$1.4m worth of rare Batman comics go missing
Rand Lawrence is the Comic Art Consignment Director at Pedigree Comics and therefore knows a thing or two about comics.
An algorithm to calculate the life insurance costs of superheroes
Batman is the most expensive with a full policy coming in at $74,000,000. That's a monthly premium of $965,744.
Genre Police: Pouches & Punishment!
If you were researching comics history and you asked Wikipedia for its opinion, you’d see posits that the publication of Watchmen creates a modern, more sophisticated age of comics overnight that is still in place today.…
Here is Jensen Ackles as The Red Hood
Jensen Ackles may be best known for playing Dean Winchester on the long-running Supernatural TV series (now in its 14th season, wow) but in Batman: Under the Red Hood he was also Red Hood.…
Rule 63 Cosplays from the 2018 San Diego Comic Con
There are always plenty of great cosplayers at Comic Con, but some of the most fun are those highlighting Rule 63 (that for every pop culture character, there is another version of the opposite gender).…
Geeky art collection – 5 mystery prints
Right now pop-culture and music retailer Zavvi have a ‘very time limited’ offer on in which you get 5 mystery prints for £9.99.
I didn’t even know Zavvi sold prints. I was inspired to take a look.…
Superhero Week: Dance your way through this 360 degree Batcave tour
It took 40 animators to make this dance party happen. There’s that many Batman characters packed into the Batcave.
The CGI-effect conjures up memories of claymation and makes full use of Vimeo’s tech.…
Superhero Week: Batman’s pint glass
Is Batman’s pint glass some ordinary glass pint with a cheesy bat logo printed on the side?
Nah, it’s far more Gotham than that. Batman’s pint glass is entirely matte black in finish and with a gloss Batman logo to stand out.…
Superhero Week: Which hero titivated their costume most often?
Superheroes may seem to have iconic suits but the truth of the matter is that these costumes are spruced up fairly often. In fact, you may be surprised by just how frequently a hero’s suit is redone and made to look smarter.…
Superhero Week: Lost footage of Adam West’s Batman
A British newspaper found long-lost footage of Adam West dressed entirely as Batman in London.
This visit wasn’t a standard superhero mission, though. This time the caped crusader was in the United Kingdom to help teach children about road safety.…
