Web Arted #297
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Elder!
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Bob Morane Resurrection V2: The Village That Didn’t Exist
The all-new Bob Morane continues, following the heroic soldier into enemy territory. With his friend wounded, he’s forced to seek aid in the village of Zamosho, the base of the terrorist organization Wal Jihad. His humanitarian operations to bring education…
Undervalued Spotlight #382
Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1, Marvel Comics, April 1968. I was at a small local comic show this past weekend and a sequence of events pointed me towards this week’s Spotlight pick. First off there was this lower grade Tales of…
Web Arted #296
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Franquin, Moebius, Chaykin, Cheung, Dell, Mayo, Byrne.
Review | Gene Colan’s Tomb Of Dracula Artist’s Edition
Tomb of Dracula by Wolfman, Colan, and Palmer has long been considered one of the best Marvel Comics of the 1970s. Colan’s atmospheric artwork was the perfect companion to Wolfman’s dark and foreboding stories—together they formed a classic series. This Artist’s Edition…
Comic Culture February 14th 2018
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija celebrate Valentine’s Day. In this show we read comic related romantic poems in our annual Poem Off, we also welcome special guests Kermit the Frog, Chewbacca, Christopher Walken and Sir…
Undervalued Spotlight #381
Hi-School Romance #11, Charlton Comics, October 1951. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. This by far is my favorite post of the year. As a rule I try not to pick in advance the Valentine’s post comic, I really enjoy the exercise…
The William Ekgren Run
I am really stretching my own boundaries this week on what I constitutes “a run” of comic books with today’s post. The mysterious William Ekgren the comic artist with only three (3) books ever published. In fact, it is only…
Web Arted #295
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Colan, Godwin, Jones, Epting, Golden, DeCarlo.
Bob Morane Resurrection V1: Rare Earth
Bob Morane is back! This thrilling reboot from Lombard reintroduces the heroic soldier and all his classic associates in a new, present-day world. The whip-smart, physically skilled, and drop-dead gorgeous Morane has volunteered for a peacekeeping mission to Nigeria, where…
Comic Culture February 7th 2018
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about comic book stuff. Show sounds a tinny and echoey this week – apologies, we’ll resolve the issue for next week. So kick back, relax and enjoy this week’s…
Undervalued Spotlight #380
Planet Comics #46, Fiction House, January 1947. I’ve noted it countless times but I’ll remind everyone again that covers have become a dominant driver of comic book value, trailing only 1st appearance issues in importance. At the moment some of…
Web Arted #294
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Moldoff, Liefeld, Miki, Manning, Maguire, McWilliams.
Comic Culture Wednesday January 31st 2018
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk some comic talk. So sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure you go out and support your local comic book shop.…
Undervalued Spotlight #379
Black Panther #1, Marvel Comics, November 1998. Last night (January 29, 2018) was the world premiere of the Black Panther movie. The film goes to wide release in North America on February 16 and judging from the comic shop talk…
The First Six – Iron Man & Tales of Suspense #39-44
It’s time to take a look at the early beginnings of Iron Man. I took a very long time deciding if I was going to post this, as I found these early books to be amongst the weakest of the…
Web Arted #293
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Zeck, Muth, Prentice, Zaffino, Noto.
Review | Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four The World’s Greatest Artist’s Edition
Jack Kirby was the undisputed King of Comics and IDW is proud to present the second Artist’s Edition focusing on his Fantastic Four work. And, even better, this collects his earlier, “twice up” art–Kirby-sized!! This massive collection includes issues 33, 45, 47, and…
Another New Year
I am not a person who enjoys the sombre cocooning that winter imposes on us pensioned comic geeks–and this year we are having a real, old-fashioned winter. You young whippersnappers might call this an Arctic Vortex, but to those of…
Undervalued Spotlight #378
Fantastic Four #5, Marvel Comics, July 1962. This week I gave myself a big challenge, to pick a huge Marvel book that still has tons of upside. One can argue that lots of them still do but I set about…
The Grey Age of Comics: 1970-71
One of the oldest and most frequent questions debated around comic shops is “when does the Silver age of comics end and the Bronze age begin”. There are always different opinions and some lively debate in terms of people defending…