
It’s day 6 of the lock down reading challenge, to read books that have been on the ever growing read list.
Continue reading “Lockdown Reading List for Tuesday March 31st, 2020”
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It’s day 6 of the lock down reading challenge, to read books that have been on the ever growing read list.
Continue reading “Lockdown Reading List for Tuesday March 31st, 2020”

In what could be a crushing blow for the comic market, especially small press publishers, Diamond has halted payments to comic book publishers as announced today.
Continue reading “Diamond Not Paying Publishers, Rumor of Cash Flow Crunch”
Anthony from www.comicsheatingup.net shares his latest in store and online purchased. The last “new comic book delivery” for a while. Check it out below: Continue reading “Anthony’s Pickups for 3/30/20”

It’s day 5 of the lock down reading challenge, to read books that have been on the ever growing read list.
Continue reading “Lockdown Reading List for Monday March 30th, 2020”
In what is becoming an outpouring of help from independent comic publishers, Scout Comics has joined the fray in sending 50% of online sales directly to local comic shops to help keep them afloat during the Diamond Shutdown. Continue reading “Scout Comics to Send 50% of Online Sales to Your Local Comic Shop”
We all want to read cool new comics and support our local comic shop, except the Diamond Shut Down is preventing new comics from getting to the stores. We can order online for books already published, but that doesn’t help our local comic shop survive. TKO Studios has come up with something cool to get you new series you haven’t read and help your local comic shop during the shut down. Continue reading “TKO Studios Gives 50% of Online Sales to Your Local Comic Shop”

It’s day 4 of the lock down reading challenge, to read books that have been on the ever growing read list.
Continue reading “Lockdown Reading List for Sunday March 29th, 2020”

As promised, the Covrprice.com runners-up list. Think of this as the second half of the top 20. Continue reading “Covrprice.com Runners-Up for 3/29/20”
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 3/29/20”
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight new books coming out of April TBD Previews for Marvel Comics, if and when that actually happens.
So take a break from all the crap you’re trying to do around the house and see what could be coming soon from Marvel, with the spotlight picks out of April TBD Previews.
Continue reading “April Previews 2020 – Marvel Spotlight Books”
Anthony is joining Mel V., Nico, and Gary The Comic DeSpective, live chatting. Check it out below. Continue reading “Mel V. Hosting Live Video Podcast”

It’s day 3 of the lock down reading challenge, to read books that have been on the ever growing read list.
Continue reading “Lockdown Reading List for Saturday March 28th, 2020”
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight new books coming out of April Previews for DC Comics who pretty much dominated again with Batman related books right before the no shipping of new books hiatus.
Anthony and Blind Adam got together for a video podcast to talk about the current state of comics, some cool books, some not so cool books, and other current comic book events. If you have already burned through Tiger King on Netflix, check it out below: Continue reading “Comicsheatingup’s Locked Down Video Podcast”

So I’m going to stick to the plans and challenge myself to read at least one comic and or trade every day during this lock down.
Continue reading “Lockdown Reading List for Friday March 27th, 2020”
Anthony from Comics Heating Up has been busy during the lockdown, reorganizing his collection. Here is what he has been up to, plus shares some cool, key, and rare books. Continue reading “Things to do During the Comic Shut Down: Reorganize Your Collection / Plus Key Issues”

So since Diamond isn’t shipping new books for the time being and most of us are stuck at home, I figured it’d be fun (and my own challenge) to start up a new article of what I’m reading each day (because my to-read list was getting way too long as it is) and everyone can jump in and share what they might be reading as well, during their own lockdown.
Can be recent book, random book, several books.. I’ll be picking at random from the ever growing Poyo Library. Maybe we can make these the daily open forums, not limited to what you’re reading but anything else in the comic book world of news, updates, thoughts, etc as well.
Continue reading “Lockdown Reading List for Thursday March 26th, 2020”
Marvel sends out mailers to retailers and this is the latest mailer in hopes to handle and support local retailers who depend on weekly shipments of books for their business. This is their corrected version and includes their new deep discount tiers for retailers.
Continue reading “Marvel Mailer – Deep Discount Updates from Marvel to Retailers”
One of the hardest things to do in comics is to launch a new line of books. AWA (Artist Writers & Artisans) Studios launched their new line of comics just this past week. Them everything shut down. Diamond Comic Distributors, a ton of stores, and even some comic publishers. That is rough. So here is what AWA is doing to attract fans, they are giving away a digital version of their flagship title, The Resistance #1 Continue reading “AWA Studios Giving Away Resistance #1 For Free Digitally”
Sure Diamond isn’t shipping new books to stores for the next few weeks, but that doesn’t mean you can get new comics to read. Now is your chance to try out some new Small Press books you missed over Continue reading “Things To Do During The Comic Shut Down: Support Small Press Directly”

Welcome once again to another installment of the One Week Later Report. Usually these are books that heated up or were good pick up for flipping, even going as far to report if books fell flat and you can now find at cheaper prices.
This week we’ll cover the books released on 03/18/2020. And as we know most are staying home, for those that did venture out, tell us what you found this week from the past week or few weeks.
Continue reading “One Week Later Report for March 25th, 2020”
Want to continue to support the Comic Community while still getting some killer comics? Diamond Distributors and many local shops are shut down but you still want new comics, back a Kickstarter. We already told you about the Kickstarter Campaing for Stake #1, well, theh added a Peach Momoko Variant to the mix. Continue reading “Things To Do During The Comic Shut Down: Back A Kickstarter (Stake Peach Momoko Variant)”

X-Men #9 is in stores tomorrow, or today, or yesterday depending on when your store got them… Anyway, the king egg was introduced last issue. The king egg attracts the brood. The brood are on their way. There can be many queen brood, but only one king, and the X-Men have the egg. We get a new King Brood this issue.

Immortal Hulk #33 is in stores tomorrow, supposed to be, or today, or maybe even yesterday depending on when your shop got them. Anyway, this is a mega sized 750th issue special so this is kind of a heavy spoiler. Check it out below:
Continue reading “Spoilers: Immortal Hulk #33 – Over the Top Oversized Issue”
Sony Pictures has done something interesting. They are sending Bloodshot to home video (VOD) early because of the shut downs caused by the coronavirus. Now they have released the first nine minutes of the movie to watch. Check it out below: Continue reading “Sony Releases First Nine Minutes of Bloodshot”