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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Today(ish) in Twitter – October 12th, 2009 (Canuck Thanksgiving Edition)
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…
Logicomix debuts at #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List
Logicomix: An Epic Search For Truth, a Greek comic book biography on the life of philosopher Bertrand Russell is currently No 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List – Paperback Graphic Novels (putting it ahead of Watchmen, Long Halloween,…
Undervalued Spotlight #7
The War Comics genre was an industry unto itself in the 1950s and 60s. Every major comic publisher had war titles. Charlton, Atlas, Fawcett, Dell and all the others drew heavily on the great adventure stories that could be set against the very recently won Second World War
Watch Cameron Stewart ink Catwoman
Comic Book Daily favourite and this year’s Shuster award-winner Cameron Stewart uploaded to his youtube account; a real-time account of himself digitally inking Catwoman on a Mac using Manga Studio 4.0 Ex and a Wacom Cintiq 12W. It is real-time…
Crazy Comic Covers: Superman #293;The miracle of Thirsty Thursday
Superman #293: “The miracle of thirsty Thursday” The cover: This cover is pure gold. Superman is standing in the street with his arms crossed and has a stern look as people are lying in the streets unconscious or crawling towards a…
Wednesday Comics: Was it worth it?
It’s over! This summer; DC’s brave experiment was a 12 issue long series done on newspaper broadsheet in the style of the Sunday comics. Bringing in some big name writers and artists such as: Azzarello, Gibbons, Busiek and Gaiman; DC…
Marge Simpson to answer question: "Does animated carpet match the animated drapes"
No longer do those with cartoon fetishes have to troll through various seedy forums to find paint shop versions of nude pictures of Marge Simpson – and you have Hugh Hefner to thank. Playboy magazine is turning over its cover to…
Today(ish) in Twitter – Friday, October 9th, 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…
Thor Casting News and Speculation!
Spoiler TV has gotten their hands on a new casting call for the Thor movie, and this one is a touch baffling. Here’s what the Kenneth Branaugh are looking for: [WARRIORS] A fearless warrior race, where size, strength and ferocity…
Auction Highlights #6 – One Up
In honor of just posted Market Trends report this week’s auction highlights will try to find out what kind of jumps in price are accompanying incremental jumps in grade. We chose some relatively easy comics to get so all of us can relate.…
Comic Culture: October 7th 2009
Welcome back to the Comic Culture podcast featuring the smooth style of Walter Durajlija and Christopher Owen. This week the guys talk about; the continuation of Buffy at Dark Horse, the Archie wedding issues, the return of Heroclix, Mickey Mouse…
Just A Thought #2: Wherein Brent Discusses Comics That Need To Be Reprinted
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. The great thing about…
Market Trends October 2009
In our second Market Trends installment we will discuss the rising importance of 'pressing' comic books before submitting then for grading.
Today(ish) in Twitter – October 7th, 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
Collecting and Investing Tips #6
Buying locally is not a very easy thing to do these days. The internet has all kinds of sites offering to sell you old collectible comics, new weekly comics and everything in between with just the touch of a
Check Out Ramon Perez's Travel 'blog
Hey Guys, Comic Book Daily favourite and all around awesome guy Ramon Perez (Butternut Squash, Kukuburi, The upcoming Green River Killer) is currently in Europe at the łódź komiks festiwal and bumming around meeting up with friends and having what…
The Lulu Awards! Vote Now!
The Lulu Awards recognize the people and projects that help open the eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women. The nominees list this year is truly star-studded including Christian Slade, Gail Simone, Kate…
Sneak Peek: Sweet Tooth #2
I’ve been a huge fan of Jeff Lemire. If I get enough drinks into me and I’m getting pretty emotional urge me to talk about the end of Essex County vol 2. Seriously, the scene where all the hockey players…
Sneak Peek: Grant Morrison’s Joe The Barbarian
Vertigo’s blog just announced that Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy’s Joe the Barbarian mini-series is now going from three issues to eight issues. This is pretty good news, especially once you guys get a look at the preview pages we…
Sneak Peek: Grant Morrison's Joe The Barbarian
Vertigo’s blog just announced that Grant Morrison and Sean Murphy’s Joe the Barbarian mini-series is now going from three issues to eight issues. This is pretty good news, especially once you guys get a look at the preview pages we…