by Chris Marshall on March 17, 2010
It looks like Spring has sprung here in the Metro Detroit area and it couldn’t of come at a better time! Spring is a time of renewal, to feel alive again, to grow and in my case get one hell of a head cold as the chilly days turns into warm days. The slight flu [...]
by Chris Marshall on February 24, 2010
Collected Comics Library Podcast #259 44,305Kb; 47m 09s This is my Fifth Anniverasry of the Collected Comics Library Podcast! Thanks to everyone who as supported me over the years! In the fourth installment of the Steve Ditko career retrospective, I chat with comic book historian, Craig Yoe about his new collected edition, Art of Ditko [...]
by Chris Marshall on February 17, 2010
Collected Comics Library Podcast #258 26,884Kb; 28m 34s In the third installment of the Steve Ditko career retrospective, Ditko goes back to Marvel Comics to work on Machine Man and The Micronauts. He also works with Pacific Comics, Eclipse Comics, Dark Horse and Fantagraphics. all for a very limited time. In the late 1990′s and [...]
by Chris Marshall on February 10, 2010
Collected Comics Library Podcast #257 20,415Kb; 21m 40s This week on the Steve Ditko career retrospective, I take a look at his return to Charlton (although some would argue he never left), his limited time at Warren and his entire time at DC Comics. This includes the great characters he created: Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, [...]
by Chris Marshall on February 3, 2010
Collected Comics Library Podcast #256 24,083Kb; 25m 37s Regular readers of this blog and listeners of the podcast are aware that every year I adopt a character (or creator). This entails me researching and reading a superhero from many different incarnations throughout the entire lifespan. For 2010 I chose Spider-Man with a special focus on [...]
by Chris Marshall on January 6, 2010
Collected Comics Library Podcast #252 15,180Kb; 16m 05s It’s time once again for my annual Adopt a Character show. You are welcome to play along, it very easy and fun to do. Simply pick a character that you have always wanted to know more about and go out and do it! You have a full [...]
by Chris Marshall on December 2, 2009
Collected Edition Blog browsing on Wednesday morning It’s the holiday season and with that comes a slew of Gift Giving Lists, or Top 10′s, from just about every website. FYI, I’ll be posting my favorites of 2009 soon. In the meantime, here’s a few linkity links. Pamela Mullin, DC’s vertigo Blog: What Vertigo Titles Do [...]
by Chris Marshall on March 18, 2009
Collected Comics Library Podcast #212 36,040Kb; 30m 32s http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/ So you’ve seen the Watchmen movie and you’ve read the Watchmen trade paperback and are now longing for more. Well there’s no better place then to start from the beginning; with the Charlton Heroes characters that Watchmen were based upon. Today on the show I go [...]