Quips from a Clerk with Naki
We all know the big characters out there, but do we know how to start them? How does a new reader learn about characters that have been around for 75 years? There are the collection books that both DC and Marvel have created, collecting the golden age books, but is that enough? Is that really…
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A question often asked in the shop is what is the best way to read comics. Read them collected in trade paperback form, or wait month to month for individual issues. Honestly its a personal preference, but I feel some series are better to be read collected rather than waiting. Most of the horror and…
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I talk to a lot of people in the shop, and I try very hard to be as open minded as I can be when it comes to old and new books. But everybody has that one (or sometimes two) character that they just cannot enjoy for what they are. For me those characters are…
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This week, we’re going to bring our aim to the younger crowd. Comic fans are getting older, spawning off their own offspring, and they want to bring their young into the scene. But what to show them? Batman gets a little dark. Superior Spider-Man might be a little hard to explain to a 4 year…
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One of the hottest debates right now is Superior Spider-Man. I have argued with my co-host on All Things Good and Nerdy (along with a few guest hosts) and was asked to come on Comic Book Legends podcast to continue the debate. I’ve talked to numerous people in the comic shop, in conventions and on…
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This week the newest line of team up comics began, with Batman/Superman #1 from DC hit the stands this past Wednesday. This got me thinking about old team ups, new team ups and what I enjoy reading. I am meaning past The Avengers and The Justice League, but actual things that have happened in the…
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We all have our favorite comic books. Favorite characters, favorite stories, favorite costumes, that sort of thing. But we all have that one series that we want everyone around us to love and enjoy as much as we do. That one comic that you want everyone to be just as excited about as you are…
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Let’s face it: Most of us started reading our comics from The Big 2. I’m talking about Marvel and DC. Some of us have grown to be more Marvel Fans, some are now more DC Fans. But regardless, most of our first comic books were of spandex and super powers. But we have those times….
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A lot of people that come into a comic shop are newer readers, or ones that have fallen out of the loop. Which granted, if you haven’t visited a shop in a few months, its pretty easy to do. Comic news is as fleeting as it comes, along with books and tie-ins, its easy to…
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This week in Comics we got two big Number One’s beginning: Marvel’s X-Men (with an all woman team!) and Vertigo’s The Wake. While I’ve had a long time break up with Marvel until late, I was pretty excited to hear about the new X-Men book (I actually didn’t hear it was an all women team until…
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