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Articles about comic books (0-50 of 427)
- Super Collector Stephen Geppi
By: Hector Cantu | - Stephen Geppi doesn't hesitate when asked to talk about his childhood.
"When I was 5, the first thing I learned to read from was a comic book," Geppi says as he recalls his boyhood in Baltimore in the 1950s. "I remember my mother bringing home comics. They were all over the place. Subsequently, I became an avid comic fan. I can't say I was a collector in the sense that I understood condition. I just loved them."
Over the next 50 years, that love would create one of ...
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- Books - The Better Form Of Entertainment
By: Garnet Valentine | - When is the last time you picked up a book and read? Before the great invention of the television, reading was one of the main sources of entertainment. Kids would spend a great deal of their time reading and collecting comic books. This was a good way for them to stimulate the brain by using their creative imagination. Modern kids now spend countless hours in front of the tube watching their favorite shows and playing one of many video games available today. Adults also lost themselves in a g ...
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- A Useful Comic Book Database
By: Phoenix Delray | - Collectors have found that a good comic book database is invaluable to keeping their collections organized, neat, and tidy. The software that is used can be purchased, or there are also many versions that are available online either to download at a charge or to get free of charge. Although the comic book databases that are free of charge are useful, they are not quite as useful and do not contain as many features as those that are fee based.
Keeping track of the inventory that ...
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- Comic Book Software: The Collectors Lifesaver
By: Phoenix Delray | - Many comic book software programs have found their way into the hearts of collectors who have struggled for years to find ways to keep their collections organized. Many of these collectors have hundreds, even thousands of issues that are just about impossible to keep track of without these new programs to make everything easier. It can be a daunting task to keep track of every issue that a person owns, especially if they have been purchasing issues for years without keeping any kind of record ...
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- Is Your Comic Book Collection Insured?
By: Darin Darden | - If you have a comic book collection that is quiet large and you have invested a lot of money into it then you really should think about getting insurance, especially if any of your comics happen to be rare, top of the line Silver or Golden Age hard to find vintage comics.
But, if you own hundreds or thousands of comics that are just worth one to three dollars each, then it may not really be practical or very cost effective to have them insured.
You can get insuran ...
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- Using A Comic Book Program To Track Your Collection
By: Phoenix Delray | - A comic book program can help you keep your collection organized, in order, and tracked easily and with little effort. Management software programs are available at very reasonable prices and there are even some that are offered for free. Free editions are the simplest and cheapest way to track collections, and they can organize collections of up to 500 books or more.
Many people enjoy their comic book program because they include current prices and data on their editions and ...
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- Different Genres Of Children's Books Are Chosen By Children
By: Hsinray Jayadelson | - children's books should be chosen before buying. The most restrictive definition of children's books are those books which should be probed by children, such as teachers, reviewers, scholars, parents, publishers, librarians, retailers, and the various book-award committees.
Sometimes children books can mislead the children a lot. Parents wishing to protect their children from the unhappier aspects of life often find the traditional fairy tales, nursery rhymes and other voyages of discover ...
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- Are Serious Dramas An Endangered Species
By: John Farr | - I don't get out enough. But when I do, I most always learn something.
Attending a party last week, I saw something new: Between the bar area and dance floor was a connecting room, and passing through it, I noticed many party-goers lining the walls, each in isolation checking emails on their Blackberries.
Checking emails- in the middle of a party?
Before wireless portable devices, when you went to a social event, you had to jump in and give yourself o ...
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- Read Fictitious Books And Revitalize Your Life With Amazing Stories
By: Retailsdirect.com | - As far as entertainment is considered books have always proved to be the best pastime. High sale of books is a strong evidence for its fame. There are several kind of books but fiction books are the ones which are sold the most. The fiction books are of many types and belong to different categories of stories. Many fiction books have story plot as horror, which have ghosts and other horrid creatures that terrorise the readers. There are also funny comic stories which are capable enough to fill t ...
