Zap! Pow! Bam! Superman Wins Comic Books Wars First Superman Comic Pulverizes Previous Records with $1,500,000 Sale The saga continues. And once again, Superman has bested Batman as the world’s most valuable comic book. ComicConnect.com, one of the industry’s leading online auction/consignment sites, has sold the #1 highest-rated copy of the world’s #1 comic book—Action… Read More Action #1 back on top at $1.5 Million Bucks
The Toronto Comic Jam runs this Tuesday, March 30th, (Yes, Tomorrow) 9 p.m. till Midnight Cameron House, 408 Queen St. W., Queen-Spadina, backroom. Paper provided. Bring your own pens. Launching at this event will be the newest booklet: Duke #3 (as of this moment, 24 copies left).
BÉDÉIS CAUSA 2010 – LES FINALISTES À l’aube du 23e Festival de la bande dessinée francophone de Québec (FBDFQ), qui aura lieu du 7 au 11 avril prochain, les organisateurs de l’événement ont annoncé ce lundi les finalistes de ses prix Bédéis Causa 2010. Cherchant à récompenser ce qui se fait de mieux en matière… Read More BÉDÉIS CAUSA 2010 – LES FINALISTES
In addition to his already announced Doug Wright and Joe Shuster Awards nominations, the National Cartoonists Society (an American organization) has nominated Seth and his 2009 book George Sprott 1894-1975 for a 2010 Award in the Graphic Novel division. Seth shares the nomination with David Mazzuchelli – Asterios Polyp, and David Small – Stitches.
Since the establishment of the Premier Publisher status in 1996, no new companies have been advanced to Premier Status beyond the initial group of Acclaim (formerly known as Valiant – now defunct), Dark Horse, DC Comics, Image Comics and Marvel Comics. That changed today as IDW has been promoted to Premier status and will now… Read More IDW is now a Diamond Premier Publisher
For Immediate Release NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 6th Annual Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards – Presentation Ceremony in June 2010 Toronto, Canada — March 17, 2010. From coast to coast, Canada is home to many of the comic book industry’s top talents, and the JOE SHUSTER AWARDS are a way of recognizing… Read More Nominations for the 2010 Joe Shuster Awards
“Diamond to Launch Kids Comic Shop Locator at kidscomics.com” (BALTIMORE, MD) — (March 10, 2010) —Diamond announced today plans to launch a new website and comic shop locator aimed at directing kids and parents to kid-friendly comic shops across the United States and Canada. The new site at kidscomics.com will debut in March and feature… Read More Diamond launches kidscomics.com store locator service
VISIONS We still have a number of pieces yet to display, including works by Paul McCusker, Tom Grummet, Dean Motter, Clayton Hanmer, and some last minute pieces that were recently delivered to our P.O. Box. I need to do a proper scan on some of them but they’ll be done by the end of this… Read More What’s up?
Returning as Master of Ceremonies in 2010 is Jonathan Llyr. Jonathan Llyr is one of the most recognizable geeks in Canada today. As host of the nationally broadcast SPACE Channel’s SPACEY AWARDS for their first five years, Jon earned the respect of Hardcore Nerds everywhere when, over the years, Richard Dean Anderson had him ‘thrown… Read More 2010 JSA Master of Ceremonies: Jonathan Llyr Returns
The Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards will once again be presented at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue in Toronto, Ontario. The 6th Annual JSA ceremony will take place on the evening of Saturday, June 5, 2010.
JSA booth at upcoming comics events The Awards Association has decided to limit the number of public events that we will be setting up a Joe Shuster Awards booth at. In all honesty, monies raised at these events vs. costs (table costs and the time spent manning the booth) was just was not very efficient… Read More Busy busy busy #2
Okay, so yesterday was the latest of Hobbystar’s seasonal comic events – this time it was the winter Toronto ComiCON, and that took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. From where I was standing (mostly running the admissions table) we had great attendance numbers, somewhere around 1000 attendees, which is pretty much the best… Read More Busy busy busy
The other day I reported on the sale of a rare copy of Action Comics 1 which sold for 1 million dollars. Well, that price, the highest paid for an old comic book, has been surpassed – according to Rich Johnston a copy of Detective Comics 27 (the first appearance of Batman by Bob Kane)… Read More Action Comics smackdown. Detective Comics 27 sets new record price.
While we rarely delve into the collectibles side of the comic book hobby here on the Joe Shuster Awards website, we’ll make an exception here as a rare higher grade copy of Action Comics #1 – the first Superman story by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel – sold earlier this week for an unprecedented one… Read More Rare copy of Action Comics #1 sold for one million dollars
A book that we here at the Joe Shuster Awards have been talking about for months has finally been shipped through Diamond, arriving in comic book stores on Wednesday, February 17th (only 3 months later than book stores). Red: A Haida Manga, created by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, is a visual retelling of a story from… Read More Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
Nominating: All nominating committees are currently making their selection choices for the 2010 Joe Shuster Awards. The nominees for the following awards are expected to be announced in mid-March: – Artist – Cartoonist – Colourist – Cover – Achievement in Publishing – Webcomic creator / creative team – Writer It is likely that nominees for… Read More 2010 Joe Shuster Awards Status Update
This weekend is Con-G, the anime/manga convention which takes place in Guelph, ON. This convention is a manga / anime focused event, very heavy on the community building with an assortment of events like J-Pop dance, Masquerade, Trivia and Games, overnight Anime. There will be lots of cosplay! The guest list leans very heavy towards… Read More Happenings: Con-G Feb 20-21, Guelph, ON
Jeff Lemire is interviewed in the London Free Press, part of his recent discussion & signing at L.A.Mood’s. Conundrum Press will be launching 3 new books at the May Comic Art Festival. Kevin profiled two of them recently – Ruts and Gullies and Children of the Atom. Cameron Stewart has decided to attend as well,… Read More What’s Going On?
The regular Toronto Comic Jam runs this Tuesday, February 23th, 9 p.m. till Midnight at The Cameron House, 408 Queen St. W., Queen-Spadina, in the backroom. Paper provided. Bring your own pens. Dalton Sharp sent along this message about a new experiment for the Toronto Comic Jam: – For a change of pace we’re experimenting… Read More Toronto Comic Jam a Daytime drama
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)
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