Monthly Archives: February 2010

What’s Going On?

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From the Guelph Pen Club - see below

Jeff Lemire is interviewed in the London Free Press, part of his recent discussion & signing at L.A.Mood’s.

Conundrum Press will be launching 3 new books at the May Comic Art Festival. Kevin profiled two of them recently – Ruts and Gullies and Children of the Atom.

Cameron Stewart has decided to attend as well, along with appearances at next weekend’s HobbyStar Toronto ComiCON (Feb. 28), the Wizard show in March, and both the Boston Comic-Con and C2E2 (Chicago) in April. He’ll be a busy guy!

Sequential has a press release from gangLion about their new comic anthology and tour presser. Issue #4 of their anthology will launch in Toronto with a party in Kensington Market, March 1st at The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave.

Planete BD will have a book launch for Stephanie Leduc’s first book Titi Krapouti & Co.
Tome 01 published by Glénat Quebec. This is happening Friday, February 26 from 17h to 19h. Planete BD is found at 3883, rue Saint-Denis, Montreal.

Quill & Quire reviews Marc Bell’s Hot Potatoe.

Salon du livre de l’Outaouais (Book Fair Outaouais) is running February 25 – 28, 2010 at 200 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, QC. Usually some BD programming can be found there.

The most recent creations of the Guelph Pen Club are up for your viewing pleasure. There is quite a community of pro and amateur talent in the Quad City area (Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge). Keep your eyes on the website for the March date. Open invite, feel to drop in.

The next Vancouver Comic Jam is Saturday, February 20th, 2010. 8pm until midnight(ish) at The Wallflower: 2420 Main St, Vancouver (Right next door to Rx Comics). Anyone who is of legal drinking age is invited to attend, no admission fee. Bring your own pencils/pens. Paper is provided.

Happenings: Cloudscape Launches ‘Exploded View’ – March 6, Vancouver

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Cloudscape Comics is pleased to announce the launch of their fourth publication, Exploded View, a science fiction anthology featuring twenty-five artists, all current or former residents of Vancouver, which showcases the broad range of talent in the comics artist community.

Cloudscape will be launching their new book at the Ayden Gallery in Tinseltown, Vancouver on March 6th at 7pm. Most of the artists will be in attendance to sign autographs. This will be your first opportunity to purchase this fantastic new book.

Ayden Gallery: 88 West Pender Street (2nd floor) International Village (Tinseltown) Vancouver, BC
Phone: 778-891-431
email: info@aydengallery.com
website: www.aydengallery.com

Notable contributors include:

  • Camilla d’Errico, notable titles such as “Burn”, “Tanpopo”, and “Sky Pirates”
  • children’s book Illustrator Scot Ritchie
  • Angela Melick, creator of Wasted Talent Webcomic
  • John Christmas, the artist on the recently released “Barack the Barbarian”
  • Jonathon Dalton, creator of A Mad Tea-Party
  • Edison Yan, whose work can be seen on “Scribblenauts” on the Nintendo DS
  • Colin Upton, who has been pioneering mini-comics in Vancouver since 1985
  • Local Rocker, actor, and Illustrator Toren Atkinson
  • Jordyn Bochon, a contributor to “You Ain’t No Dancer”

The group includes established artists, underground cartoonists, web comic creators, animators, illustrators, and manga artists all working together. Their focus is on telling meaningful, intelligent stories through the medium of comics.

This book represents the Cloudscape comics collective’s most ambitious project to date, with a huge roster of talented artists and their highest production quality.

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The Cloudscape collective submitted Historyonics for the Gene Day Award last year, while a number of their members submitted individual works, including finalist Jordyn Bochon.

I’m looking forward to this new book, a number of very talented creators!

Toronto Comic Jam a Daytime drama

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The regular Toronto Comic Jam runs this Tuesday, February 23th,
9 p.m. till Midnight at The Cameron House, 408 Queen St. W., Queen-Spadina, in the backroom. Paper provided. Bring your own pens.

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Dalton Sharp sent along this message about a new experiment for the Toronto Comic Jam:

- For a change of pace we’re experimenting with an afternoon jam! Saturday, February 27th, 1-4 p.m. at the Wychwood Community Gallery, 601 Christie Ave. (use the Wychwood Ave. entrance) Wychwood Barns, Community Gallery. A short walk from St. Clair West Subway Station. There’ll be a lot of cutting and pasting.

