This afternoon Peter Fisico and I returned from our visit to Alberta for the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo. Thanks to organizers Kandrix and Ken and the rest of the Calgary Expo staff and volunteers for putting on such a great convention! It was fun to meet the many Albertans who came by to visit… Read More Back from Calgary
The Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (Calgary, AB) April 25-26, 2009 Canadian guests include: Beach Studios – Jim Su, Bobby Chiu, Kei Acedara, Bryan Lee O’Malley Darwyn Cooke, Ray Fawkes, Red 5 Comics, Riley Rossmo, Scott Hepburn, Svetlana Chmakova, The Joe Shuster Awards, and Udon Entertainment – Joe Ng, Omar Dogan, Jim Zubkavich. Many other… Read More Upcoming Conventions: April 24 – May 17, 2009
The Bedeis Causa were presented in Montreal last Friday as part of the 22nd annual Festival de la bande dessinee francophone de Quebec. The winners are: PRIX REAL FILLION – Francis Desharnais, Burquette (Editions les 400 coups) GRAND PRIX LA VILLE QUEBEC – Burquette, Francis Desharnais (Editions les 400 coups) PRIX ALBERIC BOURGEOIS – Les… Read More Bedeis Causa winners announced in Montreal last Friday
A special thanks goes out to our extended JSA family that assisted at the booth this weekend at the HobbyStar Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event. They assisted our admin members who also did shifts at the 2-day event, as well as Robert Haines who was out connecting with guests about the awards. We received a… Read More Toronto ComiCON thanks… and JSA updates.
Newsarama has posted an article/interview with cartoonist Seth re: the upcoming collection – George Sprott 1894-1975. George Sprott 1894-1975 is a Drawn & Quarterly publication, and is set to arrive in stores in May 2009.
The Comic Book Resources’ column When Worlds Collide ran an article yesterday on Bernie Mireault: The Forgotten Herald of the Modern. This marks the 200th post on the new Joe Shuster Awards site since we converted to the Blogging format back in late December 2008.
Festival de la bande dessinée francophone de Québec (FBDFQ) (Montreal, QC) April 15-19, 2009 Guests include: Hicham ABSA, ACHDé, Line ARSENAULT, Martin BALCER, Louis-Philippe BASTIEN, Jimmy BEAULIEU, Jean-François BERGERON (DJIEF), Jean-Sébastien BéRUBé, Paul BORDELEAU, Simon BOSSé, François BOUCQ, Joël CALLèDE, Serge CARON, Olivier CARPENTIER, Maryse CHOUINARD, Karine CHURCH, Philippe DAVèZE, DELAF, Martin DESBAT, Francis DESHARNAIS,… Read More Upcoming Conventions: April 15 – May 10, 2009
Jeffery Klaehn reviews Seaguy (drawn by Canadian artist Cameron Stewart) on the Graphic Novel Reporter website. Here’s the link: http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/content/seaguy-review
Newsarama has six pages of Jeff Lemire’s upcoming graphic novel “The Nobody” up for review!
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards announced their 2009 Nominees today for work published in 2008. Canadian cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki have been nominated for four categories (Best Publication for Tweens, Best Graphic Album – New, Mariko for Best Writer, Jillian for Best Artist) for Skim, published by Groundwood Books. Other Canadians nominated: Niko… Read More Eisner Award Nominees announced
Jeffery Klaehn recently conducted a short interview with Hall of Famer John Byrne about his new Star Trek work for IDW.
Toronto store the Beguiling is hosting the following tomorrow night (April 7), with manager Chris Butcher leading the discussion Graphically Speaking: Webcomics! Featuring Kate Beaton, Willow Dawson, Emily Horne, Brian Mclachlan, & Ryan North Tuesday, April 7th, 2009, 6:30pm – 8:30pm @ North York Central Library TOTALLY FREE As you might be aware, The Beguiling… Read More Happenings: Graphically Speaking: Webcomics!
While the announcements have just started to filter out to the traditional comics press sites (aside from first to the punch Wrights organizer Bryan Munn’s analysis over at Sequential) the social networking sites are driving a ton of people over to look at the nominees list including many of the honoured creators! The Twitter, Facebook… Read More Twitter, Facebook and Livejournal spread the news! Plus, a correction on the nominees list.
UPDATE: MAY 6, 2009: The awards presentation date has been moved to the weekend of September 26-27, 2009. Watch the site for details as they become available. Preface: It’s important to reflect as you review this list that in most cases COMICS ARE A COLLABORATIVE MEDIUM, and that while these awards are handed out along… Read More Nominations for the 2009 Joe Shuster Awards
Although this has been a quiet news week so far… take anything you learn today with a big grain of salt. Above – Cerebus & Jaka were just told that the news item they read online was a prank. From the cover of Cerebus the Aardvark #75 by Dave Sim and Gerhard Nominees will be… Read More Happy April Fool’s Day
Montreal-born comic book artist Bernard Chang (Wonder Woman) takes a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk with the Lafayette Journal & Courier.
L’univers de Paul Du 3 au 29 avril prochain, à la bibliothèque Saint-Jean-Baptiste à Québec, se tiendra une exposition sur l’univers de Paul de Michel Rabagliati. À ne pas manquer! Bibliothèque Saint-Jean-Baptiste Galerie du Faubourg 755, rue Saint-Jean Québec
Comic Book Resources catches up with Canadian webcomics cartoonist Kate Beaton over her contribution to this month’s MySpace Dark Horse Presents. To visit the site directly, visit MySpace Dark Horse Presents.
Publisher’s Weekly ran an article yesterday about Canadian OEL manga creator Svetlana Chmakova, whose most recent work, Nightschool, debuts this spring. This is the first volume in a series, which will be published by Yen Press. The series will also be serialized in the hefty manga magazine Yen Plus.
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 