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Comic Book Characters and Collectibles, Misc

Comic Character Collectibles: In the Time of COVID-19: Pop Culture Thriving?

Posted on by Maxine Carter-Lome
This Swedish one-sheet for Casablanca nearly tripled its estimate when it sold for $55,000 at Heritage. ­Image courtesy of Heritage Auctions.
09
Sep

by J.C. Vaughn In recent discussions, a handful of auction houses and high-end comic book insiders confessed that in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic they really didn’t know how the market was going to go. Within a couple of weeks, though, it became clear that at least some of the people staying home […]

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Comic Book Characters and Collectibles

Comic Character Collectibles: Escaping the Pandemic with Imagination

Posted on by Maxine Carter-Lome
Created by cartoonist Ron Leishman and artist-writer Richard Comely, Captain Canuck first appeared in Captain Canuck #1 (July 1975), published by Comely Comix.
13
Aug

by J.C. Vaughn With everything that’s happened in 2020 thus far, pretty much any day seems like a good day to pause and think about good and interesting things, or at least things less serious than the world around us. The Canadian comic book scene, for instance, is very interesting in that it has always […]

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