Over the last few weeks I managed to snag five high profile releases by Canadian creators. I’m not going to give detailed reviews, but I do want to draw some attention to them: Le Fond du Trou (The Bottom of the Hole) by Jean-Paul Eid, published by La Pasteque. OUT NOW (In French) Aside from… Read More Five Recent Releases of Note: Books by Eid, Miville-Deschênes, Beaton, Seth and Foster
Prince Valiant Vol. 4: 1943-1944 Author: Hal Foster Format: Hardcover Pages: 112 Dimensions: 10.25″ x 14″ Colors: full color Year: 2011 Publisher: Fantagraphics ISBN-10: n/a ISBN-13: 978-1-60699-455-9 Additional Details: Foreword by Brian Kane As this fourth volume begins, Prince Valiant, haunted by the lovely Aleta, seeks Merlin’s wise counsel. This brief episode segues into one… Read More Out in October: Prince Valiant by Hal Foster Vol. 4 1943-1944
PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases Shipping 10/5/2011 Every Wednesday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop. Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time. ***************
Saturday October 1st * 1:00pm – Fiona Smyth (The Never Weres) * 3:00pm – LAUNCH: Claudia Dávila (Luz Sees the Light) Sunday October 2nd * 12:00pm – Clayton Hanmer (Cton’s Super A-Maze-Ing Year Of Crazy Comics!) * 2:00pm – Jeremy Tankard (Boo-hoo Bird) * 4:00pm – Kean Soo (Jellaby) and Tory Woollcott (Mirror Mind) Plus… Read More Happenings: Little Island Comics celebrates with parties and signings this weekend.
Wrapping up the year of releases at Marvel Comics. A lot of cover art by Canadians with work by Kaare Andrews, Kalman Andrasofszky and Nick Bradshaw representing. Eaglesham continues strong on Alpha Flight and the same goes for Chris Bachalo on Wolverine and the X-Men. As for collected editions, look for a hardcover collecting FEAR… Read More Marvel Comics by Canadians 12/2011
Toronto Cartoonists Workshop presents Industry Night with Francis Manapul – DC: The New 52: The Flash #1 Release Party & Gallery Show – Friday, SEPTEMBER 30th. Presented by TORONTO CARTOONISTS WORKSHOP, GUERILLA PRINTING, ALL NEW COMICS & THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS
Are you in Saskatoon? Craving some culture? Then head over to Amazing Stories Comics and join them for the Saskatoon launch party for DONE TO DEATH, a collaboration between Shuster Winner Fiona Staples and Andrew Foley, writer of COWBOYS & ALIENS! Fiona & Andrew will be signing copies! The event runs from 3-8 PM, and… Read More Happenings: Fiona Staples and Andrew Foley launch DONE TO DEATH in Saskatoon tonight!
Congratulations to 2010 Gene Day Award Winner ETHAN RILLY on the eve of the publication of POPE HATS #2. Here are the specs on the second issue which will be available in shops in October, and below that some details on an event taking place in Toronto this evening at the Central on Markham Street… Read More Happenings: Pope Hats #2 release party tonight 9/26 in Toronto
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*** NOVEMBER 2011 *** JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #3 – COVER BY DAVID FINCH THE FLASH #3 – WRITTEN, ART & COVER BY FRANCIS MANAPUL (WITH BRIAN BUCCALLETTO)
PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases Shipping 9/21/2011 Every Wednesday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop. Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.
I’m not going to recap the second week of books in as detailed a manner as I did the first, as we’re not a review site. I did manage to try 10 of the 13 books released on September 14th and found the better ones to be the comics that pretty much carried the same… Read More DCnU week two observations
So I’ve been sampling the new DC #1s, which I find amusing since I really had no interest in trying to check all of these books out. There’s been a lot of coverage at various websites about the books selling out, and how second and in some case third printings are on their way to… Read More A look at DCnU weeks 1 and 2
PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases Shipping 9/14/2011 Every Wednesday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop. Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all new releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.
Tomorrow at comics shops across North America and the UK DC Comics will be releasing ACTION COMICS #1 (Vol.2) starring a familiar, but not so familiar, character that they are calling Superman. Action Comics will detail his early years leading up to his current “five years later” incarnation that will appear in the similarly restarted… Read More Superman set to be overhauled in the DCnU starting with Action Comics #1 (Vol.2)
LUZ SEES THE LIGHT written and illustrated by Claudia Dávila Hardcover CAD $16.95 978-1-55453-581-1 Paperback CAD $8.95 978-1-55453-766-2 Change is in the air. Power outages are increasing, and gas prices are soaring. At first, 12-year-old Luz balks, hardly thrilled by the prospect of actually having to walk to the mall. But Luz doesn’t mope for… Read More Kids Can Press: Fall 2011 Releases
After missing a few weeks due to FanExpo, let’s try to get back on schedule. List was released Tuesday because of the Labour Day holiday. PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases Shipping 9/7/2011 Every Wednesday, PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving this week to your local comic shop. Please check with… Read More New Comics – In Stores September 7, 2011
Official Press Release Just in time for Fan Expo Canada 2011, Marvel is pleased to announce an all-new variant by superstar Canadian artist Dale Eaglesham on Captain America #1! The Sentinel of Liberty heads to the Great White North with this special variant for our loyal fans attending Fan Expo at the Metro Toronto Convention… Read More Eaglesham Provides Cover for Captain America #1 Fan Expo Canada Variant
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