As we are nearing the projected publication date for the final volume of the Scott Pilgrim series and the highly-anticipated movie based on the books, as well as a video game — Comic Book Resources checked in with Bryan Lee O’Malley about all things Scott Pilgrim.
We here at the Awards Association are saddened to learn that the legendary American fantasy illustrator and Golden Age comic book artist Frank Frazetta has passed away in a hospital near his home in Boca Grande, Florida after suffering a stroke . We would like to express our condolences to his family and friends, and… Read More Frank Frazetta, 1928-2010 – R.I.P.
The print version will be available at TCAF this weekend, but Max has placed the whole paper online for review over at Sequential.
Sad news from Montreal as another Canadian store has closed, this time it’s Montreal’s Librarie Fichtre!, nominated last week for the Harry Kremer Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer. Fichtre! had been in business 14 years. From Saturday’s Le Devoir En bref – La librairie Fichtre! ferme ses portes Une petite-grande institution vient de s’éteindre. La… Read More Montreal’s Librairie Fichtre! has closed – but for how long?
The newest issue of Broken Pencil showed up on my doorstep (a result of the subscription special offered at Canzine 2009) and there is some comic related notes in the issue: Jason Turner’s regular comic column regular appearing comics: Geofriends, I already know how my life will go, and the very cool, Mr. Monitor a… Read More Comics in Broken Pencil #47
The insatiable Mark Medley does even more interviews with attendees: Stuart and Kathryn Immonen, Miriam Libicki, Jim Rugg, Troy Little, Willow Dawson, Zack Giallongo, Spike, Evan Munday, Jason Turner, Rob Jackson, Aaron Costain, Lizz Lunney, Jason Loo, Noel Tuazon, Jordan Bursach, Jamie Q, Tugboat Press and Le Studio coopératif Premières Lignes.
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!
The Comic Book Bin took some time to look at the 2010 Joe Shuster Award Nominees whose works were published in French. The full list of creator nominees whose work was published in French in 2009: Artist/Dessinateur * Marc Delafontaine – Les nombrils, tome 04: Duels de belles (Dupuis) * Djief Bergeron – Saint-Germain, Tome… Read More A Look at the 2010 French Nominees
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
Canadian creators are once again very well represented in this year’s nominations. Leading the pack is Darwyn Cooke for Richard Stark’s Parker – The Hunter with three nominations: Adaptation from Another Work, Graphic Album – New, and Writer/Artist! Following is Jeff Lemire with two nominations – one for Best New Series (Sweet Tooth) and the… Read More Eisner Award Nominations Announced: Cooke, Lemire lead (somewhat) healthy Canadian representation!
Wondercon 2010 spotlight on David Finch http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25614 Leonard Kirk will be talking over as artist on Marvel’s New Mutants title http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25587 Finally, the first 10 of the Visions of an Icon: Wolverine art auctions are up on eBay – contributions by Jeff Lemire, Terry Pallot, Noel Tuazon, Nick Postic, Raffielle Ienco, Kelly Tindall, Steve Rolston,… Read More Finch at Wondercon, Kirk on New Mutants, Visions of an Icon auctions are up!
On Saturday, at San Francisco’s WonderCon, moderator Scott Dunbier and Darwyn Cooke sat down and took questions from the crowd. Graeme McMillan from Comic Book Resources was there and filed this report.
For Immediate Release NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 6th Annual Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards – Presentation Ceremony in June 2010 Toronto, Canada — March 17, 2010. From coast to coast, Canada is home to many of the comic book industry’s top talents, and the JOE SHUSTER AWARDS are a way of recognizing… Read More Nominations for the 2010 Joe Shuster Awards
Returning as Master of Ceremonies in 2010 is Jonathan Llyr. Jonathan Llyr is one of the most recognizable geeks in Canada today. As host of the nationally broadcast SPACE Channel’s SPACEY AWARDS for their first five years, Jon earned the respect of Hardcore Nerds everywhere when, over the years, Richard Dean Anderson had him ‘thrown… Read More 2010 JSA Master of Ceremonies: Jonathan Llyr Returns
The Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards will once again be presented at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue in Toronto, Ontario. The 6th Annual JSA ceremony will take place on the evening of Saturday, June 5, 2010.
The 6th in the Paul series by Francophone cartoonist Michel Rabagliati, Paul à Québec (La Pasteque) was selected as the winner of the Prix du Public Fnac-SNC this past weekend at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême in France. Congratulations Michel! Le Devoir CBC CBC (includes audio interview link with Michel Rabagliati Sequential… Read More Paul à Québec honoré à Angoulême
Thanks to the Beat for drawing attention to this: Sandy Bilus counts 130 separate “Best of” lists for 2009 to come up with the Best Comics of 2009 Meta-List. Bilus uses the weighted scale devised by Chad Nevett and a system pioneered by dear departed Dick Hyacinth. Books by Canadians or featuring the work of… Read More Books by Canadians prominent on 2009 “best of” lists.
Following the events of the current DC crossover Blackest Night, DC Comics will launch Brightest Day, a 26 issue series written by popular writers Geoff Johns and Peter Tomasi that will ship bi-weekly starting in April 2010 and will tie in with many ongoing DC titles and spawn some related mini-series. The series launches with… Read More DC announces Brightest Day series, new hire David Finch named as cover artist
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Just a note to let you know that we still have a few spots left in the “Writing for Comics” workshop with Ty Templeton. If you’re not familiar with Ty’s work, he has done everything from indy small press material for Fantagraphics and Vortex Comics to scripting for DC, Marvel, Bongo and IDW. The Comics… Read More TCW January update: Ty Templeton interviewed by the Comics Journal and more
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 