Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
It’s the time of year again; Joe Shuster Awards time. I’m a sucker for award shows, and the Shuster don’t dissapoint, last year when Cameron Stewart won for best webcomic series for Sin Titulo, Andy B accepted the award in…
Convention Tip #7 – Network! Big, juicy delicious Comic Book Conventions don’t come to small towns. In fact you can probably count on both hands the number of really big important cons in North America
Comingsoon.net has your first look at a “Scott Pilgrim” poster Looks pretty cool, and very similar to the third and fourth pages of Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life. So I’m a fan. What do you guys think?
Check out what comics and graphic novels will be hitting your local comic book shop this Wednesday, March 17th. Including Hercules' Fall of an Avenger, Frank Quitely's long out of print Batman: The Scottish Connection (reprinted in Batman International) and Matt Wagner's Green Hornet: Year One.
The Cover: Oh Superman, why won’t you stop beating up your teammates? Do they have battered wife syndrome where they keep coming back to you after they beat you up? You would be hard pressed to find a superhero who…
The Cover: Oh Superman, why won’t you stop beating up your teammates? Do they have battered wife syndrome where they keep coming back to you after they beat you up? You would be hard pressed to find a superhero who…
Well some interesting casting notes went up today in regards to Green Lantern as Heat Vision reports that Temuera Morrison and Taika Waititi have been hired. Morrison will be taking up the role of Abin Sur and Waititi is reportedly…
Funny Pages #6 is considered by Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide to represent the first appearance of the masked hero The Clock. Funny Picture Stories #1 shared the same release date of Nov/36 and features the first time The Clock is
Galloway Park is a tale of political intrigue and suspense. Weekly episodes are written and drawn by Dennis De Pues.
Ka Zar of the Savage Land was sort of a cross between Tarzan and Conan. He was fighting savage beasts with his trusty Sabretooth cat Zabu in almost every issue that
The Cover: Looks like Superman has somehow gotten himself stranded on some kind of unusual planet where his powers don’t work…for the 100th time. But what’s different this time is that he’s attempting flight with some half-assed glider wings as…
Looks like the crew at Variety have gotten a sneak peek at the Kick Ass Movie and put up a review of the movie which can be found here. Some interesting features of note in the review include: As Dave,…
How much do you pay for perfection. This week we'll look at a group of perfect CGC graded 10.0 comics and see if they sold for millions of dollars.
I am constantly amazed at the varied way in which comic fans collect their favourite books. Some of us just like to buy new stuff, some only like small press, some like alternate covers, some silver age, and so on.…
According to Box Office Mojo the official release date for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn in North America is December 23rd 2011, which also happens to be my birthday. Tintin will be released in…
Hugo Weaving has sort of carved out a niche for himself playing the most despicable characters. Agent Smith in the Matrix, That giant Robot with teeth in Transformers and, uh, Noah in Happy Feet? Alright, so I’m really only familiar…
A while back Frank Miller hit twitter, and now he’s launched his very own website. And while his first post is a memorium to Brittany Murphy, an actress who appeared in Sin City but who died late last year, I’m…
It’s one of those weeks. Three assignments due in seven days and I have a cold. But it’s not one of those awesome colds where you’re so sick you can’t get out of bed. It’s one of those colds where…
This week Comic Culture welcomes Chris Owen back from his Olympic gig. Chris and Walt dive into a whole bunch of industry news this week. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
You ever wake up one day and realize how much you like a someone’s work? About a month ago, I happened upon a documentary about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers called Runnin’ Down a Dream. Great doc by Peter Bogdanovitch.…