Collectibles

Cartoonist Julia Wertz (Fart Party, The Infinite Wait and Other Stories) has just launched Julia's Junk Shop on Etsy, and if you are looking for gifts for that certain someone, you might find something...

This weekend saw Thought Bubble 2012's convention, and.... phew, it was busy. I did my best to talk to everybody, but don't think I managed to get to even half of all the people...

Are you here? Have you arrived? Leeds' Thought Bubble Comic Arts Festival has reached the convention stage today, with guests including Kate Beaton, Mark Waid, Jason Aaron, Alison Bechdel, Andy Diggle, Fiona Staples, Kieron...

Continuing on with their blockbuster "Artists Edition" line, IDW is getting even more exclusive with a new imprint called IDW Limited which will offer books direct to consumers with editions of as few as...

Artist Jay Lynch has quite a storied career for drawing the Garbage Pail Kids, creating Nard 'n' Pat and such recents books as Otto's Orange Day for Toon Books. But it turns out, he and his ex-wife were also the artist known as Kringo:

The Fantasy Economy continues, with a record comics auction at Heritage, and an amazing array of Hollywood memorabilia from Profiles in History!

It's been a crappy horrible day, but here's something to end it on that should make you smile. The kids today may not be aware that Cracker Jack gifts weren't always lame-of pencil toppers (seriously -- who the hell needs a pencil topper???) but were once an array of tiny toys and gadgets all assembled from die cast plastic. And now it seems largest collection of Cracker Jack toys ever assembled going up for auction. It's all part of the Dreier Collection, a massive pop culture collection which is being auctioned off by Profiles in History on July 28th. You can view the whole thing below.

Cuddly toys at SDCC! Expect a lot of this over the next few days, you guys

BY JEN VAUGHN - Last month, Logan Kugler lit a fire under our butts about sending Star Trek figures into space! One small step for plastic . . . you get it.

Why not get that smell of burnt Watchmen toast out of your pores by indulging in some Avengers perfume?

We'd like to think that even Alan Moore could smile about this one at some point: Dynamic Forces has partnered with Warner Bros. for a a line of licensed toasters. Properties include The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Story, Where the Wild Things Are, The Goonies, Gremlins, Little Shop of Horrors, Watchmen, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Mad Magazine, Friends, and so on. And yes, these toasters will burn Gizmo or Freddie Krueger right on to your toast for breakfast thrills!

by Casey Burchby

-- One of the only fistfights I’ve ever been in was over Garbage Pail Kids – proof they were a dangerous influence, no? I was eight and a kid named Chad lived down the street. Chad was bad. His family was shady. Their house was overgrown; the lawn was a small parking lot. Chad was the kid I’d play with – maybe – if no one else was around. But Chad had had Garbage Pail Kids. So with some hesitation, I decided to do a little business with Chad. I had a card he was dying for. He promised me several cards in return for just that one. I jumped at the offer, which I knew was foolish. Little did I know Chad planned to welsh.