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Coffin Comics, the publisher of Lady Death and other comics and run by Brian Pulido, has canceled their appearance at ECCC this year due to the coronavirus in Washington State. Continue reading “Coffin Comics Cancels Appearance at Emerald City Comic Con”
That’s right, BANG! It’s a CHU giveaway. I didn’t have time to go back in time for Throwback Thursday as the flux capacitor won’t generate the 1.21 gigawatts so it’s in the shop this week.
Instead, we do a giveaway from a generous sponsor.
With over 70 creators having pulled out already, and major comic book companies such as DC having done so as well, Diamond Comics, Geppi Family Enterprises, has pulled out of ECCC. Continue reading “Diamond Comics Pulls Out of Emerald City Comic Con”
DC Comics is doing something they haven’t done in a while. They are offering ratio variants on the upcoming Dark Nights: Death Metal #1. Death Metal is the sequel to the Dark Nights Metal event that brought us The Batman Who Laughs. Continue reading “DC Offering Ratio Variants on Dark Nights: Death Metal #1”
Ben Percy, hot off his latest sold out Marvel release, Wolverine #1, launches his new book with AWA Studios/Upshot Comics book Year Zero #1. Check out the trailer below: Continue reading “AWA Studios Launch Year Zero by Ben Percy on 4/1/20”
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 02/26/2020.
Continue reading “One Week Later Report for March 4th, 2020”
I know it’s all marketing terms they use but the press release has some questionable phrases and words used to describe this second printing. Almost laughable if you ask me. It’s a great read but I don’t think we need an “Emergency” second printing ordered.
You can still find these at TFAW, almost all covers but limited to 1 per customer and likely your local shops.
Continue reading the full press release..
We mentioned Stake a while ago (here as a matter of fact.) Stake is a new vampire book written by David A Byrne and art by Luis Bernardino. The preview book premiered last year at Mega Con and featured cover art by Derrick Chew. The Kickstarter just kicked off and features cover art by all female artists, including the extremely talented Carla Cohen and more. Check out the details below: Continue reading “Kickstarter Spotlight: Stake #1 Featuring Carla Cohen Cover Art”
Marauders #9 is in stores tomorrow. As of late, no X-Man stays dead for long. The Five have been bringing them back with the help of Goldballs (heh). So it has been a convenient way to kill off characters and have the come back just as they were before.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Marauders #9, No X-Man Stays Dead”
Magnificent Ms. Marvel #13 is in stores tomorrow. It features the first appearance of Amulet, a new character that will be hanging around Kamala for the time being. Check it out below.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Magnificent Ms Marvel #13, Amulet Debuts”
Spiderverse #6 is in store tomorrow. Since she first appeared, people have been speculating that Baby Billie Morales could be Spider Zero from the Spider-Verse series. Check out the spoilers below. We get a bit of Spider Zero’s origin, so this should give a clearer answer.
Continue reading “Spoilers: Spider-verse #6 Spider Zero Baby Billie?”
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 278th edition of the open forum!
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.
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 3/4/20. Continue reading “Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 3/4/20”
The Diamond Retailer Summit will take place April 14 through April 16 in Orlando, FL just ahead of MegaCon Orlando, which takes place April 16 through April 19 at the Orange County Convention Center. One of the highlights of the Summit is the exclusive covers available there. If you cannot make it, and are interested in the books, some are available through pre-order. Continue reading “Adam Hughes Black Widow Diamond Retailer Summit Variant Available for Pre-Order”
Award winning playwright and bestselling comics writer Sean Lewis (Coyotes, Thumbs) reteams with fan favorite Coyotes artist Caitlin Yarsky for a dark urban fantasy maxi-series titled Bliss. It will consist of two story arcs and launch from Image Comics this June. Continue reading “Image Comics Presents ‘Bliss’ This June (4 Page Preview)”
Welcome to my own weekly spec which includes the weekly drek picks. 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.
Batman #90 hits shelves this week and we all know The Designer makes his first full appearance in this issue. But there’s more to this issue than that, Selina’s mischief past are here to haunt her and her current relationship with Bruce.
Sean Lewis, the co-creator if Image comics Coyotes took to Twitter last night and announced his book has been picked up for a movie deal. You can check out the video below: Continue reading “Image Comics Coyotes Optioned for Movie”
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 3/1/20”
Jon Layman’s Outer Darkness crosses over into his previous Chew’s universe with Rob Guillory, which just means pure awesomeness cause you all know what that means right? Secret Agent Poyo makes an appearance.. although brief, it’s certainly in true Poyo style…
Continue reading “Outer Darkness Chew #1 – Sneak Peek Preview”
Coming soon from Scout Comics & Entertainment Inc. is YASMEEN, a brand new six part comic book series that follows an Iraqi teenage girl, Yasmeen, during two periods of her life; that of a normal, happy 16-year-old who must find the courage within herself to endure slavery after getting captured and sold by ISIS soldiers. The second time period takes place after surviving two long years of slavery where Yasmeen comes out a different person, unable to connect to the things that she loved before, and she must go through a different kind of struggle as she tries to adjust to the normal life with her family as a refugee in a foreign country. Continue reading “SCOUT COMICS PRESENTS YASMEEN BY SAIF A. AHMED AND FABIANA MASCOLO”
You really give creators due credit when they not only write but draw and color their own stories. That’s exactly what Mirka Andolfo does and after getting an advanced review of this weeks new Mercy #1 hitting shelves, I’m hooked.
Continue reading “Mirka Andolfo’s Mercy #1 – Sneak Peek Preview”
Image Comics is pleased to reveal jaw-dropping Rob Liefeld (Deadpool) and Skottie Young (Middlewest, I Hate Fairyland) covers for the highly anticipated Savage Dragon #250. This milestone issue of the long-running, creator-owned series by Image Comics partner and CFO Erik Larsen will make waves at comic shops in May 2020. Continue reading “Savage Dragon #250 Get Rob Liefeld and Skottie Young Covers”
