Happenings: TONIGHT – Speakeasy’s Annual Comic Book Show – Thurs., Nov. 5, 2009

This will be a display of the complete VISIONS OF AN ICON: WOLVERINE art exhibit featuring different creative interpretations of the popular Canadian X-Men character Wolverine. This is the only full public display of all of the pieces donated for this exhibit by Canadian (and some American) creators. After this show, the artwork will be… Read More Happenings: TONIGHT – Speakeasy’s Annual Comic Book Show – Thurs., Nov. 5, 2009

11/05/200911/05/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Amazon declares it’s Best Books of 2009: Comics & Graphic Novels

Not to be outdone by Publisher’s Weekly – Amazon.com has released their best books of 2009 list for Comics and Graphic Novels and it also includes some Canadian content: #2 GEORGE SPROTT (1894-1975) by Seth, published by Drawn & Quarterly #10 MASTERPIECE COMICS published by Drawn & Quarterly

11/02/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Publishers Weekly names best books of 2009 incl. Graphic Novels

To see the full list – visit the PW website. 2 of the top 11 comics selections are by Canadian creators (and sure to be contenders in next year’s JSA Outstanding Cartoonist category): Parker: The Hunter Darwyn Cooke and Richard Stark (IDW) A magnificent comics recreation of Stark/Donald Westlake’s noir classic of crime and vengeance… Read More Publishers Weekly names best books of 2009 incl. Graphic Novels

11/02/200911/02/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Interviews: Darwyn Cooke at Comic Book Daily

Comic Book Daily has posted an interview with Darwyn Cooke: We caught up with Darwyn at Art Originals’ exhibit showcasing his art from the last 20 years. The exhibit, titled Noir and Beyond: The Darwyn Cooke Exhibition was held at the very swanky Gladstone Hotel in Downtown Toronto.When we asked Sean Menard (one of the… Read More Interviews: Darwyn Cooke at Comic Book Daily

10/30/200910/30/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Angora Napkin cartoon preview – Teletoon Online – 1 week only!

Troy Little writes: Hey gang, the ANGORA NAPKIN pilot cartoon is now online for ONE WEEK ONLY!!!! With your help and heaps of good feedback on the Teletoon site we hope to bring this show to full series! We hope you enjoy the show! Pimp this show to your friends and get them in on… Read More Angora Napkin cartoon preview – Teletoon Online – 1 week only!

10/30/200910/30/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Interviews: Francis Manapul at CBR “Tour De (Speed) Force”

Launching in April 2010, The relaunch of the Flash ongoing series is already looking to be one of the biggest releases on DC Comics schedule for next year. Written by Geoff Johns, the book will spotlight the two current Flashes in the DCU — Barry Allen in the lead feature with art by Francis Manapul,… Read More Interviews: Francis Manapul at CBR “Tour De (Speed) Force”

10/29/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Happenings: Central Canada Comic Con (Winnipeg, MB) – Oct.31-Nov.1

Coming up this weekend is the Central Canada Comic Con formerly known as the Manitoba Comic Con. It takes place at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. The show claims to be Canada’s largest show of it’s type outside of Toronto (and that lumps in a bunch of different events) and says that last year the show… Read More Happenings: Central Canada Comic Con (Winnipeg, MB) – Oct.31-Nov.1

10/27/200902/10/2010 Kevin A. Boyd

Launched: CerebusTV

Tonight Dave Sim launched his latest venture: CerebusTV. One of the announcements made on the show is that CEREBUS ARCHIVES will no longer be carried by Diamond Distributors as the orders were too low to meet the controversial thresholds set earlier this year. Sim intends to continue the series using ComiXPRESS. Another announcement that was… Read More Launched: CerebusTV

10/24/200910/24/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Various things that happened last weekend…

Darwyn Cooke: Noir and Beyond: Comic Book Daily has put up a great gallery of photos from the event, and promise that they will be posting their interview with Darwyn soon. Organizers report that the event was a big success, and that many pieces sold at the event – including the cover to DC: The… Read More Various things that happened last weekend…

