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 #18 – IDW US$3.99 Written by Kelley Armstrong. Artwork by Dave Ross. Atomic Robo Vol. 2: Atomic Robo And The Dogs Of War Trade Paperback – Red 5 Comics US$19.95 Colours by… Read More February 25th, 2009 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Since 1999, the Promo 9e Art organisation has been presenting the annual Prix Bédélys. The awards celebrate the best comics published in french over the previous year. There are four categories: Bédélys Québec (the best French comics published in Quebec) Bédélys d’Or (the best French comics published from around the world) Bédélys Jeunesse (the best… Read More Prix Bédélys: Nominees Announced
Source: Comic Book Resources Comic Book Resources conducts an interview with Toronto creator, Jim Su, about Crozonia, which will see release in April 2009. “Crozonia,” written and illustrated by Jim Su and published by Su’s Beach Creative Studios, will follow an offshoot of the Lost City as it struggles to maintain its independence from Atlantis.… Read More Interviews: Jim Su
Courtesy of Comic Book Resources: An interview with Ryan Sohmer, one half of the duo that won the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Webcomics Creative Team in 2008. Ryan and Lar De Souza produce the webcomics “Looking for Group” and “Least I Can Do”, which have also been collected in print. From CBR: Ryan Sohmer… Read More Interviews: Ryan Sohmer
In October 2008, Jeffery Klaehn conducted a Comic Book Retailer Panel Discussion. Participants included retailers from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. Panel Participants: – Jim Hanley is a partner in two comic book stores that carry his name – ‘Jim Hanley’s Universe: Where Art and Literature Meet’ operates stores in Staten Island,… Read More Comic Book Retailer Panel Discussion
Newsarama interviews Stuart and Kathryn Immonen about their current projects, including their recent collection of webcomics Never as Bad as You Think and the upcoming Moving Pictures.
Courtesy of Comic Book Resources More details about HAUNT were released at the New York Comic Con, including details on the creative team. Written by Todd McFarlane and Robert Kirkman, with layouts by longtime “Spawn” artist Greg Capullo, pencils by “Invincible” penciler Ryan Ottley and digital inks and covers by Todd McFarlane. Artist Ryan Ottley… Read More McFarlane & Kirkman’s HAUNT – an update
Coming this summer from Top Shelf – THE COMPLETE ESSEX COUNTY – a512-Page Omnibus Edition of the award winning trilogy by Jeff Lemire, with over 40 pages of previously unpublished material. Available in softcover and limited edition hardcover. Here’s the cover to the softcover collection, the book’s design is by Matt Kindt:
Manager’s Name: John Tinkess Number of Employees: 5 Years in Business: 26 Location: Another Dimension, 424 B – 10 ST NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1V9 Telephone: 403-283-7078 Website: http://www.another-dimension.com Favorite Comic Book, published in the past few months: Incognito #1 Five all-time classic comics, graphic novels or story arcs: Watchmen Daredevil by Frank Miller Nexus… Read More Comic Retailers – Another Dimension (Calgary, AB)
Courtesy of Comic Book Resources More love for O’Malley and Scott Pilgrim — this time over at CBR – an interview they conducted at the New York Comic Con.
Courtesy of Newsarama Darwyn Cooke, Jimmy Palmiotti and Brandon Peterson have done the cover for DC/Wildstorm’s Resistance trade paperback. In more Darwyn news, it seems that Darwyn has a new blog under the direction of Calum Johnston, owner of Halifax’s Stranger Adventures. Darwyn Cooke is slated to appear on February 26-28 at Orlando, Florida’s MEGACON. Here’s a… Read More Darwyn Cooke joins the Resistance, gets new blog (sort of), designs a poster for MegaCon
If I have missed any works by Canadian Comic Book Creators, please leave a comment, or send me an email at jason@joeshusterawards.com. Baloney: A Tale In 3 Symphonic Acts Trade Paperback – Drawn & Quarterly US$16.95 Written, Artwork and Cover by Pascal Blanchet. Birds Of Prey #127 – DC US$2.99 Artwork by Claude St. Aubin.… Read More February 18th, 2009 Releases featuring Canadian Creators
Last week at the New York Comic Con it was announced that Dale Eaglesham was now under exclusive contract with Marvel Comics and would be illustrating the Fantastic Four title (starting next fall). Now you can get the scoop directly from 2008 Artist of the Year Dale Eaglesham on his website/blog as he discusses why… Read More Blogosphere: Dale Eaglesham on his move to Marvel.
Megacon (Orlando, Florida) – February 27-March 1 Features Canadian creator guest: Darwyn Cooke. Canadian resident Steve McNiven also appears. WonderCon (San Francisco, CA) – February 27-March 1 Features Canadian guests: Kei Acedera, Bobby Chiu, Bob the Angry Flower, Travis Charest, Camilla D’Errico.
Over at the Graphic Novel Reporter site, Jeffery Klaehn interviews Dean Motter about his comics career: Dean Motter is best known for his award-winning book and album cover designs but is perhaps most famous as the creator of the ’80s comic book sensation Mister X. He also wrote and illustrated The Prisoner graphic novel Shattered… Read More Dean Motter: A Career Introspective interview
Courtesy of the The Community Press Under the guidance of illustrator Martha Newbigging and teacher Carl Des Granges, the Grade 5/6 class at Bayside Public School (in Bayside, Ontario) have assembled a 60-page comic book entitled Fabulous Fantasies. Each of the 28 students created 2 pages of comics for the compilation.
Wilfrid Laurier University assistant professor, author (Inside the World of Comic Books) and cultural critic Dr. Jeffery Klaehn was recently asked by Saskatoon’s Planet S magazine to explain Why the Bat Matters. Jeffery Klaehn, cultural critic, editor of Inside the World of Comic Books and author of the forthcoming Comic Books Are Dead, points to… Read More Planet S: Canadian author discusses “Why the Bat Matters”
Courtesy of the Toronto Star On Monday February 2nd, Neil Gaiman was in Toronto to promote his new film Coraline. In a short conversation with Theatre critic Richard Ouzounian, Gaiman talks fondly about his Toronto connections, especially the support he received from then Silver Snail manager Mark Askwith (now a producer at Space and a… Read More Gaiman visits TO: praises city, friend Mark Askwith
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