New York, NY (June 24, 2009) – Gareb Shamus, CEO of New York based Wizard Entertainment, announces today that he has purchased the Toronto Comicon, a show that has been consistently awarded The Best International Comic Book Convention (non-USA) by ComicBookConventions.com, for the last 5 years. (Editor’s note: the Paradise con won the award for… Read More Wizard’s Gareb Shamus buys Paradise’s Toronto Comicon
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
As part of our mission to raise awareness of Canadian comic book creators and their works, and as part of our 5th Anniversary festivities, we will be holding the awards on the weekend of September 26-27, 2009. While we are still finalizing the plans for the presentation of the awards and the display of the… Read More Joe Shuster Awards will be at Word on the Street on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009
Over at his blog, Francis Manapul has detailed the steps taken in the creation of the central Superman image for this year’s Joe Shuster Awards poster. The final poster will be a collaboration between Francis and Agnes Garbowska.
ANIME NORTH -Toronto Congress Center, 650 Dixon Road, and at the Doubletree International Plaza Hotel, 655 Dixon Rd. (directly across the street). May 22-24, 2009 (Friday-Sunday) Featuring: 1 Steve Horton 2 Tara Tallan 3 Camilla D’errico 4 Heroes Of The World 5 Benoît Cécyre 6 Les Major 7 Ben Dunn 8 Svetlana Chmakova OTTAWA COMIC-CON… Read More Upcoming Conventions in Canada: May 22-June 18, 2009
So, here’s where we currently stand with the 2009 Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards: – Waiting for the green light to announce the 4 Hall of Fame inductees. – Comics for Kids nomcom finally received the additional books they were waiting to review, so they should be coming to a final list soon.… Read More Status Update: May 19, 2009
As usual, the CCBCAA Executive attended the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and loved it. Many thanks to: – Chris Butcher, our Festival contact, for getting us a table at the Festival – the four artists that signed and sketched at our booth: Agnes Garbowska, Marcio Takara, Alina Urusov and Kelly Tindall. – the many people… Read More TCAF 2009 has come and gone.
Festival website — National Post articles Joe Shuster Awards Booth signings: Agnes Garbowska profile —- Marcio Takara profile — Alina Urusov profile — Kelly Tindall profile Plus: Limited Edition Dave Sim Wolverine print to debut at TCAF
The last creator in our booth signing spotlight this week is KELLY TINDALL, who will be signing on both Saturday and Sunday from 3-5 pm at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Kelly Tindall is a Canadian illustrator, raised in Saskatchewan and obsessed with drawing since the age of two. As he states in his biography… Read More JSA Booth Signings at TCAF: Artist profile Kelly Tindall
Yes, it’s official — the CCBCAA will be moving the presentation of the Joe Shuster Awards from the already announced June 27th to the weekend of SEPTEMBER 26-27, 2009. There are a couple of reasons behind the move which we will be detailing in the near future, but needless to say there are some big… Read More We’re moving to September!
Signing on both days (from 1-5 on Saturday and 1:30-5 on Sunday) at the Joe Shuster Awards booth is rising star Alina Urusov. ALINA URUSOV began her career in animation, most notably working on designs for the TV series Boondocks. After doing work for Wonderlost (Image Comics), she contributed to the Marvel Holiday Special. Her… Read More JSA booth signings at TCAF: Artist profile Alina Urusov
Also signing at our booth at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this coming weekend is MARCIO TAKARA.Originally from Brazil, Marcio now resides in Toronto. Marcio was a professional graphic designer before, in 2006, he decided to shift gears and become a professional comic book artist. Since then he’s done work for videogame companies, marketing offices,… Read More JSA booth signings at TCAF: Artist profile Marcio Takara
Last Saturday, the University of Regina played host to the first Queen City Comics Astonishing Conference and Festival at the College Avenue campus. The Regina Leader-Post discusses the conference and interviews visual artist and educator Gerri Ann Siwek, among others. The festival brought together academics, comic collectors, sellers and enthusiasts for workshops, talks by artists… Read More “Comics are impacting the 21st Century”
Signing from 11am to 1pm on Saturday at the Joe Shuster Awards booth at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival is artist AGNES GARBOWSKA. Agnes Garbowska began her career as an illustrator mainly working on pin-ups and graphic design. Some of her early work appeared as posters for the comic StormBringers by Korby Marks and other… Read More JSA booth signings at TCAF: Artist profile Agnes Garbowska
Although it was previously announced that we would be revealing the four Hall of Fame inductees and the Comics for Kids Award nominees on Friday, May 1st — both organizing committees have asked for a brief extension — the information will be released as soon as we receive the green light.
The Bedeis Causa were presented in Montreal last Friday as part of the 22nd annual Festival de la bande dessinee francophone de Quebec. The winners are: PRIX REAL FILLION – Francis Desharnais, Burquette (Editions les 400 coups) GRAND PRIX LA VILLE QUEBEC – Burquette, Francis Desharnais (Editions les 400 coups) PRIX ALBERIC BOURGEOIS – Les… Read More Bedeis Causa winners announced in Montreal last Friday
A special thanks goes out to our extended JSA family that assisted at the booth this weekend at the HobbyStar Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event. They assisted our admin members who also did shifts at the 2-day event, as well as Robert Haines who was out connecting with guests about the awards. We received a… Read More Toronto ComiCON thanks… and JSA updates.
The Comic Book Resources’ column When Worlds Collide ran an article yesterday on Bernie Mireault: The Forgotten Herald of the Modern. This marks the 200th post on the new Joe Shuster Awards site since we converted to the Blogging format back in late December 2008.
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards announced their 2009 Nominees today for work published in 2008. Canadian cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki have been nominated for four categories (Best Publication for Tweens, Best Graphic Album – New, Mariko for Best Writer, Jillian for Best Artist) for Skim, published by Groundwood Books. Other Canadians nominated: Niko… Read More Eisner Award Nominees announced
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 