Thanks to the Beat for pointing out this link: Ten Things to Know About the Future of Comics By Shaenon K. Garrity (published at comixology.com) It’s an interesting look at how younger people (under 30) view comics, and it does parallel a lot of what we’ve learned in talking with teachers and store managers, plus… Read More 10 Things to Know About The Future Of Comics
Hal-Con 2010 is a Science Fiction / Fantasy / Comic convention that will be held in Halifax, October 29-31, 2010. This will be an event that fans of both the sci-fi and fantasy genres can come together and celebrate what they love about their passions. We hope to see you all there so we can… Read More Happenings: Hal-Con, Halifax, Nova Scotia October 29-31
SpeakEasy’s Comic Book Show Thursday, November 4, 2010 at the Gladstone Hotel 7pm-11pm The Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen West, Toronto Admission: “Pay What You Can” (Suggested $4) Toronto is home to some of the best-known comics artists in North America. We have an active and vibrant community putting out some of the highest quality comics… Read More Happenings: Speakeasy Comic Art Show, November 4, 2010 UPDATED
‘Kick Ass Annie’ is the little character that adorns Koyama Press’ logo. Recently, Ann Koyama commissioned a number of artists to do their take on the Koyama Press logo. So far there are 35 posted, including submissions by creators like Michael DeForge (Lose), James Turner (Warlord of IO), Mar Colek (of Tin Can Forest –… Read More Artists reinterpret Koyama Press Mascot ‘Kick Ass Annie’
The retailer focused ICV2 website has posted the sales data for September 2010 and the numbers aren’t pretty as detailed in their overview report. I would have to agree with the following: Pricing may be part of the problem, but the real issue is a dearth of major hits. Like all entertainment businesses, the comics… Read More Comic sales Q3 2010: downward trends continue
Categories and winners of Joe Shuster Awards are as follows (links are to Wikipedia entries). Please note: – From 2005-2007 the award winners were selected by online vote. In 2009 the Association decided to reduce the online vote categories to three in 2008, eventually scrapping the fan vote components completely in 2009 in favour of… Read More A look back at 6 years of Joe Shuster Award winning Canadian creators, retailers and publishers 2005-2010
As we start to look ahead to 2011, let’s see what Marvel Comics has to offer in January. NEW AVENGERS #8 Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN Epic in scale and fraught with danger at every turn, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones face their most challenging adventure yet…a date?! Plus:… Read More Marvel Comics in January 2011 featuring the work of Canadian creators
Comic Book Resources has posted a great interview with Blake Bell, author of the Bill Everett biography “Fire & Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner and the Birth of Marvel Comics,” his follow-up book to 2008’s “Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko”. Both books are available from US publisher Fantagraphics.
Hard to believe we are already looking forward to January 2011. These items are eligible for the 2012 Joe Shuster Awards (except for the collected editions which reprint comics that came out in 2010 that will be eligible for the 2011 Joe Shuster Awards). BATMAN INCORPORATED #3 Written by GRANT MORRISON Art by YANICK PAQUETTE… Read More DC Comics in January 2011 featuring the work of Canadian creators
Multiple Canadian Comic Book Artist award nominee (and 2008 Joe Shuster Award winner!) Dale Eaglesham has revamped his website. Take a look at the new http://www.daleeaglesham.com when you get a chance.
Newsarama’s look at Batman, Inc. throws the spotlight on artist Yanick Paquette in BAT-Breakdown 3: PAQUETTE’s Stylistic World of BATMAN INC.
Cerebus TV Returns TONIGHT (October 15th) with The SEASON TWO PREVIEW Here is what Dave Sim has to say:- “SEASON TWO PREVIEW It’s almost time for Season Two of CEREBUS TV with our first anniversary just around the corner. Tune in Friday the 15th October 10 pm EST / 7pm PDT to get an advance… Read More Cerebus TV Season 2 Preview
Comic Book Resources covered Darwyn’s spotlight panel last weekend at the New York Comic-Con.
Special Preview on Friday, October 29th, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM Saturday, October 30th, 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM Sunday, October 31st, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Winnipeg Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weekend Passes: $25.00 / One Day Passes: $13.50 / Preview Night Only Pass: $13.50 The C4 claims to be Canada’s second largest convention… Read More Happenings: Central Canada Comic-Con October 29-31st in Winnipeg
This past weekend was the fifth New York Comic Con. I’ve attended this event every year since the first one back in 2006. Needless to say it was quite possibly one of the biggest shows of the calendar year and there were a lot of people there. Not quite sure how many, but everyone was… Read More Home, sweet home.
NHL, Spider-Man creator Stan Lee join on new superheroes project. Okay, so Stan’s not Canadian, and I’m not sure the NHL is really Canadian either, but we Canadians sure love hockey (even though Lacrosse is our national sport) and there are many Canadian teams in the NHL (and a whole lot of Canadian players) so… Read More Stan Lee teams up with the National Hockey League
For immediate release: Beginning January 2011, DC Comics will implement a line-wide pricing adjustment, lowering the prices of all standard length 32-page ongoing comic book titles currently priced at $3.99 to $2.99, it was announced today by DC Comics Co-Publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio. “Today’s announcement re-affirms DC Comics’ commitment to both our core… Read More DC Comics to lower prices in 2011
It’s a busy weekend for us here at JSA central, as a number of our team members are making the trip down to New York this weekend for the Reed Exhibitions New York Comic Con. This will be the fifth NYCC and I’ve been to every one of them since the event launched way back… Read More Happenings: JSA members hit the New York Comic Con this Thanksgiving weekend
Hey folks just wanted to post up my schedule for the upcoming New York Comic Con this weekend. I’ll be dividing my time between my artist alley table at #A6 and the DC Comics booth at #2243, as well as a short appearance at the Hero Initiative booth #333. Here are the times and dates… Read More Happenings: NYCC – Francis Manapul’s schedule
This is even more confusing than the Amazon site, as there is no specific Comics & Graphic Novels section – instead you have to go by keywords to narrow down your searches.
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 