Web Arted #340
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Brown, Giacoia, Brereton.
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Review | Star Wars The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol 2
The epic seven-days-a-week sagas begin with “Han Solo at Stars’ End,” based on novel by Brian Daley, adapted by Archie Goodwin and Alfredo Alcala, followed by seven complete adventures by the storied team of Archie Goodwin and artist Al Williamson.…
Undervalued Spotlight #424
Marvel Team-Up #62, Marvel Comics, October 1977. I’ve been spending waaay too much money buying gifts lately to even think about picking a big expensive book this week so I’d like to keep it light and fun AND leave Santa…
Web Arted #339
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Ayers, Kirby, Anderson, Frazetta, McLaughlin, Gulacy.
Thicker Than Blood: Collected Artwork Edition
The Thicker Than Blood Collected Artwork Edition is an oversized 12″ x 17″ hardcover art book that collects and reproduces all of the original artwork that was produced for the three-issue comic series. In this book, for the first time, each stunning…
Comic Culture December 12th 2018
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.…
Undervalued Spotlight #423
Detective Comics #153, DC Comics, November 1949. I was sorting through a pile of old Golden Age a while back and came across a rat chewed Detective Comics that for some reason made me do a double-take. It honestly took…
Introduction to the Canadian Silver Age
My name is brian Campbell (lowercase “b”) and I am a Ph.D. candidate and part-time lecturer at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology. I am also co-owner of the eBay-oriented business, East…
Web Arted #338
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Certa, Cheung, Dell, Morales, Colan, Giacoia, Coipel, Cho.
Is the new Dan Dare Complete Collection worth the upgrade?
Titan has had a solid run of Dare Dare hardcover collections: fifteen to date over the last fourteen years. Dan Dare Complete Collection: The Venus Campaign was released this month, collecting the first three Dan Dare collections. The big selling…
Comic Culture December 5th 2018
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.…
Undervalued Spotlight #422
Yellow Claw #1, Atlas Comics, October 1956. News came out this week of some potential movie plans for Shang-Chi the Master of Kung Fu so I tried to pick a book that could benefit from this. I didn’t want to…
The Definitive Thunder God?
As I am wont to do, I was looking at a random long box and this one happened to be the Mighty Thor. I have a good run from Journey Into Mystery #121 up which was, for me, when the…
Web Arted #337
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Buscema, Kida, Bolland, Bolton, Byrne, Giordano, Bradstreet.
First FECA Book
By now, a lot more of us know that there were two eras to the Canadian Golden Age of comics. In the U.S., the measure of the Golden Age extends from Action 1 in 1938 to about Showcase 3 in…
Comic Culture November 28th 2018
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.…
Undervalued Spotlight #421
Captain America Annual #8, Marvel Comics, September 1986. The Copper Age is full of books that are still easily accessible, that can still deliver great value and that still have strong potential. It’s been a while since we did a…
The Arctic Weather Station Run: Amazing Spider-Man #31-50
This week on Arcs & Runs we are going to play a game of “What If”. Our question – If you had to accept a one-year assignment in an arctic weather station, what twenty issue run of comics would you…
Web Arted #336
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Adams, Green, Mignola.
Review | Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mutants and Moon Knights… and Assassins… Artifact Edition
Bill Sienkiewicz is a modern master having worked on some of Marvel’s most iconic comics of the 1980s: Moon Knight, The New Mutants, Elektra: Assassin, and much more! His unique style is unreplicable, yet so many artists have been inspired to emulate him.…
Comic Culture November 21st 2018
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.…