2/4/2012

Journey Into Mystery No.83 in 9.4 Sells For Record $222,200 on Pedigree Comics! Doug Schmell, CEO and President of Pedigree Comics, Inc., reports that he just sold a CGC certified 9.4 (NM) copy of Journey Into Mystery No.83 for a record price of $222,200. Featuring the origin and first appearance of Thor, JIM #83 is one of the most popular and valuable early Silver Age keys, ranked as No.6 according to latest Overstreet Guide listing. ... link to article ...

2/4/2012

Latest 'One Piece' comic book ties publication record Publishing house Shueisha Inc. put on sale the latest volume of the popular comic series "One Piece" on Friday with initial publication of the 65th edition totaling a record 4 million copies. The initial run ties a record in Japanese ... ... link to article ...

2/4/2012

Comics' Retailers Thrilled About BEFORE WATCHMEN Although most comic creators are questioning DC's decision to publish a Watchmen prequel, comic book retailers are thrilled. "I'm excited!" said Mike Wellman, owner of The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach, Calif. "Both as a reader and as a peddler of comic books, this can only be interesting - and profitable... ... link to article ...

2/3/2012

'Before Watchmen' Comic Books: Cash Grab Or Something More? After "Watchmen," comic book fans were left under the impression that there would be no more stories featuring Rorschach, Doctor Manhattan, Nite Owl and the rest of their morally ambiguous crime-fighting pals. But that was before "Before ... ... link to article ...

2/3/2012

Comic book prices more stable than the stockmarket Queensland based collector Graeme Thomas reckons comic books are more stable than the stock market. "But like anything else in the stockmarket, you've got to know what you're doing," Thomas told 666 Drive's Melanie Tait. "When you look at value in ... ... link to article ...

1/31/2012

Why Joining the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Matters. This year marks the 25th year of the CBLDF, and the 13th year of its active membership program. That means the comic book community, including fans, stores, creators, and publishers have collectively decided to fight for free speech for a quarter of a century. It means that for more than a decade, those who support this fight for free ... ... link to article ...

1/31/2012

Spawn copyright suit settled Todd MacFarlane, comic book artist, director and toy magnate, plays with one of his company's action figure creations. MADISON, Wis. â€" Fantasy industry giants Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane finally called a truce in their long-running legal feud ... ... link to article ...

1/30/2012

Check out Sparkle City Comics' latest eBay auctions Sparkle City Comics is proud to offer the best selection of high quality and rare CGC and raw comics in NO RESERVE format. We offer superior customer service and FREE shipping on all purchases. Check out all Sparkle City Comics' currently running auctions on eBay ... link to article ...

1/30/2012

Details emerge on Free Comic Book Day offerings for DC Comics, Image When the 2012 Free Comic Book Day line-up was announced, some folks mistakenly assumed that gold-level offering, DC Comics: The New 52 Special Edition would simply be a reprint of previously published material. As revealed on The Source today, that's not the case ... ... link to article ...

1/28/2012

Early Silver Age Marvel Is Gold in Pedigree Comics' Recent Grand Auction! The results are in from Pedigree Comics, Inc.'s recently completed Grand Auction. The auction began the night of Sunday, January 8th and ended the night of Wednesday, January 18th, in the separate Grand Auction section of their website. There were 468 CGC certified comic books to choose from and over 90% of the books sold (only a few items were listed with reserves). The total sales was just under $640,000 ($637,131) and with post-auction deals in the works, the total number should exceed $700,0 ... link to article ...

1/27/2012

Wizard World Comic Con, other comic book events begin And the main event: the showroom-bursting, convention hall-style takeover of nerddom, with more than two dozen costuming and fan groups, comics vendors, 10,000 fans and a one-stop shop for the sci-fi and pop culture obsessed... ... link to article ...

1/27/2012

Rebirth of DC Comics allows ease for readers For quite sometime I've wanted make a hobby out of reading and collecting comic books. But I often found myself discouraged by the fact that characters like Batman and Superman had reached issue numbers well above 800. ... link to article ...

1/27/2012

Comic book heroes get new look in exhibit at Riverdale art gallery; show to ... Some popular comic book heroes are getting a "contemporary" make-over in a new exhibit opening Friday at the Elisa Contemporary Art gallery in Riverdale... ... link to article ...

