FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A Worlds First! A new Comic App. Buy Once, Update Forever! By George Peter Gatsis. The Premise: At large group of misfits, brought together to take on missions too trivial for real space detectives. Among the group is Joe King, Cryplet, Ms. Take and Syntax E.R.R.O.R. This is a BUY ONCE COMIC… Read More GPG launches The Black Diamond Effect HD App
So I’ve been sampling the new DC #1s, which I find amusing since I really had no interest in trying to check all of these books out. There’s been a lot of coverage at various websites about the books selling out, and how second and in some case third printings are on their way to… Read More A look at DCnU weeks 1 and 2
PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases Shipping 9/14/2011 Every Wednesday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop. Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.
I’ll be packing up the car and heading east this weekend for the 2011 iteration of the MONTREAL COMIC-CON. Last year I worked at the event which saw unprecedented growth – with over 8000 attendees in 2010 this is an event to watch, especially with headliners Stan Lee, Adam West and Burt Ward. This year… Read More Happenings: Montreal Comic-Con this weekend September 17-18
The Ignatz Awards, named for the character in the classic comic strip Krazy Kat by George Herriman, is a festival prize that recognizes outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning. The ballot is created by a panel of five cartoonists and is then voted on by the attendees at the SPX event which was held this… Read More DeForge and Beaton win Ignatz Awards
Yesterday, Anthony Falcone from Comic Book Daily – a vocal critic on the state of comic shops in Toronto – visited the new Little Island Comics store (formerly the home of Yesterday’s Heroes) and took some pictures: Little Island Comics Matt Demers did the same for the Torontoist and also did a little one on… Read More Comic Book Daily & The Torontoist visit Little Island Comics
Tomorrow at comics shops across North America and the UK DC Comics will be releasing ACTION COMICS #1 (Vol.2) starring a familiar, but not so familiar, character that they are calling Superman. Action Comics will detail his early years leading up to his current “five years later” incarnation that will appear in the similarly restarted… Read More Superman set to be overhauled in the DCnU starting with Action Comics #1 (Vol.2)
LUZ SEES THE LIGHT written and illustrated by Claudia Dávila Hardcover CAD $16.95 978-1-55453-581-1 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-766-2 Change is in the air. Power outages are increasing, and gas prices are soaring. At first, 12-year-old Luz balks, hardly thrilled by the prospect of actually having to walk to the mall. But Luz doesn’t mope for… Read More Kids Can Press: Fall 2011 Releases
After missing a few weeks due to FanExpo, let’s try to get back on schedule. List was released Tuesday because of the Labour Day holiday. PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases Shipping 9/7/2011 Every Wednesday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop. Please check with… Read More New Comics – In Stores September 7, 2011
Well, to start — I’m glad it’s over. As I’ve been catching up on sleep, fighting a cold and rewiring my brain back to being a clinical data coordinator, I can’t help but feel relief that Expo 2011 is done so I can enjoy the occasional weekend free of responsibility and fanboy entitlement like this… Read More FanExpo Canada wrap
In one of the oddest announcements to come out of FanExpo last weekend, DC Comics has announced that the time-traveling hero Booster Gold will be tweaked somewhat. A member of the new Justice League International, Booster Gold will be revealed to be a Canadian citizen, representing his true native land. Whether he’s still from the… Read More Booster Gold is now Canadian
Tonight at midnight in some select stores and tomorrow morning everywhere else, DC Comics will be getting a lot of attention. Why? It’s the end of one era and the begging of a new direction. 1) Flashpoint #5 “changes everything” as the DCU goes through what can only be compared to a “Star Trek-like” readjustment… Read More It’s game on for the DC relaunch which is not a reboot
In 1991, North Toronto’s Paradise Comics opened as a little cubbyhole on the east side of Yonge Street north of Lawrence. Under the direction of original owner Chris Friesen the store became a popular location for back issue collectors. As the business grew, the store relocated across the street to it’s current location. In 1994… Read More Toronto’s Paradise Comics celebrates 20 years in business on September 7th
Well, we somehow managed to survive another year of the Comic Book Expo at FanExpo. I’ll be taking some time to process everything that happened over the 4 (LONG) days of the event before making any final decisions and comments about it, but it is nice to know that the majority of reports are positive… Read More In recovery mode post FanExpo
Announced this weekend, appropriately enough at Fan Expo Canada — Marvel Comics has decided to turn the 8-issue Alpha Flight mini-series into an ongoing series with the same creative team of Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente and Canada’s own DALE EAGLESHAM. According to related news, Canadian superteam Alpha Flight will find out they are part… Read More Alpha Flight now an ongoing series from Marvel Comics
McClelland & Stewart senior editor Anita Chong has acquired world rights to The Spectral Engine, a graphic novel by Ray Fawkes. The book is a retelling of Canada’s most famous ghost stories, linked by themes of migration, dislocation, nation-building, and the casualties of history. The book will be published October 2013.
Located at booths 118 and 120, Koyama Press has sent to us their daily appearance schedule for creators who will be at their booth this weekend at Fan Expo Canada: Thursday, August 25th. Chris Kuzma Steve Manale Diana McNally Maurice Vellekoop Britt Wilson Jesjit Gill John Martz Fiona Smyth Steve Wolfhard Michael DeForge Friday, August… Read More Happenings: Fan Expo – Appearance schedule at the Koyama Press Booth
DC COMICS – MUST SEE EVENTS DC FOCUS: JEFF LEMIRE Jeff Lemire first made an impression on the world of comics with his award-winning Essex County graphic novel trilogy. He soon made the move to DC Comics with the graphic novel The Nobody and comics including Superboy and the dystopian epic Sweet Tooth. Lemire recently… Read More Happenings: Comics Programming at Fan Expo Canada – Panels and Spotlights
Unique to Fan Expo Canada, these friendly competitions are fun question and answer sessions with comics creators while they produce amazing original pieces which will be raffled off to lucky audience members. This year the line-up includes: SHANE DAVIS, MARK BROOKS AND CLAY MANN THURSDAY, 6:30 PM – ROOM #716 MARKO DJURDJEVIC AND TONY DANIEL… Read More Happenings: Comics Programming at Fan Expo Canada – Sketching Duels
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 