Female Comic Book Characters and What They Mean to Comics 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 [...]

Comic book fans have been preaching it for years: comics are not just for kids. This should be old hat by now. So rather than trying to entice non-comic readers to read comics, let’s first explore the medium of comics and what makes it unique.   When you read a book, you are [...]

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I’m totally new to comic books, but I’m really interested in them, especially superhero ones. Since it’s such a vast world, can any fan tell me what i should do and where i should start?

One of the things to come out of this electric age of easy to access software programs is motion comics. Some people are making their own, using programs like Flash to animate their webcomics. Others have used this technology to create adaptations of comics currently out there, such as the motion comics adaptation of the [...]

Starwatch consumer | Computer malfunction results in cut-rate comics on Amazon.com An online run on comics Amazon.com ran out of some comic books after unintended price cuts caused by a computer glitch sparked a buying frenzy. Read more on The Kansas City Star

I am a young adult who has not read comic books since I was a little kid, but I am going to the comic book convention in Chicago tomorrow and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions about titles I should look for that would help me get interested in reading comics again.

We’ve had two comics break the million dollar mark this past month, and it would seem a good time to look at investing in comics. Commodities are hot right now, as they are a sure thing that one can hold onto, appreciate, and watch rise in price. These collectibles are great investments in that we [...]