We have a bit of news that will excite fans of foam projectiles and Marvel Comics. Nerf, a division of Hasbro and makers of a multitude of foam-based playthings, will be releasing a new blaster based on Hawkeye’s bow from the upcoming Avengers movie. The image, released on the official Nerf Facebook page yesterday, will showcase a similar design to the bow...

Dark Ascension is a few days away, and last weekend we welcomed it across the country with pre-release contests  and tournaments.  We here at Comic Booked want to get into the Magic: The Gathering spirit too.  How then , should we do that? Should we have a tournament? That would be too localized.  A series of articles? Insightful, but not quite what I was...

Ah, to be back. School has dominated my life this week, BUT I always have time to answer your Magic: The Gathering related questions.   “So how can you tell a new player from an experienced player?” You’re playing a match against someone and focusing hard, and a player comes up to you and asks “do you want to play a match?”...

Have you ever been at your local card store/comic book store looking for a game of Magic the Gathering? Ever see a group of people with their skyscrapers of binders laid out in front of them yelling out prices to each other and the only response is a shake of a head or a nod? These are the more competitive players that you either love, or hate. I happen to be...

When it comes to money, people will go to great lengths to argue almost any point. This applies even moreso in the world of big business, where a company can lose millions of dollars in the blink of an eye. But when it comes to taxes and tariffs, many corporations pay what they’re told to and don’t bother to put up a stink about it. After all, not many...

Sometime in the coming weeks your imagination is going to get a new source of fuel. The human imagination is a wonderful thing. It is able to take a limited amount of information and from it create an entire universe of possibilities. In many ways, this is what comic books are: fuel for the imaginative soul. Now, thanks to a collaboration of Triple Eye...

In the world of comic book collecting, there are casual collectors and there are hardcore collectors.  I find myself somewhere in the middle, but no matter what category you fall into, there are certain guidelines to take proper care of your comic book collection.  There are a few schools of thought on the matter, but in every case it’s safe to say...

I have bid on comic books from eBay, Heritage Auctions, ComicConnect, and ComicLink. I have not yet had the luxury to purchase through Metropolis Collectibles, which is a sister company to Comicconnect.com. There are so many good places to find a great many books, and someone just found a copy of Captain America #1 in a 7.5 condition. This 1941 Timely book, the...

One of the most exciting features at Comic-Con are all the amazing toys and game exclusives made available to all. We here at Comic Booked were lucky enough to get several unique experiences with them over the course of the Con and here are my personal interviews Darksiders 2, Dark Horse’s amazing toys, and the awesome Disney releases at the Funko Toy...

What a time to be a 10 year old kid! I love Legos, even to this day I enjoy building and destroying things with those wonderful bricks. Well now I’ll be able to collect even more sweet blockheads, as Lego just announced a new deal it struck with both Marvel and DC to bring their roster of characters to both the building scene and the awesome video game...

Anyone who has known me for any length of time has probably heard me gush about Camilla d’Errico at some point.  Camilla is an amazing artist from Vancouver, Canada.  She produces absolutely gorgeous pop-surrealist art that not only looks beautiful, but also manages to comment on how we as a society consume beauty.  I just can’t get enough of her work! ...

When I first found out about CGC I was upset. I wanted to know how they could mess with my hobby. I said as much as we sat down, and they even agreed with me. I continued to tell them how I was baffled when I picked up my first two CGC books. One was a 9.8 and the other was only a 9.0. I told them I had two other interviews with only ten questions, but for them...

Avatar Press always pulls out all the stops when it comes to conventions.  Avatar has a booth bursting with great guests and books, as well as hosting excellent, fun, and informative panel discussions.  Their presence at San Diego Comic-Con this year looks to continue this tradition in a BIG way.  Amazing artists, writers, exclusives and merchandise make it...

Ahhh…San Diego Comic Con. The time of year when people come out of the woodwork and hot-foot it over to the west coast and catch the very latest and greatest in comic book culture. Actually, despite the name, San Diego Comic Con has grown from its comic origins, and has come to include news and announcements pertaining to nearly every aspect of pop culture,...

Going to San Diego Comic Con this year? Are you excited? Don’t answer that, we all know that you are. But now you have to ask yourself, “what about all the cool exclusives at the con? How am I going to keep up and make sure I get the ones I want?” Which is a really good question when you consider just HOW many cool exclusives SDCC has...

Molly Crabapple made a HUGE statement about her support for Free Speech.  She created a monstrous masterpiece to benefit the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF). It was made during the Stumptown Comics Festival, measuring in at 8 feet high and 7 feet wide with Molly’s amazing pen work. She took suggestions from the public. Some of the suggestions ranged...