• Brad Mackay visits a new Ottawa installation featuring a massive series of paintings by cartoonist-turned-painter Dave Cooper.

• Big changes may be afoot for the Joe Shuster Awards, Kevin Boyd hints at his blog. These may include venue, sponsor and rule changes. Boyd is one of the organizers behind the awards and his recent move away from the award's previous host Paradise may have prompted some movement. Also, check out what Kevin has to say about the so-called Bronze Age of comics (basically, U.S. comic books from the 1970s).

• Faith Erin Hicks is profiled by hometown paper The Halifax Daily News about her graphic novel, Zombies Calling: ""When I was a kid, I really wanted to be a journalist like Tintin," she said, referring to the popular European comic-book character, created before the Second World War. When she grew a little older, Hicks began to read more mature comic books, such as Bone."

• The Parkdale Gallery in Ottawa presents: Comic Book Chaos, an exhibit by local comic book creators including Ronn Sutton and Von Allan. December 8 to January 6.

• Publishing: D+Q has more Tatsumi; Dramacon 3, Following Cerebus #11 now out.

• The Post's book guy Robert Wiersema refers to something called "graphica" before reviewing some of the more popular U.S.-published genre comics of recent times.

• Next year's Luminato festival is already scheduling the comics guests.

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