Comic Books
I've been collecting comics since I was in grade school. Comic books, more than any other medium, inspired me to be an artist.
My brother and I are currently reorganizing our collection and rebagging everything in Mylar. I wish there was a really good online comic book database with photographs that could be used to track your comic book collection.
I buy my comics from Dave at Comics Plus in Shoreview. I also like Big Brain Comics in Minneapolis.
Favorite Comics
I am just getting back into comic books after not reading for close to 10 years. My current favorites are:
- NYX
- Runaways
- Young Avengers
- The Ultimates
- Ultimate Fantastic Four
- Captain America
Comic Art
I started puchasing comic book art a few years ago.
Pages I Own:
- The Mighty Thor #206, Page 22 - John Buscema
- NYX #1, Page 10 - Josh Middleton
- Runaways #6, Page 3 - Adrian Alphona
- Runaways #8, Page 16 - Adrian Alphona
- Monsters On the Prowl #1, page 17 - Duncan Fegredo
- Superman Adventures - Terry Austin
- Avengers Annual -
- Venom #1, Page 13 -
Links
Comic Companies
- Marvel Comics - Home of Spiderman, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men
- DC Comics - Home of Batman, Superman and the JLA
- Valiant Comics - A comic universe that started out great but then fragmented into nonsense.
Comic History
- Silver Age Marvel Comics Covers Index - A great resource of beautiful comic art from the 1960's by the likes of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, John Romita, Gene Colan, Dick Ayers, Jim Steranko and many others
- twoinone76.com - More than you ever wanted to know about Marvel Two-In-One
- The Grand Comics Database Project - A lot of sweet comic book covers
Vintage Comics
- Heritage Comics - A wonderful resource for vintage comics and art
- Comic Book Price Guide - A online price guide
- Comics Guaranty, LLC - The first independent, impartial, expert third party grading service in comics. I own a few CGC comics
- GPA Analysis - Going prices for CGC comics
Comic Supplies
- E. Gerber - Mylar bags and backing boards.
- BCW Supplies - Double-Thick cardboard boxes for comics