Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Noted
• The Mirror reports that an original Tintin cover by creator Herge, 1932’s Tintin in America, has sold for £1 million or $1,538,370. The sale was made in a Paris auction that contained numerous pieces of Tintin memorabilia. The same piece of art sold in 2008 for a then-record £618,000 ($950,712.70).
• Marvel is offering a $5 coupon for print comics to purchasers of its digital comics. There are limitations on the offer, so read carefully.
• Link of the Day: Mark Evanier offers a lesson in how one should never assume that what’s written to you by someone means what you think it means.
Yesterday’s Panel Quiz Answer
The first words Ted Knight (aka Starman) said in comics were, “I trust you’ve made sure it’s not in a draft!” They were said in Adventure Comics #61 (Apr 41).
Today’s Panel Quiz
Whose first line in comics was ” I am from beyond!”?
Born Today
Wayne Boring (1905), comics artist and artist
Birthdays 2 Weeks from Now
Julius Schwartz (1915), comics editor and DC goodwill ambassador
Today’s Flashbacks
25 yrs Jun 5, 1987 “Peter Parker” “marries” “Mary Jane Watson” in Shea Stadium in Queens.
Every Wednesday and Saturday. California: City of Industry. Comic Book & Collectible Show.
Jun 8-10 New Mexico: Albuquerque. Comic Expo.
Jun 9-10 North Carolina: Greensboro. Triad Toy, Hobby & Sportscard Show.
Jun 9-10 Tennessee: Knoxville. Comic & Anime Con.
Jun 10 Connecticut: Manchester. Comic, Coin & Sports Card Show.
Jun 10 Indiana: Indianapolis. Comic Book Show.
Jun 10 New Hampshire: Manchester. Granite State Comicon.
Do you have a show coming up? Let us know! You can e-mail the information to showscalendar@krause.com or mail it to Show Calendars, Comics Buyer’s Guide, 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54945. If you have a creator appearance scheduled, let us know by e-mail to brent.frankenhoff@fwmedia.com.
Question of the Week
Who’s going to win in Avengers vs. X-Men?
Comics-Related Media
• Five weeks after its release, The Avengers is now the #3 grossing movie of all time at the box office with an estimated $1.355 billion in global sales. It needs to take in $106 million domestically and approximately $830 million globally to overtake Titanic’s #2 spot on those same charts.
The Magazine
I’m going to take a stab and say those words heralded the start of one of the worst, dumbest, most out-of-character for the characters, pandering to a writer/editor’s ego of all time stories.
The Beyonder in Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars.
The first series or the second? Doesn’t matter. They were both awful!