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COMIC COVER trivia and FIRSTS

Posted on August 14, 2023 by giqwp

Quick! Where did Superman make his first appearance? Where did Batman? how about Iron Man? Yeah, I know these are easy questions but what about which comic was first to be glow-in-the-dark? Which was first to be a variant? got you there right? As much as we know about the character themselves, we know little about the comics books that hold them. For example, did you know there is a comic that has a bullet hole in it and it’s used as part of the story as well? keep reading and soon you will know the answers to these and other questions that will make you the King of Trivia!

First Cover to use a Hologram

Boffo Laffs #1

This book is from 1986 by ParaGraphics. It holds the honor of being the first comic to have a hologram on its cover. Although not a book in any kind of demand, it is still cool to own. Unfortunately, there is nothing on the census for this book yet. You can actually still get hold of this for under $10 if you look around well enough. At least now you who did it first!

First Cover to have a Variant

Man of Steel #1 Variant

So this is the book that we must all blame for every single damn variant that hits the market. It holds the title as the first book to intentionally have a variant. considering that then we have seen publishers go crazy with variants (look at Detective Comics #1000). This variant cover was created by the fantastic John Byrne who has also done work on the X-Men and fantastic Four. Still available for dirt cheap with a graded 9.8 having an FMV of only $70. long term value? Personally, I see none, but like with lots of here, still worth having one.

First Comic to be shot with a bullet

JAB #3

You read that right! limited to about 3,000 copies, each book was shot in the center with a real bullet. The bullet used is a .22 caliber round. The bullet hole is actually worked into the artwork making it a very cool comic to own. Although we see nothing in the census, it’s worth owning just because come on, where else will you find a comic with an intentional bullet hole? That alone makes it worth having, just don’t spend a lot more than $50 on it.

First Glow-in-the-Dark Cover

Ghost Rider #15

This beautiful cover is the first to use Glow-in-the-Dark ink to light the fires of hell on Ghost Rider. This variant still holds a great FMV with a 9.8 holding at $90. If you have one, cool, if not, don’t worry I don’t think this will be a regrettable miss. However, believe it or not, heating these covers on a heat press brings back the ink to allow it to glow again.

Most Variant Variant Cover

Quantum & Woody #1 Variant

Yes, there is a comic that actually holds this title as well. This variant has the most variants when compared to others. It features Chromium, Die-Cut, Foil, Embossing, Iridescent Ink, Lenticular, a sticker, and is hand-numbered. but wait! There’s more! (Actually no there isn’t just couldn’t resist). Currently, this book is sitting pretty at 9.8 being valued at $300 with an all-time high of $595 in 2018. worth getting? Eh but cool to own.

So there are a few cool tidbits for you to brag to your friends about. would you like to see a lot more comic trivia? drop me a line below!

Do any of you own a copy of any of these keys? If so leave a comment!

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NOTORIOUS B.I.G. vs CYPRESS hill

Posted on August 1, 2023 by giqwp

You know you’re terrific when thousands of good people do what you do for decades after you’re dead, but you’re still the one getting play.

BAD medicine CREATORS go to SIGNING IN LOS ANGELES

Posted on July 28, 2023 by giqwp

Media release — poor medicine creators, Nunzio Defilippis as well as Christina Weir, will be working additional difficult for fans on Wednesday, June 13th, 2012, signing at both Collector’s Paradise comic stores in the Los Angeles. With the success of free Comic book Day, both poor medicine #1 as well as #2 are being released for retail sale that exact same day as well as as long as supplies last, Collector’s Paradise will offer problem #1 for free to anyone who purchases problem #2. See below for locations.“Pulled out of exile from a dark corner of the world, renowned-surgeonturned-fringe-medicine-eccentric physician Randal Horne must return to new York City to investigate a tragic research study lab mishap that’s left one guy dead, as well as inexplicably headless. now with the assist of a distrusting NYPD detective he must diagnose whether this strange situation was truly a random act of misfortune or the very first calculated move by an unnoticeable psychotic murderer.”

“The CDC takes on the occult, led by a genius physician who’s actually haunted. Weir, Defilippis as well as Mitten usher us into a extremely strange world…and it’s going to be a interesting journey. A terrific begin to a compelling series.” Kurt Busiek

Other works offered at the signing by Defilippis as well as Weir are Play sphere as well as Avalon Chronicles: when in a Blue Moon Vol. 1. Both of these graphic novels were just just recently nominated by the youth adult library services association (YALSA), for the 2013 biggest graphic Novels for Teens List.

