HOT PICKS! On Sale This Week (2/26/14)
Another week and another varied selection! Here’s what Mark Waid and the rest of our Hot Picks crew are looking forward to this week!
Jay Piscopo’s “Sea Ghost” Action Figure
What do you get when you combine Space Ghost with Aquaman? You get creator owned comic book character Sea Ghost — and now he’s an action figure!
COOL EVENT ALERT: ‘QU33R’ Signing at JHU in NYC
Creators from the new LGBTQ anthology will be in Manhattan on Friday night, Feb. 28.
Opinion: Why Archie Comics Are So Endearing AND Enduring
Our friend Ed Catto reflects on Archie Comics’ inimitable legacy in this love letter to Riverdale’s finest:
The 13thD Super Team: Who We Are and How We Came to Be
Like a good team book, one of the best parts of assembling a website is putting a ragtag crew together. Here’s ours!
Holmstrom’s Original Punk Art Goes For $19,000
While not the sky high price of a Kirby piece, there’s a sense of triumph in seeing artist and publisher John Holmstrom’s art going for more money than he earned the entire year in which he created it. Actually, those were incredibly lean times for the then struggling artist. I spoke to him about the art and it’s history.
MOTORCYCLE CATWOMAN WINS TOY FAIR
VROOOOOM! My pick for the coolest, badassest, raddest thing I saw at Toy Fair.
13 Items at Toy Fair You Oughta Check Out
Everything here is pretty dang cool. It’s a selection of random things that caught my eye, from Funko, Mezco, Bif Bang Pow!, Kotobukiya, Mattel and NECA.
TOY FAIR 2014: 13 Of My Favorite DC Collectibles
A completely subjective, annotated guide to what I saw and liked most at the DC Collectibles booth at the Javits Center.
WHY I’M MAKING ‘SHE MAKES COMICS,’ by Director Marisa Stotter
Yesterday, we launched a new feature here at 13th Dimension — The Making of ‘She Makes Comics’ — the cool new documentary about women in comics. We’ll be bringing you weekly or biweekly updates on the film’s progess in direct cooperation with the filmmakers, from the Kickstarter campaign to premiere. Today, director/producer Marisa Stotter writes about how she made her way to the world of comics — and ended up making this film. — Dan
All-New Marvel Now! Weekly Wrap: New Warriors #1
Marc Buxton continues his weekly look at all the All-New Marvel Now! first issues and .NOW issues. Just one this week …
TOY FAIR EXCLUSIVE: Captain Action Adam West Could Happen
Holy Double Play! A second shot of BATMAN ’66 news today! And this one’s a Batdoozy! (See what I did there?)