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- The Evolution Of The Silver Surfer Comic Book
By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - The silver surfer was originally a young astronomer on the planet Zenn-La, as revealed in the silver surfer comic book. His name was Norrin Radd, but in order to save his planet from the giant planet eating entity known as Galactus, Radd became the entity's herald. As chronicled in the silver surfer comic book, the silver surfer, now imbued with Galactus' Power Cosmic, would seek out planets for Galactus to feed on.
Though there was a silver surfer comic book later on, the silve ...
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- The Benefits Of Using Comic Collection Software For Organization
By: Phoenix Delray | - There are so many people that collect comic books that are in great need of an effective way to keep the books organized this is where the new comic collection software comes in. As people accumulate more and more books, there comes a time when organized piles just wont cut it anymore. There must be a better way to keep a count of the inventory of collectors, and now that the Internet is here, there is also a new and convenient way to keep track of everything in a comic collection.
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- Complete Guide For The Beginning Comic Collector
By: Phoenix Delray | - Through the years of different forms of entertainment, the comic collector has found a hobby in comic books that surpasses the longevity of other forms of entertainment. The thin little animated books continue to maintain an impressive share of the entertainment market and also holds a pretty large piece of the consumer spending pie. With the introduction of the Internet, the market for the books has grown incredibly as new generations of readers continue to enjoy the hobby.
The ...
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- How To Maximize The Value Of Your Comics - Comic Book Values-00-1085
By: shojul | - Investments mean putting down your money now for greater returns in the future. With this logic in mind, comic book collections then become a long-term investment. Just ask the old-timers who are selling their collections for three or four digits a set.
Converting them to todays standards, the average comic book values for a collection would cost a few hundred dollars. The pay-off after a few decades could reach ten or even a hundred times their original value. This is definit ...
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- Book Review: How To Get Children Books For Your Child To Love Reading
By: Fatin Nehal | - Personalized Children's Books can help a child develop good reading, learning skills, boost their self-confidence, and show them how much they mean to you! Give educational personalized gifts to kids that will be read and listened to again and again!
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Children's books are for readers to about age twelve and is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes exclude young-adult fiction, comic books, or other genres. Books specificall ...
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- Where To Buy Comic Books Online
By: Phoenix Delray | - Until the age of the Internet, the avenues that people had to buy comic books were limited to conventions, little book stores, private sellers, and by searching through ads in newspapers. With the birth of online shopping though, millions of people from every end of the Earth scour websites daily in search of prized issues that they would not be able to find without the Internet. The open market for comics expanded from the local scene to the entire world with the dawn of the Web, and so too d ...
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- Then There Were Two
By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Comic books have been around for a long, long time. Many decades have we read the adventures of heroes in tights, monsters, wizards, courageous cowboys and anthropomorphic beings in the from of a miniature magazine. And over those tens of years weve seen many comic companies come and go, but only a few were able to survive and thrive.
There are literally hundreds of failed comic book companies littering the printing press graveyard. Some had a fair amount of success, ot ...
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- The Perception Of Comic Books
By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Comic books have carried a negative stigma for as long as they have existed. Viewed as juvenile, cheap or inferior forms of literature and art, comic books have had an uphill battle from day one. But with the success of comic books as represented in Hollywood, maybe, just maybe the perception of them will change.
The truth is, however, that in some circles comic books will always represent what's wrong with the world, like many other forms of entertainment. Video games and tele ...
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- Unique Chrisitan Comics
By: Charlie Reese | - One of the most difficult areas of debate and controversy in my church is Christian entertainment. We are a very conservative church and, although all of us are saved, not all of us have the same view about what constitutes appropriate and inappropriate entertainment values.
Take Christian the comics debate. My son has been reading Marvel comics for the past year or two, and I didn't really see anything wrong with them after casually perusing them. The ones he was reading have a very ...
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- What To Do With Old Comic Books
By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Everyone at one time or another had those old comic books lying around. Either from childhood, or they belonged to your parents or even grandparents. Or perhaps they were given to you from someone close who wanted to get rid of theirs. Most of the time they're not worth much, just nice to have around for nostalgia's sake. Other times you can find a real gem that you could keep and hold dear, or sell that puppy on Ebay or to a local retailer.