1/26/2012

Judge bars Archie Comics CEO from office In a strange twist for a purveyor of clean-cut comic books, a co-CEO of Archie Comics has been temporarily barred from the company's Mamaroneck, NY-based offices for violating an order to reduce her role at the company. ... link to article ...

1/24/2012

Graphicly Self-Publishing Comic Book Tools in Development By Michael Kozlowski Have you ever wants to develop and distribute your own comic book? Many talented artists the world over want to create the next Batman or Wolverine and now your dream is closer to reality. San Francisco based comic book company ... ... link to article ...

1/24/2012

Comic book superheroes take on world hunger Vanquishing a single supervillain suffering from severe chemical burns (the Joker, just to name one) and suffering from clear inadequacy issues is nothing for the superheroes of DC Comics when ... ... link to article ...

1/23/2012

Detroit Artist Hopes to Nurture Creativity at Teen Comic Book Workshop College for Creative Studies graduate Lee Gaddies presented a comic book workshop last Thursday focusing on the role of superheroes in modern culture at the Royal Oak Public Library. By Jordan Gonzalez Lee Gaddies offered instruction and advice to the ... ... link to article ...

1/23/2012

Collectors search for treasures at Peoria comic book convention Whatever their reason for collecting, comic book fans of every age, gender, race and creed converged on the comic book convention at the Grand Hotel in Peoria on Sunday to search for buried treasure among the bins of collectibles. Comic books aren't ... ... link to article ...

1/17/2012

Marvel publisher says creativity, compelling stories will drive comics again ... With a full slate of high-profile new projects scheduled for next year, we are optimistic that comic book sales will increase again in 2012. Buckley, who joined the company in 2003, said the uptick in sales from 2010 to 2011 up 1.2 percent ... ... link to article ...

1/16/2012

GPA's January Newsletter now online December 2011 REPORTS now available! If you haven't checked out GPA's December Market Reports, then login now and get the lowdown on important CGC sales in last month's action. December reports include the usual eBay sales and Heritage Auction results, together with results from other major auction houses and dealer reports. A total of 12,370 individual sales are represented in this month's 11 exclusive reports. GPA for Comics is the world's largest CGC pricing database with more than 1,194,000 individual transactions totaling over $289 Million, since 2002. ... link to article ...

1/16/2012

Rob Liefeld Has Seen Footage From an R-Rated Deadpool Movie If you haven't seen the ball of energy that is Rob Liefeld at a comic convention in recent years, you're definitely missing out. And if you didn't see him at the recent Amazing Arizona Comic Con, then you also missed out on some potentially telling Deadpool movie news ... ... link to article ...

1/16/2012

Groupon CEO Uses Comic Book Example Andrew Mason's reply to the questions asked by Ms. Stahl was a gem. He compared his company to one of my favorite comic book heroes. Mr. Mason said, "We're like Wolverine and our skin has been melted off, and we've had Adamantium fused onto our bones." ... link to article ...

1/16/2012

Pedigree Comics' Grand Auction ends Wednesday Night, January 18th! According to Pedigree Comics CEO and President, Doug Schmell, their current Grand Auction ends in a few days on the night of Wednesday, January 18th. This live, online event began this past Sunday night, January 8th. The auction has over 460 high grade CGC certified Marvels and DC’s from the Silver and Bronze, and there are some INCREDIBLE books to choose from. ... link to article ...

1/16/2012

My view of it all: DC Comics Has Announced The Cancellation of Six Titles. ue to poor sales, DC Comics has announced from their website "The Source" that they will be cancelling six titles all of which will conclude with their eighth issue in April... ... link to article ...

1/15/2012

Kevin Smith Talks Getting Women In Comic Book Stores - And Comics Kevin Smith is launching Comic Book Men, a show based on Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey, on AMC on February 12. And of all the people I've seen in a week and a half at Television ... ... link to article ...

1/15/2012

Kevin Smith Talks New Reality Series Comic Book Men The director/podcaster discusses his excitement over his new AMC series and his love of comic books. by Matt Fowler Things got rather lively at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, as director/podcaster Kevin Smith took to the mic to answer ... ... link to article ...