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Stop causing trouble, dude! You don't even understand what's on those ICV2 lists. 1) They are from 100 ComicHub accounts. 100 out of roughly 3,000 total comic stores. 2) They are only ranked lists. ...

Shane Davis is now a disgruntled former employee. Nice art, but his opinions (or EVS's even) on DC are just that - opinions of bitter former employees.

Folks near Ollie's - be sure to check their new stock. I just found some great TPBs including volumes 2 and 3 of the "X-Men: Age of Apocalypse" trades for like $7 each. Also some Suicide Squad,...

You all NEED to start preordering your big books. Low publisher print runs, high price to stock extra copies, customers waiting for the lowest deal... It's a setup for disappointment. In this...

I'm making another go at reading New Teen Titans Omnibus Vol.1.

Love, love, love it. Nick Dragota is the 5th horseman of the apocalypse. Fun, intriguing story as well.

I'm in my re-read of New 52 Nightwing via the omnibus. Also doing some Batman Golden Age...

Teen Titans Academy should be fun, but don't you think the inspiration was likely the recent "Strange Academy"magic school book from Marvel? That got so much speculation hype over first appearances...

Not sure what piracy has to do with anything, but the upcoming March issues seem mostly like a good slate. I'm not doing Justice League, and I'm not happy about plus size issues for $4.99 or more....

Yeah that Green Arrow omnibus is put together well and reads well for that size.

DC should give him something like Green Lantern. It's a property that has already been proven to be malleable, there is a history of writers creating their own lanterns or expanding the mythos, and...

This was at an Ollie's in Mississippi.

Yeah, definitely pre-order is the way to go if you know you want a book, especially a big book. Those are prone to low print runs and high demand once people see them in the wild. Do your homework...

Reading "Drifting Classroom." I just bought the big VIZ hardcover of volume 1 the other day, and already made it halfway through. Great stuff! Also just starting to dive into my "Wrath of Spectre"...

My local Ollie's had all 4 Walking Dead Compendium volumes on sale the other day. $10 each.

Presumably the sales numbers just aren't there for DC collected editions in the same way they are there for Marvel. DC would be chugging out material if it was making money for them as well.

Honestly, it sounds exciting. But I was excited for "Dark Nights Metal, and I felt it ultimately fell real flat. Like there was no real ending and all the big flashy points were just flashy points....

I'll also add that the hardcover omnibus is really only a Marvel/DC format, so don't hold out hope for something like Paper Girls to be collected like that. At best, some creators will have the...

After reading and collecting for 8 years now, these are my thoughts:
-Trade paperbacks are most affordable collected edition, but not worth buying if you plan on keeping the single issues. Gutter...

In my dream world, a series of 3 or 4 JSA films would be great to tell some period piece stories, but you're right that it would probably not be enough to do them justice in one. In reality though, I...

I'd buy a Mark Russell-Bill Sienkiewicz "The Question" book even without a solicit. But if it includes Bandit the dog as well, I'd probably buy 2 copies! Also, I'll buy Detective and Flash no...

When, in recent history, has Batman not been the star of his own book? In fact, it's pretty standard practice these days for there not to even be a mention of Robin in an issue of "Batman." And for...

Wow! So this time a year ago, we were talking about Iron Man being front and center of the All-New All-Different Marvel Universe. Today we realize that never happened and guess what, there's...

Don't worry about being a noob. You're interested in comics, which is a great place to be! To clear it up for you, the issues like Batman: Rebirth #1 are going to be one-shot issues only. Then...

Excellent points, Brian! I had not connected all of the dots, and I was just thinking of the fact that the sales numbers don't always match up. I truly admire the business savvy of successful comic...

It's always enjoyable to get the thoughts of everyone in the industry - especially retailers. I appreciate that Brian always calls it like he sees it. I have to disagree with him on two points...