Ah, July. More Flashpoint, the debut of the Retroactive books and a lot more. FLASHPOINT: FRANKENSTEIN AND THE CREATURES OF THE UNKNOWN #2 Written by JEFF LEMIRE Art by IBRAIM ROBERSON Cover by DOUG MAHNKE FLASH QUESTION: Can our heroes find the cure to their afflictions, or will the monster hunter Miranda Shrieve kill them… Read More DC Comics featuring work by Canadian Creators – July 2011
PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases Shipping 4/13/2011 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.
Okay… back to your regularly scheduled programming! Squidface and the Meddler take a look at Jesse Jacobs upcoming book Even the Giants, and interview Jesse. The book will be published by Adhouse Books and arrives in stores in May. It also premieres at TCAF on May 7/8. Jacobs won the Gene Day Award for self-publishing… Read More Coming Soon: Even the Giants by Jesse Jacobs debuts in May
I’m exhausted and sore, but getting up to begin another day of work at my regular job… the 2011 Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event wrapped up yesterday and the guests have all headed home. What I liked about the show, and what I’m also hearing from the dealers, guests and fans that were there also… Read More Fans = Appreciated
Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Floorplan & Table Assignments Exhibitor Name Exhibitor Area – Table Number 1,000,000 Comix 107-112, 207-212 AK Cards 104 All New Comics 105-106 Almar Enterprises 803-806 Anything and Everything 801 Big B Comics 403-406 Bill Chung To be assigned Comic Book Addiction 301-306 Comic Trader 703-706 Comics and More 102-103 Conspiracy Comics… Read More Happenings: April 9-10 Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Floorplan & Table Assignments
Le 24e Festival de la BD francophone de Québec (FBDFQ) du 13 au 17 avril 2011 HÉBERGEMENT Manoir Victoria LIEUX D’ACTIVITÉ Salon international du livre de Québec Musée de la Civilisation Le Cercle Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy Galerie du Faubourg Bibliothèque College-des-Jésuites Galerie Morgan Bridge Engramme Studio P Café l’Entracte Observatoire de la Capitale Auteurs Hicham ABSA… Read More Happenings: FBDFQ – Le 24e Festival de la BD francophone de Québec du 13 au 17 avril 2011
Toronto.com has the scoop on some old news that hasn’t been publicized elsewhere: that owner and founder Ron Van Leeuwen of the Silver Snail (established in 1976) was retiring and has sold the Silver Snail business to the Snail’s manager George Zotti and his business partner Mark Gingras. Van Leeuwen owned and has also subsequently… Read More Toronto’s Silver Snail sold, to relocate by 2/2012
The Eisner nominations were announced yesterday and I thought I’d take a nationalistic look at how Canadians were represented beyond just highlighting their names in red. The big individual Canadian creator nominee of this year is IAN BOOTHBY, who is nominated three times this year: – Best Humor Publication for The Comic Book Guy: The… Read More A Look at the Canadians nominated for Eisner Awards in 2011
MONTRÉAL, le 7 avril – Promo 9e art, organisme voué à la promotion de la bande dessinée au Québec, a annoncé aujourd’hui en compagnie de ses porte-parole Sylvie Lussier et Pierre Poirier, les gagnants des 12e Prix Bédélys, à l’occasion de leur gala annuel qui se tenait à l’auditorium de la Grande Bibliothèque. Bédélys d’or… Read More Promo 9e art dévoile les gagnants des 12e prix Bédélys
Congratulations to all of the nominees! Canadian nominees in RED Best Short Story “Bart on the Fourth of July,” by Peter Kuper, in Bart Simpson #54 (Bongo) “Batman, in Trick for the Scarecrow,” by Billy Tucci, in DCU Halloween Special 2010 (DC) “Cinderella,” by Nick Spencer and Rodin Esquejo, in Fractured Fables (Silverline Books/Image) “Hamburgers… Read More 2011 Eisner Award Nominees Announced
Outstanding Comic Book Cover Artist / Dessinateur Couvertures Exceptionnel de Bandes Dessinées KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY – Action Comics #887, R.E.B.E.L.S. #12- 19 (DC Comics), Dazzler, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z Update #2-5 (Marvel Comics), Artifacts #3 (Image/Top Cow), Stan Lee’s Soldier Zero #3 (Boom! Studios) CHRIS BACHALO – Amazing Spider-Man #630-633, Secret… Read More A Look at the 2010 Covers done by the Cover Artist Nominees
On the eve of the release of JONAH HEX #66 (featuring the work of Joe Shuster Award nominated artist Fiona Staples), it appears that another J.S.A.-nominated creator (and past winner) — cartoonist Jeff Lemire will be joining series writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray as the artist for JONAH HEX #69, which will be out… Read More Lemire joins writers Palmiotti and Gray for July’s Jonah Hex #69
The 2010 Expozine Alternative Press Awards Gala was held on Sunday April 3, 2011, at Divan Orange in Montreal. THE WINNERS English Zine: Nailbiter 2: An Anxiety Zine, edited by Chelle, Kerri, Kinneret, and Kibbs « This zine sheds light on an important subject that is underrepresented by traditional media, the experiences of those living… Read More Expozine Alternative Press Award Winners Announced
Hobbystar has just announced the programming schedule for the upcoming Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event and as usual it’s a mixture of Q&As, sketch duels and workshops. All events are roughly 50 minutes duration. Seating is first come, first serve. SATURDAY APRIL 9 12 Q & A with Industry Legends Geof Darrow and Bob McLeod… Read More Happenings: Programming at the Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event April 9-10
PREVIEWSworld.com New Releases Shipping 4/6/2011 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.
Cooke and IDW Present Parker: The Martini Edition Hardcover compilation of The Hunter and The Outfit Plus art gallery and all-new story Arriving July 2011 San Diego, CA (April 1, 2011) – At WonderCon today, IDW Publishing announced that Darwyn Cooke‘s first two adapted Parker books, THE HUNTER and THE OUTFIT, will be collected in… Read More IDW announces Parker: The Martini Edition at WonderCon
Before I left on my trip of the Maritimes the esteemed Kevin Boyd presumed that I would be hitting comic shops all across the region. I strongly refuted that assertion but that didn`t last, obviously. Over the last two weeks I visited, and secret shopped, 22 comics stores: Fantasy Realm – Cornwall, ON Librairie Première… Read More Retailer Roundup – March 2011 & The great comic shop tour of 2011
As selected by a nominating committee that included our own Robert Haines, the Inkwell Awards have announced their 2011 Nominees. Canadians nominated include: Francis Manapul in the All-In-One category, and Todd McFarlane in the non-Marvel & DC category. To see the full nominees list and vote for your favourites, please visit http://vote.inkwellawards.com/
Jim Zubkavich, Alvin Lee, Chris Butcher and Bobby Chiu have teamed up to organize the a Toronto event to raise funds for victims of the terrible disaster that affected Japan earlier this March: Artists Help Japan: Toronto Toronto’s Illustration Community Fundraiser for Quake and Tsunami Relief At REVIVAL, 783 College Street, Toronto Sunday April 17th,… Read More Happenings: Artists Help Japan – Toronto, Sunday April 17th @ Revival
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 