Hurry, the party starts at 9pm, on Tuesday, August 11, 2009. That’s today. Here is a listing of stores in Canada hosting a Marvel 70th Anniversary party tonight. ALBERTA ANOTHER DIMENSION 424 B- 10TH STREET NW CALGARY, AB T2N1V9 (403) 283-7078 http://www.another-dimension.com COMIC – KAZI 4307 MACLEOD TRAIL SOUTHWEST CALGARY, AB T2G0A3 (403) 286-0544 http://WWW.COMICKAZI.COM… Read More Looking for a Marvel 70th Anniversary Party???
Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerard have released the second issue of Sword of My Mouth — but this one is only available to online subscribers. Here’s the good news: This is not like when you missed the latest issue of Blackest Night and had no idea what was going on. Sword of My Mouth is… Read More Sword of My Mouth #2 – online release
Fantagraphics publisher Kim Thompson, who recently released the lovely, and large, Prince Valiant Vol. 1: 1937-1938, by Hal Foster, has discovered a startling difference with one of the originally published pages: more violence! Unlike many archival projects which scan and digitally clean up the original newspaper pages themselves (I’m thinking of the stunningly gorgeous Winsor… Read More Behind the scenes: Hal Foster and Prince Valiant
In his cunning ongoing effort to take over the world, Brian Lee O’Malley reveals the some details of the recently announced Scott Pilgrim video game. “Video games have been a huge influence on the characters and world of Scott Pilgrim,” said Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of the original graphic novels. “As a gamer myself, it… Read More Scott Pilgrim: The Video Game
The location for the awards ceremony has been finalized, the 5th annual Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards will be presented on Saturday, September 26th at University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue in Toronto, Ontario.More details to come, but plans include a pre-ceremony PREVIEW of the Visions: Wolverine artwork and a… Read More Joe Shuster Awards ceremony location – U of T’s Innis Town Hall
Man, it’s getting down to the wire here. By no means will this list be complete, but this is an idea whose time has come. Beyond giving out our yearly awards, CCBCAA’s mandate is to promote the work of Canadians in the industry, so here we go: Retailers must have their Diamond orders uploaded by… Read More Canadians in the July Previews
Source: Newsarama: SDCC ’09: A Darker Shade of Ink: Crime and Noir in Comics – Darwyn Cooke is one of creators on the panel, discussing crime and noir in comics. Source: Newsarama: SDCC 09: Graphic Novels and Novelists – Seth and Bryan Lee O’Malley are two of the panelists, discussing graphic novels. “A fan asked… Read More Canadian Comic Book Creators News from San Diego Comic Con International – Part 3
Congratulations to Ian Boothby (and his collaborators Nina Matsumoto, and Andrew Pepoy), for the Eisner win last night. Their work on The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror #14 (Bongo) won The Eisner Award for Best Short Story. (It’s worth a second mention.) Lynda Barry’s What It Is won the Eisner for Best Reality-Based Work, which was… Read More I’ll take Ian Boothby for the win…
Source: Newsarama: SDCC 09 – Marvel’s X-MEN Panel “Some more catch-up, Aaron on Yanick Paquette’s art in Weapon X: “He gets to draw some of the craziest stuff you’ve ever seen in a Wolverine book.” “ Source: Comic Book Resources: CCI: Kirman and McFarlane on “Image United” “Perhaps a better person to weigh in on… Read More Canadian Comic Book Creators News from San Diego Comic Con International – Part 2
Source: Newsarama: SDCC 09 – SUPERMAN: TWO WORLDS Panel “Tying in to Codename Patriot, Robinson will be doing another Jimmy Olsen special, with art by Bernard Chang.” Source: Comic Book Resources: CCI: DC Comics Superman Panel “Sterling Gates mentioned September’s “Supergirl Annual,” which is the origin of Superwoman. “Secret Files” comes out in conjunction with… Read More Canadian Comic Book Creators News from San Diego Comic Con International – Part 1
Comics Reporter and the D+Q blog announce a great coup: Drawn + Quarterly has acquired the publishing rights to Daniel Clowes’ next graphic novel, Wilson. D+Q, the three time winner of the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Publisher, has added another great talent to the publishing line-up D+Q provided a statement from its publisher and… Read More D+Q and Dan Clowes
Ethan Rilly has launched a new website for his comic Pope Hats. In 2008 Pope Hates won a Xeric Foundation Grant and was a finalist for a Wright. Pope Hats is being distributed through AdHouse Books, and will soon be available through Diamond — that will be the time to ask your local brick and… Read More Pope Hats and Ethan Rilly
Interrupting your ongoing SDCC coverage: Steve MacIsaac is interviewed in the August 2009 issue of of OUT magazine in a feature titled “Comic Book Queers”. Note: the interview is not available online, only in the print edition. MacIsaac self-publishes his comic Shirtlifter which was submitted for the 2009 Gene Day Award. Interested in self-published comics,… Read More Steve MacIsaac… and SDCC
Interrupting your ongoing SDCC coverage: Miriam Libicki participates in an interesting interview about Jewish identity and her excellent jobnik! Jobnik! is a self-published autobiographical comic examining the period when Libicki joined the Israeli Defense Forces. Submitted for the 2009 Gene Day Award (along with fierce ease) jobnik! is a book which Libicki examines “Jewish-American identity,… Read More Miriam Libicki… and SDCC
CEREBUS: ALTA SOCIETA’ (HIGH SOCIETY) di Dave Sim 16,5×24, bross., 512 pag., b/n Prezzo indicativo: Euro 30,00 ISBN: 978-88-96197-17-2 Traduzione: Francesco Matteuzzi Details HERE and HERE
Press Release Comic-Con International (Comic-Con), the largest comic book and popular arts event in the United States, has announced its list of nominees for the prestigious Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award (The Eisner Spirit Award). This year organizers are happy to note that Baby Tattoo, publishers of books for kids and adults, is… Read More Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award nominates 3 Canadian stores
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
From La Pasteque: Un Prix pour Balogne! Le lycée Bonaparte de Toulon dans le Var en France, organise un prix littéraire chaque année. L’ouvrage qui a remporté le “Prix Bona 2009” est: Bologne : conte en 3 actes symphoniques de Pascal Blanchet! Presented by the Toulon, France based college de Lycée Bonaparte, the Prix Bona… Read More Pascal Blanchet wins international award
The Comics for Kids Award / Prix de Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants recognizes creators who have produced works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to create a passion for life-long reading. Works considered for this award are comic books and graphic novels by Canadian creators that are targeted at readers… Read More Comics for Kids Award Nominees
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
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 