Evan's Comic Book Blog

So right now in comics we live in the Speculation Age. As far as I'm concerned the Modern Age is over. Let's start by defining speculation. And I'll give a broad definition. At its core speculation is when you buy a book because you believe it will go up in value and you will be able to sell it later at a profit. Now that's a very broad explanation. By no means am I an expert. There are some very good sites out there that have very detailed articles and tons of great info. One of my favorites is CBSI, go check them out at  www.comicbookinvest.com They have some great people pumping out articles with tons of knowledge. And in this hobby knowledge is power. So I'm going to discus if speculation is worth the time and money. So there are different ways to speculate. Some people take the "Wednesday Warrior" approach where they will go out to comic shops on Wednesdays, which is new comic day and buy up lots of copies of a book. They do so hoping that the bo...

Ok if you guys don't have Netflix you need to get it now. And I mean right now, stop reading this and make an account then come back when you're done. Ok so Stranger Things blew my mind, if you are a fan of the 80's you will love the show. It's like a love letter to the 80's. An homage to 80's horror and mystery, with so many incredible references and a killer soundtrack. A true masterpiece. It takes a lot of influence from Stephen King and Steven Spielberg. With a great story from start to finish that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The cast is incredible. I'm going to give you a very and I mean very vague description of what this show is about because I don't want to spoil anything. You need to watch it for yourself. Ok so the story centers around a group of kids, Mike, Dustin, Lucas and Will. Will goes missing and the others try and find him. While looking for him they meet a new friend, her name is Eleven, yes like the number. And she has som...

CGC vs CBCS who's better? So I'm going to talk about my experience with both companies. I have submitted comic books to both companies. I've bought books that were already graded by them. And I have cracked open cases from both as well. I'm going to start with CGC. I was buying CGC slabs long before I ever submitted anything to them myself. For the longest time they have been considered the "Gold Standard" when it comes to grading. And that seemed to be true for years. I never owned any of the "original label" slabs when most people claim CGC was much more strict with their grades. I have quite a few of the, let's call it second series, which are by far the majority of the CGC slabs out there. The label looks good and the case itself is ok. I was never a fan of the blueish purple tint to the plastic but it was ok. And the case is very easy to crack open, maybe too easy. I never submitted anything to CGC until they switched to the new cases. ...

Terrificon was a great show this year. It's held at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connectucut, which is a great venue. This was my second year attending this con. I only went on Saturday. This show is small in comparison to Boston but has a great selection of comic dealers and artists. The main reason I went to the con this year was because they were having an event with Kevin Smith on Saturday night. I will talk about that later. So the show itself was great, like I said the selection of dealers was quite good for the size of the show. And many of them had great prices and seemed motivated to sell. I was able to get a lot of great deals and made a lot of sales as well. The books that I was the happiest to get were a Crow 1 second print, Miracleman 15, and a Daredevil 111 the David Aja variant. There were also a great selection of artists at this show but being that Boston was just the week prior I didn't have a huge budget. I did get to meet David Wenzel who drew the original 3 ...

So this was my third year in a row going to Boston Comic Con. And the show gets better each year. I'm sorry I didn't review this after each day when I went and it was more fresh in my mind but here goes. So first off was Thursday, which is just load in day. I do get a dealer pass into the show and helped a few dealers who are friends of mine. It took a few hours to set up and get ready for the Con. But I enjoy the set up. And the anticipation of what's to come. Like I said before I would have done a review for each day but Friday to Sunday kind of mesh together so I'll just talk about the show as a whole now. The guest list for the show was amazing, so many great artists and writers. There were some celebrities as well, but Boston is still a comic show at its core. My collecting always seems to be shifting and now I'm focused more on collecting Original Art than comics themselves. A show like this is also a great chance to commission pieces from the artists th...

Ok guys I know I sound like a broken record here but I'm finally dedicating some time to this blog again. I will make at least one post per week. I hope you guys have stuck around. My convention schedule is packed and in the last few weeks I went to Boston Comic Con and Terrificon. I know they were a few weeks ago but I'm going to write reviews for both so keep a look out for that later today. I'm going to try and get back on track with comic and TV reviews as well. I'm also going to give my thoughts on variants and speculation as well. So get ready for quite a few posts today. And many more to come. Please feel free to leave your feedback or ask any questions.