As most people know, I work on the Comic Book Expo side of FAN EXPO CANADA (TM). It’s my job*, at the show, to look after the comic book creator guests in the guest area and to make sure the comics programming runs smoothly. Joining me on the Comics Expo team from the JSA is… Read More Happenings: Fan Expo Canada, August 27-29, 2010
June 5th was Hobbystar’s Toronto ComiCON event at the convention centre followed by the presentation of the Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards.
Thanks to Jamie Coville for recording this. For Jamie’s San Diego pictures: http://picasaweb.google.ca/comichistory/2010SanDiego http://picasaweb.google.ca/comichistory/2010EisnerAwards Jamie also recorded 12 panels and the Eisner Awards ceremony. Direct link to audio can be found here: http://www.thecomicbooks.com/audio.html#2010SanDiego Of interest to this blog is: http://www.TheComicbooks.com/Audio/10-07-22-SD-SiegelandShuster.mp3 Comic Arts Conference: New Fun About Siegel and Shuster (1:20:09, 73.3mb) Moderated by Comic Book… Read More SDCCI: New Fun About Siegel and Shuster Panel Audio
Robert, Allison, Tyrone and I are all gradually arriving home again after an eventful week in a surprisingly mild (temperature-wise) San Diego. We decided not to run updates from the show floor, so instead we will be catching up this week on all of the announcements and our thoughts on the biggest comics related event… Read More Back home!
The nominees for this year’s Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award, presented annually to a store that represents the following retailing principles: Support of a wide variety of innovative material: Providing opportunities for creators’ material to reach buyers; stocking a diverse inventory. Knowledge: Working to stay informed on retailing as well as on the… Read More Eisner Spirit of Retailing short list announced – 2 Canadian stores nominated
Robert will respond on his own if he wants to. Mr. Falcone responds: Kevin notes that he doesn’t advocate stopping to shop at a store altogether, but that customers should work with retailers to keep business going. No. I am sorry but you are wrong Kevin. It is not the customer’s duty to mention that… Read More Don’t Support Your Local Comic Shop article JSA criticisms: Falcone disagrees – I respond
Over at Sequential, David Hains writes about the Bloor/Bathurst area and attempts to shed some light on the closing of long-lived area fixture Yesterday’s Heroes. Aside from YH, Toronto has many long-lived comic shops – the Silver Snail on Queen arrived in the mid-1970’s – spinning out of the back room of science fiction bookstore… Read More On the closing of Yesterday’s Heroes
The Whosoever Holds this Hammer blog at Comic Book Daily discusses the need for comic book retailers to strive to do better in 2010 if they want to continue to serve their community and maintain customer support. We here at the JSA’s are very pro-comic book retailers and want to support them where we can.… Read More Comic Book Daily: Don’t Support Your Local Comic Book Store?
Thanks to a slew of interesting new releases recently, such as: The Hipless Boy by Sully Children of the Atom by Dave Lapp Ruts & Gullies: Nine Days in Saint Petersburg by Philippe Girard and the very underrated The Undertaking by Michael J. Hind I’ve been asked by a number of Canadian retailers, ‘How do… Read More Conundrum Press – How can a Retailer order these books?
The Retailer Links have been updated this past week. Added: New photos, hours of operation, Facebook pages A few new stores were added, and, sadly, a few were removed. British Columbia New stores added: Sakura Media, Burnaby Iwase Books, Richmond Book-Off, Vancouver Pulpfiction Books West, Vancouver Closed stores: Gotham Collectibles, Burnaby (who just opened, are… Read More Updated: Retailer Links
For 35 years, Hal Foster created epic adventure and romantic fantasy in his legendary Sunday strip, Prince Valiant. Realistic in its visual execution and noble in its subject, depicting a time in which the fabled warriors of history and legends fought together for the greater good, it remains one of the great masterpieces of the… Read More PRINCE VALIANT by Hal Foster HC Vol.2 1939-1940 out this week from Fantagraphics
On Wednesday, June 30th we lose another comic book shop. Allstar Cards, Comics And Collectables, in Brantford, ON, will be closing its doors. Allstar opened about 20 years ago, when comics were still in a real boom phase. The only comic book shop in Brantford at the time was Comic Connection, having outlasted the late,… Read More Retailers – RIP Allstar Cards Comics And Collectables
Buddy Toad Comics is a hobby store based in Gander, NL. Gander is found in the Northwest portion of Newfoundland, along Highway 1. With a population approaching 10,000, Gander is the 7th largest city in the province. It’s great to see a comic shop in a town that size, and we can thank the entrepreneurial… Read More Comic Retailers – Buddy Toad Comics (Gander, NL)
La Gallery 4109, Rue St-Denis Montreal, Qc Exposition & vente de Planches Originales Comics, BD Franco-belge, Québécoise, Manga, Art Contemporain On June 11th La Gallery hosted a special signing of “Le Crépuscule des Dieux” tome 4 with artist Djief & colourist Olivier Héban (Djief is in a red shirt, Olivier in blue). Some original artwork… Read More La Gallery Montreal: Le Crépuscule des Dieux” tome 4 signing
The following statement was written by Robert Haines – coordinator of the Harry Kremer Award. The Beguiling is a multiple-year Kremer Award nominee, an Eisner-Award winning store that is often referred to as one of the best stores in North America. Really, they were competing against themselves last year. What did The Beguiling do in… Read More 2010 Harry Kremer Award Winning Store: The Beguiling
Wednesday May 19th – Stadium Comics @ the Shopper’s World Mall, 499 Main Street, Brampton, ON AVENGERS DAY! The Earth’s Mightiest heroes assemble on May 19th for the inaugural, first-annual, Avengers Day! This historic event marks an all new era for Marvel’s greatest heroes as the Avengers come together to usher in The Heroic Age.… Read More Vince Sunico at Stadium Comics for Avengers Day – Wed. May 19th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BRAMPTON (ON) – Brampton native Michael Cera has made quite a name for himself in Hollywood, having starred in several popular movies and television shows. It’s his latest movie, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World that has one local business extending the actor an interesting invitation. “The Scott Pilgrim movie is based on… Read More Brampton, ON’s Stadium Comics declares August 13 “Michael Cera Day”
Sophia Books is Vancouver’s multilingual media shop, and among the many things they carried in their diverse inventory were selections of bandes dessinées and manga. The store at 450 Hastings Street West is closing so that the company can focus on supplying books to schools, libraries and subscriptions. The retail store has been a Vancouver… Read More More bad news — Sophia Books in Vancouver is closing it’s retail store.
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?
Going coast-to-coast and starting on the Atlantic side: The Lair, in Corner Brook, NF, enjoyed their first FCBD. Strange Adventures once again rented an indoor space to hold FCBD, just to avoid any pesky weather issues (it did rain in Toronto). Darwyn Cooke was on hand, doing his ever generous thing. Darwyn is one of… Read More So What Happened on FCBD?
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 