Free to attend!
Supplies provided!
Snacks and drinks available!
Bring your travel mug!

Canadians in the February Diamond Previews (shipping 04/10)

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Beyond giving out our yearly awards, the CCBCAA promotes the work of Canadians in the industry, so here we go:

Retailers must have their Diamond orders uploaded by 11:59pm, Tuesday, March 2.

Prices in the Diamond catalogue are listed in US$. Every store has their own currency exchange policy, expect the price to vary.

Please note: Don’t expect this list to be complete, instead this is a selection of books that I find interesting. It would be great if retailers took note and ordered some of these great books by Canuck talent. For the most part, I only denote book content in the capacity of writer/artist as listed in Previews. Cover-only work is typically ignored, unless I decide to include a cover I consider noteworthy.

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Page 66 – DC – The Flash #1
art by Francis Manapul
40 pgs – Colour – $3.99

A widely advertised relaunch of the Flash costume. This book is a great opportunity for Francis and his career path, but I have to wonder, who is this book for? It’s been 23 years since Barry Allen’s death in Crisis #8. That was a real gotcha moment for this newly minted comic reader, but we’ve had Wally West as the Flash ever since. Is this book meant to resonate with people who started reading comics post-1987, or is this meant to reward DC’s aging fanbase with THEIR childhood Flash?

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Page 118 – DC/Vertigo – Sweet Tooth vol 1
art and story by Jeff Lemire
128 pgs – Colour – $9.99

Collects the first 5 issue arc of this series by Jeff.

Also on this page:
Sweet Tooth #8
art and story by Jeff Lemire
32 pgs – Colour – $2.99

The Nobody Softcover
art and story by Jeff Lemire
144 pgs – 2 Colour – $14.99

It’s been a great run for Jeff Lemire, the past 3 years. He is a wonderful talent with a unique style and voice.

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Page 148 – Image Comics – Haunt #7
art by Todd McFarlane
32 pgs – Colour – $2.99

Page 149 – Image Comics – Image United #4
some art by Todd McFarlane
32 pgs – Colour – $3.99

Page 150 – Image Comics – Spawn #202
art by Todd McFarlane
32 pgs – Colour – $2.99

McFarlane has been doing digital inks on Haunt and Spawn and the conceit of Image United is that each artist draws the characters of their creation, resulting in each panel being a mash-up of styles and looks, but McFarlane is working on 3 books a month right now!?

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Page 174 – Top Cow Productions – Pilot Season: Hardcore #1
art by Bernard Chang
32 pgs – Colour – $2.99

Another Kirkman book, this could be a great career move for Chang.

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Page 176 – Top Cow Productions – The Darkness/Pitt vol 1 TPB
art by Dale Keown
144 pgs – Colour – $14.99

Collecting the 3 issue mini-series. Keown returns to his Pitt character, his creator owned title released in the early days of Image that paid off huge.

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Page 224 – BOOM! Studios – The Incredibles #6
art by Marcio Takara.
32 pgs – Colour – $2.99

There are also a couple of collections listed: Incredibles vol 1 & 3, both with art by Marcio Takara. These are kid friendly entries from BOOM! Studios.

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Page 263 – IDW Publishing – Kill Shakespeare #1
art by Andy Belanger
32 pgs – Colour – $3.99

Andy B has been doing a lot of web-based comics with his Raising Hell and Bottle of Awesome series, but is now working on a series that takes all of William Shakespeare’s characters, makes them real, and in the same ‘universe’. MacBeth vs Hamlet! (I don’t know if that is a real thing, but imagine those two squaring off.)

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Page 266 – IDW Publishing – Star Trek: McCoy #1
story and art by John Byrne
32 pgs – Colour – $3.99

IDW has done really well with these Star Trek comics, and John Byrne has been getting steady work from IDW working on various Star Trek comics.

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Page 274 – IDW Publishing – Digger & Friends
story by Jack Brigio
104 pgs – Colour – $11.99

A collection of age appropriate stories targeting young readers. Apparently, Digger is the mascot of NASCAR.

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Page 274 – IDW Publishing – Sword of my Mouth – Collection
story by Jim Munroe
art by Shannon Gerard
132 pgs – B&W – $14.99

The continuation of Therefore Repent! is here. Sword in my Mouth was originally distributed digitally, with the intention of releasing a finished paperback version.

