Mark Seifert Archives

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It's not every day that you see a trailer completely turn sentiment around for a franchise like we've seen with the reaction to the GI Joe: Retalliation

Have to say I'm a lot less convinced of massive disruption in the industry for 2012 than I was just 6-8 months ago -- primarily because Nero has very

The idea that there are over 100 "lost" classic Doctor Who episodes, and that every few years one or two of them are found, has always fascinated me.

This is one of those things that is just begging for more data and better visualization.  Go back a bunch more years, make it more complete, add in graphs

"Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in."  Comics are definitely like that.  It won't let you go. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Richard

Men of War is the latest DC book to have a new creator announced for issue 7, and as Rich notes, there have been several other creative changes made in

Gotta say, I love the sentiment expressed in Eric Stephenson's blog today.  Mostly because I've been thinking recently that our current group of industry

You knew this was coming, but with 2012 now just a few days away, you can hear the rumbles of that Avengers Machine (no, not the Vision) gearing up.

I hope you saw that one before it was removed. I know I'll be tuning in when the time comes. Most-Read Comic Stories Today: Gareb Shamus Accused Of Trying

Quite a bit of controversy in the air for a December Sunday, but at least it isn't snow.  A pair of comic shops vs Dark Horse Digital,  Ken Penders

Quite a constellation of trending topics for a Saturday, and lots of interesting debate in the forums today as well.  On the home front, a big site

Fridays are typically not the busiest days of the week on the comics internet, because comics publishers generally break major news on Monday or Tuesday.

December got off to a fast start here on BC. You know any day that kicks off with (trending-worldwide) Watchmen 2 and Diesel DC Boxer Shorts is going to

Lots of mixed to negative commentary out there about the potential look of the Lizard in the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man film -- if the pic is indeed

It has become the most famous individual copy of any comic book in the world.  And now, the Nicolas Cage copy of Action Comics #1, graded CGC 9.0 and the

When even your grandma knows the words facebook and comicon, you realize our once-cozy little corner of the world has gone mainstream.  Cons are bigger

We have a new world record for the highest price ever paid for a single comic book.  Now, the question becomes just how high it will go.  With 24 hours

You never know what the Monday after a long holiday layoff is gonna be like until you get there that morning. Sometimes, it's a burst of pent up news.

We keep seeing glimpses of the potential of this concept. First there was Coelasquid vs Finch on that Justice League #1 cover, then there was BC's photo

Why weren't they putting comics in cereal boxes when I was a kid?  Fawcett and DC did it in the golden age, DC's doing it again now. I'm sure it was done

Well, it's official... we're in the Holiday Zone.  That dimension where time has no meaning,  weekends stretch on forever (and somehow, you tire of them)

As Rich notes in today's top post, spoilers have been a major topic of conversation this week.  And if what happened in this particular instance is an

Plenty of spoilers out in the world this week, and again it's a topic of comics internet conversation, as it always is when Marvel has a major

Have to admit I bought a DC graphic novel on the Kindle Fire last night as soon as I saw they were available, just to see what it was like (the Fire's

To the surprise of no one following this year's October surprise, the marketshare race heats up in earnest next year, as Marvel has a pretty huge slate of

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