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Today: Gary Panter in Toronto  Greatest Living Cartoonist contestant and Most Expensive Comic Book competitor Gary Panter is giving a multi-media talk at OCAD in Toronto tonight. 6:30 pm OCAD Auditorium 100 McCaul St. Toronto, Ontario 416-977-6000 x 462 www.garypanter.com Free Labels: events, international, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments -   - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 This Weekend: Wizardworld Toronto Comicon  The first edition of the Wizardworld Toronto Comicon takes place this weekend at the Direct Energy Centre, March 26-28. The show is the replacement for the old Paradise Comicon, which was purchased by Wizard last year. There are over 200 dealers, 50 comics creators, and several "celebrity" guests from the world of (mostly U.S.) television and film entertainment who will be signing autographs, posing for pictures, and answering questions. LOCATION Direct Energy Centre Exhibition Place 100 Princes' Blvd HOURS Friday - 12pm - 8pm Saturday - 10am - 7pm Sunday - 10am - 5pm There's no press kit online and it's too late for me to register as media, so I guess I won't be going. I look forward to your reports, though. Lots to do at the show, including the Kick Ass-Panel, booze, and more. Silver Snail is sponsoring a costume prize, U.S. writer Gail Simone is there, etc. Labels: conventions, events, Toronto, wizard - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, March 19, 2010 This weekend: Toronto Anime ConventionHobbystar Toronto Animecon March 20-21, 2010 Metro Toronto Convention Centre (North Building) 255 Front Street. West Animecon Hours Saturday : 11:00am - 6:00pm Sunday : 11:00am - 5:00pm $15 Flat rate all access pass; good for Saturday, Sunday or both days. Admission only available at the door during the show hours Labels: conventions, cosplay, events, manga, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 JOE SHUSTER AWARDS 6th Annual JOE SHUSTER AWARDS have released their nominations, there's a lot of them so i'm going to post the list here and let you follow this link for more details on their home blog. A few details though: In January and February of this year, nominees were selected from master lists of eligible works originally published in English and/or French during the 2009 calendar year. Canadian citizens living at home or abroad, as well as permanent residents were eligible for consideration. Now that the lists of nominees have been finalized, nominated creators will have their work reviewed by juries, who will decide the winners. Winners will be announced at a public ceremony in Toronto on the evening of Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, with master of Ceremonies Jonathan Llyr. NOMINEES for Work Published in 2009 Artist/Dessinateur * Chris Bachalo * Darwyn Cooke * Marc Delafontaine * Djief Bergeron * Dale Eaglesham * Stuart Immonen * Francis Manapul * Cameron Stewart Cartoonist/Createur * Darwyn Cooke * Jeff Lemire * Bryan Lee O'Malley * Philippe Girard * Michel Rabagliati * Simon Roy * Seth * Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Colourist/Dessinateur Couleur [don't have time to add links for all of these right now, will fill in later, but there's this thing called google though....] * Brad Anderson * Chris Chuckry * Maryse Dubuc * Nathan Fairbairn * Lovern Kindzierski * Francois Lapierre * Dave McCaig * Ronda Pattison Writer/Ecrivain * Kelley Armstrong * Ian Boothby * Herve Bouchard * Maryse Dubuc * Kathryn Immonen * Dean Motter * Ty Templeton * J. Torres Cover/Couverture * Kaare Andrews * Paul Bordeleau * Darwyn Cooke * Darwyn Cooke * Marc Delafontaine * Dale Eaglesham * Dale Keown * Igor Kordey Webcomics/Bandes Dessinees Web * Attila Adorjany - Metaphysical Neuroma * Kate Beaton - Hark! A Vagrant * Andy Belanger - Bottle of Awesome and Raising Hell * Rene Engstrom - Anders Loves Maria * Karl Kerschl -The Abominable Charles Christopher * Gisele Lagace and David Lumsdon - Eerie Cuties and Ménage à 3 * Tara Tallan - Galaxion * Steve Wolfhard - Cat Rackham Labels: awards, conventions, events, hobbystar, Joe Shuster Awards, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - - we honor OpenID -
Sunday, March 14, 2010 Printer refuses to print Doug Wright Awards Nominee's WorkDoug Wright Awards nominee for best emerging talent, Adam Bourret has had his autobiographical comic I'm Crazy, refused to be printed by Toronto printer Harmony Printing because they were afraid of offending their 'religious' clients. Here is an excerpt from their letter: Unfortunately due to the content I am going to have to respectfully decline. The reason is we have a lot of long standing clients who are religious organizations. They are in our facilities all of the time and cannot risk having this content out in the open during production. Please understand that this is not a slight against your artwork or the message that you are trying to convey to your audience. Adam's reply, posted on his website is below:
