First Class Comic Review Magazine Covers

Hi Everyone,

Today's blog post will showcase some of the covers we used for a fanzine we once did called First Class Comic Review. I wrote this magazine alongside Lily and a few of my friends from school and it sold at a few local comic shops. We had a great time writing all the columns and conducting various interviews will lovely comic book creators listed below;

#1 - Fred Van Lente.
#2 - Todd Dezago and Paul Tobin.
#3 - Eric Shanower.
#4 - Chris Giarrusso and Mike Deodato Junior.
#5 - Colleen Coover and Sean McKeever.
#6 - Andy Runton, Simon and Terri Reed.
#7 - David Hine, Jeff Parker, Terry Beatty, Adi Granov and Charlie Adlard.
#8 - Joanna Zhou and Todd Dezago on meeting Stan Lee in the Marvel Offices.

Our first few issue covers featured a collage of our favourite comic book art reflecting what was inside the issue but from #4 we asked professional creators to draw the covers! It was an amazing experience and so exciting to see a completed cover. :)


FCCR #4 - A Mini Marvels Christmas by Chris Giarrusso

• This is my favourite piece of Christmas related comic book art. We asked Chris to feature Black Cat, Spidey, Jean Grey, Daredevil and Man-Thing but he kindly added so many more characters and the piece just looks amazing! We also love G-Man, Chris' creator owned character, who is topping the tree off with a star.

 

 

FCCR #5 - Harley Quinn and Joker by Colleen Coover

• This fantastic art was produced digitally.

 

 

FCCR #7 - Batman Beyond by Terry Beatty

• Terry Beatty was really lovely to interview and signed off every email with "bats wishes!"

 

 

 

FCCR #8 - Spider-Man by Jack McGinnes.

• This was our special Stan Lee issue which we gave to him at London Super Comic Convention, 2012. Stan's agent liked it so much he gave us the chance to interview Stan Lee himself which was fantastic!

 

 

FCCR #9 - Black Widow by Simon Bisley

• Unfortunately we stopped making the magazine just before we could use this cover but we still have the original sketch at home.  



If you are interested in reading any of the FCCR back issues just leave a comment and I will see what I can do!

Thanks for reading,
Ellie x

Dynamic Forces Spider-Gwen #1

As I have been away in Florida for two weeks I have come home to a lot of awesome post. I received a lot of great Spider-Gwen variants and the one I will like to share with you all is my Dynamic Forces exclusive sketch by Ken Haeser done on a blank cover of Spider-Gwen #1.

Post Haul!

As I pre-ordered this limited edition comic I was lucky enough to buy it for $65 instead of it's retail price of around $110. The price of $65 was set as a tribute to Gwen Stacy's first appearance in 1965.

Each sketch done by Haeser was different so this is a very unique item. I really love it! :)

The comic book comes sealed by a DF sticker and a certificate of authenticity. It is no longer available to order.

Thanks for reading,
- Ellie x

Cool Secret Wars + Related Variants

Hi Everyone!

Today's blog post features a few of my favourite upcoming Secret Wars variants.


SECRET WARS #1

1) Newbury Comics Alex Maleev Exclusive

• Features Miles Morals and Spider-Gwen
• Is available to order straight from Newbury Comics Website

 

 

2) Amanda Conner Women of Marvel Variant

• Featuring Spidey with MJ, Gwen Stacy and the Black Cat.

 

3) Space Cadets Mike Mayhew Exclusive

• Extra information can be found at their website.

 

4) Midtown Comics' J Scott Campbell Exclusive

• Available in both colour and black and white .  

 

 

 

5) Greg Land Dynamic Forces Exclusive

 

 

6) Greg Land Infinity and Beyond Colour (Daredevil #182 Homage)

 

                                                

7) Greg Land Infinity and Beyond Black and White (Daredevil #182 Homage)

 

                                                

8) Adi Granov's Travelling Man Exclusive 

 

 

 

9) Mark Brook's AC Boardwalk Convention

 

 

 

 

SECRET WARS #2

 

 

1) Comic Xposure Dell'Otto Exclusive

• USA order: Comic Xposure
• UK order: Forbidden Planet

 

SECRET WARS 2099 #2

• Spider-Gwen 2099 variant.

 

SPIDER-VERSE #1

 

1) Rodriguez 1:25 Variant

 

 

2) BAM! Exclusive

• Available to order directly from the Books-A-Million website.

 

 

3) Hasting's Mayhew Variant

• Connects to Renew Your Vows #1.
• Available to order straight from Go Hastings!

 

SPIDER-VERSE #2

 

1) Isanove 1:25 Variant

• Due to the story of this issue I ordered the variant blind thinking it may feature Spider-Gwen.
• However, it appears to feature Spider-Man Noir and so I have listed the comic on eBay as a pre-order.

 

 





 

I will keep updating this post as I find more Secret Wars variants that I like! :)

 

Please check out my Renew Your Vows blog post!

 

- Ellie x