Entries by Chris

New York is going well, and the first day of panels were certainly interesting. The show opens to professionals and the press in about 10 ...


Hello Folks! I'll be at The New York Comic Con this weekend, because I haven't missed one yet. Will I get to do a "LOCKDOWN!" ...


I can't believe I just thought "Wow, only 21 new manga. Looks like a light week!". - Chris *Note: Not actually first though, I've been up since ...


I've got the most severe case of writer's block at the moment, which is why posting has been so sporadic. Many apologies. I was going ...


Trevor Brown is an artist that is quite well-known in comics and illustration circles. A favourite of the Juxtapoz Magazine crowd. One of his paintings ...


Go check out the full test for Studio Ghibli director Yoshifumi Kondo's take on an animated Little Nemo in Slumberland. It's amazing: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3342755205038857742 And if you want ...


Last week's wrap-up of Superman & The Golden Age Legion in Action Comics was really, surprisingly enjoyable and probably the best comic Geoff Johns has ...


I was out wandering the various Asian malls that make up Toronto and surrounding areas, and was reminded by this poster just how awesome Junko ...


I've never posted this sort of list before but I figured it's kind of interesting to see what our numbers are like versus what the ...


What you're seeing above is the de-lovely Prada 'epicentre' in Tokyo, decked out in the new face of the line, illustrated by James Jean. I'd ...


In the last week of 2006, I was an incredible smart-ass and decided to treat the weekly shipping list like chicken entrails or tea leaves, ...


I don't know if this is ruining the surprise or just making sure you don't miss it... Eyeshield 21 Vol 19 hits comics shops everywhere ...


"The comics industry needs to rectify its historical abuses as best it can, no matter if a court makes them or not. It needs to ...


+ Flight contributor and graphic novelist Neil Babra recently completed an adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet for the "No Fear Shakespeare" line of graphic novels published ...


Did you read that headline? "A federal judge here on Wednesday ruled that the heirs of Jerome Siegel — who 70 years ago sold the rights ...


I just wanted to briefly mention that I was in the newspaper a couple of times in the past few weeks, which is kind of ...


We've installed 2 more bookcases of manga at The Beguiling in the past week or two, bumping our total to 14 (and 6 spinner racks). ...


Toronto's R.G. Taylor has a new graphic novel dropping in a few months called "Growing Up With Comics" from Desperado. It's a collection of various ...


Was working through my computer today and tripped over this... An awesome illustration by Jim Mahfood to promote the 2005 TCAF kick-off event featuring musician/turntablist/graphic ...


I moderate all of my comments. Primarily because sometimes the spam filter breaks down and I had to delete 50 pieces of Spam from the moderation ...


On June 17th, Viz Media will release CAT-EYED BOY, a two-volume collection of the shonen horror classic by Kazuo Umezu weighing in at over a ...


Oh man... Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo is helping celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Shonen Sunday Magazine by releasing a year's worth of limited edition manga ...


My friend Corey Mintz has started a food blog. It combines recipies, restaurant reviews done for Eye Magazine here in town, and food-related writing and ...


He came back in today and bought the DVD. - Christopher


For the third year in a row I'll be at the New York Comic Con, April 18-20. Actually, I'll be in New York from the ...