New York Comics Shops and Big Books
Last week I was in New York, New York for our annual family vacation getaway. And since we were in the big city I took the time to visit a few Manhattan comic shops. In reality that meant Forbidden Planet…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Comic Book Heaven!
It’s amazing how many times on Facebook, or different message boards someone gets made out to be the bad guy. I tend to take most of these comments as nothing more than someones opinion, not necessarily fact. I have also …
IDW’s Artist’s Edition Numbering
IDW numbers their Artist’s Editions, and has for some time. Here is a complete list of all Artist’s Editions sorted by publication date. Name Ship Date Number Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition 08/18/10 First Walter Simonson’s The Mighty Thor…
Hyperbole,…Shmyperbole
Last week I traveled back in time. It was a simpler time. I drank water from the outdoor water hose. I watched Saturday Morning cartoon shows and I read “The Worlds Greatest Comic Magazine”! I stepped back in time to wonderment and surprise…
The Results Are In: The 2016 Scott Dunbier Awards Winners
First and foremost we’d like to thank all those who voted in the 2016 Scott Dunbier Awards. Here are the results; a hearty congratulations to all our winners! Winner of Best Design: Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye Curator’s…
Artist’s Edition Index Podcast Episode 1
Taking the Artist's Edition Index from print to the spoken word, join me monthly for a look at all things Artist's Edition. This month we take a look at shipping changes, November 2016 Previews solicitations, September 2016 current sales and out of print eBay sales, Jack Kirby Kamandi The Last Boy On Earth Artist’s Edition Volume 2 and Girl Power: Amanda Conner Gallery Edition.
Read MoreFor The Love of Sequential Storytelling
Every time one of Scott VanderPloeg’s Artist Edition reviews (AE) comes out, I feel another withdrawal coming on. As in bank withdrawal. I’m a big fan of the Artist edition format, for the obvious reason that it is great to see such…
August 2016 Sales Numbers
Diamond released their sales numbers over the weekend and ICv2 has extrapolated those and determined actual unit sales: Top 300 Comics Actual and Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual. Also worth noting is Diamond’s Top Ten Books. These numbers are for…
Artist’s Edition Out Of Print Sales August 2016
Luckily for most Artist’s Edition readers and collectors almost all of these books are still available for cover price from Diamond through your local comic shop. For the full list with Diamond order codes please see our AE Index. The…
July 2016 Sales Numbers
Diamond released their sales numbers over the weekend and ICv2 has extrapolated those and determined actual unit sales: Top 300 Comics Actual and Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual. These numbers are for Diamond’s direct sales in North America only and…
Preview | Al Williamson’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Artist’s Edition
Courtesy of IDW comes this preview of Al Williamson's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Artist's Edition.
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Fantagraphics starts Studio Edition line with Hal Foster
Through some Amazon “fishing” a new line of Artist’s Edition style books have been uncovered, Fantagraphics Studio Edition. First up will be Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant. Here’s the catalog entry courtesy of Jacq Cohen, with the text following. FANTAGRAPHICS STUDIO…
IDW to launch Artisan Edition line in 2015
IDW is launching a new imprint called Artisan Edition that is offering Artist's Editions in an 8" x 12" paperback format for $50.
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An Artist’s Edition Index For All Publishers
Being a fan of the artist's edition line from IDW and all the other publishers that have followed, releasing books in the same format, I've started an index of all current and solicited volumes. Please use it as a reference and let me know what other information you'd like to see listed. I own most of these so it's been fairly easy to collect the information, but as more publishers join in information will have to be gathered from solicitations and online reviews.
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Limited Fan Expo Coverage: No Big Deal
I don't believe Fan Expo needs or really wants any press coverage: they have 100,000 or more email addresses of people who attend their show. A built-in captive audience they can sell to whom they know like the product they offer. One free pass means one body in the show who didn't pay and is taking a spot in a packed convention centre that could have been occupied by a paying customer.
Read MoreRomita Spider-Man Artist’s Edition Limited Remarqued
If you guessed that this is in fact the longest title of a book I own then you are correct; post title shortened. John Romita’s The Amazing Spider-Man: Artist’s Edition Limited Remarqued Version is the most limited edition of IDW’s…
John Romita Sr Artist’s Edition
My favourite Spider-Man artist, out of all the artists that have ever been, is John Romita Sr., so it goes without saying that I was very excited when IDW announced this Artist’s Edition. Artist’s Editions, for those who need to know,…
#3: Steranko’s Fury
Unfortunately Jim Steranko is a name fading from the collective comic book memory, to its detriment. Exploding onto the comics scene in the late 1960s and then quickly leaving the medium, he stands out as a master of page layout, design and motion.
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