http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Dave+Gieber Entertainment Dave Gieber Sat, 20 May 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=51891&ca=Entertainment What is anime? For all intents and purposes, this is a style of cartoon animation that has its beginnings in Japan. This particular genre has a distinctive character and aesthetics background that visually sets itself apart from other forms of animation. While some anime is entirely hand-drawn, comp... Entertainment Dave Gieber Sun, 22 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=30277&ca=Entertainment Comic strips are almost as popular as comic books in some circles. So I would be remiss if I didn't compile an article about them. Strips have ended up in a multitude of newspapers and other media all over the world. Most people who read the Sunday paper can't pass up the comic section. I know I sur... Entertainment Dave Gieber Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=25274&ca=Entertainment The Sin City DVD blew my mind, or maybe I should say, warped my mind. I haven't been a great fan of Graphic Novels, but this movie encouraged me to purchase a few of the Sin City books. Frank Miller's now famous, series creations have taken us into the world of a bizarre surreal environment of death... Entertainment Dave Gieber Fri, 18 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=17663&ca=Entertainment Although lacking in popularity for years, the mid-50s through early 60s brought back a resurgence of the superheroes. This in itself was not bad, especially since I like superheroes. But as the publishers wanted to cash in on this rebirth, all other genres within the comic book industry started to f... Entertainment Dave Gieber Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=16700&ca=Entertainment What has gone wrong within the comic book industry and can it be fixed? The rape and pillage, in the eyes of some, may have left the comic book industry gasping for life support. It seems that for an industry that has seen so much success, the history of comic books, has apparently been confounded b... Entertainment Dave Gieber Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=15476&ca=Entertainment Well, it looks like Hollywood keeps it continual pot of revenue filled with, guess what, comic book heroes. Batman Begins and The Fantastic Four have been duking it out on Hollywood and Vine. An age-old comic book company rivalry is yet renewing the heat this year. I guess all of us comic book afici... Entertainment Dave Gieber Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=14674&ca=Entertainment Stan Lee, in my mind, has to be one of the all time most recognizable individuals in the "Comic Book Industry". Most lovers of comic books have known his name all their collecting lives. For those of you who don't know Stan Lee, I am sure you have heard of his creations. The X-Men, the Fantastic Fou... Entertainment Dave Gieber Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=12595&ca=Entertainment The origins of the comic book are somewhat controversial and perhaps the jury is still out on comic book history. So lets go back to the cartoonish broadsheets of the Middle Ages, which were parchment products, created by anonymous woodcutters. These could have been the very beginnings of the comic... Recreation Dave Gieber Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=11009&ca=Recreation Have you ever read a comic book before? I imagine just about everyone, at some time in their life, has read at least one comic book. But do your interests and enjoyment level go beyond that? You may have said to yourself, at sometime or another, I would like to start comic book collecting some day.... Entertainment Dave Gieber Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=8409&ca=Entertainment A comic book price guide is a great tool for determining what your comic books are estimated to be worth in the market today. The going worth of individual comic books can range all over the board. Some issues have been known to carry a value of six figures, while other issues aren't even worth the...