I recently sent three comics into Certified Collectibles Group (CGC) to get graded. I also asked to have one of comics, Catwoman #51, pressed prior to grading. It was the only comic I could see any problems with. It had slight finger creases on the ... Continue Reading
Comic Books
Baltimore Comic-Con cancels 2020 event
Organizers for the Baltimore Comic-Con announced yesterday that this year's event scheduled for October 23 - 25 is canceled. Anyone who purchased tickets to the 2020 Baltimore Comic-Con will have their tickets automatically converted to tickets for ... Continue Reading
Otakon to move to Washington DC in 2017
Otakon, the annual anime and manga fandom convention is taking place this weekend at the Baltimore Convention Center. It will be Otakon's final year in Baltimore. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC will begin hosting Otakon ... Continue Reading
Carrie Fisher 1956 – 2016
From the Los Angeles Times: Actress and writer Carrie Fisher, who rose to global fame as the trail-blazing intergalactic heroine Princess Leia in the “Star Wars†franchise and later went on to establish herself as an author and screenwriter with an ... Continue Reading
Emerald City Comicon sued for not paying ‘volunteers’
Jerry Brooks is initiating a class action suit against Emerald City Comicon. He alleges the convention broke Washington state employment laws. They used volunteers to do tasks normally performed by paid employees. The convention referred to these ... Continue Reading
Brian Bolland and his Chicago Real Estate lawyer
This morning I found yet another email from comic book artist Brian Bolland concerning the whole issue surrounding my blog post over two months ago about a sketch he did at the 2007 New York City Comic-Con. The email basically contradicts everything he ... Continue Reading