Jim Cornette, of all people, was talking about the history of Diamond, and it got me to thinking that I don't remember the name of the first dedicated comic book store that I ever saw. I'm pretty sure that I saw my first one in the early 1980's, but
Today Marvel shipped the last ever volume of Marvel Masterworks, v389. It began with Spider-Man, and so too did it end. If I had my 'druthers, I would have liked to have seen a 28th volume (of Spider-Man) to bring the series up to issue #300 and the
Diamond Comics Distributors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today. They also announced that they were selling off pieces of their large company - Alliance Games and Diamond UK were two mentioned today with others likely to happen soon.
Young England is “An Illustrated Magazine for Young People” which was published from 1880 through 1937. I recently bought a bound edition, the 15th annual, from 1894. Each issue features a “Puzzledom” page, each with a variety of different kinds of b
I wasn't going to start a thread for Shiver SuspenStories, but I started one for Epitapths from the Abyss and Cruel Universe so why not? At first I was disappointed that it featured a Christmas-themed cover, until I discovered the whole issue was Chr
Rob Liefeld came to Image bursting with "neat ideas" but he was unskilled at developing them. For example, his "high concept" for Youngblood was that, if superheroes existed in real life, they would be treated as celebrities, much the same as movie
I was listening to Jim Cornette and his co-host Brian Last discuss comic books (language warning) and in particular, the career of Steve Geppi. One of the questions that they raised is when were U.S. comics first translated into languages other than
Episode One: (This is the serial with which they stopped giving individual episode titles.)
As the TARDIS materializes, the Doctor seems particularly smug that he knows they’ve arrived in some future time. As he leaves to investigate the surrounding
