Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerard have released the second issue of Sword of My Mouth — but this one is only available to online subscribers. Here’s the good news: This is not like when you missed the latest issue of Blackest Night and had no idea what was going on. Sword of My Mouth is… Read More Sword of My Mouth #2 – online release
Much has been made of the changes in Diamond Comics minimum order levels and the effect this will have on the small press. Independent retailers (aka, your local comic book store) as well as small publishers and self-publishers in Canada have the potential to be harshly impacted. Here’s to supporting the efforts of these creators:… Read More The Bear Stories Vol. 2 drops at FanExpo
Fantagraphics publisher Kim Thompson, who recently released the lovely, and large, Prince Valiant Vol. 1: 1937-1938, by Hal Foster, has discovered a startling difference with one of the originally published pages: more violence! Unlike many archival projects which scan and digitally clean up the original newspaper pages themselves (I’m thinking of the stunningly gorgeous Winsor… Read More Behind the scenes: Hal Foster and Prince Valiant
Michael Angelos, the British Columbia based owner of Castle Rain Entertainment, reveals the evolution of a page. From the soon to be released graphic novel Jack the Lantern: War of the Soul: Pencil art by Mark Kidwell, inks by Kidwell and Tony Bledsoe, with Angelos as the writer. Jack the Lantern: War of the Soul,… Read More Jack the Lantern: step by step
In his cunning ongoing effort to take over the world, Brian Lee O’Malley reveals the some details of the recently announced Scott Pilgrim video game. “Video games have been a huge influence on the characters and world of Scott Pilgrim,” said Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of the original graphic novels. “As a gamer myself, it… Read More Scott Pilgrim: The Video Game
Publisher’s Weekly has a story on the upcoming IDW series Kill Shakespeare. Created by Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery with art by Andy Belanger, a veteran of DC Comics, Devil’s Due and other comics publishers, Kill Shakespeare started out as a brainstorm idea for a videogame and then a film before the two creators… Read More Canadians out to “Kill Shakespeare”
Over at Comic Book Resources, Jeffrey Renaud interviews Canadian artist and JSA Outstanding Artist and Webcomics Creator nominee Karl Kerschl about his contribution to DC’s Wednesday Comics.
The location for the awards ceremony has been finalized, the 5th annual Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards will be presented on Saturday, September 26th at University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue in Toronto, Ontario.More details to come, but plans include a pre-ceremony PREVIEW of the Visions: Wolverine artwork and a… Read More Joe Shuster Awards ceremony location – U of T’s Innis Town Hall
After a grueling day of travel, I’m slowly getting things back to normal after the five-day San Diego gauntlet. I’m afraid that since I was booth-bound for the majority of the show I wasn’t able to gather up much intel (and the stuff that I did is not my place to announce), but I did… Read More Back from San Diego
A nice piece about Happy Harbor, our 2007 Retailer of the Year, in the Metro News today. In other exciting news, Heroclix are back! Just waiting on the official announcement that NECA is acquiring WizKids.
Man, it’s getting down to the wire here. By no means will this list be complete, but this is an idea whose time has come. Beyond giving out our yearly awards, CCBCAA’s mandate is to promote the work of Canadians in the industry, so here we go: Retailers must have their Diamond orders uploaded by… Read More Canadians in the July Previews
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Absolute DC: The New Frontier Hardcover (New Printing) DC US$75.00 Written, Artwork, and Cover by Darwyn Cooke. Amazing Spider-Man #598 (2nd Printing) Marvel US$2.99 Colours by Chris Chuckry. Aspen Splash 2009 Swimsuit Spectacular… Read More July 29th, 2009 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Source: Newsarama: SDCC ’09: A Darker Shade of Ink: Crime and Noir in Comics – Darwyn Cooke is one of creators on the panel, discussing crime and noir in comics. Source: Newsarama: SDCC 09: Graphic Novels and Novelists – Seth and Bryan Lee O’Malley are two of the panelists, discussing graphic novels. “A fan asked… Read More Canadian Comic Book Creators News from San Diego Comic Con International – Part 3
Congratulations to Ian Boothby (and his collaborators Nina Matsumoto, and Andrew Pepoy), for the Eisner win last night. Their work on The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #14 (Bongo) won The Eisner Award for Best Short Story. (It’s worth a second mention.) Lynda Barry’s What It Is won the Eisner for Best Reality-Based Work, which was… Read More I’ll take Ian Boothby for the win…
Source: Newsarama: SDCC 09 – Marvel’s X-MEN Panel “Some more catch-up, Aaron on Yanick Paquette’s art in Weapon X: “He gets to draw some of the craziest stuff you’ve ever seen in a Wolverine book.” “ Source: Comic Book Resources: CCI: Kirman and McFarlane on “Image United” “Perhaps a better person to weigh in on… Read More Canadian Comic Book Creators News from San Diego Comic Con International – Part 2
Source: The Fabler Blog Kevin de Vlaming (of The Fabler Blog) has posted an interview with Steve Rolston. The Fabler interviewed Rolston about Emiko Superstar, his early inspirations, and his upcoming comic Ghost Projekt (with Joe Harris). He also shared some insight on his experiences teaching a course on comic book production at Van Arts,… Read More Steve Rolston interviewed at The Fabler Blog
Source: Wired.Com: Underwire Jeff Lemire doesn’t write conventional comics. Often slow-paced and sketchy, his works are also intractably personal and deeply moving, even if he’s writing about the Invisible Man. “I draw on a lot of cinematic influences like Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders, artists who let a story take its time,” the Toronto-based writer… Read More Jeff Lemire interviewed by Wired.Com’s Underwire
Source: Newsarama: SDCC 09 – SUPERMAN: TWO WORLDS Panel “Tying in to Codename Patriot, Robinson will be doing another Jimmy Olsen special, with art by Bernard Chang.” Source: Comic Book Resources: CCI: DC Comics Superman Panel “Sterling Gates mentioned September’s “Supergirl Annual,” which is the origin of Superwoman. “Secret Files” comes out in conjunction with… Read More Canadian Comic Book Creators News from San Diego Comic Con International – Part 1
Comics Reporter and the D+Q blog announce a great coup: Drawn + Quarterly has acquired the publishing rights to Daniel Clowes’ next graphic novel, Wilson. D+Q, the three time winner of the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Publisher, has added another great talent to the publishing line-up D+Q provided a statement from its publisher and… Read More D+Q and Dan Clowes
Ethan Rilly has launched a new website for his comic Pope Hats. In 2008 Pope Hates won a Xeric Foundation Grant and was a finalist for a Wright. Pope Hats is being distributed through AdHouse Books, and will soon be available through Diamond — that will be the time to ask your local brick and… Read More Pope Hats and Ethan Rilly
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