Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Chris Butcher (manager of the award winning comic book store Beguiling, the co-founder of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival as well as inspiration for Wallace Wells in the always amazing Scott Pilgrim series) has sent out some news for this…
The Big event in Canadian Comic Book Awards are this Saturday September 26th, at University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall with host Jonathan Llyr! Come out to see some stars of the comic book scene as well as your ever…
Second Printing examines why DC Entertainment’s 52 (The first of their weekly, year long series) was the Comic Event of this decade. The Invincible Super Blog pulls back the curtain of the Will Magnus Institute of Super-Science (“where we’re solving…
That’s right, we’re here with the first installment of Comic Culture; a weekly radioshow on the comic book industry. Hosted by Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen of Mohawk College; their weekly insights into the industry are sure to knock your…
That’s right, the heirs of Marvel great Jack Kirby have filed suit against the company. According to the Media Decoder Blog; the focus of the lawsuit seems very similar to the case that the Siegel heirs had. They have filed 45 seperate…
Thanks to Neal for posting some beautiful pics on his website, along with this great little note: I have never been able to bring my “A” game to Batman, to my satisfaction. Oh, a little here and there, but all…
In his recent interview with Mania.com Alan Moore talks a bit about DC’s Blackest Night. Alan Moore: That’s it. It’s the paucity of imagination. I was noticing that DC seems to have based one of its latest crossovers [Blackest Night]…
Special thanks to Journalista! for directing me to this letter from the head of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Ted Rall. It’s a really interesting look at how editorial cartoons were effected in 2008 and 2009. It really is…
The Cover: Superman is hanging outside a Mcdonald’s knock-off using his superspeed to shovel as many hamburgers inside his gullet as fast as he can, proclaiming that if he stops he will starve to death. This leaves us to wonder…does…
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…
The awesome gang over at SPOILER TV (Thanks for all the Lost speculation based on casting calls gang!) managed to get their hands on some exclusive character breakdowns as well as one or two plot points. Characters include Carol Ferris…
Reading writer Andy Diggle’s Twitter feed today, I ended up at the twitter of Stringer Belle himself Idiris Elba. Who posted this cheerful photo of the film’s cast. The cast: (From Left to Right) Idris Elba (Rocque), Columbus Short (Pooch),…
This week I’d like to examine some recent sales of comics graded at 8.5 (or VF+ for you old timers). A comic graded 8.5 is generally in very nice condition and is considered as high grade for Golden Age, Silver Age and…
Sure Marvel Zombies are sort of played out now, but this? this is sort of cool. Created by YouTube user Whoiseyevan who took the concept to a whole new level splicing Marvel’s 1966 animated shorts with zombies. The creator explains…
Let’s be honest – it’s hard to write a good Justice League book. Grant Morrison and Mark Waid were maybe the last time anyone wrote them to the level they should be written. Morrison and Waid had them fighting off…
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…
I’m very protective of Batman. It’s a problem I have as a person that I really think I should get checked out. You see I honestly believe that Batman is one of – if not THE – best literary character…
If you thought the recent shake-up/rebranding of DC Comics into DC Entertainment might mean that a Superman movie was being developed… don’t. MTV News spoke with Diane Nelson, the new head of DC Entertainment, and she said that the Man…
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…
Know your pet peeves! OK so you’ve figured out your collection focus and you’re doing a pretty good job sticking to it (see Collecting Tips #2 Stan). So why are there still comics in your collection that you don’t like?…
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