Comic Thought Bubble

Going to specially shops usually turn out well when you go to them just to buy one thing you were looking for that you know they  may have. Yet, walking in to find more than you were initially planning on finding can be a very exhilarating experience. Acquiring a new hobby while you are building into your current one can be very fun. Doing so allows you widen your horizons both with what you learn from the different hobbies and with the people you meet by exploring these hobbies. Also, it could be assumed that only selling  one thing in a shop can not always be very profitable for a small business, or even fun. Comicbook shops have naturally over time as businesses evolved to accommodate multiple types of people with different hobbies. Comic shops try to expand themselves to allow for hobbies to not only be available, but also try out and actively participate in. In these shops you are able to purchase materials for trading card games, board games, and small figures f...

Getting into comics can be one of the easiest or hardest hobbies that a person can get into without having prior knowledge to exactly what they are or how they work. Most experienced readers make it look easy to find a decent story-line or graphic novel that many people would be willing to read. New comers to comics feel intimidated by both comics and experienced readers, thus they are wary of just jumping into them. Anyone with any interest in reading comicbooks or graphic novels can follow these steps to make the process easier: Find a good genre: Comics are not limited to just stories about superheroes or even just action centered works.  Many people do not attempt to read comics as they do not just want to read about super heroes. Different genres can be searched for online to widen the ranch of possible books to read.  Look through different publishers: Most people have in some way heard of the two main comic publishers, Marvel and DC, or at least one of their p...

Keeping up with the newest released single issue comics has drawbacks both financially and oppurtunisticly. Buying a singular $4 issue, among others at the time, adds up each week with new releases of comic books. This takes a significant bite out of many readers finances just about each week or month. It is also difficult to make sure that you purchase each issue of a specific series if you show up late to buy them from a shop or do have it on you pull list. However, the answer to both problems lie in the one time purchase of a comic book trade. Trades are singular collections of multiple issues of a comic, much like a omnibus. They are divided and labelled as select volume to group off storylines and minimise cost. There are also large, full omnibuses with entire collect works of certain series. This helps with problems collectors face when trying to obtain an entire comic run. Some trades, including full collections, are not always made very well, but others can really take ...

Comic books are short and flimsy prints of tales that readers will cherish for years to come as they make sure that their valued staple bound reads are kept away from the elements in decent conditions. Like most written works they are very easily ruined by the outside variables like dust, water, light, and even gravity. Individually they are not very expensive, they range from $4-$5, but no one is very open to the idea of having to replace them. Especially considering emotional value, as well as how available they are depending on their rarity or how easily someone has access to them. Thankfully, companies have seen it fit to create certain protective products to guard against the outside elements to be preserved future readers to acknowledge . These products come in the form of comic sleeves, back boards, and comic boxes. Comic sleeves (displayed in the image on the left) are thin plastic covers to place over comics to protect against dust and water decently. They are t...

For at least the last decade Marvel and DC have captivated audiences with their well received cinematic adaptations of some of their more popular comic story lines for the masses around the world. The public has become painfully more aware of the production of comic book movies since the actors on screen are put on display in either shiny red armor or bright blue spandex. There are some that would even believe that the industry is over-saturated with these particular type of movie, at least as far as the superhero genre. Yet, comics have been an intrinsic part of American film making for the for several decades now. Movies so popular and commonly recognized people would be shocked to know they were based on comics. A very popular group of movies to start with recognizing as comic adaptations would have to be the "Men in Black" franchise starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. The comic for which was published initially in 1990 by Aircel Comics and  written by Lowell Cunnin...

Garth Ennis is a renowned comic-writer who has become a pillar of the industry for more than 30 years. He has accumulated a large dedicated following of fans who have a very specific taste for his brand of writing.Ennis has shaken the comic-book world with some of his best works such as "The Boys," "Judge Dredd," and "Hitman." All of these are famous independent titles that have gained vast popularity for having provocative content. His work is celebrated and acknowledged by varying groups of people who read his intense form of storytelling. Ennis was born in Northern Ireland, where he would live and grow his craft for writing with the the "Crisis" graphic novel series. He would come to work for DC comics in 1991 on the "Hellblazer" series, for which he would win an Eisner Award for. By 1995, he would start his own independent comic series, "Preacher," that would later become the popular AMC channel series on television . His...

Most people who read and purchase comics from a comic book shop or a hobby shop are made aware of the fact that they are allowed to pre-order a select collection comics to be purchased upon their delivery to the retailer. This agreed upon collection of pre-ordered comics is commonly referred to as a "pull list." Essentially, the customer has made a deal with the seller to purchase a select group of regularly released comics that the seller has ordered and pulled to the side for them. This is a convenient service that certain comic retailers provide for their regular customers that is always appreciated. It is not only a way for costumers to ensure that they receive a copy of the current issue of their favorite popular series coming out, but readers of independent comics are promised a copy of the series that are not always in stock. As a service, a pull list builds a decent relationship with a comic seller and cements an amount of trust between them and the customer. It is a ...