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Thursday, February 01, 2007
Richard Comely Profile
:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/01/2007 05:09:00 AM The Guelph Mercury profiles Richard Comely, one of the creators of Captain Canuck. Comely is teaching a comics course in Brantford and hyping the latest incarnation of his patriotic superhero, a new comic book series begun last Fall, and has some funny things to say:
"Comely admits the superhero's changing persona irritated some readers. 'But I felt that since I'm the writer, I'll do what I want,' he says bluntly.
Comely estimates sales of the 25 issues of Captain Canuck produced since 1975 at 2.3 million across North America.
He says some of his most hard-core fans are Americans, and Canadian expats, who ask him to send Captain Canuck badges that they sew on their coat sleeves. He mails them out and 'hopes they don't get beat up at school.'"
On a related note, Halifax fan-historian Phil Latter has just posted an exhaustive critical history of the character --Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Captain Canuck But Were Afraid to Ask.Labels: comics history, Halifax, Nova Scotia, people, profiles
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