Regardless of where they came fro ...
Tags: DC Comics, comic, comic book heroes, Marvel Comics
- Marvel Comic Books: The Industry Standard?
By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - It's no secret that Marvel comic books are the best selling comic books in the American market. Marvel holds the highest percentage of the market share as it has for many years, just above main rival, DC Comics. But does this really mean that Marvel comic books are the standard for the industry? Are they the best written and best illustrated? Are they diverse and varied enough? Do they really captivate readers that much, or is it mainly due to diehard fans of their characters or creators bu ...
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- Looking To Buy Comic Books?
By: Phoenix Delray | - The first person to buy comic books in the 1930s had very limited supplies to choose from, but these days the collections and inventories of the little magazines number in the thousands, if not the millions. Collecting comics has become a major pastime for fans of all ages and walks of life. Prices range from a couple of dollars for new releases to thousands of dollars for the old classics.
There are many people who want to buy comic books that are of a certain type or from a ce ...
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- Selling Your Comic Books: Why Online Is The Smart Choice
By: Joseph Gardener | - When a person has a large amount of comic books it normally means that they have been collecting for a long time and for some people even for their entire lifetime up until this point. Over time comic books gain value and become rarer or simply worth more due to age. Some comics you may buy will always be worth the same amount. While others may have the amount they are worth skyrocket and grow to new heights. For many people, this is the reason that they start collecting comics. However, for o ...
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- The First Thing To Know When Selling A Comic Book
By: Joseph Gardener | - Knowing how much your comic book is worth is the first step you should know when you attempt to sell your comic book. Comic books range in value both monetarily and emotionally, based on a collector's personal tastes. What may be worth a great deal to one collector is not worth as much to another, and can affect the final price of a sale. There are a number of excellent sources available online to check the most current monetary value of a comic book, and should always be consulted before you be ...
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- Buy A Rare Garfield Comic Strip On An Auction
By: Gnubas | - This draft about garfield comic strip will take a novice's look at this entertaining subject. It will give you the facts that you need to know most when it comes to stuffed toys. Jim Davis had the idea for a daily strip about a tabby cat and it went on to be the most syndicated strip in the world. The Garfield comic strip has entertained readers ever since its introduction in 1978. Such is its place in popular culture; it is even represented in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The ever ...
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- From Comics To Film
By: Virgil The Story Teller | - When did this become trendy? When did Hollywood finally see the potential in decades old Spider-Man, X-Men, Batman, Captain America and even thor comics? When did moviegoers finally understand and appreciate the appeal of the four color world as it is represented in live action (with a little CGI animation thrown in for good measure)?
Comic books and film go hand-in-hand, and always have more or less. They are both forms of visual entertainment that tell fantastic stories, man ...
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- Female Comic Book Characters And What They Mean To Comics
By: Virgil The Story Teller | - Early female comic book characters were limited to supporting roles or used as damsels in distress. They were the Lois Lanes and Lana Langs; characters that mattered to a certain extent, but not as much as the male leads. But since comics were primarily marketed to the male population, this was acceptable and expected.
With the role of women becoming more prominent in society in later years, though, more and more female comic book characters took on larger roles, like Wonder Wo ...
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- Building A Collection Of Comic Books
By: Victor Epand | - In the past collectors have found that comic books have certainly come a long way and are valuable collector items. Every walk of life has enjoyed a comic book at some time in their life and collectors are more than willing to add one of these collectible works of art to their collection.
Comic books may be seen a simply a form of childish entertainment to some, but to a collector comic books are sophisticated works of art that can be extremely valuable. In fact, the first appeara ...
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- Collecting Comic Books As A Collectible
By: Victor Epand | - Collectors of comic books may choose from a variety of characters and in doing so they may also decide to statues, toys, prints, or posters of that character also to their collection. The character that a collector decides to base their collection on may be one of their childhood favorites.
Collectors might choose to build their collections on characters from Batman, Superman, Spider Man, or even X-Men. Every collector of comic books at some point will remember purchasing their fi ...
