Appearing at the Top Shelf booth (#1721) —JEFF LEMIRE— Signing the debut softcover and hardcover editions of  THE COLLECTED ESSEX COUNTY. http://www.topshelfcomix.com/jefflemire

A few Canadian creators have tables in Artist’s Alley… Bobby Chiu II-01 David Finch LL-10 Please note: According to his website, David Finch will no longer be located in Artist’s Alley and instead will be appearing at BOOTH 4601. Leo Leibelman JJ-13 Francis Manapul DD-09 Francis notes on his blog: Hey folks so here’s the… Read More SDCCI: Artist’s Alley – Finch moves, Manapul premieres Art Book

John Kricfalusi Artist/animator, Ren and Stimpy Canadian-born animator John Kricfalusi is the animated cartoon’s modern pioneer. He started his career in the 1980s working on show such as The Smurfs, Laverne and Shirley in the Army and other Saturday morning cartoons. Ralph Bakshi discovered John in 1987 and hired him to direct CBS’s Ralph Bakshi’s… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: John Kricfalusi

Seth Cartoonist/designer, Palookaville, It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, Wimbledon Green, George Sprott Seth is the cartoonist behind the series Palookaville and the novels, It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken, Wimbledon Green, Clyde Fans, Bannock, Beans And Black Tea and Vernacular Drawings. Seth serialized George Sprott (1894-1975) in the New York… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: Seth

Bryan Lee O’Malley Writer/Artist, Scott Pilgrim Graphic Novels Bryan Lee O’Malley‘s six-volume graphic novel series, Scott Pilgrim (Oni Press), has earned considerable acclaim since its 2004 debut. He has won numerous awards, including Harvey, Joe Shuster, and Doug Wright Awards, as well as nominations for an Eisner Award and the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award.… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: Bryan Lee O’Malley

Francis Manapul Artist, Legion of Super-Heroes, Superman/Batman, Adventure Comics Francis Manapul is the acclaimed artist of DC’s new series Adventure Comics. He has also illustrated Superman/Batman, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Tomb Raider, and Witchblade, as well as a French graphic album Sept Guierrieres for Editions Delcourt. Francis was born in Manila, Philippines and grew up… Read More SDCCI Special Guest: Francis Manapul

After Fan Expo Canada, the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo and the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, the fourth largest event for Canadians interested in English language comic books takes place in another country completely – in beautiful San Diego, California, USA for the 40th (!) annual San Diego Comic Con International, which takes place between… Read More Coming up: Canada’s 4th largest English language Comic Con…. the San Diego Comic Con International

CantonRep.com brings us up to speed on some of the things that will be going on in Cleveland this upcoming weekend, the city where young Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster met and mapped out what would eventually become  Superman — a character that has gone on to a special place at the top of the… Read More Cleveland honours Siegel and Shuster this weekend

Vancouver Comicon Sunday, July 5th, 2009 11am to 5pm Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC Special Guests: Joshua Middleton (Superman/Shazam! First Thunder, Supergirl, Fables, NYX) Rusty Beach (Outnumbered) Ken Boesem (The Village) Robin Bougie (Cineme Sewer) Kelly Everaert (Jungle Tales, Trilogy of Terror) Andrew Salmon (Secret Agent X) Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Hemp… Read More Upcoming Conventions in Canada – July 3 to July 30, 2009

POP CULTURE COLLECTIBLES FAIR – Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC. Sunday, June 13, 2009 VANCOUVER COMICON – Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC. Sunday, July 5, 2009 Please let us know if you have a comics-related show or event coming up so we can promote it on this blog. In the… Read More Upcoming Conventions in Canada – June 12-July 9

London Free Press on-line editor Dan Brown will moderate the newly formed GNG (Graphic novel group) at London, Ontario comic book store L.A. Mood — first meeting is this Saturday, June 13, 2009.

MONTREAL COMIC-CON – Place Bonaventure, 800 rue de la Gauchetière Ouest Sunday, June 7, 2009 Guests include: DAVE ROSS (Angel: After the Fall artist) Room 200-N Admission: $3.00 POP CULTURE COLLECTIBLES FAIR – Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC. Sunday, June 13, 2009

Recently launched, the Toronto Cartoonists Workshop is a learning environment where aspiring cartoonists can study with working professionals in the North American comic book, webcomics, animation and illustration fields. Workshops are eight weekly sessions of three hours each and attendance is limited to a maximum of 15 students to optimize individual learning. The TCW does… Read More Toronto Cartoonists Workshop

OTTAWA COMIC-CON – Ottawa Civic Centre 1015 Bank Street Sunday, May 31, 2009 MONTREAL COMIC-CON – Place Bonaventure, 800 rue de la Gauchetière Ouest Sunday, June 7, 2009 Guests include: DAVE ROSS (Angel artist) POP CULTURE COLLECTIBLES FAIR – Croatian Cultural Centre, 3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC. Sunday, June 13, 2009

A couple of my favourite female creators, Willow Dawson and Diana Tamblyn, will be doing a signing this weekend at L.A. Mood Comics and Games in London, ON. More information can be found at the L.A. Mood Comics and Gameswebsite. Robert