Today’s people, looking at the tiny comic strips as printed in newspapers now, might find it hard to understand the tremendous popularity of comic strips circa 1900. Remember that this was before television, before radio, even before movies. In the day when there were four to seven competing newspapers in a city, strips were not … Read more
We’ve all been there. We’ve got something due, possibly something we’re not invested in, and we make a choice. The choice to be done on time. The choice not to stress ourselves out. The choice not to do the best work. The choice to…phone it in. You see it in comics all the time. The … Read more
In the beginning, there were simply funny pages short form comic strips in newspapers. Then some brilliant mind bundled them together creating the first comic “book.” And for the most part the format of comic books stayed the same for decades. Sure, the type of content original vs reprint, size both in dimensions and length … Read more
How many times have you been in the comic shop thinking to yourself, “I would love to jump into this series, but its already on issue #33 (or #79, or #301)? I wouldn’t know what’s going on at all!” Well, there are new series’ starting all the time, that don’t require you to know years, … Read more
SHADECRAFT from IMAGE COMICS Shadecraft is Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett’s follow up comic series to last year’s fantastic comic book series Skyward. And it’s your lucky day because Skyward happens to be available now in a great NEW OVERSIZED Hardcover Edition packed with a bunch of new pages! The SKYWARD HC has … Read more
Well, I was going to do this entry about the state of the industry. The stress that the pandemic has put on us personally and professionally as managers and employees of a comic store. Yet, I realized as I sat to write this that no one really cares. In one of the darker moments in … Read more
In school we discuss nurture vs nature and the concept of how it effects a child as they grow up and I have always wondered this concept within myself. I am a kid of the 90’s comics, tv, and toys some of the best times for superhero animation. I remember being 5 at a garage … Read more
Now I know what you are thinking… Kathryn, we’re reading a newsletter from our comic shop… we already read and love comics, I know… it’s a weird topic to pick but hear me out. One of the best parts of working with comics is getting to help someone find a story they will love. To … Read more
I don’t know about you, but when I’m reading my comics, I like to listen to music. Since I haven’t been able to find very much information online of other people’s musical choices while they read (I know it’s just me), I’ve decided to detail mine here. Hence, Superhero Playlist. While I have created several … Read more
Like many my age, I have forgotten an extraordinary volume of minutia. I have missed appointments, failed to recall anniversaries, and frequently find myself walking in a direction to do a thing. I can usually count on getting to where I’m going, only to find that I can’t be sure why I went anywhere in … Read more
