Source: Doom Patrol Blog J. Torres and J. Bone team-up again, in issue #7 of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, which will see release in July 2009. MGA80: The two of you have worked together before – for the readers’ sake – when was that? Torres: It was about 7 or 8 years ago… Read More J. Torres and J. Bone interviewed at the Doom Patrol blog
Lloyd & Gareth are the owners and the only employees, they love comics and want to truly provide their customers with excellent service. A past finalist for Retailer of the Year, Legends Comics & Books is a great comic shop located in Victoria, on the lovely Vancouver Island, a hotbed of comic culture. I think… Read More Comic Retailers – Legends Comics & Books (Victoria, BC)
Newsarama has posted an article/interview with cartoonist Seth re: the upcoming collection – George Sprott 1894-1975. George Sprott 1894-1975 is a Drawn & Quarterly publication, and is set to arrive in stores in May 2009.
Source: Comic Book Resources One of the 2009 Joe Shuster Awards Nominees, J. Torres, was interviewed by Comic Book Resources’ Jeffrey Renaud. In January, DC Comics launched a companion series, “Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” and come June a new writer comes on board in J. Torres. No stranger to kid-friendly fare, Torres previously… Read More J. Torres interviewed at Comic Book Resources
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is creating a new graphic language which jars the familiar artwork of Canada’s First Nations by uniting classic Haida design with an Asian art influence: Manga. Michael has dubbed this work Haida Manga – part Haida, part Manga. Social and environmental issues play a large role in his works, and his new… Read More Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Interview
Jeffery Klaehn recently conducted a short interview with Hall of Famer John Byrne about his new Star Trek work for IDW.
Source: The Pulse Earlier this week, Jennifer M. Contino of The Pulse, conducted an interview with 2006 Joe Shuster Award Winner, J. Torres. The interview also reveals that J. Torres will re-team with J. Bone for an upcoming issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold (the two are the team behind, Alison Dare, Little… Read More J. Torres interviewed at The Pulse
Montreal-born comic book artist Bernard Chang (Wonder Woman) takes a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk with the Lafayette Journal & Courier.
Source: Comic Book Resources Hamilton, Ontario-born, Joe Infurnari will be providing the artwork for the “Tales from the Great War” back-up story, written by Mark Waid, starting with issue #3 of Jersey Gods (which will see release on Wednesday April 1st, 2009, published by Image Comics). Mark Waid conducts an interviews with Joe Infurnari, over… Read More Joe Infurnari interviewed by Mark Waid @ CBR
Publisher’s Weekly ran an article yesterday about Canadian OEL manga creator Svetlana Chmakova, whose most recent work, Nightschool, debuts this spring. This is the first volume in a series, which will be published by Yen Press. The series will also be serialized in the hefty manga magazine Yen Plus.
Courtesy of the Winnipeg Sun, here’s a link to video clip featuring Winnipeg colourist Chris Chuckry. UPDATED: A follow-up article Artist’s pride: Spider-Man with Obama was published in the March 25 Winnipeg Sun. Writer Paul Turenne reports: Chuckry has been colouring comic books for nearly 20 years, but ranks the Obama cover among his crowning… Read More Local artist brings colour to comic books: Winnipeg’s Chris Chuckry
Wizard Magazine’s Rachel Molino has posted an interview she conducted with JSA Cartoonist 2008 Winner Jeff Lemire about the upcoming The Nobody original graphic novel, the Essex County Trilogy and more. Click on this link to check it out.
Courtesy of McLeans: Making fun of Canadian history A 25-year-old’s comics feature characters like John Diefenbaker and Margaret Trudeau by Alexandra Shimo Was Lester B. Pearson too nice to be prime minister? Was John Diefenbaker a mad, bug-eyed egotist? And was Pierre and Margaret Trudeau’s marital relationship a little like that of father and daughter?… Read More McLeans spotlights cartoonist Kate Beaton
Source: Hollywood North Report DC Comics character ‘Zatanna’ will appear in upcoming episodes of the Vancouver-lensed CW TV series Smallville, played by actress Serinda Swan. In the episode Hex, airing Thursday, March 26, female magician ‘Zatanna’ (Serinda Swan) shows up at the birthday party of ‘Chloe’ (Allison Mack), granting Chloe’s wish to be more like… Read More Serinda Swan as Smallville’s Zatanna
Source: NOW Magazine NOW Magazine has an article on the process of the upcoming film, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, which also features quotes from director, Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), and Canadian-born Scott Pilgrim creator, Bryan Lee O’Malley. Bryan Lee O’Malley lived in Toronto for only three years, but that was… Read More In the News: NOW Magazine on Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Comic Book Resources staff writer Shaun Manning talks to Captain Canuck creator Richard Comely and IDW editor Scott Dunbier about the upcoming Captain Canuck reprint project. Comely attributes Captain Canuck’s particular place in comics history to the fact that in 1975, his book was the only full-color self-published book distributed to the mass market. But… Read More Richard Comely and IDW’s Scott Dunbier on the Captain Canuck reprint volumes
The Joe Shuster Awards love comic shops big and small. If you would like to see your store profiled here, please contact us: retailers@joeshusterawards.com. Today we touch base with Comic Encounters, located in Terrace, British Columbia. Like so many small town comic shop owners, Gerry Mattson loves comics. He loves comics so much, he quit… Read More Comic Retailers – Comic Encounters (Terrace, BC)
Source: Comic Book Resources Comic Book Resources conducts an interview with Toronto creator, Jim Su, about Crozonia, which will see release in April 2009. “Crozonia,” written and illustrated by Jim Su and published by Su’s Beach Creative Studios, will follow an offshoot of the Lost City as it struggles to maintain its independence from Atlantis.… Read More Interviews: Jim Su
Courtesy of Comic Book Resources: An interview with Ryan Sohmer, one half of the duo that won the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Webcomics Creative Team in 2008. Ryan and Lar De Souza produce the webcomics “Looking for Group” and “Least I Can Do”, which have also been collected in print. From CBR: Ryan Sohmer… Read More Interviews: Ryan Sohmer
Newsarama interviews Stuart and Kathryn Immonen about their current projects, including their recent collection of webcomics Never as Bad as You Think and the upcoming Moving Pictures.
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