Press release: It’s official! McFarlane Toys and Todd McFarlane will be at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The McFarlane Companies has expanded its presence at the con by teaming up with key retailers and partners. We plan to have exclusive action figures, comics, artist signings, giveaways, panels, a first look at upcoming figure lines and… Read More SDCCI: Todd McFarlane

Hero Initiative heads to San Diego to Celebrate Comic-Con’s 40th year! Highlights include parties with Stan Lee, Jim Lee, Darwyn Cooke, and the premiere release of Hero Comics Note that the Hero Initiative booth is located right next to the CGC booth. Los Angeles, CA (July 14, 2009) – Hero Initiative travels to the 40th… Read More SDCCI: Hero Initiative activities include Cooke, Bachalo, Andrews, Lashley and more!

Look for the following Canadian Exhibitors in 2009: Arcana Comics 2415 Blind Ferret Entertainment 1435 Bobby Chiu G06 Drawn and Quarterly 1529 Kei Acedera G07 Udon Entertainment 5112 Vancouver Film School 618

Appearing at the Top Shelf booth (#1721) —JEFF LEMIRE— Signing the debut softcover and hardcover editions of  THE COLLECTED ESSEX COUNTY. http://www.topshelfcomix.com/jefflemire

A few Canadian creators have tables in Artist’s Alley… Bobby Chiu II-01 David Finch LL-10 Please note: According to his website, David Finch will no longer be located in Artist’s Alley and instead will be appearing at BOOTH 4601. Leo Leibelman JJ-13 Francis Manapul DD-09 Francis notes on his blog: Hey folks so here’s the… Read More SDCCI: Artist’s Alley – Finch moves, Manapul premieres Art Book

John Kricfalusi Artist/animator, Ren and Stimpy Canadian-born animator John Kricfalusi is the animated cartoon’s modern pioneer. He started his career in the 1980s working on show such as The Smurfs, Laverne and Shirley in the Army and other Saturday morning cartoons. Ralph Bakshi discovered John in 1987 and hired him to direct CBS’s Ralph Bakshi’s… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: John Kricfalusi

Seth Cartoonist/designer, Palookaville, It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, Wimbledon Green, George Sprott Seth is the cartoonist behind the series Palookaville and the novels, It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, Wimbledon Green, Clyde Fans, Bannock, Beans And Black Tea and Vernacular Drawings. Seth serialized George Sprott (1894-1975) in the New York… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: Seth

Bryan Lee O’Malley Writer/Artist, Scott Pilgrim Graphic Novels Bryan Lee O’Malley‘s six-volume graphic novel series, Scott Pilgrim (Oni Press), has earned considerable acclaim since its 2004 debut. He has won numerous awards, including Harvey, Joe Shuster, and Doug Wright Awards, as well as nominations for an Eisner Award and the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award.… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: Bryan Lee O’Malley

Francis Manapul Artist, Legion of Super-Heroes, Superman/Batman, Adventure Comics Francis Manapul is the acclaimed artist of DC’s new series Adventure Comics. He has also illustrated Superman/Batman, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Tomb Raider, and Witchblade, as well as a French graphic album Sept Guierrieres for Editions Delcourt. Francis was born in Manila, Philippines and grew up… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: Francis Manapul

After Fan Expo Canada, the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo and the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, the fourth largest event for Canadians interested in English language comic books takes place in another country completely – in beautiful San Diego, California, USA for the 40th (!) annual San Diego Comic Con International, which takes place between… Read More Coming up: Canada’s 4th largest English language Comic Con…. the San Diego Comic Con International

CantonRep.com brings us up to speed on some of the things that will be going on in Cleveland this upcoming weekend, the city where young Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster met and mapped out what would eventually become  Superman — a character that has gone on to a special place at the top of the… Read More Cleveland honours Siegel and Shuster this weekend