Signing places as well as Times for June 13th 2012:

Collector’s Paradise Pasadena, 12:30 PM – 319 S Arroyo Pkwy Suite 4k Pasadena, CA 91105

Collector’s Paradise Valley, 5:00 PM – 7131 Winnetka Avenue Winnetka, CA 91306

Established in 1997, Oni Press, Inc. is the preeminent creator-owned comic publisher in North America. With over 150 graphic novels offered in print as well as a range of periodical as well as digital offerings, Oni press has a comic for everybody regardless of age or interests.

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COMICLIST PREVIEWS: open earth GN

Posted on July 27, 2023 by giqwp

Rigo is a young lady of her time: specifically, the time just after the collapse of Earth. After living her whole life on a little area station orbiting the planet, the cultural norms as well as policies of her Californian parents are just history to her. In between work shifts at the station air farm, Rigo explores her own desires, establishing freely polyamorous connections with her good friends as well as crewmates. When she starts to feel one of those connections change, however, Rigo need to balance her new feelings with the stability of her other relationships, in addition to the hard-earned camaraderie of a little team floating in the vastness of space. But, as the ship slogan goes, “Honesty keeps us alive.”
A heartfelt, positive, as well as erotic look at one woman’s experience in like as well as sex, as a new generation learns to make their own policies as well as comply with their own hearts.

Open Earth
(Limerence Press)
(W) Sarah Mirk
(A) Eva Cabrera
(C) Claudia Aguirre
(CA) Eva Cabrera as well as Claudia Aguirre
Age Rating: Adult
Genre: Erotica, Sci-Fi
Price: $19.99
Page Count: 120

ABOUT ONI PRESS, INC.

Oni press is a premier comic book as well as graphic book publisher found in Portland, Oregon. well established in 1997, Oni Press’s curated line includes a range of award-winning original as well as licensed comic books as well as graphic novels, including: adult Swim’s Rick as well as Morty™, Nickelodeon’s Invader ZIM, Scott Pilgrim, Queen & Country, Courtney Crumrin, Wasteland, The Sixth Gun, Stumptown, wet Moon, Letter 44, The Bunker, The Life After, The Coldest City, as well as Kaijumax.

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Batman: Year One commemorative edition

Posted on July 24, 2023 by giqwp

The animated film version of Batman: Year One came out a little over ten years ago. The studio has now released Batman: Year One commemorative edition on 4K UltraHD to mark the anniversary. (And they were kind enough to send me a copy!)

This is one of the better DCU animated movies, as you can see in my original review.

All the essential extras have been carried over from the previous package. That includes the “DC showcase presents Catwoman” short cartoon; the commentary with Alan Burnett (but also Mike Carlin, Andrea Romano, and Sam Liu); the featurette “Heart of Vengeance: Returning Batman to His Roots”; and “Conversations With DC Comics”. That last one is bittersweet, as it features Denny O’Neill, Michael Uslan, Dan DiDio, and Scott Snyder. DiDio is no longer active in comics, while Denny has because passed away.

The promotion pieces have changed, of course. instead of ads for upcoming green lantern and Superman and Justice league animated movies, we get previews for the much much more thematically connected Batman: The long Halloween part One and part two and Batman: soul of the Dragon.

Most interesting to me, as I love behind-the-scenes pieces, was the new, 22-minute “Reinventing Gordon”. using clips from various media appearances — cartoons, movies, Gotham, the 60s Batman TV show, and comics — the featurette offers a history of Jim Gordon from the beginning.

Participating are:

Michael Uslan

Jeph Loeb

James Tynion IV

Jim Lee

Frank Miller (missing from the extras on the original film release, and a welcome addition)

Joëlle Jones

Bryan Cranston (who played the character in this movie)

J.K. Simmons (who played him in Justice League)

Jeffrey Wright (who played him in the upcoming The Batman movie)

The participants talk about how the stories went from Batman “needing a cop” to deal with the details and congratulate him, to Gordon becoming a foil and an ally. He represents the bureaucracy Batman is a reaction to, but they’re still colleagues. There’s the innate contrast of the law helping a vigilante and vice versa.

I found this special a substantial addition with some good insights. If you don’t already have the movie, this is worth picking up on November 9.

Beasts of problem Returns in One-Shot Comic

Posted on July 9, 2023 by giqwp

Although I’m a fan of book-format comics, such as the beautiful Beasts of Burden: animal Rites collection, sometimes, you need to get the comics. In this case, it’s unclear how lots of a lot more Beasts of problem stories there will be in future, but there’s at least one a lot more one-shot coming.

Beasts of Burden: What the cat Dragged In is co-written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer and painted by Jill Thompson. Their work with these supernatural family pets has won several Eisner Awards, for best single Issue, best publication for Teens, and Thompson as best Painter.

