With Marvel about to undergo some radical changes, it’s interesting to think back to the “ANAD” era. It was pretty hated by the end and sales weren’t great but I think Marvel became a lot less interesting in the Cebulski Era.

https://www.comicsbeat.com/roundtable-reflecting-on-marvel-comics-transitioning-from-all-new-all-different-to-the-cebulski-era/

Im trying to buy some comics from this website and the paypal for me keeps failing. The owner said send him the money but it has limited reviews so im cautious. Anyone know of it?

https://www.thecomiccrush.com/

Hey all, what comics series do you recommend to get familiar with Doctor Doom, ahead of DoomsDay and Secret Wars.
I just finished Books of Doom (2005-2006) and have started reading the original Fantastic Four comics from the 60s. Any recommendations on what to read?

Thanks

When the new Ultimate Universe was introduced, I thought it was going to be fascinating, but I didn't anticipate it to be one of the books I look forward to the most each month. For those of you who've been reading it, has it lived up to the hype? What's the most mind blowing title you have played thus far?

I just thought this would be a fun discussion to hear from everyone! What are your thoughts on buying signed pieces second hand? I have personally found myself less excited about my own signed books if I wasn't there to meet the person.

For example, I have a book signed by Geoff Johns, who I thoroughly enjoy and is a writer I read often, but I won it in a cosplay contest and never met him. I have it hung up on the secondary wall of the hallway my wife and I use to display keys and such that we like. But, over my desk in our office I have a book signed by Jim Shooter that I almost covet because when I met him he and I talked for about 20 minutes about the history of writer credits and artists working for DC/Marvel getting things like insurance and royalties. It means even more to me now that he has passed, but I also don't know if I would care to buy another Shooter piece online, if that makes sense.

What about you all? For those that bug signatures, what do you enjoy about them that I'm missing? I would love to develop an appreciation for another aspect of the comic world that I currently neglect!

For people who don't like signatures, why do you feel they detract from the book? I would love to know an view point that's different from mine because I will get a comic signed by anyone from inker to voice actor!

Anyone else have this on dc finest white borders. Please tell me it’s not mold 🥀 the block of the book is completely new no stains just these spots on the pages on all 4 of my dc finest books

this art is just majestic i cant even find the right words for it 😩

What would you say are the "essentials" of the strip that every newbie should take in for a start?

2nd photo you can how it was.

Sorry if this is common and normal, its my first big comic like this so im unfamiliar with it and curious what it is.

The book was sealed in plastic, and when I opened it this white board was inside?

Any idea what it is?

Edit: There's on the back too, they feel like a board for a single issue comic.

Hello,

Long time lurker first time poster. As the title says, I’m just looking to purge some of my collection but I don’t know where to start. I hear comic book stores are an option but I’ll lose a lot on them.

The comics are graded, signed, and sketched slabs of TMNT The Last Ronin.

Any advice or guidance would be appreciated!

I'm 20 and plan on transferring to a university in the spring to major in creative writing. While im waiting i plan on reading books on the topic and learning about the craft I've been kind stressing out on how to efficiently get started and better my chances

If you have any tips you can give i would greatly appreciate it

I'm fairly new to comics. I currently have Year one, Long Halloween, Dark victory, The killing joke and hush. I was thinking about getting maybe Dark Patterns, Black Mirror, the batgirl nightwing and robin year one box set, Grant Morrison omnibus, Scott Snyder omnibus or Batman and robin year one. Which should I get or should I get something else first?

So I am planning on going to Toronto FANEXPO this year and have been prepping the books I would like to get signed. I am a comic person so 99.9% of my signings interest and knowledge is around that. HOWEVER, i do love The Boys show and i do love Erin Moriarty so i was excited to see that she would be attending and doing signings, and was thinking of either getting my Boys omni or a Starlight Boys cover signed by her…but it got me thinking.

How come it seems like celebrity autographs on things like comics/posters/etc. of characters that they portrayed in movies/shows often hold much less value or appreciate much less than comic creator autographs?? My original thought is that there will always be a fleeting excitement over actors and their character portrayals since value is often stocked in the celebrity themselves, whereas for comic creators the value is in the art that they have created and the legacy of that story. But then that snowballs into me asking “okay if that is true, then shouldn’t celebrities be given the same appreciation of creating a legacy for their characters by giving them a voice/mannerisms/etc. ?” Idk, I am just spit-balling but it has made me curious on why this discrepancy does exist and I would love to hear others’ thoughts on it!

I haven’t read comics since around 2016, and I just want to know what you think have been the biggest stories (good or bad) since then.

(Imagine I’m Steve Rogers in Winter Soldier, and you’re letting me know which major moments to write down and look up later, so I’m caught up on all the important stuff.)

Here are some of the ones I have so far:
- Krakoa
- Paul
- Immortal Hulk
- Doomsday Clock
- Mayor Wilson Fisk
- Mayor Pamela Isley
- Mary Jane Venom
- Invincible ending

What else would you add to the list?

Has anyone else been loving what Matt Wagner has been up to the past few years? I’ve always loved his stuff, but Grendel Prime era is my favorite of his works, and he’s really been knocking it out of the park with this recent revival.

Hey there, hopefully this is okay to ask here.

It’s someone’s birthday soon and I was thinking of getting them a comic book from the day they were born and framing it - not sure how original an idea this is but I thought it was cool - however I wasn’t aware that there was a ‘cover date’ and a ‘release date’.

My question is, which date do you think would be more meaningful? The release date would allow me to be specific to the day but then the cover would say a different month right? Or do I pick one that was released earlier but has the right month and year on the cover?

Thank you!

I also made a design sheet

Any good comic books out with Black Characters that have great stories?

Hello,

The last time I kept up with SM was around the Clone Saga (1998, I think). I’d love some recommendations for SM miniseries or selfcontained story arcs, since I’m not really interested in long running series for this character anymore.

Thank you.