So it’s tough to ignore Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series this month as we are currently caught in the “eye of the hurricane” between the release of the 6th volume of the popular series (Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour) and the release of the Edgar Wright directed movie (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) on August… Read More Scott Pilgrim mania enters the “eye of the hurricane”
As of September 2010 the TCW has a permanent space at 486 College Street (near Bathurst St.) NEW SATURDAY KIDS COURSES FOR FALL 2010 11 Sep 2010 – 30 Oct 2010 (no class on 09 Oct 2010) Cartooning and Illustration Are you interested in comics, cartoons, graphic novels or do you just like to draw?… Read More Toronto Cartoonist’s Workshop has a new home, launches Saturday Kids Courses in Fall 2010
Spotlight on Stuart and Kathryn Immonen (48:11, 44.1mb) This panel was moderated by John Siuntres of WordBalloon.com. It starts off with Stuart being asked about his earliest work and then receiving an Inkpot Award. From there it goes through both Stuart and Kathryn’s career in comics, when they worked together and apart. They talk about… Read More SDCCI: Spotlight on Kathryn and Stuart Immonen
Thanks to Jamie Coville for recording this. For Jamie’s San Diego pictures: http://picasaweb.google.ca/comichistory/2010SanDiego http://picasaweb.google.ca/comichistory/2010EisnerAwards Jamie also recorded 12 panels and the Eisner Awards ceremony. Direct link to audio can be found here: http://www.thecomicbooks.com/audio.html#2010SanDiego Of interest to this blog is: http://www.TheComicbooks.com/Audio/10-07-22-SD-SiegelandShuster.mp3 Comic Arts Conference: New Fun About Siegel and Shuster (1:20:09, 73.3mb) Moderated by Comic Book… Read More SDCCI: New Fun About Siegel and Shuster Panel Audio
Bryan at Sequential put something up this morning that sums up the outsiders perspective on news coming out of SDCC, which pretty much sums things up for me as well – I was at the event every day from Wednesday to Sunday and aside from some guy getting stabbed in Hall H there was very… Read More San Diego thoughts…
Robert, Allison, Tyrone and I are all gradually arriving home again after an eventful week in a surprisingly mild (temperature-wise) San Diego. We decided not to run updates from the show floor, so instead we will be catching up this week on all of the announcements and our thoughts on the biggest comics related event… Read More Back home!
*** UPDATE: While full details are to be announced this week at San Diego Comic Con, Newsarama released more information on the project yesterday. *** Lucas Siegel writes: The project is ambitious for Stewart and Kerschl outside of the new city, era, and characters. The very way they’re constructing the comic book is unique to… Read More Kerschl and Stewart to create comic book based on videogame Assassin’s Creed *Updated*
The nominees for this year’s Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award, presented annually to a store that represents the following retailing principles: Support of a wide variety of innovative material: Providing opportunities for creators’ material to reach buyers; stocking a diverse inventory. Knowledge: Working to stay informed on retailing as well as on the… Read More Eisner Spirit of Retailing short list announced – 2 Canadian stores nominated
The big release for this week, is, of course SCOTT PILGRIM VOL.6: SCOTT PILGRIM’S FINEST HOUR by Bryan Lee O’Malley: Debuting this week in San Diego at the Drawn & Quarterly booth is the 88 page hardcover PALOOKAVILLE #20 by Seth. It isn’t scheduled for release until later in September. Another big release is Scott… Read More Some upcoming releases by Canadian cartoonists
Happening this weekend at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North in Richmond Hill is an event which is not a Comic Con but might be of some interest to you: Polaris 24 (formerly known as Toronto Trek). On the Saturday evening in the Grand York Ballroom of the hotel is the presentation of the Constellation Awards… Read More Happenings: Polaris 24 – July 16-18
Joseph Nathan Day (b.2/7/1958-d.7/12/2010) passed away yesterday at the age of 52. Joe was the brother of the late Gene Day (1951-1982 – Hall of Fame inductee and namesake for the Gene Day Award for Outstanding Canadian Self-Publishing) and the brother of artists Dan and David Day. Our thoughts and prayers go to the Day… Read More Our condolences…
DC Comics announced this morning that DC exclusive artist David Finch will be doing more than just covers for the company as Finch will be the writer/artist on a new ongoing Batman series that will launch in November 2010 entitled BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT. The month before (October), Finch will provide the artwork for a… Read More David Finch launches Batman: The Dark Knight in November
Robert will respond on his own if he wants to. Mr. Falcone responds: Kevin notes that he doesn’t advocate stopping to shop at a store altogether, but that customers should work with retailers to keep business going. No. I am sorry but you are wrong Kevin. It is not the customer’s duty to mention that… Read More Don’t Support Your Local Comic Shop article JSA criticisms: Falcone disagrees – I respond
Looks like the nominating falls a little more in line this year with the critically honoured and nominated works from other annual awards, including the JSA’s. While not as well known or as prestigious as the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (which will be presented on July 23rd), the Harvey Kurtzmann Awards have been around… Read More Harvey Award nominees announced
11:00-12:00 Marvel: The Women of Marvel— One of the most talked-about panels from last year is back! Forget Storm and She-Hulk; meet the real Ms. Marvels of the comic world! Join women from every discipline in the creative process at Marvel to hear what it’s like working as a woman in comics today and how… Read More SDCCI: Sunday programming featuring Canadians
11:00-12:00 Spotlight on Jillian Tamaki— Comic-Con special guest Jillian Tamaki has taken both the illustration and comics worlds by storm. Her graphic novel Skim was a New York Times Best Book of the Year, and also was nominated for a Governor General Award and for three Eisner Awards. Her drawings can be found in the… Read More SDCCI: Saturday programming featuring Canadians
Over at Sequential, David Hains writes about the Bloor/Bathurst area and attempts to shed some light on the closing of long-lived area fixture Yesterday’s Heroes. Aside from YH, Toronto has many long-lived comic shops – the Silver Snail on Queen arrived in the mid-1970’s – spinning out of the back room of science fiction bookstore… Read More On the closing of Yesterday’s Heroes
The Whosoever Holds this Hammer blog at Comic Book Daily discusses the need for comic book retailers to strive to do better in 2010 if they want to continue to serve their community and maintain customer support. We here at the JSA’s are very pro-comic book retailers and want to support them where we can.… Read More Comic Book Daily: Don’t Support Your Local Comic Book Store?
Scott Pilgrim Vol 6 Midnight Release Party Featuring Author Bryan Lee O’Malley Monday, July 19th, 9pm-1am @The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street, Toronto, Canada ALL EVENTS FREE TO ATTEND Presented by Oni Press and The Beguiling With special thanks to The Central, Rocco’s, Butler’s Pantry, Suspect Video, and Mirvish Enterprises. www.Beguiling.com http://www.onipress.com http://www.radiomaru.com TORONTO, CANADA: The… Read More Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6 release party @ the Beguiling – Monday, July 19th
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 