Breaking news from Conundrum Press! The ink is still wet but conundrum press has just signed for the English rights to publish Philippe Girard’s next book Tuez Vélasquez. We are honoured to be Philippe’s English publisher and look forward to more books from him in the future. Details to come but here is the French… Read More Conundrum Press to publish translated edition of Girard’s Tuer Velasquez in 2011
The print version will be available at TCAF this weekend, but Max has placed the whole paper online for review over at Sequential.
So here’s where we stand as of today: The 3rd wave of Visions Wolverine auctions end tomorrow night – April 27th – and there’s a lot of interest in some of the pieces already, especially the one by Francis Manapul. Expect the 4th wave to launch tomorrow as the 3rd comes to a close. Still… Read More JSA Update
Karl Kerschl has some exciting news today: I’m proud to officially announce Book One of The Abominable Charles Christopher, collecting Chapter One of the Eisner-nominated webcomic. Wrapped in an embossed, faux suede hardcover, this 144-page tome collects all of the comics from the first two years of the series, along with lots of additional illustrations… Read More The Abominable Charles Christopher goes to print!
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
Since the establishment of the Premier Publisher status in 1996, no new companies have been advanced to Premier Status beyond the initial group of Acclaim (formerly known as Valiant – now defunct), Dark Horse, DC Comics, Image Comics and Marvel Comics. That changed today as IDW has been promoted to Premier status and will now… Read More IDW is now a Diamond Premier Publisher
“Diamond to Launch Kids Comic Shop Locator at kidscomics.com” (BALTIMORE, MD) — (March 10, 2010) —Diamond announced today plans to launch a new website and comic shop locator aimed at directing kids and parents to kid-friendly comic shops across the United States and Canada. The new site at kidscomics.com will debut in March and feature… Read More Diamond launches kidscomics.com store locator service
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.
Dave Howard continues his excellent interview series, this time with Condundrum Press publisher Andy Brown. If you haven’t looked at Conundrum Press’ recent and upcoming offerings, you really are missing out on some interesting and exciting graphic novels. Conundrum Press was nominated last year for the Publisher Award and will most likely be back again… Read More Torontoist interviews Andy Brown of Conundrum Press
Todd McFarlane was recently in New York for the annual Toy Fair event and Newsarama’s Michael Avila had an opportunity to ask him some questions. He’s also busier on the comic book front than he’s been in years. He continues to ink “Haunt,” the book he co-created with Robert Kirkman, as well as inking “Spawn.”… Read More Newsarama talks with Todd
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 an… Read More Comics in Broken Pencil #46
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
“DC Comics Voted Publisher of the Year by Comic Book Retailers; Batman and Robin #1, Blackest Night #1 Lauded as Best Comics of 2009” “Comic Book Retailers Honor Industry’s Bestsellers with 2009 Diamond Gem Awards” (BALTIMORE, MD) — (January 29, 2009) — Diamond Comic Distributors is proud to announce the winners of the 2009 Diamond… Read More Diamond announces the 2009 Gem Award Winners: The Hunter selected best original graphic novel
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
I have a question for you pertaining to a comic book that I recently purchased titled “TALES FROM THE CRYPT” #20 and whether or not it is a version released in Canada. There’s a maple leaf in the upper left hand corner of the cover and it says it was published by a comic book… Read More Superior Comics Question
National Post cartoonist Steve Murray has reached a deal with publisher McClelland & Stewart to publish his graphic novel history of Canada, The True North: Graphic Tales of Canada. Steve Murray, who is responsible for graphic features in the Post such as Newsmaker Fortunes and Extremely Bad Advice, will release the book in 2011. “I… Read More Steve Murray gets a book deal
Beyond giving out our yearly awards, the CCBCAA’s mandate is to promote the work of Canadians in the industry, so here we go: Retailers must have their Diamond orders uploaded by 11:59pm, Tuesday, December 1 — yes, that is tomorrow. Prices in the Diamond catalogue are listed in US$. Every store has their own currency… Read More Canadians in the November Diamond Previews (shipping 01/10)
Newsarama has been interviewing the Image Comics founders this week, including a two-part interview with Todd McFarlane. Topics include Image United, Spawn, creator rights, movies, animation and more. Part 1 Part 2
Within comic retailing circles there seems to be an ongoing discussion about age appropriate material. Comics are for Kids! Comics aren’t for Kids! There are no good comics for children! Just this week it erupted again on the news site ICv2. Buddy Saunders of Lone Star Comics on Comic Book Content ‘Comics Aren’t for Kids… Read More Comics for Kids are out there — you just need to look for them.
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 