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Emerging tidbits about comic book movies dominated the day today, with the eagerly anticipated duo of The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers leading the

Of all the things I was pondering during this week of mixed news for Marvel, I kept coming back to this... what an unfortunate week for Tom Brevoort to

We seem to be in the middle of one of the most unusual times in recent memory for Marvel.  Layoffs followed by series endings and cancellations, with

"Sport of Tycoons", indeed. The classic 1974 Carl Barks painting of that name closed yesterday at Heritage Auctions for $262,900.00, a new record for a

Green Lantern's first appearance was in All-American Comics #16.  Or you could plausibly say it was  Showcase #22, or even Green Lantern #59, or Green

Original comic art from key 1980s-era comics has been hot for several years.  It's considered an important, peak era for comics (think Watchmen, Dark

Reactions to Frank Miller's blog post on the Occupy movement continue to echo around the comics internet, an industry-centric slice of the larger

It was a fairly manic Monday here on BC, with all the corners of the comic and film world heard represented -- from the DCU to Doctor Who and

I find myself wondering what Frank Miller thinks of the firestorm his blog post has created over the past few days.  I don't know, but perhaps sooner or

There was one thing on the comics internet's mind today, and that's Frank Miller's blog post about the Occupy Movement. We've noted here recently that the

An unusual alignment of the calendar and post-52 shipping schedules will apparently leave us with a light new Comic Day on November 30.  It'll be the week

Comics historian Les Daniels (1943-2011) died in Providence, R.I. on November 5 of an apparent heart attack.  Daniels was the author of numerous books on

I saw some cautious optimism in the air in response to today's release of the Snow White and the Huntsman trailer.   Have to admit, this was something

Double the number of copies with no extra charge to retailers, BC heard about plenty of shop promotions for this future lynchpin of the Marvel Universe.

BC forum moderator Lexid523 and Ladies Making Comics blogger writes: This past Sunday, I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet two women I have

And if you think that's linkbait, lemme tell you... it could have been much, much worse. But the silly jokes just write themselves on today's trendingest

DC may be the current marketshare king, but Marvel took today's mindshare race by sweeping the trending topic comic slots -- although not all for positive

Reading Mark Haverty's Uncanny X-Men #1 review today, and reflecting on some of the comics that have made mainstream-news headlines over the past year,

Fresh from his training in the BC danger room, new team member Mark Allen Haverty hits BC like a sledgehammer with a pair of reviews at the top of today's

He wasn't the first artist to work for Marvel in the Silver Age, and he wasn't the most prolific artist to work for Marvel in the Silver Age, but when you

The news of DC Comics topping Marvel by a significant margin in the monthly marketshare battle was the talk of the town today, even making its way into

Pity poor BC datamancer Mark Haverty. Barely three days into his job, and he's got to decide how this new Uncanny X-Men series should be designated.  Is

A glimpse at some upcoming Marvel releases took the top two slots today, with Rich's take on today's New 52 releases rounding out the top of the charts

Fan anticipation for the May 2012 debut of The Avengers film has already been building for months, and here's the latest sign that the popularity of

It can be said without hesitation that the world of comics would be a very different place today without the contributions of Steve Ditko.  Born November

Though they are utterly unrelated, emails that a couple people probably wish they had back seem to be today's theme.  I think this is another reason why

One of the great debates in vintage comic book collecting circles is over just how many comics from the 1930s-1960s are left out there in the world,

Quite a few big-2 comics have been pulling me back in, in recent months, and it looks like this is going to be one of them. Always been a big fan --

No matter what the underlying distribution reason and no matter what the printing, it's interesting to see copies of the New 52 #1's continuing to flow

Considering the cost of comics today and their ever-fluctuating price points, page counts, and formats, it's hard to imagine a hike of two pennies causing