One of the AE format innovations was the scanning of original art as colour images to reproduce blue pencil marks, corrections, and notes made by the creatives. Most of the reproduced pages have been comics created to be coloured for…
Lurid Media (formerly Wayne Alan Harold Productions) is having a ridiculous sale on P. Craig Russell’s Salome and Other Stories Fine Art Edition: $30 USD via eBay! I loved this book, except for the cover, and encourage anyone who doesn’t…
I’ve been out of single-issue comics for a few decades but came across a Godzilla comic from 2012 that featured this ad on the back cover. A few things stuck out at me. First off, this is an ad for…
When some artists achieve name recognition, they try to get away from the monthly grind of comics and focus their creative energies on drawing covers. They are so successful at this, that they sometimes produce multiple covers every month. Which…
Since the 1970s comic book creatives who have become fan favourites working for one of the big companies have struck out on their own creating universes without superheroes. The audience didn’t always follow these creatives from the titles that made…
Forbidden Planet currently has Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition on sale for £50.00, quite a savings for our European readers.
With the DC license regained at IDW, what if they unearth a “stash” of new Dark Knight Returns pages and decide to re-issue the book as an IDW AE. If you already own the Gallery Edition (which is missing 56…
Some long weekend deals available from IDW and Wayne Alan Harold to celebrate July 4th, but I know in their hearts they also want to celebrate Canada Day. IDW sent this via email: This 4th of July, we invite you…
Continuing our new series of polls focused on AE format readers, buyers, and collectors. Your interest is piqued in an AE format book but then something stops you from buying. Which of these is the main factor? At this point…
IDW once again has the rights to publish Artist’s Editions based on DC Comics properties, and this time there is no time frame limit. The first two Artist’s Editions from this new agreement are David Mazzucchelli’s Batman: Year One Artist’s…
Continuing our new series of polls focused on AE format readers, buyers, and collectors. Thanks to Billy Hynes for this month’s poll.