Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman, was born on this day in 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Shuster passed away in 1991 at the age of 78 — had he survived to this year, he would be 99 years old. This is an important milestone year for Siegel and Shuster as it also marks the 75th… Read More Happy 99th Birthday, Joe Shuster!
July 5, 2013 – TORONTO, ON The Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association is pleased to announce the venue of the 2013 Joe Shuster Awards Ceremony. The 8 2013 awards and 3 Hall of Fame presentations will be presented on SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013 at JACKMAN HALL at the Art Gallery of Ontario, starting at… Read More Joe Shuster Awards Ceremony: 8:30 PM – Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario
The Man of Steel movie is out, did you like it? We’re not a Superman site by any means, but we do attempt to honour Joe Shuster by handing out awards named in his honour, and since Superman is the comic book creation for which he is best known, we feel that Canadian creator Ty… Read More Man of Steel?
For Artist, Cartoonist, Cover Artist, Writer: John Babos, Erik Bouchard, Laurent Boutin, Shawn Bryan, Jeff Brown, Amy Chop, Tyler Jirik, Mike Jozic, David Kelly, Patrick Marleau, Conor McCreery, Alice Quinn, Rachel Richey, Andrew Wheeler, Leonard Wong, Sarrah Young with additional input from Bill Code, Kelly Dowd and Andrew Uys. For Webcomics: Tyrone Biljan, Allison Covey,… Read More The 2013 Joe Shuster Award Nominating Teams
D-Day is here! The second edition of the Festival BD Montreal will begins today and will continue until June 2 at Espace La Fontaine in the park of the same name. 40 exhibitors and nearly 150 authors will be waiting for you in the beautiful sunshine along with ambassador Stéphane Archambault, honored guests Delaf and… Read More Festival BD de Montreal – May 31, June 1-2, 2013
I was at the Doug Wright Awards ceremony tonight in Toronto. Scott Thompson was an entertaining and engaging host, and David Collier nearly stole the show! Congratulations to all of the nominees and especially to the winners. The big winner of the night is Conundrum Press, who published two of the winning books. Especially glad… Read More Doug Wright Award winners 2013
Okay, so the Prix Bedeis Causa were handed out last month, the Doug Wright Awards are being presented this Saturday night, and the Prix Bedelys are going to be presented on June 2nd. What about the Joe Shuster Awards? Well, they’ll be handed out in late August, and we’re almost finished with the selection process.… Read More Award season continues — what of the JSAs? An Update is Provided
More stuff happening in Toronto this weekend — although this is a TCAF event (and I don’t plan on highlighting any of the other many TCAF events here on the site — I recommend you visit the OFFICIAL TCAF SITE and look under events for that list) we have always highlighted the TCAF Awards –… Read More Happenings: This Weekend #3 – The Doug Wright Awards Ceremony. May 11, 2013.
The other major event in Ontario this weekend: OTTAWA – The Ottawa Comic COn Official Website The Ottawa Comiccon will take place at the Ernst & Young Centre from May 10-12, 2013. It also has many comic creator guests attending on top of a gaggle of tv actors and celebrities – please visit the official website… Read More Happenings: This Weekend #2 – Ottawa Comic Con. May 10-12, 2013
Ontario has two major comics events happening this weekend: First up: TORONTO — The Toronto Comic Arts Festival TCAF is The Toronto Comic Arts Festival. It is a week long celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring hundreds of comics creators from around… Read More Happenings: This weekend #1 – Toronto Comic Arts Festival – May 11-12, 2013.
Please note: we do this for the purpose of transparency. Currently underway is the nomination process for the annual Joe Shuster Awards. The 20 members of the nominating committees (there are 2) have tabled their initial selections. We have two concurrent committees one for English language releases, and another for French. Ultimately we aim to… Read More Nominations Underway – Part Two: Round 1 (Advancing to Round 2)
I did this last year, but this may be slightly truncated because of my schedule. Currently underway is the nomination process for the annual Joe Shuster Awards. The 20 members of the nominating committees (there are 2) have tabled their initial selections. We have two concurrent committees one for English language releases, and another for… Read More Nominations Underway – Part One: Round 1 Nominated (ALL)
75 years ago today on April 18, 1938: Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938), featuring Canadian-born Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel’s Superman debuts on newsstands. They were each paid $130 for the work (about $10 a page each), but National retained the rights to the Superman character as part of the deal.
Happening this weekend in Vancouver, the 2nd Fan Expo Vancouver brought to you by the people at Hobbystar Marketing. Comics people and celebrities abound. I had a good time at this event last year, let’s hope that things are just as good or even better this year. Make sure you say hello to Leonard Wong… Read More Happenings: Fan Expo Vancouver is this weekend: April 20-21
CALGARY EXPO HAS SOLD OUT From the website: ****IMPORTANT: THERE WILL BE NO ONSITE SALES FOR THIS EVENT. ALL TICKETS, INCLUDING CHILDREN’S PASSES, ARE BEING SOLD IN ADVANCE ONLY. If you arrive onto Stampede park without a valid ticket, you will be turned away.**** The Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo is the only festival in… Read More Happenings: Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo April 26-28 has SOLD OUT
Canadians and Canadian publishers highlighted in Red. Note that Brandon Graham and Becky Cloonon are both Americans living in Canada, but are included on this list. For this year’s JSAs Graham now qualifies as a permanent resident (3 years in Canada). Best Short Story “A Birdsong Shatters the Still,” by Jeff Wilson and Ted May,… Read More The Eisner Nominations – Canadian connections Highlighted
April 16, 2013 For Immediate Release. Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2013 Nominations Announced Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2013. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today,… Read More 2013 Eisner Award Nominations Announced
The winners of the Prix Bédéis Causa were announced on Friday night. Prix Réal-Fillion – Auteur québécois, scénariste ou dessinateur, s’étant le plus illustré avec son premier album professionnel Isabelle Arsenault et Fanny Britt, pour Jane, le renard et moi (La Pastèque) Grand prix de la ville de Québec – Meilleur album de langue française publié au Québec… Read More Winners of the 2013 Bédéis Causa
First off, I’d like to mention that this year we have two fellows joining the CCBCAA who are coordinating the HARRY KREMER CANADIAN COMIC BOOK RETAILER AWARD – Anthony Falcone and Scott VanderPloeg, most well known for their involvement with the website Comic Book Daily as editors and columnists. Anthony’s latest Whosoever Holds This Hammer… Read More What makes a comic store a great comic store?
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 