Monthly Archives: July 2013

Comic Book Conventions – 3 Awful Truths About Selling at Comic Cons

There are thousands of comic conventions held across the country each year. Local comic cons in your nearby city can draw nice crowds and the large national cons in San Diego and Chicago are packed houses with hundreds of thousands … Continue reading

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Comics 101 – What is the Golden Age of Comic Books?

The Golden Age of comics begins in June 1938. This is the first appearance of Superman in Action Comics #1, published by DC Comics. There had been adventure comic books published before this point (Detective Comics predates Action by over … Continue reading

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Comic Books – The Silver Age (1950 to 1970′s)

In the silver age of comic books, comic book companies took ordinary, though highly skilled, super heroes and placed them in rockets, visit alien worlds and fight for the good no matter what type of society there was. The silver … Continue reading

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Comic Books and Graphic Novels – What’s the Difference?

Ever since the comic book industry began catering to a mature audience in the late 70s and 80s, the definition of exactly what a comic book is – or indeed what it takes for a comic to become a graphic … Continue reading

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How to Write a Comic Book?

If you want to write a comic book, then you need to know certain details. Ideally, the book should contain around 22 pages. Remember, writing a comic book is an art; it is a type of creative writing where the … Continue reading

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Comic Books – Nostalgic Links To Our Past

Comic books are one of the most popular forms of reading for many adults. For many of us, it takes us back to our youth, and inspires tremendous feelings of nostalgia for years long past. It’s this nostalgia that creates … Continue reading

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Comic Books – Japanese Manga vs American Comics

What are the primary differences between Japanese Manga (Comics) and American Comics? There is a big difference in art styles between Manga, which is more stylized (exaggerated) and American comics, which tend to be more “realistic”. There are also quite … Continue reading

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Spiderman Comics

Spiderman comics have always been on high demand because they are not only bought by children but also by adults who probably read them when they were kids as well. Spiderman comics are a Marvel Comic original that made its … Continue reading

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Comic Books Collection

Comic books are serialized stories with attractive illustrations and interesting stories. Comic book lovers enjoy the continuous episodes and find pleasure in collecting them. To those who are enthusiastic about collection of comic books, it is a hobby. There was … Continue reading

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X-Men – The Comic Series

Written by Stan Lee and with subtle artwork of Jack Kirby, Xmen came in to existence. In the original animated series of X Men, it was only 5 men army, and with time, as the series evolved, so did the … Continue reading

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