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It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of November 27th, 2019.
Some weeks it’s mostly likes, other weeks it’s dislikes.
So what’s grinding my gears this week?
Continue reading “Things I Like and Dislike for the Week of November 27th, 2019”
This upcoming FOC has some great books coming out that made it a bit harder to choose from.
We shouldn’t just collect or flip books, we should also read them. A good story can make your purchase well worth the money spent if you ask me. After all, we buy books to read for entertainment right? Even if you can’t flip them, reading is just as rewarding.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Trade and Hardcover Picks of the Week”
Here’s a new Throwback Thursday for all you folks who have been around for at least 30+ years….
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight of new books coming out of November Previews for the independent and much smaller publishers.
Continue reading “November Previews 2019 – Indies Spotlight Books”
Welcome once again to the another installment of the One Week Later Report. This week we’ll cover the books released on 11/13/2019
Continue reading “One Week Later Report for November 20th, 2019”
We all knew this one was coming and the official release is December 5th.
Welcome once again to my spec and my drek. I pick what I think will be winners, not only if you make money by flipping but winners as in either a great read or just awesome art.
Then there’s the pesky drek, the comic you should avoid altogether or not fall into the buying every variant trap.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for November 20th, 2019”
It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of November 20th, 2019.
Some weeks it’s mostly likes, other weeks it’s dislikes.
So what’s grinding my gears this week?
Continue reading “Likes and Dislikes for the Week of November 20th, 2019”
This week’s FOC pick I’ve mentioned several times and it’s still a no brainer book to pickup, particularly if you’re a Venom, Clayton Crain and Donny Cates fan.
We shouldn’t just collect or flip books, we should also read them. A good story can make your purchase well worth the money spent if you ask me. After all, we buy books to read for entertainment right? Even if you can’t flip them, reading is just as rewarding.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Trade and Hardcover Picks of the Week”
Nebula can be such a cool character and who I thought was one of the more enjoyable characters in Avengers: End Game.
So hearing news of her getting her own title sounds awesome, at least that’s my initial reaction.
Did you all pick up Morbius #1? Anyone notice the new gal at the end (for those that actually read the books)? I recalled seeing this mentioned in some of the other spec sites and then stumbled upon the confirmation of this new character as it was unknown if she was entirely new or a regurgitated character.
Continue reading “ELIZABETH (Van Helsing??) – New Character Confirmed (Sort of) in Morbius #1”
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight of new books coming out of November Previews for DC that has us excited, either on the spec level, read level or just gorgeous cover art level.
Continue reading “November Previews 2019 – DC & Black Label Spotlight Books”
Straight from the Image Press Release is the solicitation that Undiscovered Country #1 is getting a 3rd printing.
I’m not totally sure what shops are continuing to order these as my local shop this week still had a pretty heavy stack of the first prints available.
Continue reading “Undiscovered Country #1 Gets 3rd Printing”
Back in August I got the pleasure of obtaining a review copy of the new Soldiers Unknown after getting an introduction from Cruzzer to the writer Chag Lowry.
Continue reading “Soldiers Unknown by Chag Lowry and Rahsan Ekedal from Great Oak Press”
It’s been a while since the last Throwback Thursday, but this one seemed like fun. It’s a Throwback to November of 1983…
For all you Once Our Land fans, Peter Ricq has started a new kickstarter to get his new Graphic Novel A King’s Vengeance going.
Continue reading “Once Our Land Creator Peter Ricq Announces New Graphic Novel A KING’S VENGEANCE”
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight of new books coming out of November Previews for the smaller publishers that include Dark Horse, IDW, Image and others.
Continue reading “November Previews 2019 – Small Publisher Spotlight Books”
Welcome once again to my spec and my drek. I pick what I think will be winners, not only if you make money by flipping but winners as in either a great read or just awesome art.
Then there’s the pesky drek, the comic you should avoid altogether or not fall into the buying every variant trap.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for November 13th, 2019”
It’s been a while since I’ve gotten excited about a JTC Star Wars action figure variant but this new one that went on pre-sale I was excited for.
Continue reading “JTC Star Wars #73 Rancor Action Figure Variant – Almost Gone!”
We shouldn’t just collect or flip books, we should also read them. A good story can make your purchase well worth the money spent if you ask me. After all, we buy books to read for entertainment right? Even if you can’t flip them, reading is just as rewarding.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Trade and Hardcover Picks of the Week”
This was the winner book a few weeks back and is still selling well, the first print that is. Now comes a second print of the book that highlights this weeks FOC pick for November 11th, 2019.
A little late with this press release and you likely already read the release but here it is. Despite it’s huge initial print run with tons of variants, Undiscovered Country is going back for a second printing. We’ll likely see a 3rd as well..
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight of new books coming out of November Previews for Marvel.
Continue reading “November Previews 2019 – Marvel Spotlight Books”