Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Eric Kim

Eric Kim was born in 1977 and learned to love drawing under coffee tables. He has always loved drawing, and always loved comics. It would come to reason that he would eventually combine the two and create a super-ultimate-love that would rock the heavens. After high school, Eric went off to attend Sheridan College. Graduating from the Art Fundamentals program, the Interpretive Illustration program, and the Computer Animation post-graduate program.

Eric’s work in entertainment began at 4 Elements Studios in Montreal, this would result in the beginning of his career in visual effects at Mr. X FX where he worked on such films as: Hypercube: Cube 2 (coincidentally a hit in Korea, from what he understands), and Blizzard. Eric ended up doing some work as well for the TV show Veritas, as well as some storyboard work for some visual effects shots. It would be a chance meeting with J. Torres in 2003 at the Toronto Comics Arts Festival that would result in Eric’s involvement in the world of comics. He has been forever grateful ever since.

His comics work includes Love as a Foreign Language (Oni Press), Degrassi: Extra Credit (Pocket Books), Vulture Gulch (Negative Burn/Chemistry Set), The Side Steppers (Owl Magazine), Drawing the Line Again (Fengsuli Press) and his Transmission X webcomic Streta.

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The piece shown above is one of over 40 pieces of original artwork featuring Wolverine donated to the Joe Shuster Awards for the Visions of an Icon Art Show and Sale by Canadian artists. The pieces were exhibited twice in 2009 – at the Joe Shuster Awards Ceremony in September and at the Speakeasy Comic Art Show in November. The original art pieces will be auctioned off on eBay in March 2010. Watch for announcements on this site!

Every day we will try to post an original piece and some information on the artist(s) that donated the work.

February 3rd, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators

Berserker #4 Cover by Dale Keown

If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com

Berserker #4
Image/Top Cow US$3.99
Colours by Dave McCaig. Cover by Dale Keown.
Preview at Newsarama

Doctor Who #8
IDW US$3.99
Colours by Lovern Kindzierski.

House Of M: Masters Of Evil Trade Paperback
Marvel US$14.99
Colours by Nathan Fairbairn.

Marvel Heartbreakers
Marvel US$3.99
Written by Kathryn Immonen. Colours by Nathan Fairbairn. Cover by Mike Del Mundo.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Marvel Heartbreakers #1 Cover by Mike Del Mundo

Realm Of Kings: Son Of Hulk #1
Marvel US$3.99
Inks by Terry Pallot
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Red Robin #9
DC US$2.99
Artwork and Cover by Marcus To.
Preview at DC Universe: The Source

Resistance Trade Paperback
DC/Wildstorm US$19.99
Artwork by Ramon Perez.

Rock N Roll Comics Vol. 1: The Beatles Experience Trade Paperback
Bluewater Productions US$17.99
Artwork by Stuart Immonen.

Red Robin #9 Cover by Marcus To

Street Fighter II Turbo #11
UDON Entertainment US$3.95
Written by Ken Siu-Chong. Artwork and Colours by Omar Dogan.
Preview at UDON Entertainment

Superman: World of New Krypton #12
DC US$2.99
Cover Colours by Brad Anderson.
Preview at DC Universe: The Source

Sweet Tooth #6
DC/Vertigo US$2.99
Written, Artwork and Cover by Jeff Lemire.

William Shatner Presents The Tek War Chronicles Vol. 1: A Plague Of Ghosts Trade Paperback
Bluewater Productions US$15.99
Written by William Shatner.

Sweet Tooth #6 Cover by Jeff Lemire

Also available this week:

Jimmy et le Bigfoot
La Pasteque – US$16.95 for 48 pages
Created by Pascal Girard.