Philippe Girard / phlppgrrd Né à Québec en 1971, Philippe Girard publie sa première bande dessinée à l’âge de huit ans dans le magazine ‘Je me petit débrouille’. En 1997, il lance avec Jean-François Bergeron et Leif Tande le fanzine Tabasko!, une publication mensuelle qui paraîtra régulièrement pendant deux ans. En 2000, il participe à… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Philippe Girard

Shane submitted two pieces for the gallery show and auction: Shane Heron does the artwork for the online comic Awesome Marcus Ninja (Shane came onto the strip with Season 5) as well as working on a creator-owned mini-comic starring his character, Shagaharamesh, who battles champions, gods & demons on his quest to become the Almighty.… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine(s) by Shane Heron

Jay Stephens was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1971, and moved around a lot as a kid. Much of his youth was spent contemplating the wonders of movies, music, television, and comic books, without any undue criticism from the surrounding grown-ups, for which he is eternally grateful. Jay’s maternal grandparents lived in a very… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine vs. Wendigo by Jay Stephens

Rich Dannys is a cartoonist/illustrator based in Toronto, Canada who has been working in the Animation business, for 20 years now. His company – Flying Dutchman Studios, Inc., has provided creative services for various projects in Advertising, Marketing, and Comic-Books. In 2003, Rich published a sketchbook of his work WANG-DANG-DOODLE! He is also the moderator… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Rich Dannys

Sam Agro began his career in 1983, working as a storyboard artist in the animation industry producing hundreds of storyboards for shows like Ewoks and Droids, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Ripping Friends. Sam has written for TVO’s Polka Dot Shorts, the animated segments of Elliot Moose is on the Loose and many, many… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Sam Agro

COLIN UPTON – in his own words: I was born in Winnipeg in 1960 and moved out to the West Coast at age four to West Vancouver. My father was a professor of Canadian history, our home was full of books up on art and history. However, learning disability and serious behavioural problems that persisted… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Colin Upton

Toronto artist Nick Postic’s eerie and photorealistic style is reminiscent of the work of artists such as Bill Sienkiewicz, Tommy Lee Edwards, John Paul Leon and Alex Maleev. His work has appeared on titles such as the Underworld movie adaptation (for IDW), Nothingface (for Digital Webbing), Nightwolf: The Price (for Devil’s Due Publishing), The Impaler… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Nick Postic

J. Bone is a Toronto based illustrator and comic book artist. Past credits include Allison Dare: Little Miss Adventures, Jingle Belle, Mutant Texas, Mr. Gum, Gotham Girls, Solar Stella, Madman Adentures, Bad Girls and many others. With Darwyn Cooke he has worked on: Justice League: The New Frontier Special, The Spirit, Batman/Spirit, Witchblade Animated, Spider-Man’s… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by J. Bone & Darwyn Cooke

Few Canadian creators have had such a long and varied career working in comics as inker Terry Pallot. His professional start came in the early 1990’s working on titles such as Planet of the Apes, Alien Nation, Man of War and Dinosaurs for Hire. During the mid-1990’s he worked on a number of different Star… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Terry Pallot

Kelly Tindall is a Canadian illustrator, raised in Saskatchewan and obsessed with drawing since the age of two. He threw on a parka and graduated from college, and now he works freelance on both editorial and comic book assignments. He spends his free time exploring Montréal and falling in love with his wife. Kelly’s character… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Kelly Tindall

Toronto artist Noel Tuazon submitted 9 (!) pieces for the Wolverine gallery. Noel Tuazon was born in the Philippines but has lived in Toronto, Ontario for over 30 years. His first break in comics came when his one page comic was included in Dave Sim’s “Single Page” section of Cerebus reprints back in 1989. Currently… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine(s) by Noel Tuazon

Jeff Lemire Born and raised on a farm in Essex County, Canada, Jeff Lemire’s Essex County Trilogy of graphic novels (Tales From The Farm, Ghost Stories, The Country Nurse) published by Top Shelf Productions have been nominated for multiple Eisner and Harvey Awards. In 2008 Jeff won the Joe Shuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist,… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Jeff Lemire

Steve Rolston The piece shown above is one of over 40 pieces of original artwork featuring Wolverine donated to the Joe Shuster Awards for the Visions of an Icon Art Show and Sale by Canadian artists. The pieces were exhibited twice in 2009 – at the Joe Shuster Awards Ceremony in September and at the… Read More Visions of an Icon: Wolverine by Steve Rolston