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It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of January 15th, 2020, which is my first one of the new year.
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 January 15th, 2020”
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”
Brian K. Vaughn’s Wildstorm comic book series Ex Machina has been optioned for a movie according to The Hollywood Reporter Continue reading “Brian K. Vaughan’s Ex Machina Optioned for Movie”
It’s that time again, where I pick the FOC book of the week before final cutoff.
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight of new books coming out of January Previews for the independent and much smaller publishers.
Continue reading “January 2020 Previews – Independent Spotlight Books”
As promised, the Runners-Up list, think of these as the second part of the Top 20. Now then, on to #11-20. Continue reading “Covrprice.com Runners-Up for 1/11/20”
As you know, CovrPrice is all about tracking actual sales for graded and raw comics. They work hard to accurately gather sales across 4 major marketplaces to give you the best value estimates for your comics, updated daily.
In 2019 alone they tracked the value of just over 4 million comic sales collectively representing over $220 million dollars of comics that have sold! As you can imagine, tracking this many sales (in just one year) allows us to provide our members with a rare end of year perspective. While some of these trends were obvious, many surprised us. Continue reading “CovrPrice Year In Review for 2019”
The last two covers are now revealed and I think these are some of the better ones for issue #1.
Continue reading “Artgerm & Marini Covers For Mirka Andolfo’s MERCY Revealed”
The second Birds of Prey trailer has been released online. It features Black Mask in mask, roller derby Harley and more. Check it out below Continue reading “Second Birds of Prey Trailer Released”
Blind Adam and I have been talking about doing videos together for a while. Talking about different books that do not fall into the normal spec category. In this first video, we talk about some of Marvel’s most mature themed books, most that were sold on the newsstand or in comic shops and were not necessarily labeled as mature comics. We picked up a sponsor for these videos and are ready to launch. Check out the video below: Continue reading “Marvel Top Five Comics That Have “Mature Themes””
Since Covrprice.com came on the scene, they have become a go to spot for watching eBaytrends on comics. They scour thousands of eBay
sales to cultivate data to spotlight the hottest selling comics. Here is this week’s Top Ten Comics: (Please note, potential spoilers do follow, and, these results are for auction that closed last week. )
Continue reading “Covrprice Top 10 List for 1/10/20”
Following the trailer that dropped earlier for Locke and Key, Netflix and IDW Entertainment/Publishing (IDW) have posted the first trailer for October Faction online. Check it out below. Continue reading “October Faction Trailer Drops Online”
The upcoming tv adaptation of Joe Hill’s Locke and Key has gotten its first trailer. Netflix dropped the trailer online today. Check it out below Continue reading “Netflix Releases First Trailer for Locke and Key”
Stepping in again to pick some variants of the week for this Wednesday’s new books.
Continue reading “Variant Picks of the Week for January 8th, 2020”
Donny Cates has been hard at work on the screenplay for the adaptation of his comic book God Country. He tweeted out early this morning that the screen play has been completed. Continue reading “Donny Cates Tweets God Country Screenplay Complete”
Ruins of Ravencroft Oneshot is in stores tomorrow. The prison, which has already been used in the past, gets a secret history directly tied into the Venom, and Absolute Carnage, storylines.
Continue reading “Quick Spoilers: Ruins of Ravencroft, A Prison with a History”
Immortal Hulk #29 is in stores tomorrow. While we do not get a ton of new breakthroughs, but we do get some interesting creatures created by Roxxon. Not to mention some insight into the Hulk, check it out below:
Continue reading “Spoilers: Immortal Hulk #29 When Monsters Attack”
Venom #22 is in stores tomorrow. Venom Island is now in full affect, as is Eddie’s war on Carnage. First blood is drawn by Eddie, but not in the way you think. Also, Dylan is hiding something.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Venom #22 The First Cut is the Deepest”
Young Justice #12 is in stores tomorrow. It features an homage to one of Marvel’s most popular characters, and actually looks like one of the characters from the Marvel/DC Crossover from a few years ago. Check it out below.
Continue reading “Quick Spoilers: Young Justice #12, An Homage to a Marvel”
Batman #86 is in stores tomorrow. It starts the new direction with new writer, James Tynion
Continue reading “Spoilers: Batman #86, a New Direction a New Threat.”
Books hit the shelves Wednesday mornings, but sales go on before that. Here is what our picks are doing on eBay going into Wednesday morning. Continue reading “Pre-Game Report for 1/8/20”
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 270th edition of the open forum! Continue reading “Wednesday Open Forum”
Every week, hundreds of new comics hit the stands, each with potential. Some live up to that potential. We pick the ones we think have the best shot at heating up. Here are our picks of the week for delivery 1/8/20 Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 1/8/20”
Final Order Cut-Off is the last day that shops can guarantee their orders for comics. After Final Order Cut-Off, or FOC, these books will only be available to retailers on Advance Reorder. And that is not guaranteed. So here are the highlights for Monday, 1/6/20’s FOC list. Continue reading “Final Order Cut-Off Highlights for 1/6/2020”
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 January 8th, 2020”