I work in a lab with rhesus monkeys. They need names. For reasons of historical precedent and notational convenience, lab animals are usually named alphabetically, from A ("Abe") until you run out of monkeys. For reasons of awesomeness, we're naming our monkeys after spunky cartoon characters. So, please help me come up with the best comic/cartoon/superhero names for each letter of the alphabet. [more inside]
posted by miagaille on Jul 31, 2009 - 53 answers

Comic Book Filter. Help, my wife has 2000+ comic books from the 80's & 90's...all your favorites - Superman, Batman, Green Lantern. How do we get them appraised or sell them? [more inside]
posted by mikedelic on Apr 17, 2009 - 11 answers

Portable comic readers. I'm looking for a USB-connectable device on which I can throw .cbr and .cbz (or .rar and .zip respectively) files onto it, and be able to view them on the device the same way CDisplay does on the PC. What affordable devices are capable of doing this? Think Kindle, but for comics. [more inside]
posted by Ziggy Zaga on Nov 7, 2008 - 18 answers

I need some recommendations for daily comic strips to read [more inside]
posted by reenum on Oct 28, 2008 - 38 answers

Is there any database or online fan community focused on translating European comics? [more inside]
posted by monkeyagent on Aug 14, 2008 - 2 answers

Help me figure out the name of a comedian I saw in NYC...last December. [more inside]
posted by gursky on Nov 10, 2007 - 5 answers

In Nashville TN there is a great place called The Great Escape which used to, and may still, sell crappy old comic books for 15 to 25 cents apiece. Is there such a place in the NYC area?
posted by josher71 on Jun 12, 2007 - 1 answer

I get to take an inventory of my work's comic library. Fun, yes - but also... Yikes. There has to be a better way to track our comics than this clunky excel spreadsheet. And I'm no wiz at filemaker. Is there a free/cheap software that can help? [more inside]
posted by fillsthepews on May 2, 2007 - 15 answers

I'm trying to remember what the name of an comic strip available online I saw several years ago. It was set in college and the main character was male and outlandish, always doing crazy things, etc. Towards end of the run, he doesn't like the "script" so he decides to make big changes before the comic ends, including leaving his wife and child. Any ideas? [more inside]
posted by donth on Feb 3, 2007 - 1 answer

Wall frame to hold multiple comic books? [more inside]
posted by starman on Dec 27, 2006 - 6 answers

A question about the Alan Moore Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything..." [more inside]
posted by interrobang on Sep 26, 2006 - 7 answers

Anybody know any good non-fiction books about comic books, their publishers, their history, etc?
posted by Runkst on Jul 23, 2006 - 18 answers

Where/how should I sell a bunch of 1990s comics in the Philadelphia area? [more inside]
posted by UMDirector on Jun 27, 2006 - 7 answers

What is Batman's super power? [more inside]
posted by TwelveTwo on Mar 8, 2006 - 78 answers

Is there a good way to do cartoon speech balloons? I sometimes toss together cheap cartoons in an old version of Paintshop Pro. What's the best way of doing this, aside from hacking up something with an ellipse tool? Are there usable clip art samples out there I can import & paste? I'm sure there's a Photoshop plugin for this kind of thing, but I don't have Photoshop.
posted by rolypolyman on Dec 8, 2005 - 9 answers

I have a presentation that I want to give at comic book and science fiction conventions. How do I become an official convention event, and what else do I need to know? [more inside]
posted by yankeefog on Mar 2, 2005 - 7 answers