Wednesday, August 30, 2006  
Who is "Big Daddy Warbucks?"

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/30/2006 01:39:00 AM
Some confusion in Alberta over the character Daddy Warbucks. NDP leader Brian Mason wants full disclosure over campaign financing of the Conservative party, labelling Big Oil "Big Daddy Warbucks." As far as I know, it's just "Daddy Warbucks," no "Big." Although the character is fairly large...

In other Western Canada/Harold Gray-related news, Chester Brown's paperback edition of Louis Riel is being launched at the Doug Wright Awards, and we have this snazzy poster to prove it:



In other news, coverage of the controversial Fan Expo is gearing up. Comic Book Bin is sending a crew and the Torontoist blog is listing 5 reasons to go and five not to go:

3.) Shopping = not so great after you consider the entry fee. I like shopping, and last year I picked up some decent bargains, but the reason they were bargains is because I'd already factored in the cost of attending the convention for another event. Yes, there is a lot of cool stuff to buy at the Fan Expo. Yes, the prices are usually quite good. But when you're paying twenty to forty bucks just to get in the door, that cancels a lot of the value. I can't recommend attending this thing for the shopping alone, and you can usually do that for other conventions.

As well, The Toronto Star covers the manga fan subculture and cosplay, comparing fans of anime and manga unfavorably to North American-style science fiction and comics fandom. With comments from UofT manga clubster and Hobbystar employees.
Lastly, to catch up. Recent coverage of Canadian comics creators:

1. Tania Willard's book about First Nation's teen suicide.

2. Svetlana Chmakova previews the second volume of her OEL manga Dramacon.

3. Dave Sim's new webcomic is a resume for young Canadian actress Siu Ta.

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