A Transitional Period
John Bell categorizes the Canadian Silver Age as coming to an end in 1988 when the black and white comics market collapsed. I, on the other hand, have long looked at the publication of the first issue of Drawn &…
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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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Investing and Finding Value in a Down Market
Comic books and other collectibles are generally not treated as serious investments in the world of finance. However, in 2020 and 2021 they became more interesting to investors who had access to large amounts of credit and who were looking…
The Original Dirty Plotte
One of the most common requests I receive from readers of Forgotten Silver is to write about minicomics from the 1980s more often. Last year, I wrote columns about the early works of Chester Brown and also covered the work…
TCAF 2013: Artist Interaction
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival celebrated its tenth anniversary this past weekend and was a grand event in and around the Toronto Reference Library. Like all comic shows I attended in the hopes of interacting with favourite creators and scoring…
Cho’s Back Alleys And Urban Landscapes
Michael Cho has a new book solicited in Drawn & Quarterly’s Spring 2012 catalogue: Back Alleys And Urban Landscapes. Here’s the quote: [quote]Michael Cho began creating drawings of the back alleys near his Toronto home in 2008. With this book,…