Author: mattkennedy

Matt Kennedy is owner of Gallery 30 South and author of Pop Sequentialism: The Art of Comics. The first comic he bought on the newsstand was Werewolf by Night #32 which he somehow managed to keep in good enough condition to get it graded 9.0 forty years later. Please follow him @popsequentialism on Instagram & Twitter and visit his website: www.popsequentialism.com


by mattkennedy | April 30, 2023

Anticipation for the MCU's SECRET INVASION on Disney+ is high, promising to escalate Ben Mendelsohn's screen time as Skrull leader Talos the Untamed. Have collectors been sleeping on one of the cheapest keys of recent memory? The Looming Skull Renaissance 2019's Captain Marvel film...

by mattkennedy | April 23, 2023

As the release date for Sony's Oscar-winning Spider-Verse sequel approaches, Miles Morales key issues are on the climb causing collectors to seek second-tier keys like his first meeting with Peter Parker. But are they buying the right comic? It'll Be a Summer of Spider-Men...

by mattkennedy | October 24, 2022

Photographs taken on the set of Sony's now-filming Madame Web movie seemingly confirm that Euphoria's Sydney Sweeney is NOT cast as Felicia Hardy, nor Spider-Woman, but instead as the live-action Spider-Gwen! It'll Be a While Before We Know for Sure News that Sydney Sweeney...

by mattkennedy | October 17, 2022

Last weekend at New York Comic Con a fight broke out in front of Peach Momoko's Artist Alley table leading to the cancellation of her signing. This raises issues about fandom, entitlement, and convention security, so what can we learn from this? Is Civility...

by mattkennedy | August 29, 2022

A recent Clayton Crain after-market Acetate Variant has been at the center of a controversy between Marvel, CGC, and Black Flag Comics. And just when it appeared to be done –the plot thickened! Compounded Controversy If you haven't read my prior column about the C2E2...

by mattkennedy | August 15, 2022

While film adaptations remain the biggest catalyst of pricing spikes and long-term value, the short-lived reign of villains in comic book movies seems to showcase that bad guys are a bad investment –or does it? One and Done We see it in this hobby a...

by mattkennedy | August 11, 2022

According to Marvel, a vendor at C2EC sold an unauthorized variant that quickly entered the Top Ten Hottest Comics of the week and commanded very high prices amid substantial controversy.   A Funnybook Fiasco If you have read virtually any comic book blogs, tweets, IG...

by mattkennedy | August 8, 2022

With current values on Eternals key issues falling more than 80% from their peak pricing a year ago, is it time to buy in the dip or cut your losses? How to Measure Success My colleague Norman Robinson III wrote a great...

by mattkennedy | May 23, 2022

The best show on TV right now isn't on Disney+, HBO MAX, Netflix, nor Hulu. It's on Court TV. Johnny Depp and his defamation suit against Amber Heard is the epitome of melodrama and the public loves it. Will it impact comic prices? It Doesn't Matter...

by mattkennedy | April 11, 2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness looks to revive old-school, Bronze Age Horror at the MCU —so why not do it right in the comics, too? The Times, They Are A-Changing There...