After the hugely positive response to the Darkstalkers Tribute art book, fan outcry for more Darkstalkers stories became clear. Now, the ghoulish monsters and sexy seductresses of Darkstalkers are coming back to comics! This January, UDON bring fans more tales featuring creatures of the night with an all-new 3 issue miniseries titled Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.… Read More Udon brings Darkstalkers back in January 2010!
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.
Arcana Launches Comics & Pop Culture Magazine VANCOUVER (November 5, 2009) – Arcana Studios, an award winning comic book publisher and transmedia producer, is proud to announce the launch of Arcana Magazine. Debuting on January 27th 2010, and solicited in the current November Previews (Diamond Code: NOV09 0599) is the new quarterly magazine simply entitled… Read More Arcana Studios Launches Comics & Pop Culture Magazine
The website is down, the phone has been disconnected and the doors closed on one of Toronto’s better known comic book stores, Grey Region. It’s a shame that I didn’t notice until a month later. Grey Region was in business just over 20 years, opening on Queen Street West back in 1987. During comics boom… Read More Retailers: RIP – Toronto’s Grey Region
To see the full list – visit the PW website. 2 of the top 11 comics selections are by Canadian creators (and sure to be contenders in next year’s JSA Outstanding Cartoonist category): Parker: The Hunter Darwyn Cooke and Richard Stark (IDW) A magnificent comics recreation of Stark/Donald Westlake’s noir classic of crime and vengeance… Read More Publishers Weekly names best books of 2009 incl. Graphic Novels
For immediate release: Broken Pencil Magazine presents… Canzine Canada’s Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture Sunday, November 1, 2009 1pm-7pm The Gladstone Hotel – Downtown Toronto, 1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin) $5 admission comes with a free copy of the Fall issue of Broken Pencil Magazine – issue 45… Read More Happenings: Canzine – Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Shary Boyle is a multimedia artist whose work includes drawing, painting, sculpture and performance. Constantly traveling, she has set up temporary studios across North America and Europe, working and exhibiting in Berlin, Paris, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Nova Scotia, Vancouver and the Yukon. Born in Scarborough, Ontario she is now based in Toronto. Her… Read More Graphic Novelist Selected as Finalist for Top Canadian Art Award
Tonight Dave Sim launched his latest venture: CerebusTV. One of the announcements made on the show is that CEREBUS ARCHIVES will no longer be carried by Diamond Distributors as the orders were too low to meet the controversial thresholds set earlier this year. Sim intends to continue the series using ComiXPRESS. Another announcement that was… Read More Launched: CerebusTV
Max Douglas from Sequential Spiltink attended the JSA ceremony on Sept. 26/2009 and has posted some video: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Robert Pincombe also recorded the Hall of Fame Presentations: Ted McCall (inducted in 2008 – presented to his family in 2009) George Menendez Rae Real Godbout Ken Steacy Diana Schutz
On Saturday, October 17th, 2009 the Ontario Classical Association meeting is being held in Stratford, ON. This meeting is a public event (non-members price $65) and serves as an opportunity for professional development for both teachers and professors, focusing on a broad topic with wide appeal. Of special interest to the comic community, and the… Read More Comics and the Ancient World / Paganism in Pop Culture
The 24 Hour Comics Day event in Guelph, ON, was featured in the Guelph Mercury. The event was held in-store at The Dragon, who sponsored their local event. Send along your own 24 Hour Comics Day stories. Article written by: Greg Layson glayson@guelphmercury.com GUELPH — Adam Donaldson and fellow up-and-coming comic book artists tried to… Read More 24 Hour Comics Day – what happened?
The Lulu Awards recognizes the the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women. Voting for the Lulu Awards is open to the public. To vote, send your selections (one from each category, including Hall of Fame) to Friends of Lulu along… Read More 2009 LuLu Award Nominations released – many Canadians nominated — go vote!
Jamie Coville files his report for the Collector Times website: http://www.collectortimes.com/cons1.html
In the issue Incredible Hulk #602 Bruce Banner and Skaar take a trip to Legends Comics & Books, winner of the 2009 Harry Kremer Award for Best Retailer. Of course Legends is located in Victoria, British Columbia and not Arlington, Texas. Story by Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente Art by Ariel Olivetti, Michael Ryan Colors… Read More Hulk visits Legends Comics & Books
This coming Saturday, October 3rd is 24 Hour Comics Day. If you are hosting an event in Canada and would like to let us know, send me an email Locations in Canada that are hosting a 24 Hour Comics Day (alphabetical) . Delta Hotel hosted by Strange Adventures – winner 2006 Retailer of the Year… Read More 24 Hour Comics Day in Canada
Courtesy of DC Comics’ The Source, some preview artwork of the Francis Manapul’s take on the Flash has been posted online. “These were done a while back near the end of my Legion run. I tried to make a go at the Flash and these were the sketches I did as a pitch to try… Read More An early look at Francis Manapul’s Flash
As many of you may be aware, Saturday September 26th, 2009 was the 5th Annual Joe Shuster Awards. I’ve been a part of the Executive Committee since October 2008, and this was my first awards ceremony in that role. I was a part of the Nominating Committee back in 2006 and 2008 (for the 2nd… Read More JSA Reports: Jason Truong
Robert Pincombe, previously a member of the JSA Hall of Fame selection committee and a presenter of the Hall of Fame Award for George Menendez Rae, as well as a presentation to the family of 2008 inductee Ted McCall , provides an interesting commentary on the Saturday evening ceremony as well as a lot of… Read More JSA Reports: Robert Pincombe
Click here to download a full audio recording of the Awards ceremony, courtesy of Jamie Coville. Announced at a packed ceremony held at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, the 2009 Joe Shuster Award winners are: Artist/Dessinateur David Finch – Ultimatum #1-2 (Marvel Comics) Cartoonist/Créateur Dave Sim – Glamourpuss #1-4, Judenhaas (Aardvark-Vanaheim) View Dave… Read More Your 2009 Joe Shuster Award winners! (updated with more video links)
Thanks to the fine folks at The Beguiling and Word on the Street, we’ll be giving away one Comics & Graphic Novels prize package from WOTS! at the Joe Shuster Awards ceremony this Saturday night. Every person attending the event will be given a raffle ticket and at the end of the ceremony we’ll be… Read More WOTS Prize Package to be given away at the Joe Shuster Awards ceremony!
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 