Good Story Telling Trumps The Art Any Day
I've come to the conclusion that, as much as I love good comic art, it's good writing that keeps me coming back for more.
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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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Undervalued Spotlight #148
Fantastic Four #13, Marvel Comics (April 1963) April 1963 was a good month for Marvel Comics, Iron Man was introduced, the Amazing Spider-Man title was fired up and in Fantastic Four #13 the Watcher was introduced. In FF #13 we…
Absolute-ly | #4: Moebius’ Silver Surfer
After a very long hiatus we’re back with another edition of Absolute-ly, a look at material that deserves to be in a gigantic art loving format akin to DC’s Absolute, Dark Horse’s Library or IDW’s Artist Edition. Silver Surfer:…
Spider-Man Is Fifty And Still Awesome
It will come as no surprise to longtime readers that I am a huge Spider-Man fan. It is the book that I have collected the longest, the character that I have always liked the most, and the one that still…
My Thoughts On Fan Expo 2012
Well Fan Expo has wrapped up for another year, and I like most of you are tired and beat up from the weekend. It was long. It was hard work. But it was a lot of fun. I think this…
Fan Expo Sunday (a day in pictures)
This year my wife was able to join me on Sunday for Fan Expo. She enjoys taking pictures and I thought it would be great if she just walked around the show, taking some pictures of the crowd and what…
Romita 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…
Comic Culture March 7th
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they put on their pledge drive hats and rally their listeners in support of CFMU 93.3 FM, Hamilton’s best radio station!! Listeners are encouraged to call 905-928-9888 and pledge.…
London’s Super Comic Convention
The Super Comic Convention will be taking over the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands this weekend with a good looking panel schedule and an interesting prize for the ‘hardcores’ in costume – meaning… a likely showing of well-dressed nerds in…
London’s Super Convention
On the weekend of February 25th–26th, London’s Super Convention will be taking over the Excel Centre at the heart of London’s Royal Docks. Sold with quite a few mouth-watering prospects including the great Stan Lee himself, whom makes his first appearance at a comic convention…
Undervalued Spotlight #105
Avengers #8, Marvel Comics, September 1964 For this spotlight I though I’d go through the Avengers title and try to pick out a sleeper that no one seems to be focusing on. With the Avengers movie releasing next May a…
1941 In Comics
This weeks Pick 5 is a little bit different. Since there are many lists that feature “this day in”, I thought I would try it here. So this week’s Pick 5 are big events in a given year. The year…
The Fantastic Farel Dalrymple
It’s been a pretty good few years for the Fantastic Four/Future Foundation (no matter what Eddie Campbell says). After being largely neglected by the comics community at large – probably since the Waid/Wieringo era – it seems like the books…
Movie Cameos
With the recent release of X-Men First Class (which features two cameos), I got thinking about cameo appearances in our favourite Super Hero movies. Easily there could be a Pick 5 list on just Stan Lee’s appearances alone (hmm… maybe a…
Undervalued Spotlight #84
Amazing Spider-Man #101, Marvel Comics, October 1971 The issue marks the first time Stan Lee did not script Amazing Spider-Man. Stan the Man had his hand in the first 100 but passed the pen to scribe Roy Thomas for this…
Review: Starborn #5
This week I'm checking in on the fifth issue of Boom!'s Starborn, the Stan Lee creation helmed by Chris Roberson. Excelsior!...and stuff.
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This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss the Joe Shuster Awards nominees, the NHL Guardian Project, declining comic book sales, Captain America and lots more. Now just kick back, relax and enjoy the show. Comic Culture…
Undervalued Spotlight #74
Marvel Tales Annual #1, Marvel Comics, Summer 1964 Undervalued Spotlight fan Dave submitted this pick and I couldn’t agree more. Thanks Dave for the good work and your good eye for undervalued comic books. Is this the comic book that…
Just A Thought | The Worst In Sport Based Comics
Have you seen Stan Lee’s NHL super heroes yet? Wow…just wow. I can’t blame Stan and his POW company for trying to make a buck but…wow. While I love comics, there is no doubt in my mind that there have…
The NHL Guardian project…what are they thinking
Fans of Hockey might have heard about the NHL’s Guardian Project where comic legend Stan Lee turned the mascots of each NHL team into a superhero. What they may not know is how this has produced some of the most…