Industry News, Collectibles-related articles & Announcements

5 Jun 2020

IDW Pledges Support for Direct Market, Extends Risk-Free Return Period

In a show of support for the comic book Direct Market, IDW Publishing is extending its full returnability period and waiving associated fees.

30 May 2020

The Marvel Retro Rundown: Ellis & Immonen's NEXTWAVE is here to blow up your comic book collection

Listen up, fleshy ones! This week's Marvel Retro Rundown takes a look at one of the best ??????? superhero comics of the 2000s. Warren Ellis & Stuart Immonencreate ...

30 May 2020

Marvel announces more digital-only releases for June 2020

CURSE OF CARNAGE, and more join the previous digital-only releases from the House of Ideas. The following single-issue comics will now only be available digitally from Marvel, before eventually making ...

30 May 2020

How Moon Knight Can Take Down the Avengers

Why is Moon Knight suddenly waging war on his former team? Read on to find out, but beware of spoilers for The Avengers #33 ahead! Marvel has a tendency to drastically revamp Moon Knight and his place ...

30 May 2020

X-Men producer reveals huge Easter egg about Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique

Men producer Simon Kinberg has revealed that Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique is the daughter of Azazel. Speaking to IGN during a recent Days of Future Past watchalong, Kinberg dropped this bombshell ...

29 May 2020

Marvel dedicates National Superheroes Day to real life heroes

On a given day, you'll find Mike Hawthorne tucked away in his home office in Central Pennsylvania, putting pencil to paper to craft eye-catching Marvel comic art. He's famous for drawing ...

23 Apr 2020

Diamond UK Distributing to British Comic Shops For Sale on May 11th

Diamond Comics UK has been holding the final week of American comic books that were sent across the Atlantic before the shutdown in their Warrington offices. Which mean that while US and Canadian ...

23 Apr 2020

Buddy Saunders of MyComicShop, Staying The Course With Diamond

a chain of seven Texas comic book stores founded in 1977. With the sale of the Lone Star comic book store chain in 2013, Mr. Saunders and his family now operate the online Lone Star Comics at ...

13 Apr 2020

DEADMAN and BATMAN: GRIM KNIGHT Joins JIM LEE's Comic Book Shop Charity Sketch-a-Thon

DC Chief Creative Officer/Publisher Jim Lee has drawn two more sketches over the weekend for auctions to benefit comic book shops: Deadman and alt-reality Batman, Grim Knight. Saturday's Deadman was ...

13 Apr 2020

Comic Artist Skottie Young Shares His Take on AKIRA in a Sketch

One of my favorite comic book artists is Skottie Young. I'm a huge fan of his style. I've enjoyed sharing some of his art in the past, and I've got a new one to share with you today! Below you'll find ...

13 Apr 2020

Donate $100 to Gnu Comic Books of Ontario, Get $200 in Credit

Comic book store Gnu Books of Oshawa, Ontario is one of many stores sufferinghardship right now. But it is one that is offering a lot to its customers if they can help support it right now. Even those ...

13 Apr 2020

In a period of isolation, comic books offer a refreshing bit of escapism in a uncertain time

Amidst the pandemic, the comic book industry is currently at an economic standstill. Last month Diamond Comic Distributors Inc., a global comic book supplier, announced it will halt all shipments of ...

3 Apr 2020

Coronavirus Could Be the Beginning of the End for Super Conventions

Many major conventions are being canceled due to the coronavirus, which raises questions about the future of these large-scale events.

3 Apr 2020

DC Universe's 'Harley Quinn' Celebrates The Sweet Anarchy Of A New Gotham In Season 2

The former Dr. Harleen Quinzel may not have received the right movie (one that brings in droves of comic book fans) with Birds Of Prey, but the Harley Quinn animated series is an entirely different ...

2 Apr 2020

Still More Super High Grade Marvel & Warren Magazines in Pedigree Comics' April Grand Auction

The new magazines featured in this auction are all 9.8 and 9.6 with only a handful in 9.4 and are all Marvels and Warrens. Almost every one is either the highest or second highest certified copy to date.

2 Apr 2020

Results Soar in First Auction Ever Dedicated to CGC-Certified Magazines

Results from the first-ever auction dedicated to CGC-certified magazines yielded results well above pre-auction estimates when Heritage Auctions’ CGC-Certified Magazines Online Auction realized $118,224 in total sales.

2 Apr 2020

More Mint Magazine Mania in Pedigree Comics' April Grand Auction

This auction will feature a low to mid-grade consignment of early Silver Age Marvels, including almost every key, from a collection out of Norfolk, Virginia put together by two brothers growing up in the 1960's and early 1970's.

2 Apr 2020

Movie Poster for The Invisible Man Sold for $182,400 at Heritage Auctions

A rare movie poster for the 1933 classic film The Invisible Man disappeared Saturday night for $182,400 at public auction.

1 Apr 2020

On the influence of Asterix

At the time of my conversion, well fed on The Beano, Whizzer and Chips and Garfield, the Asterix books were a first taste of a new kind of long-format comic book, or what we might now call a graphic ...

1 Apr 2020

Marvel theory says Eternals will introduce a villain more dangerous than Thanos

The theory suggests that the main villain in the Phase four of the MCU will be set up in The Eternals. According to ScreenRant, "cosmic beings known as the Celestials experimented with the DNA of ...