Covered 365: Day 99
Falling in Love #99, DC Comics, May 1968 – Artist: Ric Estrada. This cover is amazing, I’ve been looking for a high grade one for years and have never been able to track one down. Please note this is not…
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Undervalued Spotlight #440
Star Wars: The Force Awakens #1, Marvel Comics, August 2016. My pal Chris is a life long Star Wars fan and him and I ended up talking about the 35 cent Star Wars #1 and how crazy the prices are…
From Captain Newfoundland to Captain Canada
It’s hard to believe that another month has passed and that it is already April! Last month, I provided a broad overview of the historical context that led to the creation of Geoff Stirling’s Captain Newfoundland character and argued that…
Covered 365: Day 98
Jimmy Olsen #98 – DC Comics, December 1966 – Artist: Curt Swan. I can just picture the Marvel staff meeting in December 1966 – “look at these numbers people, we must be doing something right, lets keep up the good…
Covered 365: Day 97
Modern Comics #97 – Quality Comics, May 1950 – Artist: Reed Crandall. I love the composition of the Modern Comics #97 cover, the art is top notch too. Whiz #97 caught my attention with it’s strong colors and the innuendo…
Covered 365: Day 96
Archie Comics #96 – Archie Publications, December 1958 – Artist: ? Harry Lucey??. You knew a romance themed one was coming soon after the willpower I showed laying of the recent Teen Confessions and you know much like Agatha Christie…
Web Arted #354
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Davis, Farmer, Colan, Green, Cockrum, Buscema, Marcos, Stroman.
Covered 365: Day 95
Marvel Tales #95 – Marvel/Atlas Comics, March 1950 – Artist: Carl Burgos (questioned at comics.org). Marvel Tales #95 is such a stand out. A few years back I saw a very high grade copy at a con and the experience…
Review | Four Sisters, Vol. 1: Enid
In a beautiful villa beside the sea, full of nooks and mystery, five sisters are living on their own since their parents died in a car accident—growing up together, sharing their grief, everyday experiences, and love. Charlie is the oldest;…
Covered 365: Day 94
X-Men #94 – Marvel Comics, August 1975 – Artist: Gil Kane. I love the combination of key issue and iconic cover. Sometimes I’m not sure if it’s the keyness of the issue that makes the cover seem iconic after but…
Covered 365: Day 93
Tales to Astonish #93 – Marvel Comics, July 1967 – Artist: Marie Severin. Such an iconic cover from Marie Severin. TTA #93 has always stood out in piles of Marvel Silver Age. Today in the Marvel U there are few…
Comic Culture April 3rd, 2019
Every week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk the comic book talk. So kick back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please make sure you go out and support your local comic book shop.…
WECA Comic Photo-Journal
Having put Heroes of the Home Front and the first edition of the WECA Comic Book Price Guide to bed last summer and having the fall and winter to relax from the scramble of getting these two projects together and…
Covered 365: Day 92
House of Secrets #92 – DC Comics, July 1971 – Artist: Bernie Wrightson (pencils and inks) I feel like I’m cheating with this one but how do I not pick it? A great comic book cover matching each day of…
Undervalued Spotlight #439
New York World’s Fair 1939, DC Comics, April 1939. My pal Mike and I were talking Superman the other day, we’d just picked up a nice run of Sups from #1 to #11 almost complete to sell on our I.C.E.…
Comic Con Haul!
The Toronto Comic Con was a couple of weeks ago, and as usual, I had a list of items I wanted to pick up to complete some runs or just to pick up for the sake of reading runs I…
Covered 365: Day 91
Brave and the Bold #91 – DC Comics, August/September 1970 – Artist: Nick Cardy (pencils and inks). So I actually spent time looking for some lame blank sketch variant #91 as my April Fools post, when I could not find…
Covered 365: Day 90
Wings Comics #90 – Fiction House, February 1948 – Artist: Bob Lubbers. I’m back on the girl in the impossibly precarious situation wagon and there’s no arguing this one fits the bill. Wings #90 has been super hot on the…
Covered 365: Day 89
Famous Funnies #89 – Eastern Color, December 1941 – Artist: Harry G. Peter. This cover by Harry G. Peter just explodes off the page, it was hard to ignore once I’d seen it. I’ve never seem an actual copy of…
Covered 365: Day 88
Dark Horse Presents #88 – Dark Horse Comics, August 1994 – Artist: Mike Mignola. I’ve been looking at a lot of covers over these past few months and one era that has been disappointing has been the 1990s so when…
Web Arted #353
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Cheung, Morales, Bertram, Chaykin, Buscema, Bolton.