Our condolences…
Joseph Nathan Day (b.2/7/1958-d.7/12/2010) passed away yesterday at the age of 52. Joe was the brother of the late Gene Day (1951-1982 – Hall of Fame inductee and namesake for the Gene Day Award for Outstanding Canadian Self-Publishing) and the brother of artists Dan and David Day. Our thoughts and prayers go to the Day… Read More Our condolences…
David Finch launches Batman: The Dark Knight in November
DC Comics announced this morning that DC exclusive artist David Finch will be doing more than just covers for the company as Finch will be the writer/artist on a new ongoing Batman series that will launch in November 2010 entitled BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT. The month before (October), Finch will provide the artwork for a… Read More David Finch launches Batman: The Dark Knight in November
Don’t Support Your Local Comic Shop article JSA criticisms: Falcone disagrees – I respond
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
Harvey Award nominees announced
Looks like the nominating falls a little more in line this year with the critically honoured and nominated works from other annual awards, including the JSA’s. While not as well known or as prestigious as the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (which will be presented on July 23rd), the Harvey Kurtzmann Awards have been around… Read More Harvey Award nominees announced
SDCCI: Sunday programming featuring Canadians
11:00-12:00 Marvel: The Women of Marvel— One of the most talked-about panels from last year is back! Forget Storm and She-Hulk; meet the real Ms. Marvels of the comic world! Join women from every discipline in the creative process at Marvel to hear what it’s like working as a woman in comics today and how… Read More SDCCI: Sunday programming featuring Canadians
July 14th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Adventure Comics #516 DC US$3.99 Colours by Blond. Back-Up Story Written by Jeff Lemire. Preview at Comic Book Resources Agents Of Atlas vs Hardcover Marvel US$24.99 Artwork by Takeshi Miyazawa and Leonard Kirk.… Read More July 14th, 2010 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
SDCCI: Saturday programming featuring Canadians
11:00-12:00 Spotlight on Jillian Tamaki— Comic-Con special guest Jillian Tamaki has taken both the illustration and comics worlds by storm. Her graphic novel Skim was a New York Times Best Book of the Year, and also was nominated for a Governor General Award and for three Eisner Awards. Her drawings can be found in the… Read More SDCCI: Saturday programming featuring Canadians
On the closing of Yesterday’s Heroes
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
Comic Book Daily: Don’t Support Your Local Comic Book Store?
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?
Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6 release party @ the Beguiling – Monday, July 19th
Scott Pilgrim Vol 6 Midnight Release Party Featuring Author Bryan Lee O’Malley Monday, July 19th, 9pm-1am @The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street, Toronto, Canada ALL EVENTS FREE TO ATTEND Presented by Oni Press and The Beguiling With special thanks to The Central, Rocco’s, Butler’s Pantry, Suspect Video, and Mirvish Enterprises. www.Beguiling.com http://www.onipress.com http://www.radiomaru.com TORONTO, CANADA: The… Read More Scott Pilgrim Vol. 6 release party @ the Beguiling – Monday, July 19th
SDCCI: Friday Programming featuring Canadians
11:30-12:45 Eisner Spirit Award Video Viewing— The Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award is the industry’s “Hall of Fame” for progressive retailers. Spirit Award facilitator and award recipient Joe Ferrara (Atlantis Fantasyworld, Santa Cruz, CA) shows the video presentations for this year’s award finalists, with discussion about each nominated retailer, the store’s display techniques,… Read More SDCCI: Friday Programming featuring Canadians
SDCCI: Thursday Programming featuring (or about) Canadians
11:00-12:00 The Clockwork Girl— The Clockwork Girl is in production as a stereoscopic 3D computer generated feature film based on the comic book series published by Arcana. Producer Sean O’Reilly will talk about how CJ Entertainment financed Dreamworks Animation in 1995 and is now behind The Clockwork Girl through Luximation Animation. Alexa Vega (Spy Kids)… Read More SDCCI: Thursday Programming featuring (or about) Canadians
SDCCI: The Exhibitors
These are exhibitors that are specifically Canadian, there are other publishers and companies that will feature Canadian creators signing at their booths, but they are not listed here: Kei Acedera G07 Arcana Studio Inc 2415 Blind Ferret Entertainment Inc. 1435 Bobby Chiu G06 Comicage Entertainment 1343 Camilla D’Errico 4920 Drawn and Quarterly 1529 1628 (also… Read More SDCCI: The Exhibitors
SDCCI: Canadians in the Artists’ Alley
Again, shocking! Only 3 Canadians in the Artists’ Alley this year: Alvin Lee, Leo Leibelman, and the star of Beast Legends Francis Manapul Alvin Lee DD-09 Leo Leibelman II-03 Francis Manapul EE-17
SDCCI 2010 – The Canadian Special Guests
I often wonder how San Diego selects their special guests, but this year there are 47 listed on the website. I was kind of surprised to see only three Canucks made the elite list of official convention guests including: Kathryn Immonen Writer, Runaways, Patsy Walker: Hellcat Kathryn Immonen has written stories for both DC and… Read More SDCCI 2010 – The Canadian Special Guests
Canadian Comic Book Awards Association invades America
Yes, it’s almost time for SAN DIEGO COMIC CON INTERNATIONAL 2010 (July 21-25) and Canadian comic book creators and publishers, and some retailers, are gearing up for the annual trek to sunny San Diego. It’s no exception for those of us here who work at the CCBCAA. Many of us are going to San Diego… Read More Canadian Comic Book Awards Association invades America
La Pastèque’s fall 2010 publishing line-up
Bryan Munn has posted the covers and titles for Joe Shuster Award winning publisher la Pastèque’s fall line-up over at Sequential. Click the link to view the covers. Titles include: * Michel Risque L’Intégrale by Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame Inductees Pierre Fournier & Réal Godbout * Jeux de Mémoire by Erik de… Read More La Pastèque’s fall 2010 publishing line-up
Jeff Lemire goes DC Exclusive
Care of The Source: We’re also very proud to announce that Jeff Lemire has signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics, meaning only good things for fans of his mind-bending work on Vertigo’s SWEET TOOTH and his upcoming work on the ATOM co-feature in ADVENTURE COMICS and the ongoing SUPERBOY series.We got a minute of… Read More Jeff Lemire goes DC Exclusive
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 