The background and the pitch: http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/09/28/its-not-rocket-science-kill-rich-johnston/ The campaign: At large group of misfits, band together to take on missions in time and space, too trivial for real detectives. Greetings! George Peter Gatsis here. I am the creator of Canada’s first computer generated comic book series, The Black Diamond Effect, that has been publishing since 1990!… Read More Joe King vs. … Kickstarter Campaign
The Joe Shuster Awards recognizing Canadian Comic Book Creators is going into its 10th Anniversary. It may well be its last. Year to year the awards struggle to get by. This is generally by relying on the kind donations from creators in the industry. We auction the pieces for key funding. We are quite thankful… Read More Director’s Remarks
Things are somewhat quiet here at the JSAs as we regroup after a busy couple of months prepping for last month’s awards. However, con season never seems to end, and we apologize to the Saskatchewan Entertainment Expo who held their event last weekend for not mentioning the event beforehand on the site. However, on September… Read More Expos, ComicCons – updates, changes, rumours
The Ignatz Award, named for the character in the classic comic strip Krazy Kat by George Herriman, is the festival prize of the Small Press Expo, that since 1997 has recognized outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The ballot is created by a panel of five cartoonists and is voted on by the attendees of… Read More Canadians clean up at the 2013 Ignatz Awards
at the Palais des congrès de Montréal Tickets: One day: Friday $20, Saturday $35, Sunday $25 Weekend: $55, Deluxe $75, VIP $175 Website
On Saturday, September 7, the winners of the 26th annual Harvey Awards were announced at the Baltimore Comic Con. Chief among the standouts was Image’s Saga – who won awards for Best Colorer, Best New Series, Best Continuing Series, Best Writer, Best Artist, and Best Single Issue for Saga #1. KaBoom!’s Adventure Time took home… Read More Canadian creators Staples, North and Cooke take home 2013 Harvey Awards
I had the pleasure to sit on a panel entitled the Canadian Superhero Renaissance at Fan Expo Canada on August 23rd, and had to decline participation in the Golden Age of Canadian Comics panel on Sunday, August 25 (Rachel Richey had an important message to relay and I could not justify both of us being… Read More The Canadian Superhero Renaissance
What if everyone who ever had superpowers had gone insane and become a threat to society? What if, after decades of this, one man gained abilities “far beyond those of mortal men” but kept his sanity? Recently discharged from the Army and faced with a society that fears superhumans, a government that hunts them down… Read More Crowdfunding: The F1rst Hero
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 