Rene Engström has wrapped up her webcomic Anders Loves Maria. After working on the series nearly three and a half years, Engström concluded this wonderful, compelling strip with an ending she wrote three years ago. Clearly Engström new how she wanted to finish, it was just a matter of winding and weaving her tale of… Read More Webcomics: Anders Loves Maria comes to an end
The 6th in the Paul series by Francophone cartoonist Michel Rabagliati, Paul à Québec (La Pasteque) was selected as the winner of the Prix du Public Fnac-SNC this past weekend at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême in France. Congratulations Michel! Le Devoir CBC CBC (includes audio interview link with Michel Rabagliati Sequential… Read More Paul à Québec honoré à Angoulême
ComicsPRO Announces Nominees for Industry Appreciation Award Retailer Group Seeks to Honor Efforts to Improve Comics Specialty Market The direct market remains the way most comic-book stories get from creator to fan. ComicsPRO, the largest organization of direct-market retailers, wants to honor those people who stand in that gap and help smooth that process. From… Read More Dave Sim nominated for a ComicsPro Industry Appreciation Award
Thanks to the Beat for drawing attention to this: Sandy Bilus counts 130 separate “Best of” lists for 2009 to come up with the Best Comics of 2009 Meta-List. Bilus uses the weighted scale devised by Chad Nevett and a system pioneered by dear departed Dick Hyacinth. Books by Canadians or featuring the work of… Read More Books by Canadians prominent on 2009 “best of” lists.
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Despite a misleading header (with O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5 and Lemire’s The Nobody shown among other works), there’s not a single work by a Canadian on the list. The list, selected by Rachelle Goguen and Carsten Knox, includes (follow the link above for the explanations): ASTERIOS POLYP (Mazzuchelli) BATMAN & ROBIN (Morrison & Quitely)… Read More Halifax’s The Coast selects their “Best Books & Comics of 2009”: where’s the Maple?
Darwyn Cooke has posted something on his blog about this week’s release of Jonah Hex #50, published by DC Comics. Hi folks. Next week the 50th issue of Hex hits the stands and while I rarely jump on the net to promote a single issue comic, this is a very special case and it occurred… Read More Darwyn Cooke on Jonah Hex 50
This past weekend, The Globe & Mail released their list of the Top 100 books that they reviewed in 2009. They even have an obscure-ish, vaguely intellectual term to define works of sequential art aka comics and graphic novels – Graphica. Clearly Sequential & the DWA’s Bryan Munn is not pleased as the only three “Graphica” on… Read More The Globe & Mail must not review any comics by Canadians
Newsarama has been interviewing the Image Comics founders this week, including a two-part interview with Todd McFarlane. Topics include Image United, Spawn, creator rights, movies, animation and more. Part 1 Part 2
Thanks to CBR for running this interview. CBR asks: you’ve been committed to “Super Friends” now for more than two years. What freedoms does working on an all-ages book allow? Any restrictions? J. responds: “I think the freedom the book has is that it’s not part of DC continuity. The book is free from crossovers… Read More J. Bone talks DC Super Friends.
Within comic retailing circles there seems to be an ongoing discussion about age appropriate material. Comics are for Kids! Comics aren’t for Kids! There are no good comics for children! Just this week it erupted again on the news site ICv2. Buddy Saunders of Lone Star Comics on Comic Book Content ‘Comics Aren’t for Kids… Read More Comics for Kids are out there — you just need to look for them.
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Last night in London, Bleeding Cool’s Rich Johnston chaired a TX panel with Karl Kerschl, Cameron Stewart and Ramon Perez at the ComiCA Festival (aka the London International Comic Arts Festival. The guys talked about their superhero work, mostly for DC Comics, coupled with an innate disatisfaction with the superhero form, whatever manner it takes… Read More Transmission X meets Bleeding Cool at ComiCA in London
Canadian webcomic creator selected as the Kim Yale Award winner for “Best New Talent” of 2009 Kate Beaton, recipient of Friends of Lulu’s 2009 “Best New Talent” award, is the Canadian creator of the historical & literary webcomic Hark, A Vagrant. Renowned for a sharp wit that alternates between the erudite and the whimsical, Hark,… Read More Kate Beaton wins 2009 Lulu Award
Published earlier this week, Graphic novels: Canadian Splendour – How Quebec’s Drawn & Quarterly became a global powerhouse in the unlikely realm of graphic novels by reporter Jason McBride profiles the history, growth and overall success of Chris Oliveros’ Drawn & Quarterly. The article features lots of quotes from comics critic/historian Jeet Heer and the… Read More Canadian Business Magazine profiles Drawn & Quarterly
He’s been called the Howard Hughes of rock ‘n’ roll by Fortune Magazine and when you’ve been the promoter for U2, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” tour, SARSFEST and, of course, the Rolling Stones, it’s not surprising he’s earned that sort of reputation. With an unlikely start as a strip club owner in Ottawa Michael… Read More Canadian Promoter Caught in Spidey’s Web
Jesse Jacobs, winner of the inaugural Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishing at this year’s Joe Shuster Awards, is profiled on the Fabler blog.
Comics creator and former CCBCAA executive member Diana Tamblyn attended the ArtOriginals Darwyn Cooke workshop back in October and has poster her excellent summary of the talk – it’s a must-read for people interested in creating their own comics.
It’s been an interesting ride over the past few years for Toronto’s 3rd Quadrant Comics store owner Daryl C. Collison. Two years ago he was forced to close his popular and long-running McCaul Street (near Queen St.) store because the owner had other plans for the building. Collison chose to divide his business between three… Read More Retailers: 3rd Quadrant reopens Today – November 5th
Not to be outdone by Publisher’s Weekly – Amazon.com has released their best books of 2009 list for Comics and Graphic Novels and it also includes some Canadian content: #2 GEORGE SPROTT (1894-1975) by Seth, published by Drawn & Quarterly #10 MASTERPIECE COMICS published by Drawn & Quarterly
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