#6 Buy Crom!
This project was supposed to be about organizing and selling comics that have become a personal burden. Instead I’m buying comics …? That’s what happens when you enter your comics into a database: you...
View Article#8 Ellis Island
Transforming the Accumulation into a Collection involves hand work. A lot of hand work. The first step was to triage the twenty-four longboxes in the garage. This was simple meatball surgery … quickly...
View Article#19 Tomb It May Concern
I discovered Tomb of Dracula near the end of the book’s run, tumbling to the unapologetic evil of the comic’s title character as he fought to regain his throne as the “Lord of the Vampires.” Though...
View Article#50 Fantastic Fiftieth Issue!
With this installment, Longbox Graveyard hits the half-century mark! While you can always reference all past Longbox Graveyard columns through the Checklist link at the top of every page, to mark this...
View Article#70 Reopening The Tomb of Dracula
It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since I last cracked open the door to the Tomb of Dracula. My original examination of this seminal series yielded a slight disappointment, and as was the case with...
View Article“T” Is For …
… Tomb of Dracula! (1972) There are some decent books in the “T” zone but there’s really only one choice for me. Tomb of Dracula remains one of the best examinations of a bad guy in comics. The long...
View ArticleReopening The Tomb of Dracula
The stakes are intensely personal as Dracula seeks an artifact that will help him rule the world in this moody, three-part Tomb of Dracula tale from Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan.
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