Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
It’s hard to believe but Asterix and Obelix have been giving good mustache for 50 years now. Asterix and his uber strong menhir carrying pal Obelix have been battling the armies of Julius Caesar in their remote village on the…
Darwyn Cooke is a bit of a rarity in this business. For one thing, he’s a superstar in a field with very few superstars. Let’s face it, with the exception of maybe Jim Lee and Alex Ross, there aren’t many…
The first crime novel I can recall reading as a mature reader was Andrew Vachss’s novel Sacrifice. It was one of the Burke books, following a mysterious and quiet possibly dangerous fellow on a quest to bring back a kidnapped…
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…
Storage. The proper storage of comic books is often overlooked, sometimes with costly results. The main focus of storage should be preservation of condition. Convenience of access or visual display should not be deciding factors for comic book storage.
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…
Welcome to the very first installment of the ComicBookDaily Progressive Shop Profiles! Comic shops often get a bum rap, they’re seen as dingy little holes in the wall that you wouldn’t want to take your mother into. It’s ComicBookDaily’s mission to dispell…
The Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 1960s brought the Cold War with the Soviet Union to America’s kitchen tables and its workplace water coolers. Everyone was now talking about the Russians
This weekend, the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, Ontario played host to Darwyn Cooke and his fabulous artwork as they put on an art show entitled Darwyn Cooke: Noir and Beyond and the ComicBookDaily crew stopped on by to admire the…
While in my heart of hearts they’ll dig up Vincent Price and reanimate his body to play Sinestro, Chud.com and Ain’t It Cool News are both reporting that Green Lantern’s mentor/arch enemy will be played by Rorschach aka Jackie Earl…
The Cover: I am sure all of you readers have probably seen this cover many times before and had the same reaction. What the hell? Lois Lane steps into a body moulder that turns her into a black woman! The…
In honor of this past Wednesday’s Collecting and Investing Tips #7 (where we looked at how to spot restoration on lower grade comics) this week’s auction highlights will look at the hottest of the hot – with a catch. There is nothing…
Just a Thought is a weekly column where writer Brent Chittenden muses about comic book news, views and opinions. Brent’s views and opinions are not necessarily those of Comic Book Daily, it’s editors, writers or staff. Well no sooner had…
Welcome back, dear readers! Welcome to another edition of the Comic Book Daily Creator Profiles where we interview the artists and writers of our favourite medium! With us today happens to be Ramon Perez. We talk about breaking into the…
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…
Welcome back to the Comic Culture podcast with Mohawk College’s Christopher Owen and Big B’s Walter Durajlija. We hope that you’re comfy as the guys talk about: this week’s releases, new graphic novels hitting the bestseller’s list, the adaptation of C…
Watching out for restoration The first thing I’d like to say is that restoration has its place in the comic book marketplace. Some copies of very, very important comic books would not even exist if it were not for the…
Every Tuesday Pete and Dave sift through the Diamond Comics shipping list and pick out our favourites. It’s always a good time. Check back often as they update pretty sporadically as stuff pops into their heads. BPRD 1947 #4 (OF…
Chances are you’re pretty familiar with Darwyn Cooke. He’s arguably one of the most critically and commercially succesful artists working in the industry today. His recently(ish) released adaptation of Richard Stark’s The Hunter was one of the best selling books…
Todd Klein reported today that long time letter Joe Rosen passed away. Rosen had lettered everything from Captain America, Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, and X-Factor. He was one of the original letterers from The…