Author: Anthony

Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List for 7/17/17

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The Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List is a great speculator tool. It shows what books retailers are going back to get more of, in advance of their release. They are actually putting their money up betting these books get big. These are the books people are talking about in shops, message boards, and websites. Here is the Diamond Comics Advance for 7/17/17: Continue reading “Diamond Comics Advance Reorder List for 7/17/17”

Comics and Graphic Novel Sales Up 5% in 2016

Comics and Graphic Novel Sales Up 5% in 2016 according to New Estimate by ICv2 and Comichron
The comics and graphic novel market grew 5% in 2016, according to a new joint estimate by Comichron’s John Jackson Miller and ICv2’s Milton Griepp. Total comics and graphic novel sales to consumers in the U.S. and Canada reached $1.085 billion in 2016, a $55 million increase over sales in 2015. Continue reading “Comics and Graphic Novel Sales Up 5% in 2016”

Alana's Weekend Specs: Meet the Klyntars


Aloha CHUniverse and welcome back to Weekend Specs. Don’t let the title fool you were shoving more Venom down your throats this week. The symbiote race in Marvel comics is also known as the Klyntar race. The Klyntar’s origin has recently been revealed on the Guardians of Galaxy cartoon, Thanos brings the race to Groots home planet and conducts experiments on them creating the raging symbiotes. So this week I’m bringing you all the symbiotes I haven’t written up in the past along with a checklist for the other symbiotes we have already discussed in other Weekend Specs. Also it’s  time to get ready for Hellboy if you haven’t yet. We have the main villain for Black Panther rerevealed among the many different villains coming to the film.  And lastly whatever happen to that Booster Gold guy? Let’s jump in!!! Continue reading “Alana's Weekend Specs: Meet the Klyntars”

Low Priced Exclusive Alert: Calexit #1 Jesse James Variant

The good people at Jesse James Comics in Arizona are at it again with very affordably priced store variants up on eBay. This week’s edition is for Calexit #1 Jesse James Exclusive. The first issue is sold out at Diamond and getting press coverage since it deals with a topical story.
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Netflix Original Series Stranger Things 2 To Be Featured At Halloween ComicFest 2017

Diamond Comic Distributors, the leader in the distribution of comic books, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise to comic book shops, is excited to announce that the Netflix original series Stranger Things 2 will partner with Halloween ComicFest 2017 bringing participants in-store activations, branded merchandise and more. Continue reading “Netflix Original Series Stranger Things 2 To Be Featured At Halloween ComicFest 2017”

Attack of the Killer B's: Supergirl #12 B Artgerm Variant

DC’s cover priced variants featuring some of the hottest artist has been a pretty big success. Many of the covers have become scarce right off the bat. Looks like a fan favorite artist returns in August with Supergirl #12. We finally have the cover art for the Artgerm Variant for Supergirl #12. Check it out below: Continue reading “Attack of the Killer B's: Supergirl #12 B Artgerm Variant”

Wednesday Open Forum

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Wednesday, the best day of the week, new comic book day. It is like your birthday in the middle of each week (well, one where you buy your own presents.)
We open things up to hear from you. A free for all.
The 144th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”

Mel V.'s Variant Picks for 7/12/17

What Up CHU? Mel V. here with your weekly variant picks for the week of July 12th. Sheesh, July already? It seems as if we were just talking about the New Year. I must admit I hit the wall like I usually do around this time with comic fatigue, and I want to just give credit to ALL comic column writers/speculators/reviewers or whatever your field of writing is. It’s not easy coming up with interesting and spec worthy material each and every week. So I salute each and every one of you guys across the web. Now let’s get in to some variants Continue reading “Mel V.'s Variant Picks for 7/12/17”

Spoilers: Did Alan Moore Have A Cameo in Dark Days The Casting ?

Dark Days The Casting #1 is out tomorrow.
It gets into some pretty heavy back story of the DC Universe, more on that shortly, however, looks like Scott Snyder, James Tynion, and Jim Lee may have thrown a nod to, and acknowledged Alan Moore as a creator of the DC Universe by casting him as an immortal in Dark Days The Casting #1. Continue reading “Spoilers: Did Alan Moore Have A Cameo in Dark Days The Casting ?”

Poyo’s Picks for July 12th, 2017

Well here we are again, another Wednesday, new comics coming out and you want to now what is hot. Well, the best I can do is tell you what I think, feel free to agree, disagree, or poke fun in the comments. One thing I can tell you is hot is driving across the country in an RV with your family. We are going modified National Lampoon Vacation style, and while there has been no Christy Brinkley in a Ferrari, Anthony still won’t let me off of writing up my picks. So before he puts out an APB for me, here we go… Continue reading “Poyo’s Picks for July 12th, 2017”

Variant Envy: Dark Nights: Metal #1 by Francesco Mattina

The comic collective of The Comic Mint, Sad Lemon, 7ate9, Amorphous Ink, and Golden Apple are proud to present our variant for DC’s Dark Nights: Metal #1 by Francesco Mattina. Mattina produced a painting of Batman and The Joker that is impressive even for his lengthy resume, but the team was also delighted to see his prowess with a pencil, so much so that we have decided it needs to be shared with the fans in its purest form. In addition to the dressed and virgin version of the painted cover, we will be offering a sketch set with a virgin as well. Continue reading “Variant Envy: Dark Nights: Metal #1 by Francesco Mattina”

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