Newsarama talks to Andy Belanger about his new webcomic for Zuda: Andy B.’s Bottle of Awesome.
Daily Archives: 06/30/2009
Harvey Award Nominees – Canucks: De Souza, Lemire, Tamakis, Guerra, D+Q & More
To read the list of 2009 Harvey Award Nominees visit Newsarama.
Canadians nominated include:
- Lar deSouza for Least I Could Do (Best Cartoonist)
- Jeff Lemire for Essex County Vol. 3: The Country Nurse (Best Graphic Album – Original)
- Mariko and Jillian Tamaki for Skim (Best Graphic Album – Original)
- Pia Guerra (and BKV) for Y The Last Man 60 (Best Single Issue or Story)
- Lar deSouza and Ryan Sohmer for Least I Could Do (Best On-Line Comics Work)
- Drawn and Quarterly for Red Colored Elegy (Best American Reprint of Foreign Material)
- Lar deSouza for Least I Could Do (Special Award for Humor in Comics)
- Steve Rolston (and the rest of the Q&C crew) for Queen & Country Vol. 3 (Special Award for Excellence in Publication)
- Plenty of Canadian participation in the Best Anthology Category including Popgun Vol. 2 (Jim Zubkavich), Flight Vol. 5 (Michel Gagne, Paul Rivoche, John Martz, Graham Annable, Svetlana & Sasha Chmakova, Tony Cliff) and Comic Book Tattoo (Pia Guerra, Salgood Sam, Craig Taillefer)
The Harvey Awards will be presented in October at the Baltimore Comicon.
The Nobody ship date delayed one week
Jeff Lemire informs us, via his blog:
Due to a mix up The Nobody will ship a week late and will now be in bookstores July 7 and Comic Book Stores July 8. I will however be signing at Comics And More at Danforth and Greenwood (steps from the Greenwood subway stop) in Toronto THURSDAY JULY 2, between 4-6 and I will have advance copies of THE NOBODY for sale a week early! I will also have a limited edition Nobody print, free for anyone who wants one and some other freebies, original artwork etc.
Despite the delay: Jeff will be at Comics And More at Danforth and Greenwood (steps from the Greenwood subway stop) in Toronto THURDSAY JULY 2, between 4-6.
The Fabler Blog
Thanks to Sequential Spiltink for drawing attention to The Fabler Blog. Founded by Bruno Steppuhn, a tech entrepreneur in Calgary, The Fabler Blog has featured a number of creator and retailer interviews conducted by Kevin de Vlaming. Past reviews include Jeff Lemire, Fiona Staples, Troy Little, Jay Bardyla (of Happy Harbor Comics), Gareth Gaudin (Legends Comics), Richard Grzela (14ucomics), Chris Johnston (Art Director for New Machine Studios) and indie publisher Vicious Ambitious.