According to this extended editorial at The Torontoist, who contacted the printer for clarification, their refusal to print Adam's autobiographic comic is not based on same-sex issues but rather images of 'people having sex'. This story has also been picked up by these other outlets as well: Say it With Pie. Hardcore Nerdity. Award winning gay blog Towleroad Quill & Quire Comic Book Resources. Labels: Adam Bourret, censorship, printing, publishing, self-publishing, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 2comments - - we honor OpenID -
Saturday, March 13, 2010 April Schedule: Toronto Cartoonists WorkshopTORONTO CARTOONISTS WORKSHOP is pleased to announce our line up of new classes for April 2010. They will be: - Ty Templeton’s Comic Book Bootcamp Level One - Kidding Around: Writing Comics for Younger Readers with Sam Agro - Professional Layout and Story Telling for Comics and Graphic Novels with Ty Templeton Comic Book Bootcamp Level I is finally back. It covers indepth both the pictorial and writing aspects of comic book creation. The response to this course is amazing and it has been constantly full over the past four years in its various incarnations. The September 2009 edition was sold out very quickly following Fan Expo and had a waiting list. Apply now to avoid disappointment. Writing Comics for Younger Readers teaches the fundamentals of what is becoming a hot market in the book field. With critical and economic successes like BONE, AMULET and DIARY OF A WIMPY KID driving industry and consumer interest it is sure to be a growth area for some time. Sign up for this in depth study of the fundamentals of writing comics and animation for kids from 5 to 15 taught by Sam Agro. Sam has written for TVO’s Polka Dot Shorts, the animated segments of Elliot Moose is on the Loose and many, many scripts for DC’s Looney Tunes and Block Party comics. Professional Layout and Story Telling is a course I have been asked about for a long time. Many aspiring comic artists are interested in studying with Ty Templeton, but would rather not have to go through the writing lessons that are a part of the Bootcamp. If you are a student who specifically wants to focus on the art side of making comics, then this is the course for you. It compresses the art lessons taught in the Comic Book Bootcamp Level I and Level II into one course. This class will be quite intensive and students should expect to be bombarded with information in each session. Due to Ty's schedule I'm not sure when this will be offered again, so please take advantage of the opportunity now. For FULL information on these workshops please go to our site at: http://www.cartoonistsworkshop.com Thank you for your interest in and support for the Toronto Cartoonists Workshop. If you have any questions please address them to me at info@cartoonistsworkshop.com or by calling 647-502-7605. Labels: comics in school, events, let's get technical, tools of the trade, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, March 12, 2010 6th annual Doug Wright Awards awards @ TCAF!  George Sprott, and Aboriginal manga lead nominations for the 2010. March 12, 2010 Toronto -- Running the gamut from the acclaimed to the unconventional, the 15 finalists for this year's Doug Wright Awards were announced today in Toronto. Hand-picked by an esteemed panel of comics experts, the 2010 finalists represent the finest, most thought-provoking work produced by Canada's vibrant comics community. The shortlist contains works that explore diverse subjects, from the legendary life of Kasper Hauser and the fictional life (and death) of a fading TV host, and spans a range of formats, from wordless lino-cuts graphic novels to "manga" inspired by Western Canadian Haida mythology. The Doug Wright Awards finalists for Best Book are: Back + Forth by Marta Chudolinska (The Porcupine's Quill) George Sprott: (1894-1975) by Seth (Drawn and Quarterly) Hot Potatoe by Marc Bell (Drawn and Quarterly) Kaspar by Diane Obomsawin (Drawn and Quarterly) Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas and McIntyre) The Doug Wright Awards finalists for Best Emerging Talent are: Pascal Girard Nicolas (Drawn and Quarterly) John Martz It's Snowing Outside. We Should Go For a Walk. Sully The Hipless Boy (Conundrum Press) The finalists for the 2010 Pigskin Peters Award (for unconventional, "nominally-narrative" comics) are: Bebete Simon Bosse (L'Oie de Cravan) Dirty Dishes by Amy Lockhart (Drawn and Quarterly) Hot Potatoe by Marc Bell (Drawn and Quarterly) Never Learn Anything From History