Year: 2010

Happenings: WORD ON THE STREET National Book and Magazine Festival this Sunday, September 26th

 This Sunday, September 26th, is the date for the annual Word on the Street Festival across Canada and this year’s participating cities are Vancouver, Saskatoon, Kitchener, Toronto and Halifax. Last year we held the awards ceremony on the Saturday evening before the Festival. We hope to have some news for you in the near… Read More Happenings: WORD ON THE STREET National Book and Magazine Festival this Sunday, September 26th

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September 22nd, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators

If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis #3 Marvel US$3.99 Artwork and Cover by Kaare Andrews. Preview at Comic Book Resources Black Widow #6 Marvel US$2.99 Colours by Jim Charalampidis. Preview at Comic Book Resources Civil War:… Read More September 22nd, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators

Jason Truong

Happenings: NYCC October 8-10 – Canadian creator guests

Darwyn Cooke  – RICHARD STARK’S PARKER: THE OUTFIT to premiere at the NYCC David Finch Jeff Lemire Francis Manapul Todd McFarlane Faith Erin Hicks PLUS – in Artist Alley Kei Acedera Bobby Chiu Wes Craig Valentine De Landro Camilla d’Errico Agnes Garbowska Karl Kerschl Eric Kim Leo Leibelman Alex Milne Yanick Paquette Ramon Perez Stephen… Read More Happenings: NYCC October 8-10 – Canadian creator guests

Kevin A. Boyd

TWO CLASSIC CAPCOM® FIGHTING GAMES UNITE FOR ONE FANTASTIC MANGA

UDON ENTERTAINMENT PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release TWO CLASSIC CAPCOM® FIGHTING GAMES UNITE FOR ONE FANTASTIC MANGA UDON to release Darkstalkers™ /Red Earth manga Toronto, ON – Sept 7, 2010 –  Get ready for witches and wolfmen, demons and dinosaurs, knights and vampires – all in one manga! This fall UDON brings two classic Capcom®… Read More TWO CLASSIC CAPCOM® FIGHTING GAMES UNITE FOR ONE FANTASTIC MANGA

Kevin A. Boyd

1,000,000 Scott Pilgrims

For immediate release: Scott Pilgrim Reaches New Level of Epicness There are now over one million copies of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series in print, and that’s only counting the North American Oni Press edition. The series has also achieved international success being translated into thirteen different languages worldwide with more to come! “A… Read More 1,000,000 Scott Pilgrims

Robert Haines

CBC: Lulu nods put Ottawa graphic artist in hot seat (no, not really)

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2010/09/16/ottawa-graphic-artist.html#socialcomments Von Allan has a nod for best newcomer, best female character and book of the year at the U.S. awards, which are for comics by and about women. But Von Allan is a man — and that has some women in the industry wondering how he could be named, especially in the best newcomer… Read More CBC: Lulu nods put Ottawa graphic artist in hot seat (no, not really)

Kevin A. Boyd

La Pastèque: En librairie le 10 novembre!

Pascal Girard et Yves Pelletier Valentin ISBN  978-2-922585-91-9 FORMAT  16,5×22,9 cm cartonné PAGINATION  136 IMPRESSION  Quadrichromie COUVERTURE Quadrichromie PVP 24,95$ À PARAÎTRE Une petite ville, une rue paisible; des enfants qui jouent au hockey, un chien qui essaie d’attraper la balle. De la fenêtre de sa cuisine, Stéphanie, 34 ans, vêtue d’un pantalon de jogging… Read More La Pastèque: En librairie le 10 novembre!

Kevin A. Boyd

Lulu Awards 2010: Tory Woollcott + Von Allen lead Canadian representation

VOTING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – deadline for voting: September 27th. The Lulu Awards recognize the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women. Quite a few Canadians nominated this year in multiple categories, including Tory Woollcott (3 nominations for Mirror… Read More Lulu Awards 2010: Tory Woollcott + Von Allen lead Canadian representation

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Happenings: Dave Sim’s last ever public event – Strange Adventures, Halifax, NS

Dave Sim was auctioning off his only 2010 store appearance, and Calum Johnston of Strange Adventures amped up the wackiness with a winning bid which consisted of: * a breakfast or lunch at the Ardmore Tea Room * a fine bottle of Nova Scotia blueberry wine * six rolls of fax paper for Dave’s fax… Read More Happenings: Dave Sim’s last ever public event – Strange Adventures, Halifax, NS

Robert Haines

Ignatz Awards 2010 – 2 D&Q books win awards.

No Canadians won any Ignatz Awards at the ceremony this past weekend in Baltimore, however Canadian publisher Drawn & Quarterly did publish two of the award-winning books: 2010 Ignatz Award Recipients Outstanding Artist Eddie Campbell, Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Sized Omnibus) (Top Shelf Productions) Outstanding Anthology or Collection Masterpiece Comics, R. Sikoryak (Drawn… Read More Ignatz Awards 2010 – 2 D&Q books win awards.

Kevin A. Boyd