Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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…
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…
“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…
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
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
This week’s tip is aimed at the collectors. The collectors are really the silent majority of the back issue market and a surprisingly large numbers of them don’t really know where to start when faced with the dilemma of selling their comic book collection
According to Variety (from left to right), Stuart Townsend (from the Anne Rice film Queen of the Damned), Ray Stevenson (from Punisher: War Zone), and Tadanobu Asano (from Mongol) have been cast as the Warriors Three. The film is due…
Okay, I’m sure this is old news and maybe you’ve already seen it, but I stumbled upon this while looking for some Frank Quitely original art to hang in my house and thought this looked too cool not to post…
I know, I know. I’m only supposed to be here on Thursdays but apparently I’m Comic Book Daily’s resident Buffy expert so when this story came up, they asked me to comment. So apparently my beloved Buffy comic that I…
I’m sure all of you were sitting patiently curiously awaiting to find out more about marvel’s hottest new character, the Frank Cho drawn Hitman Monkey. Well, as of 12:33 the world of comics as we know it changed. Sure there…
This time around, we're taking a look at the 2008 Eisner Award winning Brave New World in Newhall, California. They look pretty awesome
The Comics Journal is something I got into when they profiled Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka (seperate issues) – this wasn’t just a ‘ask a question, heap praise, then say goodbye’ type interviews, they were awesomely indepth back and forths…
Rawhide Kid had a ho-hum 16 issue run between March 1955 and September 1957. Atlas Comics (which would turn into Marvel in a short couple of years) decided to reboot the title