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Welcome to this weeks spec and drek. This is where we pick the winners each week we 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.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec & Drek for November 4th, 2020”
I’m a fan of creator owned content, true indie creator owned content. Sure, Lemire and Kindt are well known in the comic industry but you have to love the kickstarter approach for them to collaborate and bring forth what should be an awesome and entertaining read.
Continue reading “Cosmic Detective – Kickstarter from Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt and David Rubin”
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 November 20th, 2019”
Jeff Lemire is a master writer and a pretty damn good artist, in his own unique style of artwork. His books get options and even if they never make our screen, it’s still a great read.
Continue reading “Family Tree #1 Advanced Sneak Peek Preview”
Fresh off the Image Press Release…
A teaser trailer for the forthcoming Family Tree—by New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lemire (Gideon Falls, Ascender) and acclaimed artist Phil Hester (Shipwreck, Green Arrow)—showcasing interior pages, has dropped in anticipation of the Wednesday, November 13 launch date. The new ongoing body horror/adventure series is perfect for fans of Uzumaki, Gideon Falls, and Bird Box.
It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of October 16th, 2019.
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 Don’t Like for October 16th, 2019”
We highlight books in Previews at the beginning of each month, now it’s time to recommend a select few before final order cutoff after we obtained advanced preview copies we could read, which gives us a good idea not only if the book has the potential to heat up (if the demand is there) but if it’s just in general a great read, with great art.
Continue reading “Recommended Reads and Pickups – FOC Edition”
Fresh from the Image Press Release, another horror series..
Continue reading “The Family Tree – New Horror Series from Jeff Lemire and Phil Hester”
In the past we always tend to focus on the Killer B books for these upcoming DC books. I figured it’s time we expand into all of DC’s forthcoming titles and covers.
Continue reading “July 2019 Previews Spotlight for Upcoming DC Comics”
Midtown has a lot of signings each month. They are really big on selling signed copies at cover price.
Posting their upcoming creator signing schedule helps us collectors who are not local to NYC to find out what upcoming issues we might find signed for sale on their website.
Continue reading “April 2019 Signings and Events at Midtown Comics”
This is a series I’m anticipating. I have an advance review copy too that I’m hoping to read but I need to finish the last few issues of Descender before I dive into the next series for this continuing story.
Continue reading “ASCENDER is Upon Us this April – The Followup Story Continues from Descender”
It’s that time again, where I tell you what’s really grinding my gears for the week of November 21st, 2018.
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 November 21st, 2018”
Welcome once again to the weekly ramblings. I try to focus on the news and events around the current week.
Continue reading “Things I Like and Don’t Like for the Week of July 11th, 2018”
As reported yesterday, Gideon Falls has been optioned. Read more of the official press release directly from Hivemind, the Studio that acquired the rights to this awesome book from the mind of Jeff Lemire and artwork by Andrea Sorrentino.
Continue reading “Hivemind Acquires Hit Comic Series GIDEON FALLS for TV Adaptation Following Multi-Studio Bidding War”
It’s tax day here in America, actually by the time this posts, it’s almost too late so I hope everyone paid their taxes on time or the taxeth man a cometh for you! Hopefully you all overpaid throughout last year and will use your refunds all on new comics, cause that’s what I’d do if I was getting a refund.
Continue reading “Poyo’s Spec and Drek for April 18th, 2018”
One of the hit books his week seems to be Hawkeye #1 under the new creative team including Jeff Lemire. The 1 in 25 Lemire variant can be picked up cheap if you hurry.
Continue reading “Hawkeye #1 Jeff Lemire variant cheap”
Jeff Lemire has a new book coming out March 4th. The book is called Descender. Comicbook.com has announced Descender has been optioned by Sony as a movie.
Continue reading “Jeff Lemire's "Descender" Optioned by Sony, before release”