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- Movie Iron Man Vs. Iron Man Comics ?
By: Richard Pulfer | - So how does the movie Iron Man stack up again Iron Man comics?
Short answer: Pretty well actually.
Robert Downey Jr. is Tony Stark, often channeling most of his own well-publicized inner demons into the character. Beyond the origins story, most of Tony's life is fairly accurate to the comic books, ranging from the shadow of his wealthy industrialist father Howard Stark (the movie even places Howard at the Manhattan Project) to the tragic death of his parents.
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- Iron Man Cartoon
By: Richard Pulfer | - A few months ago, one of my friends sent me a text "I'm so glad to be part of the Marvel/DC generation!" Technically, anyone alive during the 1960's and on is part of the Marvel/DC generation, but my friend had a point in the 1990's specially, fans were introduced to all variety of comic book characters on Saturday morning cartoons and Iron Man is no exception.
The first Iron Man cartoon debuted twice before the 1990's first in the 1966 series The Marvel superheroe ...
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- Characters In Iron Man
By: hari | - Tony Stark is one of the biggest reasons to see this film. Stark is one of the most dynamic characters in comic book history, and he shows no signs of stopping.
Stark is a genius of child prodigy level, but also quite a hedonist as an adult. He's set his father's burgeoning weapons manufacturer Stark Enterprises to pretty much function on his own something that works a little too well, as Stark sees his weapons used by insurgents in Afghanistan during the time of his capture. ...
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- A Quick History Of Comics, Part 2
By: Richard Pulfer | - But comics retained their youthful streak in the 1960s. During this time of increased counter-culture, Marvel Comics rose to go head-to-head DCs traditional line-up, emphasizing heroes like Spider-Man and the X-Men, who appealed to young teenage readers as opposed to ideal citizens like Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent. Many experts believed the Silver Age kicked off with the publication of Fantastic Four in 1961 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Spider-Man creator Stan Lee did run ina ...
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- A Quick History Of Comics, Part One
By: hari | - Anyone looking at the number of much-hyped superhero films at the box office could stake the claim comics have never been bigger, but a quick view of comic book history, however, reveals while comics have never soared to higher heights in the movie gross, this fantastic foundation has never been more unstable.
Comic books were an easy fit for 1930s America. They were cheap, easy to produce, and even easier to sell. With large booms in pulp, radio shows and comic strips, comic b ...
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- Determining Comic Book Value
By: Candance Right | - Have you found a stash of old comics in the attic? Maybe you happened on someone's comic book collection at a garage or tag sale and picked them up with the idea of making a few dollars. No matter how you obtained them, and regardless of whether you have a few or several dozen comic books, you need to learn the comic book value.
There are several things that determine the value of a comic book. First of all, based on accepted guidelines, you need to know what kind of condition it' ...
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- Tips For Comic Book Storage
By: Candance Right | - When it comes to a valuable comic book collection, there are lots of different ways you can store it. There are many different kinds of comic book storage options.
One of the most important things to remember is to keep them in specially made containers designed specifically for storing comic books or paper. Whatever you use to store paper or cardboard needs to be archive quality, that is acid-free and lignin free. Storage devices made from plastic must be PVC-free.
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- Don't Skimp On Storing Your Comic Book Collection
By: Candace Right | - When it comes to a valuable comic book collection, there are lots of different ways you can store it. Comic book storage is really quite versatile.
The thing to keep in mind, first and foremost, is to store them in containers that were made specifically for this purpose. You want to preserve the paper. That means anything you use for cardboard or paper storage (ie, comic books) should be lignin-free and acid-free. If you use plastic storage, it should be PVC-free.
Add ...
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- Writing A Comic Book
By: Chris Kettelson | - Most comic book fans dream about the day that they can publish a comic book of their own. Maybe you are one of those enthusiasts and have toyed around with the idea but have never actually finished a book. Writing a comic book takes discipline, creativity, and dedication. Writing a comic book is a creative field and takes some practice but don't let this scare you off!
If you are thinking about writing a comic book, remember you need to be familiar with two seemingly disparate fie ...
