Reports are all over the interweb that Vancouver actor Ryan Reynolds (currently starring in the Proposal with Sandra Bullock) has been cast as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in the 2010 Warner Bros./DC Comics film. This will be Reynolds’ 3rd comic book film – having starred in Blade III and X-Men Origins: Wolverine as Deadpool. Reynolds’ wife… Read More Canadian actor selected to play Green Lantern
Over at the Newsarama blog, Cameron Stewart talks about his Transmission X webcomic Sin Titulo And over at his own Illustration Blog, Cameron previews the Apocalipstix story that will be appearing in Liberty Comics.
To read the list of 2009 Harvey Award Nominees visit Newsarama. Canadians nominated include: – Lar deSouza for Least I Could Do (Best Cartoonist) – Jeff Lemire for Essex County Vol. 3: The Country Nurse (Best Graphic Album – Original) – Mariko and Jillian Tamaki for Skim (Best Graphic Album – Original) – Pia Guerra… Read More Harvey Award Nominees – Canucks: De Souza, Lemire, Tamakis, Guerra, D+Q & More
Thanks to Sequential Spiltink for drawing attention to The Fabler Blog. Founded by Bruno Steppuhn, a tech entrepreneur in Calgary, The Fabler Blog has featured a number of creator and retailer interviews conducted by Kevin de Vlaming. Past reviews include Jeff Lemire, Fiona Staples, Troy Little, Jay Bardyla (of Happy Harbor Comics), Gareth Gaudin (Legends… Read More The Fabler Blog
Over at Rich Johnston’s Bleeding Cool website, AV has provided a free download of Dave Sim’s first three issues of Glamourpuss. Nominated for a 2009 Joe Shuster Award for Best Cartoonist for issues 1-4 and Judenhass, Dave Sim‘s Glamourpuss is a chronicle of the artist’s journey through the world of photorealist cartoon strips (and the… Read More Read Glamourpuss 1-3 for free…
As spotted by fan and blogger Ty Buttars this weekend at HeroesCon in Charlotte, North Carolina – someone has lifted a copyrighted tribute image Michael Cho did of Jack Kirby and made a t-shirt out of it. Michael Cho wrote on his blog: Let me just say a few things about this. Firstly, I don’t… Read More Unauthorized Michael Cho t-shirt surfaces at HeroesCon
Source: Comics212 “Hello folks, I’m Christopher Butcher and I’m the Festival Director and co-founder of TCAF, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Co-founder Peter Birkemoe, a handful of staff, and dozens of volunteers and I present TCAF every two years in lovely downtown Toronto, Canada. A little over a month ago on May 9-10, 2009, we… Read More Christopher Butcher’s “TCAF 2009 – Wrap Up”
“Canadian Whites” are the name given to a type of comic book produced by Canadian publishers during World War II when there was an embargo on all external publications – including the popular American comic books. The covers of the Canadian Whites were mostly full colour, but unlike American comic books the interiors were printed… Read More Canadian Golden Age Comics Online
As part of his Sunday Interview series, Tom Spurgeon has posted a long interview with Canadian cartoonist Seth at The Comics Reporter site.
Generally, we try not to link to reviews here at the JSA blog, we try to keep you up-to-date on the news and goings-on in the Canadian comics community as best we can. If we did link to reviews, we’d just be page after page of links to comics reviews, often with multiple reviews of… Read More Comic Book Bin reviews Canadian comics and cartoons
Graphic NY’s Christopher Irving talks to artist Joe Infurnari Hailing from Canada, Infurnari came to New York after Grad School to pursue a career in the fine arts. With a painting background, Infurnari fell into comics in 2004 through a friend, and a character that merged two genres: cavemen and robots. “I’d been living in… Read More Daring to be Different with Joe Infurnari
Newsarama talks to James Turner about Warlord of Io and the situation with Diamond.
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While not necessarily related directly to Canadian comics, author and blogger Jeffrey Klaehn (Inside the World of Comic Books) has posted a couple of articles that might be of interest: the first is on Star Trek and the second is onthe 25 Greatest Superhero romances.
In an extensive op/ed piece, Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon discusses the rejection of Canadian creator James (rex Libris) Turner’s mini-series follow-up to the Warlord of Io & Other Stories one-shot by Diamond Distributors (solicited by Slave Labor Graphics) as the original one-shot (which was published and distributed) did not sell well enough to the Direct… Read More Rejected by Diamond: James Turner’s Warlord of Io mini-series
Newsarama talks to David Finch about his entry for this Saturday’s “Gag Me With a Toon 2: Harder, Faster, Radder” art show in Los Angeles. For a look into the process of creating the painting, check out Finch’s blog.. Finch writes: I’m working on a Strawberry Shortcake on My Little Pony, all done Frazetta style.… Read More David Finch on… Strawberry Shortcake?
Jeffery Klaehn reviews Seaguy (drawn by Canadian artist Cameron Stewart) on the Graphic Novel Reporter website. Here’s the link: http://www.graphicnovelreporter.com/content/seaguy-review
Jeffery Klaehn recently conducted a short interview with Hall of Famer John Byrne about his new Star Trek work for IDW.
Source: Comics212 Chris Butcher has announced the full line-up for Comics Festival! 2009 This book is released every two years (to coincide with the Toronto Comic Arts Festival) on Free Comic Book Day. FCBD takes place this year on Saturday May 2nd, 2009. TCAF takes place the following weekend on May 9th and 10th, 2009.… Read More Comics Festival! 2009 Line-Up
Comic Book Resources catches up with Canadian webcomics cartoonist Kate Beaton over her contribution to this month’s MySpace Dark Horse Presents. To visit the site directly, visit MySpace Dark Horse Presents.
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 