If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Batman And Robin #9 DC US$2.99 Artwork and Variant Cover by Cameron Stewart. Preview at DC Universe: The Source Black Terror #8 Dynamite Entertainment US$3.50 Cover by Stephen Sadowski. Preview at Comic Book… Read More February 24th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Cloudscape Comics is pleased to announce the launch of their fourth publication, Exploded View, a science fiction anthology featuring twenty-five artists, all current or former residents of Vancouver, which showcases the broad range of talent in the comics artist community. Cloudscape will be launching their new book at the Ayden Gallery in Tinseltown, Vancouver on… Read More Happenings: Cloudscape Launches ‘Exploded View’ – March 6, Vancouver
Beyond giving out our yearly awards, the CCBCAA promotes the work of Canadians in the industry, so here we go: Retailers must have their Diamond orders uploaded by 11:59pm, Tuesday, March 2. Prices in the Diamond catalogue are listed in US$. Every store has their own currency exchange policy, expect the price to vary. Please… Read More Canadians in the February Diamond Previews (shipping 04/10)
The newest issue of Broken Pencil showed up on my doorstep (a result of the subscription special offered at Canzine 2009) and there is some comic related notes in the issue: Jason Turner’s regular comic column regular appearing comics: Geofriends, I already know how my life will go, and the very cool, Mr. Monitor an… Read More Comics in Broken Pencil #46
Earlier this week it was announced that Joe Shuster Award-winning artist (2005 – Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One) and cartoonist nominee (2008 – Spider-Man: Reign) and all-around nice guy Kaare Andrews will be the artist on Marvel Comics’ Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis, a five-issue Warren Ellis written mini-series that will be debuting in May 2010. Today, Newsarama’s… Read More Interviews: Kaare Andrews on his new X-Men gig and more
Marvel Comics has announced the start of a new “Astonishing” line – in-continuity Marvel Universe titles designed to appeal equally to new and existing readers. The new Astonishing line launches in May with Astonishing Spider-Man/Wolverine by Jason Aaron (w) and Adam Kubert (a), and Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis by Warren Ellis (w) and Canada’s own Kaare… Read More May 2010: Kaare Andrews on Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Air #18 DC/Vertigo US$2.99 Colours by Chris Chuckry. Atomic Robo And The Revenge Of The Vampire Dimension #1 Red 5 Comics US$3.50 Colours by Ronda Pattison. Blackest Night: The Flash #3 DC US$2.99… Read More February 17th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
In a CBR interview with writer Jim McCann, we find out that Kalman Andrasofszky will be handling the art chores on a new Dazzler one-shot! CBR News: You’re working with artist Kalman Andrasofszky on this one-shot. What’s it like working with him? What do you feel he brings to this book as an artist? Jim… Read More Kalman Andrasofszky is a Dazzler
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Adventure Comics #7 DC US$3.99 Cover by Francis Manapul. Preview at Comic Book Resources Batman And Robin #8 DC US$2.99 Artwork and Cover by Cameron Stewart. Preview at Comic Book Resources Dark X-Men… Read More February 10th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Go read Jeff Lemire talking about Sweet Tooth. And you should give the book a try. Honest.
2008 Joe Shuster Award-winning (Favourite Creator – French Language Publications for writing Danger Public) and 2009 nominee (2009 Cover Art for Les Ravins) cartoonist Philippe Girard’s (aka phlppgrrd) 2008 BD Les Ravins (Mécanique Générale) will be republished in English this spring from publisher Conundrum Press. Ruts & Gullies: Nine Days in Saint Petersburg Philippe Girard… Read More Phillippe Girard’s Les Ravins to be published in English by Conundrum Press
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Berserker #4 Image/Top Cow US$3.99 Colours by Dave McCaig. Cover by Dale Keown. Preview at Newsarama Doctor Who #8 IDW US$3.99 Colours by Lovern Kindzierski. House Of M: Masters Of Evil Trade Paperback… Read More February 3rd, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Batman And Robin #7 DC US$2.99 Artwork and Variant Cover by Cameron Stewart. Preview at DC Universe: The Source Black Terror #7 Dynamite Entertainment US$3.50 Cover by Stephen Sadowski. Preview at Comic Book… Read More January 27th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Kill Shakespeare #1 Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col (writers) Andy Belanger (art) • Kagan McLeod, Andy Belanger (covers) What Fables does for fairy tales, Kill Shakespeare does with the greatest writer of all time. This dark take on the Bard pits his greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello Falstaff) against his most menacing villains (Richard III, Lady… Read More IDW Publishing tries to “Kill Shakespeare” in April 2010
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Air #17 DC/Vertigo US$2.99 Colours by Chris Chuckry. Avengers vs Atlas #1 Marvel US$3.99 Artwork by Takeshi Miyazawa. Preview at Comic Book Resources Blackest Night: The Flash #2 DC US$2.99 Variant Cover by… Read More January 20th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
DC has also announced that the first story arc to be featured in the new Flash ongoing series launching in April will feature the lead story “Brightest Day: The Flash” by Geoff Johns and Canadian artist Francis Manapul. Here’s Francis’ cover art to issue #1:
Following the events of the current DC crossover Blackest Night, DC Comics will launch Brightest Day, a 26 issue series written by popular writers Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi that will ship bi-weekly starting in April 2010 and will tie in with many ongoing DC titles and spawn some related mini-series. The series launches with… Read More DC announces Brightest Day series, new hire David Finch named as cover artist
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Adventure Comics #6 DC US$3.99 Artwork, Cover and Variant Cover by Francis Manapul. Preview at DC Universe: The Source Agents Of Atlas: Turf Wars Hardcover Marvel US$19.99 Artwork by Paul Rivoche. Batman: The… Read More January 13th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Marvel has released a teaser image today by 2008 Joe Shuster Award winning Artist Dale Eaglesham foreshadowing some upcoming events in Marvel’s long-running Fantastic Four title. 2009 PRINT CREDITS – DALE EAGLESHAM INTERIOR ARTIST DC Comics | Justice Society of America #26 Marvel Comics | Amazing Spider-Man #591 Marvel Comics | Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3… Read More Marvel teaser: Fantastic Four in 2010 – Will they survive?
David Finch, winner of the 2009 Joe Shuster Award for Oustanding Artist, will be working for DC Entertainment in 2010. With the expiration of his exclusive contract with Marvel, DC is announcing that David Finch has signed a new, exclusive deal and will begin working for them on a project which has yet to be… Read More David Finch goes DC exclusive in 2010
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