Jeff Lemire Born and raised on a farm in Essex County, Canada, Jeff Lemire’s Essex County Trilogy of graphic novels (Tales From The Farm, Ghost Stories, The Country Nurse) published by Top Shelf Productions have been nominated for multiple Eisner and Harvey Awards. In 2008 Jeff won the Joe Shuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist,… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Jeff Lemire
With a huge amount of assistance from Patrick Marleau of L’Imaginaire in Ste-Foy/Quebec City and Laurent Boutin of Librairie Planète BD in Montreal, we now have our list of eligible creators who produced work in 2009. There will be some additional updates as we verify some information and receive feedback. I hope this encourages you… Read More French eligibility list is up
Go read Jeff Lemire talking about Sweet Tooth. And you should give the book a try. Honest.
Steve Rolston The piece shown above is one of over 40 pieces of original artwork featuring Wolverine donated to the Joe Shuster Awards for the Visions of an Icon Art Show and Sale by Canadian artists. The pieces were exhibited twice in 2009 – at the Joe Shuster Awards Ceremony in September and at the… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Steve Rolston
It’s going to be a busy year for Toronto, Ontario as the city is about to experience an unprecedented number of of comics related events over the course of the year… let’s look at the first half of 2010 and see what’s happening. The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (May) Throughout the year, the Beguiling sponsors… Read More Toronto – Winter/Spring 2010 Comic Events
2008 Joe Shuster Award-winning (Favourite Creator – French Language Publications for writing Danger Public) and 2009 nominee (2009 Cover Art for Les Ravins) cartoonist Philippe Girard’s (aka phlppgrrd) 2008 BD Les Ravins (Mécanique Générale) will be republished in English this spring from publisher Conundrum Press. Ruts & Gullies: Nine Days in Saint Petersburg Philippe Girard… Read More Phillippe Girard’s Les Ravins to be published in English by Conundrum Press
James Turner has been working as a freelance illustrator and art director for years and years, since even before there was Twitter. Over the course of his career, including an earlier life in multimedia, he has worked for a wide array of clients, including The Wall Street Journal, Elle, WIRED Magazine, IBM, BASF, The Milken… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by James Turner
The 6th in the Paul series by Francophone cartoonist Michel Rabagliati, Paul à Québec (La Pasteque) was selected as the winner of the Prix du Public Fnac-SNC this past weekend at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême in France. Congratulations Michel! Le Devoir CBC CBC (includes audio interview link with Michel Rabagliati Sequential… Read More Paul à Québec honoré à Angoulême
Eric Kim was born in 1977 and learned to love drawing under coffee tables. He has always loved drawing, and always loved comics. It would come to reason that he would eventually combine the two and create a super-ultimate-love that would rock the heavens. After high school, Eric went off to attend Sheridan College. Graduating… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Eric Kim
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Berserker #4 Image/Top Cow US$3.99 Colours by Dave McCaig. Cover by Dale Keown. Preview at Newsarama Doctor Who #8 IDW US$3.99 Colours by Lovern Kindzierski. House Of M: Masters Of Evil Trade Paperback… Read More February 3rd, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Leonard Kirk is an American born comic book artist who lives in Ontario, Canada. He has worked on such properties as Supergirl, JSA, Star Trek, Batman, and Witchblade. Currently Kirk is exclusively signed for Marvel Comics. Kirk first broke into the comics field pencilling issue #5 of the Malibu Comics title Dinosaurs for Hire and… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Leonard Kirk
Troy Little was born March 7, 1973 in (or on more accurately) Prince Edward Island, Canada. He graduated from the Sheridan College Interpretive Illustration program in 1994 then returned home to P.E.I. to work crappy jobs and live with his folks. A dark time indeed, but he did meet his future wife Carol then, so… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine meets Angora Napkin by Troy Little
“DC Comics Voted Publisher of the Year by Comic Book Retailers; Batman and Robin #1, Blackest Night #1 Lauded as Best Comics of 2009” “Comic Book Retailers Honor Industry’s Bestsellers with 2009 Diamond Gem Awards” (BALTIMORE, MD) — (January 29, 2009) — Diamond Comic Distributors is proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Diamond… Read More Diamond announces the 2009 Gem Award Winners: The Hunter selected best original graphic novel
Vaneta Rogers talks to 2009’s Outstanding Artist winner David Finch. Finch was also named as a headlining guest for the upcoming CHICAGO COMIC AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (C2E2) in April.
ComicsPRO Announces Nominees for Industry Appreciation Award Retailer Group Seeks to Honor Efforts to Improve Comics Specialty Market The direct market remains the way most comic-book stories get from creator to fan. ComicsPRO, the largest organization of direct-market retailers, wants to honor those people who stand in that gap and help smooth that process. From… Read More Dave Sim nominated for a ComicsPro Industry Appreciation Award
The Dungeon, located in Dundas, ON, is one of a handful of new comic book stores to open across Canada last year. strong>If you would like to see your store profiled here, please contact us: retailers@joeshusterawards.com. Owner’s Name: Logan Murray Number of Employees: 1 Years in Business: 3 Months Physical Address: 8 King Street East,… Read More Comic Retailers – The Dungeon (Dundas, ON)
The Comic Jam is happening tomorrow night! When: Tuesday, January 26th from 9pm to 12am-ish Where: Cameron House, backroom, 408 Queen St. W., Queen-Spadina. What: Bring your own pens; paper provided. See you there! TCJ mailing address is: Toronto Comic Jam 300 George St. Toronto, ON M5A2N3 Also, there will be an afternoon comic jam/collage/… Read More Happenings: Toronto Comic Jam – Jan 26th
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 #7 DC US$2.99 Artwork and Variant Cover by Cameron Stewart. Preview at DC Universe: The Source Black Terror #7 Dynamite Entertainment US$3.50 Cover by Stephen Sadowski. Preview at Comic Book… Read More January 27th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
The following is an older interview with Ethan Peacock of Elfsar Toys & Games, a finalist for the Harry Kremer Award for Retailer of the Year. A good looking store that has done well focusing on comics, while dabbling in niche markets such as urban toys and action figures and at one time, Elfsar ran… Read More Comic Retailers – Elfsar Comics & Toys (Vancouver, BC)
Jonathan Kuehlein has as short interview with artist Ken Lashley posted on his site in which Lashley talks about walking away from comics. “I was working hard, not smart … I have to do what’s best for me.” — Ken Lashley As to his future as a comics creator: “I think I’ll be a specialty… Read More Ken Lashley stepping back from comics
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