We are pleased to announce that the Joe Shuster Awards are now accepting nominations for our Harry Kremer Retailer of the Year award. The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer /Le Prix de Harry Kremer pour Détaillant Exceptionnel Canadien de Bandes Dessinées was created to recognize the contributions that brick and mortar… Read More Retailer of the Year Nominations
As tomorrow is the last official ship week from Diamond Distributors, our team has been compiling the lists of eligible creators who created works in English, French and other languages! These lists will debut on this site during the first week of January 2010. It looks to have been another great year for Canadians who… Read More 2009 Eligible Creators Lists
If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, be sure to drop by the Gladstone Hotel for Canzine 2009. I (Robert Haines) will be there touching base with a whole bunch of creators and checking out their new comics/comix/zines. Most of these creators will be eligible for the 2010 Gene Day award so if… Read More Canzine – November 1st & the 2010 Gene Day Award
Jennifer Stewart is the owner of The Dragon in Guelph, ON. Along with a greater public profile the past few years, The Dragon just recently moved into a new space down the street from the old location. Now located in the downtown mall setting, The Old Quebec Street Mall, the store has doubled in space… Read More Comic Retailers – The Dragon (Guelph, ON)
The Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association’s jury members are proud to announce the five finalists for the inaugural Gene Day Award for Self-Publishing. The winner will be announced at the 2009 Joe Shuster Awards ceremony on September 26, 2009 at U. of T.’s Innis Town Hall: Jordyn F. Bochon for The Day After V-Day.… Read More Gene Day Award for Self-Publishing Finalists
The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer /Le Prix de Harry Kremer pour Détaillant Exceptionnel Canadien de Bandes Dessinées Is there something special about your local comic shop? Do they deserve recognition for the wonderful in-store experience they provide? Do they go above and beyond, with a bright, well laid out, positive… Read More Kremer Retailer Award – Nominated Stores so far…
The Comics for Kids Award / Prix de Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants recognizes creators who have produced works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to create a passion for life-long reading. Works considered for this award are comic books and graphic novels by Canadian creators that are targeted at readers… Read More Comics for Kids Award Nominees
UPDATE: MAY 6, 2009: The awards presentation date has been moved to the weekend of September 26-27, 2009. Watch the site for details as they become available. Preface: It’s important to reflect as you review this list that in most cases COMICS ARE A COLLABORATIVE MEDIUM, and that while these awards are handed out along… Read More Nominations for the 2009 Joe Shuster Awards
The English Nominating Committee has finalized their selections for the following categories: Artist, Cartoonist, Colourist and Writer. The French Nominating Committee will be submitting their selections early this week to round off the ballot. The Executive Committee is currently finalizing the Publisher, Webcomics and Cover Art nominees. The Press Release with the finalized ballot for… Read More Nominating Update
The French and English Language Works Nomination Committees are hard at work reviewing comics and graphic novels for the following four awards: WRITER, ARTIST, COLOURIST and CARTOONIST. Yesterday, Round One of the nominating process for the 7-member English language committee was completed, the results tabulated and divided into three groups for each category: 1. Receiving… Read More Nominations update
The central nominating committees for 2008 publications are still at work narrowing down their selections for the first round of selections. The Hall of Fame Selection Committee (Henry Mietkiewicz, John Adcock, John Bell, John MacMillan and Michel Viau) have finalized their choices for this year’s inductees into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame.… Read More JSA Update Feb. 11
Presented today is the initial release of Webcomics for our 2009 Eligibility list. To qualify the creator must have produced webcomic work in 2008. Please note: a webcomic is often a collaborative medium, the Joe Shuster Awards apply only to Canadians working in comics. In the case of two Canadians working together, both… Read More 2008 The Eligible Creators List (Webcomics) for the 2009 Awards
Your 2009 Nominating Committee includes 7 individuals from across Canada. From East to West, they are: RACHELLE GOGUEN (Halifax, Nova Scotia) STAVROS BAKOS and the Vincent Massey Collegiate Comic Book Club (Montreal, Quebec) TY BUTTARS (Toronto, Ontario) JONATHAN P. KUEHLEIN (Toronto, Ontario) JAY BARDYLA (Calgary, Alberta) SHAWNA ROE (Calgary, Alberta) ROBIN McCONNELL (Vancouver, British Columbia)
Thanks for your help! Jason has been doing updates to the master list as we have been getting the information and updates in from people, so please make sure to let him know if there’s something wrong or missing from the Eligible list. We’ve received a lot of great information already about Canadians who have contributions… Read More Eligible Creators List – keep the feedback coming!
Is there something special about your local comic shop? Do they deserve recognition for the wonderful in-store experience they provide? Do they go above and beyond, with a bright, well laid out, positive shopping experience? Perhaps some of the community outreach they did in 2008 deserves special attention. Well, you can help them achieve that… Read More 2009 Harry Kremer Comics Retailer Award – Nominations are now Open
Thanks to the many individuals who have already sent in information regarding eligible creators who may not be on the eligible creator list. We will be updating the lists as soon as the information is confirmed. We would just like to remind you that some people may not be on the list for the following… Read More Updates are pouring in – keep them coming!
CCBCAA member Jason Truong has released his list of eligible creators for works published in 2008. The list was compiled over the last six weeks using information provided from a number of different sources, such as Diamond Distributors and publishing websites. https://joeshusterawards.com/the-2008-eligible-creators-list-english-language-publications/ As always, we publish the lists here on the website so that people can… Read More Eligible Creators and their 2008 publications (English Language) list is ready for review
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