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Page 279 – Oni Press – Ghost Projekt #2
art by Steve Rolston.
32 pgs – Colour – $3.99

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Page 298 – UDON Entertainment – Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki #2
story by Jim Zubkavich
art by Omar Dogan.
32 pgs – Colour – $3.95

Also listed on page 298 is The Mega Man Megamix Vol 2.

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Page 306 – Vanguard Productions – Hal Foster: Prince of Illustrators
art by Hal Foster.
200 pgs – Colour – $34.95

This biography covers the 70-year career of a master illustrator.

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Page 307 – Yen Press – Nightschool volume 3
story and art by Svetlana Chmakova.
192 pgs – B&W – $10.99

This is the third volume in Svetlana’s newest series. Vampires & Witches and all the problems of highschool.

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Page M16 – Marvel – Girl Comics #2
some story by Kathryn Immonen
some art by Faith Erin Hicks
48 pgs – Colour – $4.99

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Page M33 – Marvel – Amazing Spider-Man #630
art by Chris Bachalo
32 pgs – Colour – $2.99

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Page M45 – Marvel – Fantastic Four #578
art by Dale Eaglesham
32 pgs – Colour – $2.99

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Page M77 – Marvel – X-men: Pixie Strikes Back #3
story by Kathryn Immonen
32 pgs – Colour – $3.99

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Page M79 – Marvel – X-men Forever #21 & #22
art by Tom Grummett
32 pgs – Colour – $3.99

What can I say, I dig this book. Even I don’t entirely know why, but I will say that even with it’s own thick continuity issues, X-men Forever just seems a lot easier to follow than the current X Universe. And for all you retailers looking for all-ages superhero comics that were just like the ones you grew up reading: this is probably the only one that exists.

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Non-Canuck notables that are in the Previews, books/series that and I want to point out).

Page 249 – Drawns & Quarterly – Wilson Hardcover
80 pgs – Colour – $21.95
A much anticipated release by Daniel Clowes and a book that D+Q has made a big splash with, bringing him along as the headline guest at their TCAF event.

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Page 257- Fantagraphics – Pussey
64 pgs – B&W – $9.95
Fanta puts out a new printing of the Dan Clowes book, to ride on the coat tails of Wilson. Smart.

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Page 280- Oni Press – Spell Checkers vol 1
144 pgs – B&W – $11.95
I look forward to another book from Jamie S. Rich and Joelle Jones.

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Page 283- Pantheon Books – Bodyworld Hard Cover
384 pgs – Colour – $27.95
A new book by Dash Shaw. This darling of the art comix world steps into genre fiction with his new sci-fi story.

What am I ordering this month?

  • The Guild #2
  • Star Wars Omnibus vol 1 -  reprinting 1-20 of the Marvel run
  • Batman and Robin #11 – Morrison
  • Batwoman: Elegy deluxe HC – J.H.Williams III doesn’t reinvent, but he certainly tweaks superhero panel layouts.
  • Tiny Titans #27 – DC’s best book, hands down
  • DV8 vol 2 #1 – Brian Wood
  • Ex Machina vol 9 – nearly finished.
  • American Vampire #2 – I’m a sucker for vampire comics
  • Daytripper #5
  • Joe the Barbarian #4 – Morrison
  • Stuck Rubber Baby – new edition, could never finish the set of Paradox books
  • Haunt #7
  • Spawn #202
  • Echo #21 + Echo vol 4
  • Fraggle Rock #1
  • Crossed TPB
  • RASL vol 2
  • Wilson – Clowes
  • Prime Baby – Gene Luen Yang
  • Kill Shakespeare #1
  • Sword of My Mouth TPB
  • Spell Checkers vol 1
  • Biomega vol 2 (manga)
  • I’ll Give It My All…Tomorrow vol 1 (manga)
  • Nightschool vol 3 (manga)
  • Iron Man Legacy #1
  • Invincible Iron Man #25
  • Iron Man 1.5 #2 & #3
  • X-Men Forever #12, #22 & Annual 1
  • Nemisis #2

Man, that’s a huge list.  That’s just ridiculous.

Comics in Broken Pencil #46

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The newest issue of Broken Pencil showed up on my doorstep (a result of the subscription special offered at Canzine 2009) and there is some comic related notes in the issue:

  • Jason Turner’s regular comic column
  • regular appearing comics: Geofriends, I already know how my life will go, and the very cool, Mr. Monitor
  • an excerpt from Marta Chudolinska’s Back & Forth; (I sense a Pigskin Pete nom coming for this book)
  • an excerpt from Michael Deforge‘s Lose; (I read this comic in the fall last year, and it was one of my favourite things all year.  I sense some future noms for this Gene Day/newcomer.  The best news is that Lose #2 is coming soon!)
  • the always great (but not necessarily timely) reviews of comic zines, including Pope Hats #1 by Ethan Rilly and graphic novels, like Dave Lapp’s Drop In.

Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Terry Pallot

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Few Canadian creators have had such a long and varied career working in comics as inker Terry Pallot. His professional start came in the early 1990′s working on titles such as Planet of the Apes, Alien Nation, Man of War and Dinosaurs for Hire. During the mid-1990′s he worked on a number of different Star Trek related projects for Malibu and DC Comics such as Deep Space Nine, The Next Generation and Voyager.

In 2008-9 he returned to work on the Star Trek characters, this time for publisher IDW on Star Trek: The Next Generation – the Lost Generation and Star Trek: Year Four – The Enterprise Experiement.

Terry has also been doing a lot of work for Marvel Comics, inking titles such as Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four, Marvel Adventures The Avengers, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man, X-Men/Agents of Atlas, Incredible Hercules, Savage She-Hulk, Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil, Models Inc., Big Hero 6. His inks can currently be seen on Spider-Man and the Secret Wars and Realm of Kings: Son of Hulk.

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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.

Interviews: Kaare Andrews on his new X-Men gig and more

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Director Kaare Andrews on the set of his film Altitude.

Earlier this week it was announced that Joe Shuster Award-winning artist (2005 – Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One) and cartoonist nominee (2008 – Spider-Man: Reign) and all-around nice guy Kaare Andrews will be the artist on Marvel Comics’ Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis, a five-issue Warren Ellis written mini-series that will be debuting in May 2010.

Today, Newsarama’s Zack Smith caught up with Vancouver’s Kaare Andrews to get his take on the announcement, the X-Men, and his forays outside comics into movies and animation.

Kaare also makes an announcement:

Nrama: What else is coming up for you?

Andrews: Well, I’m getting married in May to my beautiful girlfriend and we just bought a house. So, it’s comics, filmmaking and entering the world of grown ups in my future.

Congratulations on your engagement Kaare! Best of luck!

UPDATE! Kaare is certainly getting around. Comic Book Resources’ news editor Kiel Phegley has also talked with Andrews. In that interview, Kaare hints at another solo project he has in the works after Astonishing X-Men and the release of his feature film Altitude later this year:

Asked what that solo project might entail, Andrews only said, “No, I can’t say what it is yet. It’s top secret, but it’s another big character and another bit ‘Reign’ style project set in the future.”

Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Kelly Tindall

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Kelly Tindall is a Canadian illustrator, raised in Saskatchewan and obsessed with drawing since the age of two. He threw on a parka and graduated from college, and now he works freelance on both editorial and comic book assignments. He spends his free time exploring Montréal and falling in love with his wife.

Kelly’s character Archie Snow appears in the backup story in issues of Proof, published by Image Comics.  These stories, written and illustrated by Kelly, explore Snow’s mysterious origin and the reason that he has a snow leopard’s head in place of a human one. Archie is a supernatural investigator who looks into mysteries involving monsters, ghosts, and scientific abominations. He is assisted by Mickey McCaig – the richest man in the world – and secret agent Dave Fabricant. He likes jazz and he’s trying to quit smoking. Want to know what Archie has been up to? Read The Gorgon online.

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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.

May 2010: Kaare Andrews on Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis

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Marvel Comics has announced the start of a new “Astonishing” line – in-continuity Marvel Universe titles designed to appeal equally to new and existing readers. The new Astonishing line launches in May with Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine by Jason Aaron (w) and Adam Kubert (a), and Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis by Warren Ellis (w) and Canada’s own Kaare Andrews (a)!

Visions of an Icon: Wolverine(s) by Noel Tuazon

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Toronto artist Noel Tuazon submitted 9 (!) pieces for the Wolverine gallery.