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- Manga -- The Japanese Comic Book Era
By: Andrew Wills | - Manga is a Japanese word which when translated to English becomes "comic book." When referring to manga, anyone not from Japan is talking of a Japanese comic book. These are cartoons drawn and published on paper. Like in the U.S. with Superman and Spiderman, manga in Japan has its stars.
Osamu Tezuka is referred to as the god of manga. He created Astro Boy, following from the inspiration of Walt Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse and Bambi. You can see the inspiration in his c ...
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- What Might You Do To Get Comic Books For Your Collection
By: Victor Epand | - While comic book publishers have reissued many titles in book format, that is not nearly as cheap or convenient as the CD/DVD format you suggest. Why not on CDs? It may be because of concerns about putting things in digital format, where they can be more readily copied. Or it may be because it seems that most fans want to have an actual comic page in front of them rather than read it on a computer screen. There is one company that has released many older comics from the 40s on CDs: You can also ...
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- What Might You Do To Get Comic Books For Your Collection?
By: Victor Epand | - While comic book publishers have reissued many titles in book format, that is not nearly as cheap or convenient as the CD/DVD format you suggest. Why not on CDs? It may be because of concerns about putting things in digital format, where they can be more readily copied. Or it may be because it seems that most fans want to have an actual comic page in front of them rather than read it on a computer screen. There is one company that has released many older comics from the 40s on CDs: You can also ...
Tags: Star Spangled War Stories, Marvel comic, mint condition, comics, wonder woman, Seven Sea, star wars, issues
- Comic Book Values
By: Michael Malega | - I trust that the following article will help you to better understand this topic.
There are many another types of comic books that we can buy, trade and even look through when we go to a comical book shop. From these places you will get together comic books in diverse conditions. Some fun books will be in mint condition and others will look well thumbed through even though they are recently printed comical books. When you are purchasing comic books for a collection you want to kn ...
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- How To Contact Comic Book Artists & Writers
By: Jordan McAuley | - The first annual New York Comic-con brought out Milla Jovovich and was so successful, organizers almost had to shut it down. The second annual New York Comic-con was organized much better, even bringing out Steven King and Stan Lee to meet fans.
Below are some more insider tips for contacting your favorite comic book artists and writers at various comic book conventions around the country...
Meeting in Person:
Although most comic book creators, artist ...
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- How To Make Money With Comic Books
By: Joe Goertz | - In someway or another, we all try to find super hero characters in ourselves. Children love them, and even grown ups go to theatres to watch movies like Spiderman and Fantastic Four.
Fantastic stories are described in comic books, which are just soft cover magazines with pictures and words. The cover is made of glossy paper and the inside is a high quality paper, with its spine held together by staples. Comic books cover everything from horror to sci-fi, from crime to adventure an ...
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- Comic Books - Exploring Your Imagination
By: Susan Jan | - A comic book, or comics for short, is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative. Since the formulation of the comic book format in the 1930s, young and old alike have enjoyed comics. However, the comic industry lost some of its popularity when it came down with a crash in the mid 1990s.
To promote its popularity once again the comic book industry is producing films based on the comic book stories. This method proved successful for few stories like Sin ...
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- Understanding The Need For Small Publishing Companies
By: David Gass | - With the advent of the Internet the publishing industry has streamlined with many major publishing houses merging or simply going out of business. In the cutthroat market of book publishing it sometimes seems to the layman that there is no place for the small printing presses anymore. This is simply untrue. The Internet has made it easier for the small presses to reach customers and create special niches. Below are the types of publishing houses, which seem to do the best.
1.V ...
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- From Yellow Kid To Superman - Pointers For Comic Book Aficionados
By: Jay Ashley | - In a world where there isn't exactly enough time for all the things people have to do, almost everybody still finds themselves hooked to a certain hobby. Collecting baseball cards or stamps, buttons even, knitting, wood crafting, landscaping, what have you. And in this long list, comic book collection seems to place itself amongst the top.
The popularity of comic books gained momentum during the 1960's. However, comic book enthusiasts would remember the story of the Yellow Kid in ...
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