With a movie coming out in 2010, the award-winning Scott Pilgrim series is getting a lot of heat lately, and creator Bryan Lee O’Malley lets us know that he has nothing to do with the new British/Commonwealth (excluding Canada) editions of his popular Oni Press series. Borders US is pushing Scott Pilgrim by compiling volumes… Read More Publishing round up
Joeshusterawards.com is your source for comprehensive Canadian comic creator website links and webcomics: Canadian Creators Canadian Self-publishers Canadian Webcomics Is your site link missing? Contact Jason Truong at jason@joeshusterawards.com
Published earlier this week, Graphic novels: Canadian Splendour – How Quebec’s Drawn & Quarterly became a global powerhouse in the unlikely realm of graphic novels by reporter Jason McBride profiles the history, growth and overall success of Chris Oliveros’ Drawn & Quarterly. The article features lots of quotes from comics critic/historian Jeet Heer and the… Read More Canadian Business Magazine profiles Drawn & Quarterly
After the hugely positive response to the Darkstalkers Tribute art book, fan outcry for more Darkstalkers stories became clear. Now, the ghoulish monsters and sexy seductresses of Darkstalkers are coming back to comics! This January, UDON bring fans more tales featuring creatures of the night with an all-new 3 issue miniseries titled Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors.… Read More Udon brings Darkstalkers back in January 2010!
Jesse Jacobs, winner of the inaugural Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishing at this year’s Joe Shuster Awards, is profiled on the Fabler blog.
Arcana Launches Comics & Pop Culture Magazine VANCOUVER (November 5, 2009) – Arcana Studios, an award winning comic book publisher and transmedia producer, is proud to announce the launch of Arcana Magazine. Debuting on January 27th 2010, and solicited in the current November Previews (Diamond Code: NOV09 0599) is the new quarterly magazine simply entitled… Read More Arcana Studios Launches Comics & Pop Culture Magazine
Not to be outdone by Publisher’s Weekly – Amazon.com has released their best books of 2009 list for Comics and Graphic Novels and it also includes some Canadian content: #2 GEORGE SPROTT (1894-1975) by Seth, published by Drawn & Quarterly #10 MASTERPIECE COMICS published by Drawn & Quarterly
To see the full list – visit the PW website. 2 of the top 11 comics selections are by Canadian creators (and sure to be contenders in next year’s JSA Outstanding Cartoonist category): Parker: The Hunter Darwyn Cooke and Richard Stark (IDW) A magnificent comics recreation of Stark/Donald Westlake’s noir classic of crime and vengeance… Read More Publishers Weekly names best books of 2009 incl. Graphic Novels
EVENT: Toronto Comic Launch Party @ CAMERON HOUSE for C.C.C.C.P. by RoosterTree ComicLit DATE: Tuesday, November 3 – 8pm to midnight (approx.) LOCATION: Cameron House, 408 Queen St W, Toronto, ON We’re having a Launch Party! The anthology C.C.C.C.P.: Creative Community Collected Comics Pages has been available for a few weeks, & now it’s time… Read More Happenings – CCCP Launch Party – Tuesday November 3rd
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
Tonight Dave Sim launched his latest venture: CerebusTV. One of the announcements made on the show is that CEREBUS ARCHIVES will no longer be carried by Diamond Distributors as the orders were too low to meet the controversial thresholds set earlier this year. Sim intends to continue the series using ComiXPRESS. Another announcement that was… Read More Launched: CerebusTV
In case you didn’t catch the link on the winner’s list: you can view Dave Sim’s 3-part video acceptance speech for the Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist Award on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 To support the launch of his new website Cerebus TV, Dave Sim is auctioning himself off for one –… Read More Dave Sim acceptance speech, CerebusTV fundraising information.
Jamie Coville files his report for the Collector Times website: http://www.collectortimes.com/cons1.html
Click here to download a full audio recording of the Awards ceremony, courtesy of Jamie Coville. Announced at a packed ceremony held at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, the 2009 Joe Shuster Award winners are: Artist/Dessinateur David Finch – Ultimatum #1-2 (Marvel Comics) Cartoonist/Créateur Dave Sim – Glamourpuss #1-4, Judenhaas (Aardvark-Vanaheim) View Dave… Read More Your 2009 Joe Shuster Award winners! (updated with more video links)
Beyond giving out our yearly awards, 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, September 1. Prices in the Diamond catalogue are listed in US$. Every store has their own currency exchange policy, expect the price to… Read More Canadians in the August Diamond Previews (shipping 10/09)
Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerard have released the second issue of Sword of My Mouth — but this one is only available to online subscribers. Here’s the good news: This is not like when you missed the latest issue of Blackest Night and had no idea what was going on. Sword of My Mouth is… Read More Sword of My Mouth #2 – online release
Much has been made of the changes in Diamond Comics minimum order levels and the effect this will have on the small press. Independent retailers (aka, your local comic book store) as well as small publishers and self-publishers in Canada have the potential to be harshly impacted. Here’s to supporting the efforts of these creators:… Read More The Bear Stories Vol. 2 drops at FanExpo
Michael Angelos, the British Columbia based owner of Castle Rain Entertainment, reveals the evolution of a page. From the soon to be released graphic novel Jack the Lantern: War of the Soul: Pencil art by Mark Kidwell, inks by Kidwell and Tony Bledsoe, with Angelos as the writer. Jack the Lantern: War of the Soul,… Read More Jack the Lantern: step by step
Man, it’s getting down to the wire here. By no means will this list be complete, but this is an idea whose time has come. Beyond giving out our yearly awards, 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… Read More Canadians in the July Previews
Comics Reporter and the D+Q blog announce a great coup: Drawn + Quarterly has acquired the publishing rights to Daniel Clowes’ next graphic novel, Wilson. D+Q, the three time winner of the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Publisher, has added another great talent to the publishing line-up D+Q provided a statement from its publisher and… Read More D+Q and Dan Clowes
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 