by Kate Beaton The Collected Doug Wright Volume One by Doug Wright (Drawn and Quarterly) Founded in 2004 (in a dimly lit Toronto bar) to celebrate the finest in English-language comics and graphic novels, The Doug Wright Awards have since evolved into one of North America's foremost comics awards and one of its most anticipated events. Wright Awards finalists defy easy categorization, and include past and present masters of the form and off-the-beaten-path newcomers alike, all vying for one of the most unique and coveted trophies in comics. This year's nominees were chosen by a five-member panel who chose from works released in the 2009 calendar year. The panel included: comics historian and author Jeet Heer; filmmaker Jerry Ciccoritti; cartoonist Chester Brown; Walrus comics blogger Sean Rogers, and; writer and Sequential.ca publisher Bryan Munn. The winners are chosen by a jury that includes cartoonists, writers, actors, directors, musicians and, on occasion, politicians. A featured event of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF), the 2010 Doug Wright Awards ceremony will take place on Sat. May 8, at 7 pm at the Toronto Reference Library's new Bram & Bluma Appel Salon. For more information, please contact: Labels: awards, Doug Wright Awards, events, Ontario, pr, tcaf, TCAF 2010, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Sunday, March 07, 2010 Double-Barreled Comic Release | Sword of My Mouth  I've never seen either of them holding a gun before, looks like they enjoy it! ;) Labels: new books, Ontario, TCAF 2010, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Interview with Toronto cartoonist Dave Lapp, creator of Drop-In and Children of the Atom  I had an opportunity to interview Dave Lapp last week, the highlights of which (and there are many) are now available at the torontoist books site. We spoke of many things - his process, his connection to original art, his dream journals. I always find Dave Lapp very inspiring to talk to. If you can, check out Drop-In and be sure to pick up his collection of Children of the Atom -- 5 years of weekly strips, 250 pages! Labels: books.torontoist, cartoonists, comic strips, comics, comics history, Conundrum Press, Dave Lapp, mini-comics, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Christopher Butcher Liveblogging The Feb 2010 Previews   Labels: blogosphere, comics retailers, new books, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, March 02, 2010 TCAF News: Jim Woodring Comes to Toronto  U.S. cartoonist Jim Woodring is the latest guest to be announced for the upcoming Toronto Comics Arts Festival (May 2010). Making his first Toronto appearance, Woodring is best known for his comic book series Jim (Fantagraphics) and stories and graphic novels starring his character Frank. Raconteur, painter, and Jack Kirby workmate, Woodring also coined the phrase "Canuck piddlepants" to describe Canadian cartoonists. Other guests include the Transmission X webcomics collective and Ho Che Anderson.
(photo: M.Woodring) Labels: international, TCAF 2010, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, March 01, 2010 Toronto Winter Comicon Wrap-Up  Some quick links from this past weekends Hobbystar Comicon in T.O. Everyone seems to have cut it short to watch the Gold Medal hockey game: Jason Truong's shortest con ever. Milo from Digital Konent says it was "packed!" Ty from Doing the Batusi blog liveblogs the whole shebang. (That's his photo up top) He also blogged the Guy Davis event Friday. Eric Orchard experienced things here and here. Labels: conventions, events, hobbystar, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Saturday, February 27, 2010 The Toronto Cartoonists Workshop April programs Click on the image to go to the text/blog post on their site.  Labels: comics in school, drawing classes, lectures, let's get technical, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Toronto ComiCon Winter Convention  Sunday, February 28, 2010 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre 11:00am - to 5:00pm. $5 Admission. Special Guests: GUY DAVIS (B.P.R.D.) courtesy of http://www.artoriginals.ca CAMERON STEWART (Batman & Robin) RAY FAWKES (The Apocalipstix) FRANCIS MANAPUL (Adventure Comics, The Flash) AGNES GARBOWSKA (You, Me & Zombie) MARCUS TO (Red Robin) RICHARD ZAJAC (Adventure Comics) KELLY TINDALL (Proof) ERIC VEDDER (Darkstalkers) JOE VRIENS (Darkstalkers) and TY TEMPLETON - courtesy of Toronto Cartoonists Workshop Artists Alley/Other Exhibitors Gavin McCarthy DMF Comics J.E. Lozano Heroes of the World Max the Mutt Animation School Toronto Cartoonists Workshop TORONTO COMICON - FEBRUARY 28, 2010 - EXHIBITOR LIST Dealers: A&C Games All New Comics Canstar Toys Comic Book Addiction Comic Age Entertainment Conspiracy Comics DragonStar