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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Clear your calendars for Wizard World Toronto!
Wizard World has recently announced the date and location of the upcoming Wizard World Toronto show! The show will take place from March 26-28th, 2010 at the Direct Enegy Centre on the exhibition grounds. So far the guests slated to…
Crazy Comic Cover: Jimmy Olsen #98 "The Bride of Jungle Jimmy"
Jimmy Olsen #98: “The Bride of Jungle Jimmy” The cover: Oh yes, another classic Jimmy Olsen cover from the brilliant minds at DC. Readers will note that this will not be the only time that Jimmy Olsen marries an ape…
Meiji University's planned Manga library
The BBC reports that Meiji University of Tokyo, Japan is planning to open a library filled with manga and otaku-subculture related items for the purposes of academic research on mainstream culture. This sounds like a fantastic idea, when I went…
Nickelodeon shells out big money for TMNT
That’s right comic fans, cartoon powerhouse Nickelodeon has bought the rights to everyone’s favourite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from the creators for a cool 60 million. Younger comic fans’ exposure to the Turtle may be through only the Marvel comics,…
Today(ish) in Twitter – Friday October 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 Culture: October 22nd, 2009
It’s that time of the week again! Time to tune out the world and tune into the smooth comic stylings of Christopher Owen and Walter Durajlija with this week’s edition of the Comic Culture. This week the guys discuss: the…
Auction Highlights #8 – On the Fence
The ComicLink October Focused Auction that ended yesterday yielded some very interesting results. First off, these monthly comic auctions from ComicLink have turned into major events though some months are much better (in terms of quality of offerings) than others.…
Happy Birthday Asterix and Obelix!
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 Interview
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…
Just A Thought: Wherein Brent Talks Criminal
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 – October 21st, 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…
Collecting and Investing Tips #8
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 – October 19th, 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…
Progressive Shop Profiles: Happy Harbor Comics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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…
Undervalued Spotlight #8
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
Lethargic Lad #114.3
Read MoreLethargic Lad #114.3Noir and Beyond: The Darwyn Cooke artshow
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…
The Cool Kid From the original Bad News Bears vs. Green Lantern (Possibly)
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…
Crazy Comic Cover: Lois Lane #106 “I AM CURIOUS (BLACK)!”
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…
Auction Highlights #7 – Super Key – Not So Super Grade
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…