CantonRep.com brings us up to speed on some of the things that will be going on in Cleveland this upcoming weekend, the city where young Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster met and mapped out what would eventually become Superman — a character that has gone on to a special place at the top of the… Read More Cleveland honours Siegel and Shuster this weekend
Quebec Superior Court and US Bankruptcy Court have approved the reorganization of Quebecor World and the company should emerge from bankruptcy in one month. More information available at ICv2. Meanwhile the stock ticker shows IQW trading at $0.025, way down from it’s 52 week high of $0.28. To think this stock was trading at over… Read More Quebecor to emerge from bankruptcy
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Cartoon Network Action Pack #39 DC/Johnny US$2.50 Cover by Jay Stephens. Dark X-Men: The Beginning #1 Marvel US$3.99 Artwork by Leonard Kirk. 1960’s Decade Variant Cover by Niko Henrichon. Preview at Comic Book… Read More July 8th, 2009 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Vancouver Comicon Sunday, July 5th, 2009 11am to 5pm Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC Special Guests: Joshua Middleton (Superman/Shazam! First Thunder, Supergirl, Fables, NYX) Rusty Beach (Outnumbered) Ken Boesem (The Village) Robin Bougie (Cineme Sewer) Kelly Everaert (Jungle Tales, Trilogy of Terror) Andrew Salmon (Secret Agent X) Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Hemp… Read More Upcoming Conventions in Canada – July 3 to July 30, 2009
From La Pasteque: Un Prix pour Balogne! Le lycée Bonaparte de Toulon dans le Var en France, organise un prix littéraire chaque année. L’ouvrage qui a remporté le “Prix Bona 2009” est: Bologne : conte en 3 actes symphoniques de Pascal Blanchet! Presented by the Toulon, France based college de Lycée Bonaparte, the Prix Bona… Read More Pascal Blanchet wins international award
The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer /Le Prix de Harry Kremer pour Détaillant Exceptionnel Canadien de Bandes Dessinées Is there something special about your local comic shop? Do they deserve recognition for the wonderful in-store experience they provide? Do they go above and beyond, with a bright, well laid out, positive… Read More Kremer Retailer Award – Nominated Stores so far…
The Comics for Kids Award / Prix de Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants recognizes creators who have produced works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to create a passion for life-long reading. Works considered for this award are comic books and graphic novels by Canadian creators that are targeted at readers… Read More Comics for Kids Award Nominees
Source: DC Universe: The Source Hope everyone is having a safe and fun Canada Day! Alex Segura of DC Universe: The Source, has posted a five-page preview of Adventure Comics #1, featuring artwork by Francis Manapul. This issue will be released August 12th, 2009.
Newsarama talks to Andy Belanger about his new webcomic for Zuda: Andy B.’s Bottle of Awesome.
To read the list of 2009 Harvey Award Nominees visit Newsarama. Canadians nominated include: – Lar deSouza for Least I Could Do (Best Cartoonist) – Jeff Lemire for Essex County Vol. 3: The Country Nurse (Best Graphic Album – Original) – Mariko and Jillian Tamaki for Skim (Best Graphic Album – Original) – Pia Guerra… Read More Harvey Award Nominees – Canucks: De Souza, Lemire, Tamakis, Guerra, D+Q & More
Jeff Lemire informs us, via his blog: Due to a mix up The Nobody will ship a week late and will now be in bookstores July 7 and Comic Book Stores July 8. I will however be signing at Comics And More at Danforth and Greenwood (steps from the Greenwood subway stop) in Toronto THURSDAY… Read More The Nobody ship date delayed one week
Thanks to Sequential Spiltink for drawing attention to The Fabler Blog. Founded by Bruno Steppuhn, a tech entrepreneur in Calgary, The Fabler Blog has featured a number of creator and retailer interviews conducted by Kevin de Vlaming. Past reviews include Jeff Lemire, Fiona Staples, Troy Little, Jay Bardyla (of Happy Harbor Comics), Gareth Gaudin (Legends… Read More The Fabler Blog
Over at Rich Johnston’s Bleeding Cool website, AV has provided a free download of Dave Sim’s first three issues of Glamourpuss. Nominated for a 2009 Joe Shuster Award for Best Cartoonist for issues 1-4 and Judenhass, Dave Sim‘s Glamourpuss is a chronicle of the artist’s journey through the world of photorealist cartoon strips (and the… Read More Read Glamourpuss 1-3 for free…
*Note* For Canadians, comic books will be released on Thursday July 2nd, 2009, rather than the traditional Wednesday release date. For non-Canadian readers of this website, these are July 1st, 2009 Releases featuring Canadian Creators. *Note 2* Due to a shipping error, Jeff Lemire’s The Nobody will be released July 8th, 2009, instead of this… Read More July 2nd, 2009 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
New York, NY (June 24, 2009) – Gareb Shamus, CEO of New York based Wizard Entertainment, announces today that he has purchased the Toronto Comicon, a show that has been consistently awarded The Best International Comic Book Convention (non-USA) by ComicBookConventions.com, for the last 5 years. (Editor’s note: the Paradise con won the award for… Read More Wizard’s Gareb Shamus buys Paradise’s Toronto Comicon
Bottle of Awesome, a new webcomic by Andy Belanger, debuted yesterday on Zuda Comics. Andy B. is also known for his other webcomic that is part of Transmission X, Raising Hell. Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources has posted an interview with Andy B. about the release of Bottle of Awesome. JK: So what exactly… Read More Bottle of Awesome by Andy B. on Zuda Comics
Announced this past weekend at HeroesCon, Alberta’s Cary Nord (Conan, Daredevil, Ultimate Human) has been tapped to illustrate a 3-issue Dark Reign: Ares (as in Ares, the god of war) for Marvel Comics. You can read all about the basics and see some of the pencil preview art here.
As spotted by fan and blogger Ty Buttars this weekend at HeroesCon in Charlotte, North Carolina – someone has lifted a copyrighted tribute image Michael Cho did of Jack Kirby and made a t-shirt out of it. Michael Cho wrote on his blog: Let me just say a few things about this. Firstly, I don’t… Read More Unauthorized Michael Cho t-shirt surfaces at HeroesCon
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Amazing Spider-Man #598 Marvel US$2.99 Colours by Chris Chuckry. Preview at Newsarama Avengers/Invaders #12 Marvel US$2.99 Artwork by Steve Sadowski. Variant Cover by Dale Eaglesham. Preview at Comic Book Resources Awesome 2: Awesomer… Read More June 24th, 2009 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 