SDCCI: Jeff Lemire at Top Shelf – debut of Collected Essex County
Appearing at the Top Shelf booth (#1721) —JEFF LEMIRE— Signing the debut softcover and hardcover editions of THE COLLECTED ESSEX COUNTY. http://www.topshelfcomix.com/jefflemire
Appearing at the Top Shelf booth (#1721) —JEFF LEMIRE— Signing the debut softcover and hardcover editions of THE COLLECTED ESSEX COUNTY. http://www.topshelfcomix.com/jefflemire
A few Canadian creators have tables in Artist’s Alley… Bobby Chiu II-01 David Finch LL-10 Please note: According to his website, David Finch will no longer be located in Artist’s Alley and instead will be appearing at BOOTH 4601. Leo Leibelman JJ-13 Francis Manapul DD-09 Francis notes on his blog: Hey folks so here’s the… Read More SDCCI: Artist’s Alley – Finch moves, Manapul premieres Art Book
Reports are all over the interweb that Vancouver actor Ryan Reynolds (currently starring in the Proposal with Sandra Bullock) has been cast as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in the 2010 Warner Bros./DC Comics film. This will be Reynolds’ 3rd comic book film – having starred in Blade III and X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Deadpool. Reynolds’ wife… Read More Canadian actor selected to play Green Lantern
Over at the Newsarama blog, Cameron Stewart talks about his Transmission X webcomic Sin Titulo And over at his own Illustration Blog, Cameron previews the Apocalipstix story that will be appearing in Liberty Comics.
John Kricfalusi Artist/animator, Ren and Stimpy Canadian-born animator John Kricfalusi is the animated cartoon’s modern pioneer. He started his career in the 1980s working on show such as The Smurfs, Laverne and Shirley in the Army and other Saturday morning cartoons. Ralph Bakshi discovered John in 1987 and hired him to direct CBS’s Ralph Bakshi’s… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: John Kricfalusi
Seth Cartoonist/designer, Palookaville, It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, Wimbledon Green, George Sprott Seth is the cartoonist behind the series Palookaville and the novels, It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, Wimbledon Green, Clyde Fans, Bannock, Beans And Black Tea and Vernacular Drawings. Seth serialized George Sprott (1894-1975) in the New York… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: Seth
Bryan Lee O’Malley Writer/Artist, Scott Pilgrim Graphic Novels Bryan Lee O’Malley‘s six-volume graphic novel series, Scott Pilgrim (Oni Press), has earned considerable acclaim since its 2004 debut. He has won numerous awards, including Harvey, Joe Shuster, and Doug Wright Awards, as well as nominations for an Eisner Award and the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award.… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: Bryan Lee O’Malley
Francis Manapul Artist, Legion of Super-Heroes, Superman/Batman, Adventure Comics Francis Manapul is the acclaimed artist of DC’s new series Adventure Comics. He has also illustrated Superman/Batman, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Tomb Raider, and Witchblade, as well as a French graphic album Sept Guierrieres for Editions Delcourt. Francis was born in Manila, Philippines and grew up… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: Francis Manapul
CantonRep.com brings us up to speed on some of the things that will be going on in Cleveland this upcoming weekend, the city where young Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster met and mapped out what would eventually become Superman — a character that has gone on to a special place at the top of the… Read More Cleveland honours Siegel and Shuster this weekend
Vancouver Comicon Sunday, July 5th, 2009 11am to 5pm Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC Special Guests: Joshua Middleton (Superman/Shazam! First Thunder, Supergirl, Fables, NYX) Rusty Beach (Outnumbered) Ken Boesem (The Village) Robin Bougie (Cineme Sewer) Kelly Everaert (Jungle Tales, Trilogy of Terror) Andrew Salmon (Secret Agent X) Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Hemp… Read More Upcoming Conventions in Canada – July 3 to July 30, 2009
From La Pasteque: Un Prix pour Balogne! Le lycée Bonaparte de Toulon dans le Var en France, organise un prix littéraire chaque année. L’ouvrage qui a remporté le “Prix Bona 2009” est: Bologne : conte en 3 actes symphoniques de Pascal Blanchet! Presented by the Toulon, France based college de Lycée Bonaparte, the Prix Bona… Read More Pascal Blanchet wins international award
The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer /Le Prix de Harry Kremer pour Détaillant Exceptionnel Canadien de Bandes Dessinées Is there something special about your local comic shop? Do they deserve recognition for the wonderful in-store experience they provide? Do they go above and beyond, with a bright, well laid out, positive… Read More Kremer Retailer Award – Nominated Stores so far…
The Comics for Kids Award / Prix de Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants recognizes creators who have produced works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to create a passion for life-long reading. Works considered for this award are comic books and graphic novels by Canadian creators that are targeted at readers… Read More Comics for Kids Award Nominees
Newsarama talks to Andy Belanger about his new webcomic for Zuda: Andy B.’s Bottle of Awesome.
To read the list of 2009 Harvey Award Nominees visit Newsarama. Canadians nominated include: – Lar deSouza for Least I Could Do (Best Cartoonist) – Jeff Lemire for Essex County Vol. 3: The Country Nurse (Best Graphic Album – Original) – Mariko and Jillian Tamaki for Skim (Best Graphic Album – Original) – Pia Guerra… Read More Harvey Award Nominees – Canucks: De Souza, Lemire, Tamakis, Guerra, D+Q & More
Jeff Lemire informs us, via his blog: Due to a mix up The Nobody will ship a week late and will now be in bookstores July 7 and Comic Book Stores July 8. I will however be signing at Comics And More at Danforth and Greenwood (steps from the Greenwood subway stop) in Toronto THURSDAY… Read More The Nobody ship date delayed one week
Thanks to Sequential Spiltink for drawing attention to The Fabler Blog. Founded by Bruno Steppuhn, a tech entrepreneur in Calgary, The Fabler Blog has featured a number of creator and retailer interviews conducted by Kevin de Vlaming. Past reviews include Jeff Lemire, Fiona Staples, Troy Little, Jay Bardyla (of Happy Harbor Comics), Gareth Gaudin (Legends… Read More The Fabler Blog
Over at Rich Johnston’s Bleeding Cool website, AV has provided a free download of Dave Sim’s first three issues of Glamourpuss. Nominated for a 2009 Joe Shuster Award for Best Cartoonist for issues 1-4 and Judenhass, Dave Sim‘s Glamourpuss is a chronicle of the artist’s journey through the world of photorealist cartoon strips (and the… Read More Read Glamourpuss 1-3 for free…
Announced this past weekend at HeroesCon, Alberta’s Cary Nord (Conan, Daredevil, Ultimate Human) has been tapped to illustrate a 3-issue Dark Reign: Ares (as in Ares, the god of war) for Marvel Comics. You can read all about the basics and see some of the pencil preview art here.
As spotted by fan and blogger Ty Buttars this weekend at HeroesCon in Charlotte, North Carolina – someone has lifted a copyrighted tribute image Michael Cho did of Jack Kirby and made a t-shirt out of it. Michael Cho wrote on his blog: Let me just say a few things about this. Firstly, I don’t… Read More Unauthorized Michael Cho t-shirt surfaces at HeroesCon