Ian McGillis has submitted a special report in today’s Montreal Gazette entitled Comics and graphics Novels: The State of the Art. It’s basically a run down of books recently published by Montreal’s Drawn & Quarterly – including the latest from Kate Beaton, Seth, Marc Bell and more. McGillis addresses the fact that 10 of his… Read More The Montreal Gazette suggests you look at some D+Q books
For Immediate Release: Image Comics Introduces Rebel Blood, a Zombie Story Like No Other December 9, 2011 — “Save yourself. Stay in the woods. Pray it hasn’t reached the wolves… and keep your gun loaded.” All he knows about what has happened to the world as he knew it has been left in an ominous… Read More Saskatoon’s Riley Rossmo tackles zombie horror for Image Comics with Rebel Blood
Simon & Shuster’s Margaret K. McElderry Books has purchased the publication rights to Emily Carroll’s His Face All Red and Other Stories which will feature her 2011 Joe Shuster Award-winning webcomics and other “Halloween-themed” work, in a manner the publisher says will be evocative of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. No publication date was announced, but given… Read More McElderry Books to publish Emily Carroll’s His Face All Red and Other Stories
PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases Shipping 12/7/2011 Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.
A child of the 1970’s, Ramón K Pérez was born early to immigrant parents in a small suburban town of southern Ontario, Canada. A visit to a drive-in double feature of Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica at an early age sparked his imagination and set the stage for his future career. Now an established cartoonist… Read More 2011 Canadian Comics Wrap Survey: Ramón K Pérez
TORONTO CARTOONISTS WORKSHOP FACULTY ART SHOW Friday, December 9, 2011 7:00pm until 11:00pm at the Toronto Cartoonists Workshop 587A College Street Toronto, ON Admission: $4 suggested donation You’ve seen them teach, here’s a chance to take a look at their resumes: original works from Ty Templeton, Leonard Kirk, Eric Kim and our newest faculty member,… Read More Happenings: Toronto Cartoonists Workshop Faculty Art Show – Dec.9
William Shatner tops the lists of guests announced for the Montreal Comic Con on September 14-16, 2012. First comic guests announced include Mike Mignola, Frank Cho and Ben Templesmith. We are presenting the Joe Shuster Awards there on Saturday, September 15th. Click on the image to enlarge and see the full list.
Dear Canadian creators, retailers, publishers and other members of the Canadian comics community: As we wind down the clock on 2011 and gear up for the end of the Mayan calendar in 2012, we thought we would ask Canadian comic book and graphic novel creators, publishers and retailers a few questions and get your thoughts… Read More The 2011 Canadian Comics Wrap Survey
10-5PM, December 4th, 2011 Place Bonaventure $5 at the door Guests for the fall 2012 con will be announced at this event.
Judges Named for 2012 Eisner Awards Six Comics Field Veterans Make Up Nomination Committee SAN DIEGO — Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce that the judging panel has been named for the 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. This blue-ribbon committee will select the nominations to appear on the Eisner Awards ballot. This year’s… Read More Owner of Halifax’s Strange Adventures named as a 2012 Eisner Awards judge.
Ended Of course, aside from being the best known condition copy (CGC graded 9.0) of this rare book – which features the first appearance of Superman by Jerry Siegel and JOE SHUSTER – this copy once belonged to actor NICOLAS CAGE. It had been stolen from his house under mysterious circumstances and was recently located… Read More Updated: Rare high grade copy of Action Comics #1 sells for record price
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The Toronto Star’s Andrew Chung takes a look at Michel Rabagliati and his Paul series shortly after the release of the seventh volume Paul au Parc.
Dave Sim’s Last Girlfriend by Dave Sim & Susan Alston Simon & Schuster $16.99 Publishing Date: On or around 7 August 2012 Book Description: No figure in comics has been as polarizing as Dave Sim. His long-running series, Cerebus the Aardvark, is seen as one of the singular accomplishments in the history of the form.… Read More Dave Sim’s Last Girlfriend on the schedule for August 2012
expozine -EXPOZINE 2011, Montreal’s 10th Annual Small Press, Comic & Zine Fair ! EXPOZINE, Saturday, November 26 and Sunday, November 27, 2011, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Église Saint-Enfant Jésus, Laurier Métro). Free admission. 10th ANNIVERSARY OF EXPOZINE special issue of Four Minutes to Midnight ZINE LAUNCH, featuring round-table discussion with… Read More Happenings: EXPOZINE 10 November 26-27 – Montreal, QC
Parker: The Martini Edition HC Darwyn Cooke (w & a & c) Darwyn Cooke’s first two Parker books, The Hunter and The Outfit, are collected in a tremendous, special oversized hardcover edition—with an ADDITIONAL 65 pages of Darwyn Cooke content—including a BRAND NEW story and a beautiful slipcase! Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter graphic novel… Read More In Stores Today: Parker – The Martini Edition by Darwyn Cooke
CBC has announced the final five books for Canada Reads 2012. Chester Brown’s Louis Riel did not make it, so there are no graphic novels in this year’s competition, so this will be our last report on it here at the JSA Blog.
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We here at the CCBCAA are saddened to learn of the recent passing of writer Alvin Schwartz on October 28 from heart complications. Schwartz, an American who moved to Canada after his contributions to comics is best known for writing Batman, Superman and other comic strips for DC Comics, and is credited as the creator… Read More Alvin Schwartz (1916-2011)
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THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 