The world of Mad Men and pin-up art collide in this fantastic new art book from Dark Horse Comics that spotlights the work of Canadian cartoonist Doug Sneyd. The book collects hundreds of the full colour cartoons he has produced for Playboy Magazine since the 1960’s and features an introduction by Canadian cartoonist Lynn Johnston… Read More Out today: The Art of Doug Sneyd hardcover
Thanks to Jennifer and Robert Haines for taking these great photos!
PREVIEWSworld.com Upcoming Releases Shipping 6/22/2011 Each week PREVIEWSworld.com provides a list of comics, graphic novels and other pop-culture merchandise arriving at your local comic shop. Please check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time.
Conor McCreery, Anthony Del Col and Andy Belanger were on CBC’s the National last Friday! (click the link to check it out for yourself) It was great to see the guys this weekend in Calgary at the Comic & Entertainment Expo, and even though Anthony and Conor were not selected for the Writer Award this… Read More Kill Shakespeare goes (on the) National
The 7th Annual Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards were presented at a public ceremony held on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo with hosts Ajay Fry and Teddy Wilson. Joe Shuster Awards 2011 ceremony audio THE RESULTS:
We’re just two days away from the June 17-19 Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, which looks to be a MASSIVE event this year, with guests coming from all over the world representing various areas of fandom — science fiction, anime/animation, horror… and most importantly COMICS. For all of the amazing details and to peruse the… Read More Happenings: Calgary Comic Expo & Joe Shuster Awards this weekend!
Yikes! Another month with less than stellar comics sales – no comic books sold more than 100,000 copies. The #1 book was Fear Itself #2 (drawn by Stuart Immonen!) at 96K. Flashpoint #1 debuted at #2 (~87K) Then it’s a morass of X-Men, Batman, Green Lantern, Avengers and Spider-Man related books. The graphic novel sales… Read More May 2011 not a good month for comics: sales down 17.3%
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2011 JOE SHUSTER AWARDS LES NOMINÉS AUX PRIX JOE SHUSTER 2011 Ceremony Date: Saturday, June 18th, 2011 – 6-8 PM Ceremony Hosts: AJAY FRY and TEDDY WILSON Ceremony Location: Boyce Theatre, BMO Round-Up Centre, Calgary, AB Host Event: THE CALGARY COMIC AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (June 17-19, 2011) How Do I/How Did I… Read More 7th Annual Joe Shuster Awards – June 18, 2011 at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo
Yesterday Christopher Butcher, the director of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and the manager at Toronto comic shop The Beguiling issued his wrap-up statement on TCAF 2011 and some details about TCAF 2012, including the dates. TCAF 2012 is scheduled for May 5-6, 2012. It will once again be held at the Toronto Reference Library.… Read More Butcher issues TCAF 2011 wrap-up and TCAF 2012 details
The Blackhawks are an elite group of mercenaries made up of brave men from around the world equipped with the latest in cutting-edge hardware and vehicles. Their mission: Kill the bad guys before they kill us. A set of contemporary tales that battle the world’s gravest threats, BLACKHAWKS #1 will be written by Mike Costa… Read More Ken Lashley returns to DC with the revamped Blackhawks
Announced yesterday: BATMAN, THE DARK KNIGHT will relaunch in September with a new first issue. Same creative team as before: David Finch (writer/artist) and Jason Fabok (art). They have a few issues of the old series to crank out between now and the end of August. Announced today: Jeff Lemire will be writing two DCnU… Read More More DCnU CanCon news… David Finch & Jason Fabok, Yanick Paquette and Jeff Lemire
With an exciting turnout in voting from April 1-30, The Inkwell Awards are now able to release for their fourth year the ballot results from the six categories targeting the exceptional 2010 work of ink artists. Scott Hanna took the winning slot for Favorite Inker this year for his work on Marvel titles Hulk and… Read More Congratulations to Francis Manapul and the other winners of the 2011 Inkwell Awards
According to Geek Tyrant and tweeted by creator Jeff Lemire, it seems that Essex County Book One: Tales From the Farm will be translated into a motion picture, entitled SUPER ZERO, to be directed by visual effects legend JOHN DYKSTRA. Follow the link for more details.
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We are proud to announce the hosts for the 7th Annual Joe Shuster Awards, to be held on Saturday, June 18th, 2011 at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo: AJAY FRY As the Host of InnerSPACE, AJAY FRY is no stranger to SPACE or the airwaves. Born in Toronto, Ajay attributes his bizarre and creative… Read More Announcing the 2011 Joe Shuster Awards hosts: Ajay Fry and Teddy Wilson!
To our comics retail partners, With The New DCU – the September launch of our 52 #1s – we have created an event that we believe will generate unprecedented buzz, and, more importantly, unprecedented sales results for you. This is a shock to the system, no question, but we have the quality stories and the… Read More Bob Wayne writes retailers to allay concerns about “New DC”
D+Q has posted the cover to the fall release hardcover collection of Kate Beaton’s “Hark! A Vagrant” webcomic strips:
The Flash will be both written and drawn by Francis Manapul (making his writing debut), with collaborator Brian Buccellato. It’s Barry Allen under the mask. Canadian artist Bernard Chang will be doing the art for Deadman, the first character to appear in the new DC Universe Presents title
There’s a lot of talk today about the news of the restructuring DC Comics is making to their line of DC Universe titles in September. There’s a lot we don’t know about the DC reboot, but there’s a few specific details which are a mix of good and bad for the foundation of local comic… Read More DC: Will they save the direct market or destroy it?
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