The concept is cute but scary — a group of neighborhood dogs fight mystical monsters to secure their home and friends. only this time, the focus is on the felines. As the promotional material has it, “When curiosity gets the best of problem Hill’s cats (and one reluctant raccoon), sleeping demons are awakened and black magic is unleashed on the town of problem Hill.”

Darken has also been asking for letters for a text column for the issue, where he reveals the issue aims to “answer the question about where Dymphna disappears to at night.”

Beasts of Burden: What the cat Dragged In will be in stores may 4, and you can preorder it from your local comic shop with diamond code MAR16 0030. (And considering that there have been three other uncollected one-shots — neighborhood enjoy in August 2012, Hunters & Gatherers in March 2014, and a Hellboy crossover in October 2010 — there might be a second book coming that reprints them all.)

Bakuman volume 9

Posted on June 28, 2023 by giqwp

as with any addiction, in some cases I’m scared to talk about the hold Bakuman has on me. I called the series one of my best Manga of 2011, due to how much I delight in and anticipate reading it, but I well know that it also has flaws, mostly relating to its horribly cardboard female characters. Still, I look forward to each new volume with terrific gusto, because I love following the struggles of the manga artists and the details revealed about the industry, especially how they work with the magazine staff who are their bosses.

The boys’ original editor is now working with Iwase, introduced in the previous volume as a rival for Takagi, the writer. I like her skills, but her motivation to beat Takagi as a way of forcing him to be interested in her is ridiculous. The rest of her attitudes, though, are quite amusing. When told her series was accepted for serialization, her editor is amazed that she’s not much more excited. She responds, “It’s just that I’ve never failed an exam or had a submission turned away in my life.” I could grow to like her.

Perhaps I ought to follow Ed’s guidance of simply ignoring any relationship story pages and just read the bits about making comics. That especially goes for the subplot of Takagi promising his girlfriend they’d get married if their new story got accepted as a series. I suspect that’s to allow for comedy bits, such as Mashiro pretending to be her dad so Takagi can practice asking him for her hand, but it’s at best funny in an unpleasant way. few American readers can relate to either wanting to get married so young or the girlfriend’s lack of any ambition or goals for herself.

Anyway, Iwase’s artist is Nizuma, taking on a second series in a groundbreaking decision, and he’s always a pleasure to see much more of, because he comes the closest to “crazy obsessive artistic genius” in type. (I wouldn’t want to work with him, but he’s terrific to read about, especially how everyone else uses him as a barometer for talent.) how all the other young creators take the news of the new series allows for checking in with the broad cast of supporting players. I particularly like the brief mentions we get of Hiramaru, the one who can’t make a deadline without his editor sitting in his room staring at him. He’s developed a crush on miss Aoki (who’s shown on the cover), and his editor is taking terrific advantage of this romantic pressure point to keep him working. (I like her, too, in her quiet certainty and her request to only work with female assistants to avoid complications.)

The much more I read, the much more I share the guys’ dislike for their editor, who doesn’t seem to know much about what he’s doing. even when he is clear on his goals, they’re not the same as what the young boys want, pointing out how what’s good for the manga magazine and the company may not be the best thing for the artists. He does get some development this volume, though, learning to make different kinds of choices.

The conflict in this installment is that the boys’ new manga is doing well, but it’s a joke-based series that mostly appeals to kids. It’s successful, but none of their pals like it, because it’s too young for them. Those friends, meanwhile, are working on series that rank higher, so the men have to figure out whether to be satisfied with what they have or strive to create something much more artistically challenging. In short, it’s the classic argument of art vs. commerce, whether a working developer ought to objective for prestige and recognition or stability and money.

Once again, we’re left with a cliffhanger that puts the guys’ profession on the line, all the while they’re shaking up the typical way of working. It becomes clear that Takagi’s marriage is another way of ramping up the potential effects, because he’s going to have a partner to support. changing his state is a way of signifying the significance of learning to make adult decisions. I ought to have had much more faith in the Bakuman creators — they use their characters like paper dolls, the women especially, but there’s always a dramatic purpose behind it. (The publisher offered a review copy.)

ADRENALINE will rush and EYES will POP IN image COMICS’ LEVIATHAN

Posted on June 27, 2023 by giqwp

Media release — join multiple Eisner-winning writer John Layman (CHEW) and Eisner-nominated artist Nick Pitarra (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS), along with soon-to-be-nominated-for-best-colorist Michael Garland (THE MANHATTAN PROJECTS) for an eye-popping, face-melting, reality-defying, nonstop rush of pure adrenaline this August in the forthcoming LEVIATHAN.
“Nick and I have wanted to work together for a long time, and when I found out he had a hole in his schedule I jumped at the chance to write what I hope will be the quintessential Nick Pitarra book, a book that will take advantage of all the energy and madness he brings to a page,” said Layman. “Hundreds of years from now, when robot historians ask who Nick Pitarra was, this is the book they will boot up.”

