Category: ManagersTop 5 FCBD books I am Looking Forward To By Nick L.Enter the House of Slaughter: I would expect this to easily be everyone’s top pick come FCBD. Following up their monster hit Something is Killing the Children, James Tynion IV and Werther Dell-Edera venture further into the history of… Continue ReadingBACK ISSUE TO THE FUTURE: Batman #312, “A Caper a Day Keeps the Batman at Bay” Commentary by Dan W. When did The Joker become a ruthless, humorless psychopath? Not to say he wasn’t always a murderous clown, but rather that there may have been some winking charm in past eras of giant typewriters and poison… Continue ReadingMadmania by Luke S. It was the summer of 2017, and I had just gotten back into comics thanks to Gerard Way’s fantastic DC’s Young Animals. I had just taken a trip to the Chicago area Graham Crackers, and with a little extra help… Continue ReadingSpidey and The Bat by Shawn S. New Years Eve was not the same, nor was past New Years Day, We all were weird, even air was feared, still life goes on they say. Some comic fans were left adrift, their clubhouse suddenly scary, Silence fell amongst… Continue ReadingShort History of the Comic Book by Earl G. 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… Continue ReadingIn the beginning by Rick B. 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… Continue Reading5 New Books to Jump Into by Nick L. 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,… Continue ReadingMORE SHENANIGANS FROM MIKE 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… Continue ReadingTHAT CRAZY CAT GUY by Mike W. I was going to try to write something poignant for my first blog entry of the year. Maybe an essay on the state of the industry or the speculator market would be nice. But I wanted to start my year… Continue ReadingBACK ISSUE TO THE FUTURE: CONAN #1-32 (2004) Commentary by Dan W. 2004 was a good year to be a Conan fan. Publishing house Del Rey was in the midst of publishing three excellent collections of Robert E. Howard’s original Conan pulp stories (removing all the edits L.… Continue Reading |
