If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Air #7 – DC/Vertigo US$1.00 Colours by Chris Chuckry. Air Vol 1: Letters From Lost Countries Trade Paperback – DC/Vertigo US$9.99 Colours by Chris Chuckry. Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3 – Marvel US$3.99 Artwork… Read More March 18th, 2009 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Source: FrancisManapul.com Francis Manapul has posted the cover and the process from pencils to colours, over at his website. Also, check out the layouts prior to the cover being started.
THIS WEEKEND! Vancouver Comicon (Vancouver, BC) – March 15 Features Canadian Guests: David Boswell (Reid Fleming, World’s Toughest Milkman), Robin Bougie (Cinema Sewer), Kelly Everaert (Jungle Tales, Trilogy of Terror), Forg (Birth of Jazz), Miriam Libicki (Jobnik), Mike Myhre (Space Jet Comics), Andrew Salmon (Secret Agent X), Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Hemp Island), Verne… Read More Upcoming Conventions – March 13-April 9, 2009
Courtesy of Dave Sim and members of the Cerebus Yahoo group – Jeff S and Margaret (Cerebusfangirl) here is a mockup of what may end up being the Variant cover of Cerebus Archives #2. The cover appears to be another zombie variant of an existing Cerebus cover – in this case Cerebus the Aardvark #2… Read More Cerebus Archives #2 Zombie / Obama Variant cover preview
… just keep in mind that it’s not really a great day to go camping up at the lake.Above: Andy B. artwork from Friday the 13th: The Abuser and the Abused (2008) For more on Andy B. visit his website. His webcomic Raising Hell appears regularly on the Transmission X site.
Courtesy of the Globe & Mail’s Campus Edition (a la the Comics Reporter), this article contains a very cursory look at some comics-related programs at three Canadian universities (in Newfoundland, Alberta and British Columbia). According to Vancouver English professor Marni Stanley, The University of Calgary’s Dr. Bart Beatty is “probably the most important comics person… Read More Education: Teaching Comics With a Straight Face
Source: The Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER – Advances in digital effects have thrown open the gates for comic book stories and graphic novels to be rendered in film like never before. Standing just inside the gates is a handful of Vancouver companies that are delivering on that promise. With the film based on Alan Moore’s graphic… Read More Media: Vancouver’s special effects companies make comic book worlds come to life…
According to Comic Book Resources’ look at the Diamond sales charts for comic book sales in January 2009: CANADIAN COMPANIES & MARKET SHARE Ranked at #15 is UDON Entertainment UDON sold 8.353 copies of Street Fighter Legends: Chun-Li #1 (which placed #170 in Diamond’s top 300 comics sold) to the direct market at a cover… Read More Publishing: Canadian publishers nearly absent in the direct market in 01/2009
Courtesy of the Fort Frances Times. According to the article, the Fort Frances Museum (in Fort Frances, Ontario) has decided to spotlight local artist Kari-Ann Anderson in combination with a previous exhibit: Comic Books: A History. “Comics & Fantasy: Featuring the Art of Kari-Ann Anderson” is the new exhibit on the main floor of the… Read More Fort Frances Museum Prepares Comics & Fantasy Art Exhibit
From the No Media Kings Blog introduction: One of the coolest thing about the comics world is that it doesn’t dismiss self-publishers the way the lit world does. Maybe because it’s a less pretentious field, or a newer one, or that drawing talent is more quickly discerned at a glance. Certainly it helps that one… Read More stef lenk’s self-publishing primer
Source: Hollywood North Report DC Comics character ‘Zatanna’ will appear in upcoming episodes of the Vancouver-lensed CW TV series Smallville, played by actress Serinda Swan. In the episode Hex, airing Thursday, March 26, female magician ‘Zatanna’ (Serinda Swan) shows up at the birthday party of ‘Chloe’ (Allison Mack), granting Chloe’s wish to be more like… Read More Serinda Swan as Smallville’s Zatanna
Is anyone else sick of these Watchmen question headlines? Well I came up with one more, so you can burn me in effigy. Here’s a shot of the Silver Snail’s elaborate window display promoting the arrival of the Watchmen movie. Toronto’s Silver Snail has always been very pro-Watchmen. When he was in Toronto last November… Read More Who Uses the Watchmen?
X-Men Forever #1, written by Chris Claremont and illustrated by Canadian artist and past JSA Artist nominee Tom Grummett is set to debut in June 2009. Here’s a first look at Tom’s cover to #1:
The French and English Language Works Nomination Committees are hard at work reviewing comics and graphic novels for the following four awards: WRITER, ARTIST, COLOURIST and CARTOONIST. Yesterday, Round One of the nominating process for the 7-member English language committee was completed, the results tabulated and divided into three groups for each category: 1. Receiving… Read More Nominations update
Courtesy of Comic Book Resources: In the CBR exclusive interview, Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, writers of DC’s ongoing Jonah Hex series are interviewed about plans leading up to issue #50 and beyond — including their thoughts on the Jonah Hex movie. CBR: Speaking of artists, what can we expect from Darwyn Cooke when the… Read More Darwyn Cooke to illustrate double-sized Jonah Hex #50
Pictured above is an image by Kaare Andrews that was used as the cover art for the 2005 Paradise Toronto Comicon program booklet. It celebrates the launch of the Joe Shuster Awards and it features a number of characters that have Canadian ties: SUPERMAN (upper centre) Created by Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born Joe Shuster. The… Read More Just for fun: Canadian heroes
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com Angel: Blood And Trenches #1 – IDW US$3.99 Written, Artwork, Cover, and Incentive Cover by John Byrne. Preview at Comics Continuum. Astonishing Tales #2 – Marvel US$3.99 Inks by Craig Yeung. Colours by… Read More March 11th, 2009 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Source: NOW Magazine NOW Magazine has an article on the process of the upcoming film, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, which also features quotes from director, Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), and Canadian-born Scott Pilgrim creator, Bryan Lee O’Malley. Bryan Lee O’Malley lived in Toronto for only three years, but that was… Read More In the News: NOW Magazine on Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
For the National Post – Canucks Barry Hertz & Steve Murray — with input from Mark Askwith — tell the cartoon history of how the much-hyped and finally released Watchmen movie made it to the big screen. Hurm. Follow link above to see a bigger and readable version.
Since a few people have asked “wasn’t there already a Day Award”? The answer is yes, there was. In 2002, Comic-book writer-artist-publisher Dave Sim and his collaborator, Gerhard, in memory of Sim’s late mentor and self-publishing pioneer Gene Day (née Howard Eugene Day) established the Howard E. Day Prize for outstanding achievement in self-publishing. The… Read More Gene Day Award Follow-Up
THE JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 