HaganLand Harley Yee Rare Comics Heavy Mental designs Labyrinth Mad Men Comics Major Comics Manish Mistry Milo Accessories Myths, Legends & Heroes Pendragon Red Nails/ Blue Ribbon Shockwave Comic Books Unknown Worlds Wyldstar For table information please contact tiziano@hobbystar.com and/or kevin@hobbystar.com Labels: conventions, events, hobbystar, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, February 22, 2010 Of Mystery and Macabre: a Guy Davis exhibition @ the Gladstone  A two part event @ the Gladstone. SAT, FEB 27, 2010 - 1:00 PM to 11:30 PM VENUE: 2ND FLOOR Constructive Storytelling: $105 per person (limited to 15 persons) The 180 Minute Master Class, 1 to 4 pm Of Mystery and the Macabre COVER: FREE Reception, 7:30 to 11:30 pm Of interest as well - for background on the venue, a Toronto landmark, watch Last Call at the Gladstone Hotel @ hotdocslibrary.ca Labels: art show, events, events links, gallery, Ontario, Toronto, workshop - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 2comments - - we honor OpenID -
Toronto Comic Jam runs this Tuesday February 23th,9 p.m. till MidnightSome great comic jam activities happeing in Toronto this week with the Toronto Comic Jam courtesy the very talented Dalton Sharp First of all the Toronto Comic Jam will be happening this Tuesday, Feb 23, 9pm at The Cameron House as usual. COLLAGE/COMIC JAM - For a change of pace they're experimenting with an afternoon jam! Saturday, February 27th, 1-4 p.m. at the Wychwood Community Gallery, 601 Christie Ave. (use the Wychwood Ave. entrance) Wychwood Barns, Community Gallery. A short walk from St. Clair West Subway Station. There'll be a lot of cutting and pasting. Free! -supplies provided -snacks and drinks available -bring your travel mug -Click Here For Poster- GANGLION LAUNCH PARTY - GangLion comics collective launches issue 4 of their anthology with a party in Kensington Market, Monday, March 1st at The Boat, 158 Augusta Ave. Dave Lapp, J.B., and Dalton Sharp will be drawing 'sloppy' portraits from 9-11. Anyone else who is interested in joining in and drawing ugly portraits email Dalton at thetorontocomicjam@gmail.com. Doors at 9. Show at 10. Portraits from 9 - 11. ADMISSION: $5!!!Gets you one free copy of gangLion and one free portrait! Labels: comic jams, Dalton Sharp, Dave Lapp, events, Toronto, Toronto Comic Jam - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, February 12, 2010 TCAF: Call for Submissions, "New Narrative" Academic ConferenceOnce again, Andrew Lesk is organizing an academic conference on comics to coincide with the Toronto Comics Art Festival: 3rd annual New Narrative Conference: Narrative arts and visual media An Interdisciplinary Conference University of Toronto -- May 6-7, 2010 Keynote Speaker: Jeff Lemire (Tales of Essex County) In keeping with the spirit of sequels, we are again soliciting papers on a wide range of graphic novels, comic art, and related visual media. Comics, whether in the form of novelistic illustrations, newspaper serials, animated films, film adaptations, graphic novels, or sequential art narratives, have been with us since the rise of literature itself, yet until recently such media have never been considered "serious"-or at least, serious enough to be considered novels that might be on university syllabi. But are illustrated novels and live action films really about the pictures and not the narrative? How can the history of the form be reconciled with consumer culture and the ill-defined categories of "high" and "low" culture? Papers which examine and interpret these narratives in interdisciplinary forms are most welcome. Essays on novelistic illustrations, newspaper serials, animated films, film adaptations, graphic novels, or sequential art narratives may consider the following (incomplete) list: graphic novels and auto/biography -- illustrated and multi-media works -- web design and on-line comix -- film adaptations of comics -- series; engravings and caricatures -- the Comics Code Authority -- the "invention" of manga -- geopolitics/war and the graphic novel -- bande desinee & European comix - early comics & comic history -- illustrations in (literary) novels -- woodcut and "silent" artists. Proposals should be 400-500 words and must clearly indicate significance, the line of argument, principal texts considered, and relation to existing scholarship (or originality). One email copy of the proposal, and a 50 word bio note must be included, as an attachment in MS Word. This conference will take place just before the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, May 8 & 9. (See TorontoComics.com) Jeff Parker, Assistant Professor, and/or Dr. Andrew Lesk Department of English, University of Toronto E-mail: andrew[dot]lesk[at]utoronto[dot]ca See also