Dale Eaglesham is a veteran comic book illustrator who has been working in the industry since 1986. He has worked with DC Comics, Marvel, Dark Horse, and CrossGen, among others. In January 2009, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, where he will be illustrating the Fantastic Four. Working on this legendary series is a… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Dale Eaglesham
Rebecca Kraatz was born in British Columbia in the Okanagan Valley. She has worked at a car racetrack in the ticket booth, in a candy store, putting screws on car battery terminals, as a layout artist for newspapers, as a make-up artist and hair-stylist, as a rag picker, a seamstress and selling vintage clothing. Nova… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Rebecca Kraatz
Philippe Girard / phlppgrrd Né à Québec en 1971, Philippe Girard publie sa première bande dessinée à l’âge de huit ans dans le magazine ‘Je me petit débrouille’. En 1997, il lance avec Jean-François Bergeron et Leif Tande le fanzine Tabasko!, une publication mensuelle qui paraîtra régulièrement pendant deux ans. En 2000, il participe à… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Philippe Girard
Shane submitted two pieces for the gallery show and auction: Shane Heron does the artwork for the online comic Awesome Marcus Ninja (Shane came onto the strip with Season 5) as well as working on a creator-owned mini-comic starring his character, Shagaharamesh, who battles champions, gods & demons on his quest to become the Almighty.… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine(s) by Shane Heron
Jay Stephens was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1971, and moved around a lot as a kid. Much of his youth was spent contemplating the wonders of movies, music, television, and comic books, without any undue criticism from the surrounding grown-ups, for which he is eternally grateful. Jay’s maternal grandparents lived in a very… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine vs. Wendigo by Jay Stephens
Joe Shuster Award winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire (Essex Country Trilogy, Sweet Tooth, The Nobody) will be producing an original, 250 page graphic novel entitled THE UNDERWATER WELDER to be published by Top Shelf in 2012. Pressure. As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the… Read More Lemire’s The Underwater Welder GN coming in 2012
Rich Dannys is a cartoonist/illustrator based in Toronto, Canada who has been working in the Animation business, for 20 years now. His company – Flying Dutchman Studios, Inc., has provided creative services for various projects in Advertising, Marketing, and Comic-Books. In 2003, Rich published a sketchbook of his work WANG-DANG-DOODLE! He is also the moderator… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Rich Dannys
The other day I reported on the sale of a rare copy of Action Comics 1 which sold for 1 million dollars. Well, that price, the highest paid for an old comic book, has been surpassed – according to Rich Johnston a copy of Detective Comics 27 (the first appearance of Batman by Bob Kane)… Read More Action Comics smackdown. Detective Comics 27 sets new record price.
Dave Howard continues his excellent interview series, this time with Condundrum Press publisher Andy Brown. If you haven’t looked at Conundrum Press’ recent and upcoming offerings, you really are missing out on some interesting and exciting graphic novels. Conundrum Press was nominated last year for the Publisher Award and will most likely be back again… Read More Torontoist interviews Andy Brown of Conundrum Press
Todd McFarlane was recently in New York for the annual Toy Fair event and Newsarama’s Michael Avila had an opportunity to ask him some questions. He’s also busier on the comic book front than he’s been in years. He continues to ink “Haunt,” the book he co-created with Robert Kirkman, as well as inking “Spawn.”… Read More Newsarama talks with Todd
Sam Agro began his career in 1983, working as a storyboard artist in the animation industry producing hundreds of storyboards for shows like Ewoks and Droids, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Ripping Friends. Sam has written for TVO’s Polka Dot Shorts, the animated segments of Elliot Moose is on the Loose and many, many… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Sam Agro
COLIN UPTON – in his own words: I was born in Winnipeg in 1960 and moved out to the West Coast at age four to West Vancouver. My father was a professor of Canadian history, our home was full of books up on art and history. However, learning disability and serious behavioural problems that persisted… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Colin Upton
While we rarely delve into the collectibles side of the comic book hobby here on the Joe Shuster Awards website, we’ll make an exception here as a rare higher grade copy of Action Comics #1 – the first Superman story by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel – sold earlier this week for an unprecedented one… Read More Rare copy of Action Comics #1 sold for one million dollars
Toronto artist Nick Postic’s eerie and photorealistic style is reminiscent of the work of artists such as Bill Sienkiewicz, Tommy Lee Edwards, John Paul Leon and Alex Maleev. His work has appeared on titles such as the Underworld movie adaptation (for IDW), Nothingface (for Digital Webbing), Nightwolf: The Price (for Devil’s Due Publishing), The Impaler… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Nick Postic
A book that we here at the Joe Shuster Awards have been talking about for months has finally been shipped through Diamond, arriving in comic book stores on Wednesday, February 17th (only 3 months later than book stores). Red: A Haida Manga, created by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, is a visual retelling of a story from… Read More Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
When: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28th, 2010. Hours: 11AM – 5PM Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building Room 206 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada Guests: GUY DAVIS (B.P.R.D.) (see below) CAMERON STEWART (Batman & Robin) RAY FAWKES (The Apocalipstix) FRANCIS MANAPUL (Adventure Comics, The Flash) AGNES GARBOWSKA (You, Me & Zombie) MARCUS TO (Red Robin) RICHARD ZAJAC… Read More Happenings: Toronto ComiCON February 28th plus Guy Davis Exhibition Feb. 27th
J. Bone is a Toronto based illustrator and comic book artist. Past credits include Allison Dare: Little Miss Adventures, Jingle Belle, Mutant Texas, Mr. Gum, Gotham Girls, Solar Stella, Madman Adentures, Bad Girls and many others. With Darwyn Cooke he has worked on: Justice League: The New Frontier Special, The Spirit, Batman/Spirit, Witchblade Animated, Spider-Man’s… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by J. Bone & Darwyn Cooke
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Batman And Robin #9 DC US$2.99 Artwork and Variant Cover by Cameron Stewart. Preview at DC Universe: The Source Black Terror #8 Dynamite Entertainment US$3.50 Cover by Stephen Sadowski. Preview at Comic Book… Read More February 24th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Nominating: All nominating committees are currently making their selection choices for the 2010 Joe Shuster Awards. The nominees for the following awards are expected to be announced in mid-March: – Artist – Cartoonist – Colourist – Cover – Achievement in Publishing – Webcomic creator / creative team – Writer It is likely that nominees for… Read More 2010 Joe Shuster Awards Status Update
This weekend is Con-G, the anime/manga convention which takes place in Guelph, ON. This convention is a manga / anime focused event, very heavy on the community building with an assortment of events like J-Pop dance, Masquerade, Trivia and Games, overnight Anime. There will be lots of cosplay! The guest list leans very heavy towards… Read More Happenings: Con-G Feb 20-21, Guelph, ON
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