It’s been a few years since we’ve had much activity here, and I’m sad to say that the Awards have fallen behind as we re-emerged from the darker days of the pandemic. I am regularly asked what is going on with the Joe Shuster Awards, so this will serve as an update to answer that… Read More An update long in coming…
It took a lot longer than we would have liked but here are your 2021 winners for works published in 2020. 2020 itself was a challenging time as the world insulated itself to limit the spread of the global pandemics. Canadian comic creators, publishers and retailers were all impacted by mandated store closures and a… Read More Joe Shuster Award Winners 2021 (for 2020)
Thanks to Jennifer Haines and her her team for the nominees list for the Dragon Prize. We have three categories to announce on Monday (or earlier): Webcomics, Cover Artist, Kremer Retailer THE DRAGON AWARD (COMICS FOR YOUNGER READERS) This award recognizes the works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to… Read More Dragon Prize Nominees
Our next batch of nominees and inductees are listed below. Pending categories are Cover Artist, Retailer, Webcomic and Dragon Prize for Comics for Younger Readers. GENE DAY AWARD FOR SELF-PUBLISHED COMIC The Gene Day Award for Self-Publishing honours Canadian comic book creators who self-published their work during the previous year (up to the submission end… Read More Gene Day Award Nominees, Hall of Fame, TM Maple
DECEMBER 14, 2021 — It has been a challenging year, and while this announcement once again comes a little later in the year than usual, the Canadian Comic Book Awards Association is proud to present the first batch (of 3) nominees for the 17th Annual Joe Shuster Awards and related honours for work published in… Read More 2021 Nominees for Outstanding Canadian Writer, Artist and Cartoonist
As 2021 comes to a close you are probably wondering (hopefully) where are the Joe Shuster Award Nominations and Winners for 2020 published works are, and you’d be correct in wondering and the answer is: they are coming later this month. 2020 and 2021 have been interesting years for everyone and my August through November… Read More 2021 Awards for work published in 2020
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS Established in 2004, The Joe Shuster Awards are Canada’s national award recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation of comic books, graphic novels, webcomics and digital comics. The awards are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman. 2020 Sponsors include… Read More 2020 Joe Shuster Awards Finalists (for work done in 2019)
The Joe Shuster Awards are 100% not-for-profit. We are not a business, we don’t make money, no one is paid… they are done as a public service because we think they are important to the Canadian comics community by recognizing Canadian talent. We’ve never applied for, let alone received, any government grant money in the… Read More A Quick Note
September 8, 2020 — The Canadian Comic Book Awards Association is proud to present the nominees for the 16th Annual Joe Shuster Awards and related honours for work published in 2019.… Read More Nominations for the 2020 Joe Shuster Awards
While comic shops have been struggling, as have pretty much every non-essential retail business, I’m sure most will agree that it has not been in vain. The unprecedented COVID-19 Pandemic has affected everyone, everywhere, on some levels. To that end we may agree or disagree on the benefits of having the main distributor for comics… Read More Comics distribution resumes May 20
A little under two months ago, comic book retailers across Canada had to close because of the unprecedented threat of spread of the coronavirus. This also affected the largest distributor of comics across North America, who stopped shipping new product in the last week of March. Since then, while other distributors may still be delivering… Read More This Weekend on Facebook: “Be Our Heroes, Canada”
COVID-19 AUCTIONS ABOUT THE AUCTION THE BASICS Creators/people run their own individual auction on Twitter under the hashtag #Canucks4Comics. Twitter users scroll through the auction items under the hashtag and reply to individual item threads to place bids. Post bids on the original item thread only (no bids on quote-tweets or retweets). TIP: Click on… Read More CLLDF Launches #Canucks4Comics Relief Initiative for Canadian Comic Shops
As the world is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic the Canadian (and International) comics community is being affected significantly on all fronts, primarily economically as businesses are under orders to stay closed, and comics distributing and brick and mortar sales have ground to a halt. Comic Book Retailers Determined to be “non-essential” during… Read More The COVID-19 Crisis and the Unprecedented Pause of 2020
Established in 2004, The Joe Shuster Awards are Canada’s national award recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation of comic books, graphic novels and webcomics. The awards are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman. The name is used with the approval of the… Read More The 2019 Joe Shuster Award Winners
The 15th Annual Joe Shuster Awards are being held this Saturday, September 14th at 7pm and should run for about an 60-90 minutes and will be followed by an afterparty. This is a casual, laid back affair, and the awards will be hosted by myself (Awards Director and Co-Founder Kevin A. Boyd) with Jenn and… Read More 2019 Ceremony Details – This Saturday, Sept. 14th.
Here are the remaining categories for 2019: Part One The Dragon Award (Comics for Kids) / Le Prix Dragon (Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants) This award recognizes the works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to create a passion for life-long reading. Works considered for this award are comic books and… Read More 2019 Joe Shuster Awards (Part 2) – Harry Kremer, Dragon Prize, Hall of Fame
July 10, 2019 — As we celebrate the 105th anniversary of the birth of Joe Shuster today, the CCBCAA is proud to announce the first batch of nominees for the Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards and the nominees for the Gene Day Awards. Canada has a rich tradition of supporting our national arts… Read More 2019 Joe Shuster Awards (Part 1) and Gene Day Award Nominations
It’s now March and we’re rolling along on the plans for the 2019 awards. The website was down for a short period of time (unbeknownst to me), but things are back up and running again. Yay! The winners will be announced in late summer/early fall. Time, date and location are TBA. Deadline for Gene Day… Read More 2019 Proceeding
December 20 —- It seems that this will be the last holiday season for two prominent Canadian comic book retailers: Vancouver’s Comicshop and Edmonton’s Happy Harbor Comics.. The COMICSHOP, in it’s 44th year, winner of the 2014 Harry Kremer Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer Award has had papers served and is in receivership, and may… Read More 2 Prominant Kremer Award Winning Canadian Retailers Closing
JACK TREMBLAY, Hall of Fame inductee in 2017 for his role in the creation of comics during Canada’s Golden Age, passed away on November 11, 2018 in Montreal. The CCBCAA would like to express our deepest condolences to his family and friends. Tremblay, born in 1926, was 92. STAN “the Man” LEE, the Maestro of… Read More The passing of two legends…
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