I spent a 4 hours at Canzine this past Sunday, and I was quite pleased as Canzine is one of my favourite comic art events. The show was larger than ever, jammed with tables and creative types. I was there gathering books for the Gene Day Award and building our Self-Published Creators contact list. Comic… Read More Canzine adventures
Comic Hunter Moncton recently moved into a larger location. This interview was conducted with Store Manager Remi Vienneau LeClair. Owner’s Name: Jeff Smith Manager’s Name: Remi Vienneau LeClair Number of Employees: 3 to 5 Years in Business: 5 Years Physical Address: 465 Main Street, Moncton, NB, E1C 1C2 Telephone Number: (506) 855-4950 Website: http://www.comichunter.net Email:… Read More Comic Retailers – The Comic Hunter (Moncton, NB)
Canada’s Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture Sunday, October 24, 2010 1pm – 7pm The Great Hall 1087 Queen Street West Toronto Entry is $5, but you get a free copy of the lastest issue of Broken Pencil Canzine Toronto Schedule 1-7pm Giant Zine Fair Over 100 zines, book publisher, comic artists and… Read More Happenings: Canzine – Sunday, October 24 – Toronto, ON
Featuring events occurring at comic shops across Canada. [note: this information was gathered by perusing the retailers websites, as well as email I’ve received from stores across Canada. If you have an event to promote, let us know! Send an email to retailers@joeshusterawards.com. And if you have an upcoming event that isn’t listed here, then… Read More Retailer Roundup – October 2010
Canada’s Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture Saturday, October 16, 2010 1pm – 7pm W2 Storyeum 151 West Cordova Street Vancouver, BC Event Schedule: 1-7pm Giant Zine and Craft Fair The heart of the festival! Over 100 zine, book, and comic publishers, and some of the area’s best independent crafters. Also interactive fun:… Read More Happenings: Canzine West – Saturday, October 16 – Vancouver, BC
Metropolis recently moved into a new location, across the street. This is an interesting mash up shop which caters to the interests of those growing up in the 80’s. Owner’s Name: Jonny Botsch Manager’s Name: Jonny Botsch Number of Employees: 2 Years in Business: 4 Physical Address: #200-4735 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC Telephone Number: 604-435-4551 Website:… Read More Comic Retailers – Metropolis Comics & Toys (Burnaby, BC)
On October 30th the Quad-Cities will be hopping with comic happenings. To celebrate their 12th Anniversary, The Dragon will be having their 2nd annual mini-con. The guest list for the in-store event is pretty great (it’s like a mini comic-con; see what I did there?). Who: Dale Keown, Richard Pace, Jeff Lemire, Ross Campbell, Ray… Read More Happenings: Guelph + Cambridge, Oct 30th
It seems Seth drew the July/August 2010 covers (I’ll admit I didn’t know that, my Walrus subscription started with September 2010), and they are quite lovely, very stylized and very Seth. The magazine interviews Seth about the minutiae of creation (type of pens and paper), it’s a snapshot at the process of creation by a… Read More Seth and the Walrus cover
The Vancouver Province has a little piece on Kaare Andrews, his movie and his comics career. In related news, his directorial debut for Anchor Bay – ALTITUDE – is set to be released to stores on DVD and Blu-Ray on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Meanwhile, his X-Men: Xenogenesis rolls along. Issue 3 of 5 was… Read More Kaare Andrews new film Altitude available in stores 10/26/10
The Toronto Star asked four webcomicers to say good bye to Cathy The creators involved are: Angela Melick – creator of Wasted Talent – http://www.wastedtalent.ca Ryan Pequin – creator of Three Word Phrase – threewordphrase.com Mike Winters from Chamber of Comics – chamberofcomics.blogspot.com and webcomics darling, New Yorker contributor (and current New Yorker), 2-time Joe… Read More Good bye to Cathy
Stuart Immonen, winner of our 2010 Artist of the Year Award, was interviewed by CBR’s Robot 6. I’m looking forward to Russian Olive to Red King, the follow-up to Moving Pictures.
Tangles: A story about Alzheimer’s, my mother, and me by Sarah Leavitt September 2010 9 x 10 paper 120 pages ISBN 978-1-55111-117-9 CDN $23.95 published by Freehand Books What is the book about? What do you do when your outspoken, passionate, and quick-witted mother starts fading into a forgetful, fearful woman? In this powerful graphic… Read More Tangles: A story about Alzheimer’s, my mother, and me
Aaron Costain, creator of the self-published Entropy series and Calamity Coach one-shot, has written a great essay examining the way architectural drawings and comics are read. Interesting stuff. Aaron makes great comics, I always look forward to the next installment of Entropy. His comics can be found at finer comic shops including: Legends Comics and… Read More Aaron Costain on Architecture and Comics
Phoenix Comics NW open it’s doors as the 90’s comic bubble was bursting. Though persistence and diversity the store has maintained a strong position amongst Calgary’s abundant comic shops. Owner’s Name: Michael Bower Manager’s Name: Russell Heitzmann Number of Employees: 6 Years in Business: 16 (1994) Physical Address: 1010 16th Ave NW Calgary, AB Telephone… Read More Comic Retailers – Phoenix Comics NW Ltd. (Calgary, AB)
Sunday, September 26, 2010 Queen’s Park 11am-6pm Programming of interest in the Children’s Reading Tent 12:15 – 1:00 :: Ninja Cowboy Bear Presents the Way of the Ninja Ninja Cowboy Bear Presents the Way of the Ninja — a high energy story about a daring ninja who learns that the greatest thrills and the best… Read More Happenings: Comics & Graphic Novels @ Word on the Street TORONTO
Information about the Last Dave Sim signing at Strange Adventures is being released. Of note, Dave conducted an exclusive interview with The Coast and revealed the following: (T)he question of whether his beloved creation Cerebus will ever make a return will certainly come up. He does, in fact, have plans. “The only way I would… Read More Cerebus could return? (plus the Sim event at Strange Adventures)
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
with a tip of the hat to Tom Spurgeon. D+Q announces the long awaited Chester Brown book Paying For It will be released Spring 2011. The follow-up to 2003’s wonderful book Louis Riel, Paying For It is a “200-page chronicle of his experiences paying for sexual services, which was produced with the assistance of a… Read More Chester Brown’s ‘Paying For It’ due Spring 2011
I was pleasantly surprised by the Montreal Comic Con. I had high hopes because, as Kevin said, the intention this year was to try and fuse the bande-dessinee/euro scene with the anglo/american comic scene that is the staple of comic events across North America. A number of top notch Canadian creators who work in Europe… Read More A little more Montreal Comic Con
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
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