Poor Ryan DeLuca didn’t purchase enough beer for his party, and while he was out on a beer run his idiot buddies busted out some mystical arcana and carried out a summoning ceremony—a ceremony that summoned a huge monster from hell!

LEVIATHAN #1 (Diamond Code JUN180012) hits stores on Wednesday, August 1st. The final purchase cutoff deadline for comics sellers is Monday, July 9th.

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CANIBUS as well as VINNIE PAZ-Blood siblings (Mixtape)

Posted on June 26, 2023 by giqwp

I’m conflicted. Vinnie Paz is a legend as the muscular lyricist as well as primary voice of one of the biggest underground hardcore rap groups of all time, Jedi Mind Tricks. however Canibus is . . . type of lame. I understand he’s got his fans, however ever considering that Eminem totally destroyed him, I can’t believe of him as anything however a huge pussy.

“Blood Brothers” is a street album a lot more than a mixtape–it’s well mixed, there’s no shouting DJ, as well as the tunes are completely developed as well as complete. as well as a lot of of them are quite damn good, too. The Paz parts, at least, are consistently solid. as well as Canibus is a great deal much better than I expected him to be.

It’s absolutely a deserving mixtape. however the genuine reason I’m tossing it up is since it’s timely. The tune “Black Christmas” is quite damn funny.

Black Christmas

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BALTIMORE COMIC-CON drink as well as draw TO benefit team CUL DE SAC

Posted on June 26, 2023 by giqwp

Media release — Can’t wait on September 7th to roll around for your very first day at the Baltimore Comic-Con? then great news! The Baltimore Comic-Con drink & draw to benefit team Cul de Sac as well as the Michael J. Fox foundation will be taking location from 6pm-8pm on September 6th, 2013 at the Pratte street Ale House, 206 W. Pratt St. Baltimore, MD 21201 – across from the Baltimore Convention Center!
Join artists, cartoonists, as well as fans for free food, excellent beers, original art, unusual collectibles, as well as door prizes! gather with artists as well as guests to have a excellent time as well as benefit a excellent cause.

Team Cul de Sac (TCDS) is a TEAMFOX fundraising effort initiated by Chris Sparks in honor of his good friend Richard Thompson, the cartoonist behind the Cul de Sac comic strip who was just recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The Michael J. Fox foundation is devoted to discovering a remedy for Parkinson’s illness with an aggressively funded research study program as well as to ensuring the advancement of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson’s today. TCDS asked cartoonists across the world to contribute artwork to a fundraising book as well as auction to raise extra money. Hundreds responded as well as sent artwork in, the result of which was team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists draw the Line at Parkinson’s published by Andrews McMeel. The book is a several 2013 Harvey award nominee, as well as Chris Sparks got the Bob Clampett Humanitarian award at the 2013 Eisner awards for his efforts towards the book as well as the charity.

September 6th, 2013 – from 6-8 PM thinking about contributing art? requirement more information? get in touch with Joe Sutliff at joe@joesutliff.com or inspect our event’s Facebook page for details!

In the coming weeks, look for more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking ahead to highlighting our guests, the Harvey Awards, market exclusives, as well as programming. the latest advancements can always be discovered on our website, Twitter, as well as Facebook pages.

Contact Information
Please utilize the complying with e-mail addresses to get in touch with the Baltimore Comic-Con:
press@baltimorecomiccon.com – for any type of general press queries or to be added to our pr distribution
promoter@baltimorecomiccon.com – for requesting exhibitor, publisher, as well as artist alley applications
registrar@baltimorecomiccon.com – for queries about submitted registrations
harveys@baltimorecomiccon.com – for the Harvey awards ceremony as well as banquet
general@baltimorecomiccon.com – for general Baltimore Comic-Con inquiries

About The Baltimore Comic-Con
The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 14th year of bringing the comic book market to the Baltimore as well as Washington D.C. area. For more information, please see www.baltimorecomiccon.com.

About The Harvey Awards
The Harvey awards are one of the comic book industry’s oldest as well as most respected awards. With a history of over 25 years, the last 7 in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Harveys acknowledge outstanding achievements in over 20 categories. They are the only market awards nominated as well as chosen by the full body of comic book professionals. For more information, please see www.harveyawards.org

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