Courtesy of the Winnipeg Sun, here’s a link to video clip featuring Winnipeg colourist Chris Chuckry. UPDATED: A follow-up article Artist’s pride: Spider-Man with Obama was published in the March 25 Winnipeg Sun. Writer Paul Turenne reports: Chuckry has been colouring comic books for nearly 20 years, but ranks the Obama cover among his crowning… Read More Local artist brings colour to comic books: Winnipeg’s Chris Chuckry
The English Nominating Committee has finalized their selections for the following categories: Artist, Cartoonist, Colourist and Writer. The French Nominating Committee will be submitting their selections early this week to round off the ballot. The Executive Committee is currently finalizing the Publisher, Webcomics and Cover Art nominees. The Press Release with the finalized ballot for… Read More Nominating Update
En préparation du 22e Festival de la bande dessinée francophone de Québec (FBDFQ), qui aura lieu du 15 au 19 avril 2009, les organisateurs de l’événement ont dévoilé les finalistes de ses prix Bédéis Causa 2009. Cherchant à récompenser ce qui se fait de mieux en matière de bande dessinée, ces prix sont remis depuis… Read More LES FINALISTES DES BÉDÉIS CAUSA
From the The martlett: The University of Victoria’s Independant Newspaper: What: Modern Myths and Icons: The Comic Art of Ken Steacy Where: Winchester Galleries, 2260 Oak Bay Road, Victoria BC When: now until March 28 In his 35-year career as a comic book illustrator/author, Ken Steacy never thought he would have his work displayed in… Read More Ken Steacy: Modern Myths & Icons art show in Victoria, BC until March 28
Toronto AnimeCON (Toronto, ON) – March 21-22, 2009 Victoria’s Ultimate Toy & Hobby Fair (Victoria, BC) – March 22, 2009 Edmonton Collectible Toy & Comic Show (Edmonton, AB) – March 29, 2009 Pop Culture Collectibles Fair (Victoria BC) – April 11, 2009 Festival de la bande dessinée francophone de Québec (FBDFQ) (Montreal, QC) – April… Read More Upcoming Conventions: March 20 – April 19, 2009
You can read it here:Mabou cartoonist’s career taking flight in Toronto by John Gills.
A National Post article by Randy Boswell reports that the FBI have revealed that the name and escape method of infamous airline hijacker D.B. Cooper may have been inspired by French Canadian comic hero Dan Cooper of the Royal Canadian Air Force: An FBI agent probing one of the bureau’s most famous cold cases —… Read More Canadian comic book character Dan Cooper may have inspired hijacker “D.B. Cooper”
From Diamond’s Top 300 Selling Comics to the Direct Market – February 2009 #156 Street Fighter IV #1 (of 4) UDON $3.95 – 9,889 copies #184 Street Fighter II Turbo #4 UDON $3.95 – 7,997 copies From Diamonds’s Top 300 Selling Graphic Novels to the Direct Market – February 2009 #71 Apple Anthology GN Vol.… Read More Direct Market: Canadian Publishers – February 2009
For Immediate Release: DC/VERTIGO Announces New Monthly Series By JEFF LEMIRE DC Comics’ mature readers imprint VERTIGO has announced that Eisner-nominated comics creator Jeff Lemire (Essex County, The Nobody) will be writing and illustrating a new monthly ongoing series entitled SWEET TOOTH. The series will launch this September, only two months after Lemire’s Vertigo debut… Read More Jeff Lemire’s next project: SWEET TOOTH for DC/Vertigo, debuts in September 2009
For your enjoyment we’ve posted Joe Shuster’s final interview in April 1992 with JSA Hall of Fame Committee Chair and former Toronto Star Reporter Henry Mietkiewicz. In the interview, Shuster’s Canadian heritage and memories of his childhood in Toronto and how they shaped his career as a young cartoonist are discussed. Shuster was born in… Read More Joe Shuster’s final interview with Henry Mietkiewicz
Wizard Magazine’s Rachel Molino has posted an interview she conducted with JSA Cartoonist 2008 Winner Jeff Lemire about the upcoming The Nobody original graphic novel, the Essex County Trilogy and more. Click on this link to check it out.
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“Hulk Vs.” DVD cover artwork by Canadian artist and JSA Winner (Outstanding Artist 2005 for Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One) and Nominee (Outstanding Cartoonist 2008 for Spider-Man: Reign) KAARE ANDREWS.
Courtesy of the ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK – A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 (U.S.) in an Internet auction. The previous owner had bought it for less than a buck. It’s one of the highest prices ever paid for a comic book, a likely testament to the… Read More Action Comics #1: 1st appearance of Siegel & Shuster’s Superman sells for US$317,200 on Comic-Connect
Courtesy of McLeans: Making fun of Canadian history A 25-year-old’s comics feature characters like John Diefenbaker and Margaret Trudeau by Alexandra Shimo Was Lester B. Pearson too nice to be prime minister? Was John Diefenbaker a mad, bug-eyed egotist? And was Pierre and Margaret Trudeau’s marital relationship a little like that of father and daughter?… Read More McLeans spotlights cartoonist Kate Beaton
Courtesy of the Orillia Packet & Times’s reporter Sara Ross:. They weren’t dressed in long capes and red tights, but 11 local children turned into comic book heroes and villains at the Orillia Opera House yesterday with the superhuman help of The Director’s Cut, a Newmarket-based business that provides educational workshops. Sunny Stranks, 11, joined… Read More In the news: Kids become Heroes at the Orillia Opera House
The “About Us” page has been updated, mostly with information related to this year’s awards committees. The page can be found here.
Editor Jim Zubkavich writes: It’s been a crazy week and a half while we went through every fan entry for Darkstalkers Tribute. So many entries! Once again, we’re humbled and awed by the incredible fan response to this book. It was incredibly difficult narrowing down the choices and making our final picks. We’ve done our… Read More UDON posts list of Darkstalkers Tribute Book Fan Entry Winners
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 