Giveaway: Prisoner Of The Mind Boxset
A reader and graphic novelist Allan Linder approached the site about a giveaway for his trade Prisoner Of The Mind, a gritty neo-noir story set in the near future.
Comic Noize
Article Archives
A chronological index of past posts and articles, going back to at least 2010 — original art, auctions, character history, and the collector items in between.
Browse by year
Posts are organized by date and topic. Names below are drawn from the archive index itself — creator features, character write-ups, and auction notes published by the site over the years.
2013
The archive opens in March with a giveaway post, then continues through the year.
2012
A dense run of creator features and auction highlights across Marvel, DC, and Image titles.
HAPPY BONDAGE CHRISTMAS, JOE!
A holiday-season piece on Joe Shuster and the Superman work that made him famous.
Art Adams Career Missteps Are Still Pretty Good
Looking back at Art Adams and the work he made during his less celebrated stretches.
Black Widow Without Black Widow
A piece on the Black Widow character and the versions of the character that arrived without her.
Someone Likes My Favorite Comic Book More Than Me
On the pull of a favorite book, and the readers who keep coming back to it.
Original Rob Liefeld Artwork: Youngblood, Spawn, Deadpool, Cyberforce
Original pages from Rob Liefeld for Youngblood, Spawn, Deadpool, and Cyberforce, offered for sale.
GOOD OL' DAYS AGAIN
Featuring Dave Sim and Rick Veitch, with a look back at the eras they came up in.
I'M IN FLORIDA WITH CASEY ANTONY AND MAN-THING
Reporting from Florida alongside Casey Antony and the pages of Man-Thing.
Namor, the Old-Timey Butt Kicker
A history piece on Namor, the Sub-Mariner, and his long run as a street-level butt kicker.
Celebrate the Work Of Brian Bolland Or Go To the Isocubes!
A celebration of Brian Bolland's career, with a look at his Isocubes work.
Mysteriously Low Priced Auction Of the Day: I've Got A Swampy Feeling
A signed Mike Hoffman Swamp Thing page turned up in an auction while browsing George Perez Superman pages that had gone for 3k — a capable artist, a popular character, and a price that did not add up.
2011
Collector items and oddball props from the shelf.
Wolverine, Hold My Calls.
A 1994 Marvel phone featuring Wolverine on his knees, holding the receiver.
2010
Price tags, sticker packs, costumes, and a cookbook oddity.
Dinner Time!
Referencing a Green Lantern cookbook.
Original Price Tag: $1600.00
On an original John Byrne piece and the price it carried.
Wistfully Thinking Back to the Good Times
Nostalgia for 80s Marvel art.
Oh, the times they are a-changin'...
Comparing Batman costumes across eras.
HOLY STICKER PRICES, BATMAN!
Discussing 1970s DC sticker packs and what they went for.
Looking for something specific?
The archive is also organized by topic. Browse by publisher, creator, or character — Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, Timely Comics, Rob Liefeld, Brian Bolland, John Byrne, Art Adams, Namor, Black Widow, Hulk, Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman all have their own entries.
Browse Tags| Year | Sample entries | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Prisoner Of The Mind Boxset | Giveaway, graphic novels |
| 2012 | Namor, Brian Bolland, Rob Liefeld artwork, Swamp Thing auction | Creator features, original art, auctions |
| 2011 | Wolverine, Hold My Calls. | Collector items, props |
| 2010 | HOLY STICKER PRICES, BATMAN!, Original Price Tag: $1600.00 | Price tags, stickers, costumes, history |
Comic Noize’s archive reads like a long-running conversation about comics, art, and the characters that shaped both. The collection gathers original artwork, creator features, auction notes, character histories, and collector commentary into one chronological index. Rather than treating comics as a single genre, the archive follows the thread of reading itself, documenting the pleasure of discovery, the quirks of favorite series, and the memorable eras that keep drawing readers back to the shelf.
Browsing the archive by year reveals how a comics site can slowly become a personal history. Early entries mix giveaways with commentary on graphic novels, while later posts look back at favorite characters, memorable runs, and the artists whose work gave familiar heroes and villains their distinct presence. The tone shifts freely between reverence and irreverence, reflecting the enthusiasm of someone who has spent years reading, collecting, and still finds time to celebrate a great cover or a striking page.
Many of the archived pieces orbit around the shared language of the medium: issues, trades, artists, covers, runs, and eras. The writing pays attention to craft as much as nostalgia, considering how artwork changes the feeling of a story and how a favorite character can be reinterpreted across publishers, creators, and decades. It is an approach that feels less like a catalog and more like a knowledgeable friend pointing out something worth another look.
The archive also carries the wonderfully messy side of collector culture, with giveaways, award references, fan favorites, and commentary on missteps that never quite landed. That mixture of admiration and candor is part of what gives the site its personality. Comics are treated as living cultural objects, continually discussed, debated, rediscovered, and shared with readers who care about the difference between a memorable issue and a forgettable one.
Visited on its own, the archive offers a quiet route into a larger aesthetic world: bold cover art, dramatic color, graphic storytelling, and the personalities behind the panels. The pages invite patient scrolling, the way a long comic book collection rewards attention. For longtime readers, the archive becomes a map of tastes and obsessions; for newcomers, it is a friendly introduction to the artists, characters, and debates that keep the world of comics alive and noisy.