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Welcome to this weeks spec and drek. This is where we pick the winners each week we (or shall I say myself) think will be spec worthy, a great read or just cool looking art on the cover. I also dive into the pesky drek, the book you should probably avoid if you can or perhaps not invest so heavily into.
FOC is the last chance to put in your orders with your comic shops and likely get at a discount for pre-ordering.
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Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight new books (and some trade/hardcovers/omnibuses) coming out of May Previews for the smaller publishers like Darkhorse, IDW and Image.
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Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight new books (and some trade/hardcovers/omnibuses) coming out of April Previews for the Smaller Publishers which include Dark Horse, IDW and Image…
Continue reading “April Previews 2021 – Small Publisher Spotlight Books”
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight new books coming out of February Previews for the small publishers that include Dark Horse, IDW and Image Comics.
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Now that Previews seems to be updating now with new books from most if not all publishers, I’ll break down my own picks coming out of Previews.
This article will cover Dark Horse books hitting store shelves in the near future.
It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of June 3rd, 2020. It’s been a few months since the last one.
Some weeks it’s mostly likes, other weeks it’s dislikes.
So what’s grinding my gears this week?
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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.
So the ashcans are selling for around the $25 price range. This first issue of BANG! #1 hits stands this coming Wednesday but is already selling around the $15 price point range itself. A lot of shops are already reporting sold out after listing these with pre-sales…..
Continue reading “BANG! #1 – A Comic To Watch and Where to Buy”
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight new books coming out of February Previews for the smaller publishers that include Dark Horse, IDW, Image and others.
Continue reading “February Previews 2020 – Small Publisher Spotlight Books”
Another FOC Monday is upon us comic book collectors. FOC is the last chance to put in your orders with your comic shops and more than likely get at a discount for pre-ordering.
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight new books coming out of December Previews that kicks off the new 2020 year for the smaller publishers that include Dark Horse, IDW, Image and others.
Continue reading “December Previews 2019 – Small Publisher Spotlight Books”
On the 4th day of CHU Christmas giveaway… Agentpoyo gave to thee..
Continue reading “12 Days of CHU Christmas Giveaway – Day 4”
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 December 4th, 2019”
Previews gives us a glimpse of what’s to come. Here’s the spotlight of new small publisher books coming out of September Previews.
Continue reading “September Previews 2019 – Small Publisher Spotlight Books”
We have the big two, we have the indies and then there’s the in-between. The publishers who are not necessarily small but still have a small market share from the big publishers.
Continue reading “August Previews for Small Publisher Books”
There has been another Wednesday Winner from this past week and it was Dark Horse’s new No One Left To Fight #1.
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Welcome once again to the another installment of the One Week Later Report. This week we’ll cover the books released on 05/15/2019.
Every month, we get small glimpses of what books are on their way to store shelves.
Continue reading “Poyo’s May Previews Indie and Small Publisher Spotlight”
We spec, I drek and sometimes I’m actually right on both. That’s the game when it comes to spec’ing. So we dive into another week of the comic book world that is like Christmas in the middle of the week.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for March 20th, 2019”