Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
After thoroughly enjoying Fire & Water, Bell’s biography of Bill Everett, I eagerly awaited this first collection of early Everett comics. [quote]This book collects over 200 pages of this never-before-reprinted work from titles such as Amazing Mystery Funnies (1938), Amazing-Man…
Today marks seventy-five years since the first Prince Valiant strip was published. Wow. Fantagraphics notes the anniversary on their blog and makes this first strip available. If you haven’t experienced the new reprints from Fantagraphics get out there and pick…
I gave Roy Crane’s Captain Easy, Solder Of Fortune: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips Volume 1 1933-1935 a good thumbing many, many times before picking it up. The artwork was too simple, the stories silly. One day in my local…
The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping. This week: top comic strip reprint collections. 5. The Complete Johnny Comet The…
R. Kikuo Johnson set the comic world on fire with his 2005 debut Night Fisher. Unfortunately I wasn’t reading non superhero comics then and never heard of it. Big mistake. [quote]First-rate prep school, S.U.V., and a dream house in the…
My local comic shop received this last week although everyone seems to be listing today as its release date. I’ve been waiting all year for Tardi’s Like A Sniper Lining Up His Shot. [quote]Martin Terrier, ice-cold mercenary-turned-contract-killer, has his future…
Reflecting on the collected editions I’ve read over the last three months one thing stands out: publishers are skimping or dropping extras and supplemental material. Since the birth of the trade paperback softcovers have rarely included any extras, but their…
Fantagraphics keeps the hits rolling throughout 2011 and The Arctic Marauder is the latest in their Jacques Tardi translations line. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: In our ongoing quest to showcase the wide range of Jacques Tardi’s bibliography, Fantagraphics reaches all…
This one caught me by surprise. As I read more and more collected editions my library of Fantagraphics books grows with new releases and older material “discovered” online and at my local comic shop. I was perusing their 2011 catalogue…
The new year is finally starting to roll out so I thought to highlight my picks from 2010: one book from each publisher that to me was the best material they put out. Superman: Secret Origin by DC Comics This…
Over the holidays Fantagraphics released their Spring 2011 catalog which covers new items until August; yes that’s well into summer but I didn’t name it. Feel free to browse it at your leisure but I wanted to highlight a few…
Every week CBD’s Editor in Chief Pete DeCourcy asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers, we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans_Daily for the inspiration.…
A book with two versions listed and a different ship date from every online bookseller: exactly what and when is Fantagraphics offering? A few days ago I was perusing the Fantagraphics website and noticed a solicitation for Usagi Yojimbo: The…
Every week CBD’s Editor in Chief Pete DeCourcy asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers; we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans_Daily for the inspiration.…