Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
I love Dave Stevens’ creation The Rocketeer and have followed it from Pacific comics to IDW’s deluxe Artist’s Edition and every stop in between. Recently new stories by today’s top talents have been collected in Rocketeer Adventures Volume 1. [quote]Dave…
We've had our fair share of speculation regarding a Watchmen prequel, but now we know for sure. DC is on a roll and they want to keep the momentum building. How better to do that then resurrect one of their best selling properties.
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Kirby, Zaffino, Dodson, Cooke and more!
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days. The Spirit by Darwyn Cooke. Source. Kraven by Mike Mignola. Source. Powers by Michael Avon Oeming. Source. Secret Avengers cover by Art Adams. Source. Rawhide Kid splash…
Simonson on Avengers, Cooke does The Shade, Toronto Comicon details, Faith Erin Hicks profiled, Frazetta comedy movie posters and more.
Courtesy of Chris Ryall’s blog we get news that Parker: The Score by Darwyn Cooke will be available this May. Plus check out the promo art below.
Being a die hard Darwyn Cooke fan I had Parker: The Martini Edition pre-ordered with no knowledge other than it was oversized and collected the two Parker books. Now that I have it in hand it is so much more.…
We don’t focus on upcoming books enough here at Comic Book Daily so for the last Pick Five of the month I’ll be looking at the top July 2011 collections that are supposed to ship. It’s a solid month with…
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2011 was held at the Toronto Reference Library this past weekend. If you’ve never been TCAF is the antithesis of Wizard World or Fan Expo: its publishers and creators that focus on non-superhero comics. I…
We’re launching a new monthly feature that focuses on what comic should receive the “absolute” treatment: any story from any publisher. A call to arms of hardcover comic book fans. While at DC Scott Dunbier pioneered the absolute edition line,…
I'm back from the Boston Comicon 2011 this past weekend. This was a very traditional comic book show: comic dealers and creators in a big room with fans milling about. A few toy dealers around but mostly comic retailers set up to sell, plus a ton of comic creators.
I'm a huge Darwyn Cooke fan and was recently perusing my Absolute New Frontier, marveling at some of the splash pages. Here are five I picked at random, in order of appearance.
Saturday at Fan Expo was crazier than usual: the crowds were so intense all afternoon there was a long line waiting to get in. If only the deals were that crazy… I dedicated the day to getting various hardcovers signed.…
Fan Expo 2010 started today at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The early bird package had a 2:00 PM entrance and there were hundreds lined up to get in: I’ve never seen a crowd that large buying a premium VIP…