Noel Tuazon was born in the Philippines but has lived in Toronto, Ontario for over 30 years. His first break in comics came when his one page comic was included in Dave Sim’s “Single Page” section of Cerebus reprints back in 1989. Currently he is a storyboard clean-up artist at Nelvana Studios (Toronto) with credits on Bob & Margaret, Grossology, My Friend Rabbit, Pearly, and currently, Scaredy Squirrel. He’s also provided illustrations for Cricket Magazine, the SCBWI Bulletin Magazine, Caryn A. Tate’s children’s book, Sunny Bear, and three books of poems by Carolynn Unknown(Once, We Were, Our Own Shadow). Comic book work includes Elk’s Run with writer Joshua Hale Fialkov(Villard), Rafael Nieves’ Arianne (Moonstone), and the upcoming Tumor (from Archaia Studios/also written by Fialkov).

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The pieces shown above are 9 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 17th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators

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Blackest Night: The Flash #3 Variant Cover by Francis Manapul

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

Air #18
DC/Vertigo US$2.99
Colours by Chris Chuckry.

Atomic Robo And The Revenge Of The Vampire Dimension #1
Red 5 Comics US$3.50
Colours by Ronda Pattison.

Blackest Night: The Flash #3
DC US$2.99
Variant Cover by Francis Manapul.

Black Widow & The Marvel Girls #4
Marvel US$2.99
Artwork by Takeshi Miyazawa.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Disney/Pixar’s The Incredibles #5
BOOM Studios US$2.99
Artwork by Marcio Takara.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Doctor Voodoo: Avenger Of The Supernatural #5
Marvel US$2.99
Colours by Jean-Francois Beaulieu
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Doomwar #1
Marvel US$3.99
Colours by Jean-Francois Beaulieu
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Guardians Of The Galaxy #23
Marvel US$2.99
Artwork by Wes Craig. Inks by Serge Lapointe. Colours by Nathan Fairbairn.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Psylocke #4
Marvel US$3.99
Cover by David Finch
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Red: A Haida Manga/u>
Douglas & McIntyre US$22.95
Story, Art and Cover by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Skim Trade Paperback
Groundwood Books US$12.95
Written by Mariko Tamaki. Artwork and Cover by Jillian Tamaki.

Spider-Man 1602 #5
Marvel US$3.99
Colours by Jim Charalampidis.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Starman Omnibus Vol. 4 Hardcover
DC US$49.99
Artwork by Leonard Kirk.

Star Wars: Legacy Vol. 8: Tatooine Trade Paperback
Dark Horse US17.99
Colours by Brad Anderson.
Preview at Dark Horse Comics

Supergirl #50
DC US$4.99
Colours by Dave McCaig.

Web Of Spider-Man #5
Marvel US$3.99
Variant Cover Colours by Chris Chuckry.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Psylocke #4 Cover by David Finch

Kalman Andrasofszky is a Dazzler

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In a CBR interview with writer Jim McCann, we find out that Kalman Andrasofszky will be handling the art chores on a new Dazzler one-shot!

CBR News: You’re working with artist Kalman Andrasofszky on this one-shot. What’s it like working with him? What do you feel he brings to this book as an artist?

Jim McCann: Aside from sheer awesomeness?! More awesome. I loved his work on “NYX,” so I was thrilled when I found out we were working together on this. There are specific things I wrote in just for him because I feel there’s an energy and composition that Kalman can bring to a page that fit this book and these characters perfectly.

Seriously, look at that cover and you’ll realize Kalman understands Dazzler. There are a lot of layers in that one image alone and when you see what he brings to the table for the story, you’ll be blown away!

So Dazzler is back! I’ll have to check my bookshelf for my copy of Dazzler: The Movie (sadly, not a real movie).

Webcomics: Anders Loves Maria comes to an end

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Rene Engström has wrapped up her webcomic Anders Loves Maria.

After working on the series nearly three and a half years, Engström concluded this wonderful, compelling strip with an ending she wrote three years ago.

Clearly Engström new how she wanted to finish, it was just a matter of winding and weaving her tale of the relationship between Anders and Maria, a confounding and thrilling roller coaster ride, to that point. Engströms ability to delve into the complex human relationships, and give these characters a clear and real voice, was her real strength, all while she grew as an artist, developing her fluid, clean line.

Gary Tyrrell, over at Fleen, has written a lovely goodbye to the series.

While we don’t write a lot news related to webcomics by Canadians, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot going on out there. We have a list of well over 100 series being worked on by Canadian creators, with many more yet-to-be-identified series out there.

The professional comic book artists seem to get a lot of buzz, but there are a wide variety of series out there ranging from amateur having fun to polished, money makers to internet superstars. From comedy to drama, sci-fi to horror, and even the odd sexually charged strip. Webcomic creators are a growing and vibrant group, so have a look at what’s out there, and if you’d like to write a review of a particular series, get in touch with us at robert@joeshusterawards.com.

