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Monday, April 24, 2006
Shuster Hall of Fame
:: Posted by Bryan @ 4/24/2006 01:17:00 AM Toronto Paradise Comicon Hype:
Shuster Awards Name 4 to Hall of Fame
This is an old story but I haven't seen much mention of it elsewhere.
The gang at the Shuster Awards have come up with a list of 4 new inductees. The Hall of Fame is picked by the awards organizers, whereas the actual awards for "Best Comic Book Penciller" etc are determined by a popular vote by fans.
Anyway, the 4 inductees into "The Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame / Temple de la renomme createur canadien de Bandes Dessinees" (the official title) are:
-Owen McCarron, the recently deceased Halifax cartoonist and promotional/educational comics publisher. McCarron contributed to some Marvel Comics superhero comics in the 70s (Supervillain TeamUP, Spidey Super-Stories) as well as doing work for other U.S. publishers.
-Win Mortimer --mostly known for his work with the Superman family of characters from the 40s to the 80s. Mortimer also created two newspaper adventure strips (David Crane and Larry Brannon)
in the late-50s-early-60s that were circulated largely inside Canada.
-Dave Sim --cartoonist best known for his controversial essays and interview statements on the subject of women and religion. Over 30 years, he created a long series of graphic novels called Cerebus. The Shuster bio by John Bell says, "No other creator has made a greater contribution to the development of Canadian comics." Not sure what that means exactly.
-Jon St. Able --cartoonist and art director for the Maple Leaf comic book company during the 1940s. Illustrated humour strips and adventure for that company before moving to the U.S. in 1950.
Shuster Awards
The actual awards for work done in 2005 are to be announced at a ceremony at the con on Saturday, April 29.Labels: Halifax, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia
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