10/19/200905/03/2010 Kevin A. Boyd

Sequential & Pincombe JSA Videos

Max Douglas from Sequential Spiltink attended the JSA ceremony on Sept. 26/2009 and has posted some video: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Robert Pincombe also recorded the Hall of Fame Presentations: Ted McCall (inducted in 2008 – presented to his family in 2009) George Menendez Rae Real Godbout Ken Steacy Diana Schutz

10/14/200910/14/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Ken Lashley joins the “DoomWar”

Announced earlier this week at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore, DoomWar is a five-issue series from Marvel Comics set to debut in February 2010, written by Jonathan Maberry with artwork by Will Conrad and Canada’s own Ken Lashley. Comic Book Resources has posted an interview with Maberry about the series.

10/13/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Happenings: Rendez-vous international de la BD de Gatineau Oct. 9-12/2009

Rendez-vous international de la BD de Gatineau Du 9 au 12 octobre 2009 au Musée canadien des civilisations (100, rue Laurier, Gatineau) ENTRÉE GRATUITE Heures d’ouverture Le vendredi 9 octobre: de 9 h 30 à 18 h Le samedi 10 octobre et le dimanche 11 octobre : de 10 h à 18 h Lundi 12… Read More Happenings: Rendez-vous international de la BD de Gatineau Oct. 9-12/2009

10/09/200910/09/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Dave Sim acceptance speech, CerebusTV fundraising information.

In case you didn’t catch the link on the winner’s list: you can view Dave Sim’s 3-part video acceptance speech for the Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist Award on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 To support the launch of his new website Cerebus TV, Dave Sim is auctioning himself off for one –… Read More Dave Sim acceptance speech, CerebusTV fundraising information.

10/01/200910/01/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

JSA Reports: Jamie Coville for the Collector Times

Jamie Coville files his report for the Collector Times website: http://www.collectortimes.com/cons1.html

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An early look at Francis Manapul’s Flash

Courtesy of DC Comics’ The Source, some preview artwork of the Francis Manapul’s take on the Flash has been posted online. “These were done a while back near the end of my Legion run. I tried to make a go at the Flash and these were the sketches I did as a pitch to try… Read More An early look at Francis Manapul’s Flash

09/29/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

JSA Reports: Robert Pincombe

Robert Pincombe, previously a member of the JSA Hall of Fame selection committee and a presenter of the Hall of Fame Award for George Menendez Rae, as well as a presentation to the family of 2008 inductee Ted McCall , provides an interesting commentary on the Saturday evening ceremony as well as a lot of… Read More JSA Reports: Robert Pincombe

09/28/200909/29/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

J. Torres brings Wall-E to comics courtesy of Boom! Studios

Over at Newsarama, David Pepose interviews J. Torres about his work on the upcoming Wall-E comic book series for Boom! Studios.

09/28/200909/28/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

WOTS Prize Package to be given away at the Joe Shuster Awards ceremony!

Thanks to the fine folks at The Beguiling and Word on the Street, we’ll be giving away one Comics & Graphic Novels prize package from WOTS! at the Joe Shuster Awards ceremony this Saturday night. Every person attending the event will be given a raffle ticket and at the end of the ceremony we’ll be… Read More WOTS Prize Package to be given away at the Joe Shuster Awards ceremony!

09/25/200909/25/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

JSA Master of Ceremonies: JONATHAN LLYR

Jonathan Llyr is one of the most recognizable geeks in Canada today. As host of the nationally broadcast SPACE Channel’s SPACEY AWARDS for their first five years, Jon earned the respect of Hardcore Nerds everywhere when, over the years, Richard Dean Anderson had him ‘thrown off’ the set of STARGATE SG-1 (with a bonus instruction… Read More JSA Master of Ceremonies: JONATHAN LLYR

09/24/200909/25/2009 Kevin A. Boyd

Future discussion: Webcomics and the JSAs.

Since we added the category Outstanding Canadian Webcomic Creator / Creative team in 2007 the number of webcomics has increased dramatically, as has the quality of material being offered on the web by Canadian creators. Aside from the Webcomics award, the Joe Shuster Award Categories are designed around original works published in print. It has… Read More Future discussion: Webcomics and the JSAs.

09/24/2009 Kevin A. Boyd3 Comments