retro appeal of subject matter that comes and…
Comic Culture Radio Podcast – May 12th
This week Comic Culture’s hosts Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen discuss whether Grant Morrison is over rated, pay tribute to the great Frank Frazetta and touch on a bunch of other comic book related topics. Click on the link below…
Collecting and Investing Tips #37
Remember that oh so true quote from that great fictional San Francisco Police Detective, Harry Callahan? Comic book fans are never short of opinions...
Brampton’s Stadium Comics to Hold Michael Cera Day
BRAMPTON (ON) – Brampton native Michael Cera has made quite a name for himself in Hollywood, having starred in several popular movies and television shows. It’s his latest movie, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World that has one local business extending…