This Saturday night, June 5th, 2010 – starting at 8pm (seating begins shortly after 7:30pm) at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall – 2 Sussex Avenue (South of Bloor Street at St. George and Sussex) it’s the presentation of the 6th Annual Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards. The Joe Shuster Awards do… Read More Happenings: The Joe Shuster Awards – Sat. June 5th at 8pm
The 6th Annual Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, June 5-6, 2010 Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building Hall G 222 Bremner Blvd. Hours Saturday: 11:00am – 6:00pm Sunday: 11:00am – 5:00pm Directions By Train & Bus -Union Station, Toronto’s main rail station, is a block away from the Convention… Read More Happenings: Toronto ComiCON – June 5-6, 2010
Special Guests: •David Lloyd (V for Vendetta) •James Lloyd (The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis) •Ken Boesem (The Village) •Jesse Davidge (Mathemagick & Mystiphysics) •Kelly Everaert (Jungle Tales, Trilogy of Terror) •Matthew Ocasio (The Matter) •Andrew Salmon (Sherlock Holmes, Secret Agent X) •Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Hemp Island) •Donald King •Carrie McKay •Beth Wagner •Critical Hit… Read More Happenings: Vancouver Comicon – May 30, 2010
Wednesday May 19th – Stadium Comics @ the Shopper’s World Mall, 499 Main Street, Brampton, ON AVENGERS DAY! The Earth’s Mightiest heroes assemble on May 19th for the inaugural, first-annual, Avengers Day! This historic event marks an all new era for Marvel’s greatest heroes as the Avengers come together to usher in The Heroic Age.… Read More Vince Sunico at Stadium Comics for Avengers Day – Wed. May 19th
Jason Truong’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) 2010 Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BRAMPTON (ON) – Brampton native Michael Cera has made quite a name for himself in Hollywood, having starred in several popular movies and television shows. It’s his latest movie, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World that has one local business extending the actor an interesting invitation. “The Scott Pilgrim movie is based on… Read More Brampton, ON’s Stadium Comics declares August 13 “Michael Cera Day”
Members of the Awards Association spent two enjoyable days at the Toronto Reference Library checking out the now annual Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Associate Director Robert Haines, Publisher Liaison Allison Covey, Associate Member Jason Truong and myself, plus many members of the Association’s past and present Nominating Committees and Juries were milling about, as well… Read More TCAF 2010 – over and out!
The print version will be available at TCAF this weekend, but Max has placed the whole paper online for review over at Sequential.
This weekend sees the return of the now annual TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL: The Toronto Comic Arts Festival Saturday May 8th, 9am-5pm & Sunday May 9th, 11am-5pm @ Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St., Toronto, Canada, 416-533-9168 Admission to TCAF is Free. Presented by: The Toronto Public Library, The Beguiling, Eye Weekly, Broken Pencil The… Read More Happenings: Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) May 8-9, 2010
2010 NOMINATIONS: Part 1 (Artist, Cartoonist, Colourist, Cover Art, Webcomic, Writer) Part 2 (Publisher, Retailer, Comics for Kids) Part 3 (Self-Publisher, Hall of Fame) The 6th Annual Awards Ceremony starts at 8pm on Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at the Innis Town Hall (University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue) with returning Master of Ceremonies Jonathan Llyr.… Read More The 6th Annual Joe Shuster Awards
Before we get lost in TCAF I just want to get out the reminder to Montreal area comic fans that Oscar and Alex are holding another MONTREAL COMIC-CON this weekend on Sunday May 9th! Hours: 11-5 Location: Place Bonaventure, room 200-N, 800, rue de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal (Quebec) H5A 1K6 Admission: $5, Children under… Read More Happenings: Montreal Comic-Con May 9, 2010
Going coast-to-coast and starting on the Atlantic side: The Lair, in Corner Brook, NF, enjoyed their first FCBD. Strange Adventures once again rented an indoor space to hold FCBD, just to avoid any pesky weather issues (it did rain in Toronto). Darwyn Cooke was on hand, doing his ever generous thing. Darwyn is one of… Read More So What Happened on FCBD?
Sarah Simison contacted us to pass along the following: Thought you might be interested in the fact that Mariko Tamaki will be at the Festival of Words in Moose Jaw July 15-18, 2010. She wrote the graphic novel “Skim” and the drawings were created by her cousin Jillian Tamaki. She will be discussing the collaborative… Read More Mariko Tamaki at the Festival of Words – Moose Jaw SK July 15-18
The film adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World movie comes out later this summer, and now word is coming out that Michel Rabagliati’s award-winning/nominated BD Paul à Québec is going to be making the jump to the big screen! ‘Paul à Québec’: Karine Vanasse produira l’adaptation de la bande dessinée mercredi… Read More Paul à Québec – the movie!
Jason Kieffer is giving a presentation on his most recent comic book, The Rabble of Downtown Toronto. Cartoonist Dave Lapp will join Jason for an onstage interview about the book. ——- Jason Kieffer Presents His Latest Comic Book The Rabble of Downtown Toronto With Dave Lapp Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 — 8 PM The Central… Read More Happenings: Jason Kieffer discussion – Thursday, April 22
Having the handy dandy resource of ‘Links to Retailers in Canada‘ over there on the right side of the page, I took a tour of the interweb to see what stores are advertising a special Free Comic Book Day event. Yes, I clicked every store link. Note to Retailers: if you would like to have… Read More Happenings: Free Comic Book Day, May 1, 2010
Les Prix Bédélys Last evening at a special ceremony held at the auditorium of la Grande Bibliothèque (475 boul. De Maisonneuve Est) in Montreal, Promo 9e art presented the 11th annual prix Bédélys, which honour the best in French language graphic novels/comics (bandes dessinées) published in 2009. Four juries composed of amateurs and professionals selected… Read More Les Prix Bédélys: Winners Announced – Paul 06 x 2, Rapport de Stage, Pico Bogue 03
This past weekend I was in Chicago for the first Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo. A number of Canadian professionals attended – from David Finch (Brightest Day), Cameron Stewart (Sin Titulo), Ramon Perez (Kukuburi), Scott Hepburn (The Port), Leo Leibelman (Heavy Metal), Valentine DeLandro (X-Factor), Logan and Lisa Lubera (Hasbro), Craig Yeung (Runaways), Ryan Sohmer… Read More Back from the inaugural C2E2; Visions Round 3 news
Laurence Hyde: Southern Cross Exhibit Programming Exhibit Talk with Colin Upton Sunday, April 18 4:30-6pm free event Join Colin Upton in conversation with Sharon Kallis – Looking at Lawrence Hyde’s work, the Southern Cross. Colin and Sharon will discuss Hyde’s narrative wood engravings and the work in the context of the contemporary graphic novel. The… Read More Colin Upton gallery event
Presented yesterday at a ceremony in Quebec City as part of the 23rd Festival de la bande dessinée francophone de Québec (FBDFQ) the BÉDÉIS CAUSA consist of four awards – the nominees are listed below – with the winners in BOLD. Congratulations to all! Prix Réal-Fillion Auteur québécois, scénariste ou dessinateur, s’étant le plus illustré… Read More BÉDÉIS CAUSA 2010 WINNERS – JEAN-SÉBASTIEN BÉRUBÉ, PAUL À QUÉBEC & SAINT-GERMAIN T. 1 + BLAST
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 