February 10th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators

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Legendary Talespinners #1 Cover by Nick Bradshaw

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

Adventure Comics #7
DC US$3.99
Cover by Francis Manapul.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Batman And Robin #8
DC US$2.99
Artwork and Cover by Cameron Stewart.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

King: The Special Edition Cover by Ho Che Anderson

Dark X-Men #4
Marvel US$3.99
Artwork by Leonard Kirk.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Digger And Friends #4
IDW US$3.99
Written by Jack Briglio.

S.W.O.R.D. #4 Cover by Mike Del Mundo

Haunt #5
Image US$2.99
Inks and Cover by Todd McFarlane.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

King: The Special Edition Hardcover
Fantagraphics US$34.99
Written, Artwork and Cover by Ho Che Anderson.

Uncanny X-Men: First Class #8 Cover by Cameron Stewart

Legendary Talespinners #1
Dynamite Entertainment US$3.99
Cover by Nick Bradshaw.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Nextwave: Agents Of H.A.T.E. Ultimate Collection Trade Paperback
Marvel US$34.99
Artwork and Cover by Stuart Immonen. Colours by Dave McCaig.

Adventure Comics #7 Variant Cover by Francis Manapul

Realm Of Kings: Imperial Guard #4
Marvel US$3.99
Colours by Nathan Fairbairn.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

R.E.B.E.L.S. #13
DC US$2.99
Artwork by Claude St. Aubin. Cover by Kalman Andrasofszky.

Super Friends #24 Cover by J. Bone

Spider-Man: 24/7 Trade Paperback
Marvel US$19.99
Artwork by Dale Eaglesham. Colours by Chris Chuckry.

Spider-Man & The Secret Wars #3
Marvel US$2.99
Inks by Terry Pallot. Colours by Brad Anderson.

Haunt #5 Cover by Todd McFarlane

Super Friends #24
DC/Johnny US$2.50
Artwork and Cover by J. Bone.

S.W.O.R.D. #4
Marvel US$2.99
Inks by Craig Yeung. Cover by Mike Del Mundo.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

X-Men Forever #17 Cover by Tom Grummett

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #7
Marvel US$3.99
Artwork by Takeshi Miyazawa.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

Uncanny X-Men: First Class #8
Marvel US$2.99
Cover by Cameron Stewart.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

R.E.B.E.L.S. #13 Cover by Kalman Andrasofszky

X-Men Forever #17
Marvel US$3.99
Cover by Tom Grummett.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

X-Men: Pixie Strikes Back #1
Marvel US$3.99
Written by Kathryn Immonen. Cover by Stuart Immonen.
Preview at Comic Book Resources

X-Men: Pixie Strikes Back #1 Cover by Stuart Immonen

Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Jeff Lemire

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Jeff Lemire

Born and raised on a farm in Essex County, Canada, Jeff Lemire’s Essex County Trilogy of graphic novels (Tales From The Farm, Ghost Stories, The Country Nurse) published by Top Shelf Productions have been nominated for multiple Eisner and Harvey Awards. In 2008 Jeff won the Joe Shuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist, and
The Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent. He also won the American Library Association’s prestigious Alex Award, recognizing books for adults with specific teen appeal.

Recently named one of Wizard Magazines 25 “rising stars” Jeff has also published the graphic novel The Nobody for DC Comics/ Vertigo, and is currently hard at work a new monthly ongoing series, Sweet Tooth, also for Vertigo and a new graphic novel for Top Shelf.

Jeff has also illustrated album covers for such bands as Art Brut and catl. His work has also been published by the likes of Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, Driven Magazine and soon Marvel Comics.

Jeff currently lives and works in Toronto with his wife, sculptor Lesley-Anne Green and their son, Gus.

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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.

French eligibility list is up

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Magasin général Tome 5 par Régis Loisel et Jean-Louis Tripp (Casterman) - April 2009

With a huge amount of assistance from Patrick Marleau of L’Imaginaire in Ste-Foy/Quebec City and Laurent Boutin of Librairie Planète BD in Montreal, we now have our list of eligible creators who produced work in 2009. There will be some additional updates as we verify some information and receive feedback.

I hope this encourages you to seek out some of these fantastic comics. Meanwhile, if we have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send an email to  jason@joeshusterawards.com

UPDATED 3:30AM Feb. 8th