Afternoon Time Waster: Batman Uses Google
Special thanks to Neil Gaiman’s twitter for the link. Pretty funny stuff – you know.. for a commercial.
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Jonathan Hickman's Shield Miniseries
Yesterday we reported it.. we even guessed that it was going to be a ROM relaunch.. boy we were ever wrong. Though, not as wrong as this guy. So, it appears that rising star of comics and the man Brian…
Collecting and Investing Tips #13
Vacations, business trips, sporting events, seminars and family functions are just some of the reasons we find ourselves visiting other cities. If you’re a comic collector like me odds are you’ve pulled out the local yellow pages
A brief tour of the Toronto Fall ComiCon
Greetings and salutations, dear readers! This past weekend was the Fall Toronto ComicCon; a one day show put on by the folks at Hobby Star who put on the big Fan Expo show in August in Toronto each year. The CBD…
Harvey wins Two Governor General Awards!
canadacouncil.ca Montreal, November 17, 2009 – The names of winners of the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards were announced today by the Canada Council for the Arts. The seven English and seven French awards are given to authors, illustrators and…
Sneek Peek: Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Marvel Project
Marvel Comics released a teaser image for writer Jonathan Hickman’s “Top Secret New Project” today. “They’ve been around since the dawn of time….how do they impact the past, present and future of the Marvel Universe?” writes Marvel mysteriously in a…
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Trailer
DC has been killing Marvel with their animated films (though, I’ll be honest when I say I kind of look forward to Planet Hulk) and the trailer for Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths really backs this up. It looks…
Today(ish) in Twitter – November 23rd, 2009
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…
Comic Book Links For Monday November 23rd, 2009
It’s been a pretty busy weekend here at Comic Book Daily Head Quarters, we’ve been scowering the interwebs looking for fun links to get your through the usual monday blahs. As always if you come across an interesting link or…
Von Allen and the Road to God Knows…
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (November 21, 2009) – Mental illness remains one of Western society’s greatest taboos. Those who suffer from various mental health disorders often suffer in silence, with very little support from society. Family members and other loved ones…
Antony Johnston: Co-Writes Without Fear
Although the current solicitation was written before it was all signed and sealed at Marvel, Wasteland’s Antony Johnston will start co-writing Daredevil with current ongoing writer Andy Diggle from issue #505 until #507. Anthony Johnston has carved out a niche…
The Justice Society on TV
“I quit watching Smallville in it’s __________ season” is probably one of those things comic book store employee hear all the time*. Everyone has an opinion for when it jumped the shark – and now it seems like everyone has…
Undervalued Spotlight #13
One of the best Bronze Age Marvel runs lies within the Incredible Hulk title. Issues like #141 (1st Doc Samson), #144 (Doc Doom battle cover), #161 (Beast battle), #162 (1st Wendigo), #172 (Juggernaut origin) and not to mention Wolverine’s appearance in issues #180 - #182 are all highly prized by collectors. Hiding amongst these standouts is
Lethargic Lad: 115.3
Read MoreLethargic Lad: 115.3Crazy Comic Cover: Jimmy Olsen #113 "The wrongo Superman!"
The Cover: I could make a comment on how Superman needs to be more careful when choosing his friends, but then again he’s best friends with Jimmy Olsen; the walking disaster zone. So let’s just take this cover for…
Stringer Bell To Protect Asgard
I’ve recently just finished watching the Wire – it’s bar none the best television show of this decade, and essentially sums up the corruption that permeate every part of america – but it’s also a real pick me up. Idris…
Auction Highlights #12
There were some really neat comics up for grabs in ComicLink’s November auction. Nice Golden Age books were plentiful as were quality Silver Age and Bronze Age.
Comic Culture: November 19th, 2009
It’s that time of the week again, guys! It’s the weekly Comic Culture Podcast with Walter Durajlija of Big B Comics in Hamilton, Ontario and Christopher Owen; professor of Comic Studies at Mohawk College. This week, they’ve got a special…
Ahhh, But Will Remender be able to reanimate Worthington’s corpse?
Rising Superstar Sam Worthington has signed on to appear in the film adaptation of Rick Remender’s upcoming miniseries “The Last Days of American Crime.” Created and written by Remender with artist Greg Tocchini, “Last Days” takes place in the near…
Just A Thought: Wherein Brent Discusses the 90s and Now
I love comics. A lot. My experience with them kind of runs the gauntlet. Read since I was a kid, got hard core as a teenager, sold them as a staff member at a comic shop, written them as a…
Comic Store creeping ever closer to the PSP
Kotaku reports that the firmware update for the PSP which has a built-in comic book reader has finally launched. While other things like the iphone already have comic book viewer apps in place, this will be a first for the…