http://andrewlesk.com/conferences.html DEADLINE for proposals: MARCH 31, 2010 (responses by April 08, 2010) Labels: comics criticism, comics history, comics in school, comics scholarship, events, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Interview with Jeet Heer on Comics ScholarshipHere's an interview with Jeet Heer on the rise of new comics scholarship in the last 10 years http://books.torontoist.com/2010/02/interview-with-jeet-heer-on-comics-scholarship/ Labels: books.torontoist, comics scholarship, interviews, Jeet Heer, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, February 05, 2010 Dat guy Kalman  Kalman Andrasofszky posted some lovely new art and B&W inks of his recent Captain America work on his blog today. There's mention of a star fish drinking game? And if you're clever, a hint for someone he's drawing next, which being an old club going lad, i bet he's chuffed about! Don't mention him here much as he works mostly for the big boys down south which doesn't fall under our beet that often, but Kalman is one of the hot talents we have out of Toronto, go have a look see around his site. Labels: art, can-con, capes, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Interview with Chris Butcher, TCAF Director Sequential's own Dave Howard had a chance to interview Beguiling manager, book buyer, TCAF Director, and all-around Toronto alt-comics catalyst Chris Butcher about comics212.net, the history of TCAF, his own history, and his take on Canadian publishing. Labels: books.torontoist, Chris Butcher, interviews, TCAF 2010, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, January 28, 2010 Interview with Kean Soo  [by Dave Howard]Kean Soo was very generous as I tortured him through two interviews - the first one I realized after I'd hung up the phone that the tape had run out very early on. We stayed up late the following evening to get the second one done - thanks so much for your patience Kean. Read the results here on books@torontoist Keaner dot net Labels: books.torontoist, interviews, Kean Soo, kid lit, kids comics, Ontario, profiles, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Toronto Comic Jam at the Cameron HouseToronto Comic Jam Co-ordinator Dalton Sharp sends out this message
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 Toronto Comicon offers half tables for March 26-28  M is for comics. May is TCAF and March marks the return of Paradise Toronto Comicon, now part of the wizardworld universe. Got this from Peter Dixon, wasn't aware there was a fuss over the pricing but good news for exhibitors in any case, they are offering an accessible price for half tables. Don't know if i can make it but we'll see. If all goes well it would be good to be there. Hello everyone and Happy New Year. I hope your holidays were enjoyable. Labels: aperances, conventions, cosplay, events, events links, floppies, Ontario, paradise comicon, Toronto, wizard - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Inking is in the air, Gallery of instructors' art  Subject: COMIC BOOK INKING COURSE from the Toronto Cartoonists Workshop Labels: comics in school, drawing classes, gallery, how-to, let's get technical, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
TCAF 2010 website goes live  Visit torontocomics.com for the full list of exhibitors, and this link will give you the Google calender feed for the schedule. The festival will be held May 8th and 9th at the Toronto Reference Library on the corner of Asquith Ave and Yonge St. View Larger Map Labels: conventions, festivals, news, TCAF 2010, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Saturday, January 16, 2010 Dan Clowes to Headline TCAF this yearThe Comics Reporter has the inside scoop on TCAF - Dan Clowes will be headlining the Toronto Comics Arts Festival this year. Click through here to see his poster for this year's event, and get more details. Drawn and Quarterly will be releasing Clowes' newest graphic novel, Wilson this spring. Labels: Dan Clowes, Drawn and Quarterly, news, TCAF 2010, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 Jason Kieffer and the Return of Zanta  BlogTO has a short feature on the rumoured return of Toronto street performer/mayoral candidate Zanta, the shirtless Santa Claus. Kieffer profiled Zanta in his new book The Rabble of Downtown Toronto and is working on a full-length Zanta epic. Streetperson synergy is sure to ensue. Labels: blogosphere, mini-comics, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, December 17, 2009 The C-List: New and Old Canadian Comics  Some pre-Xmas Cheer. Item: I actually risked the mall the other day and was delighted to find this giant dvd box set of the seminal Canadian cartoon show Rocket Robin Hood. It just came out and is priced between $20 and $30. Chapters, too.  Item: Jason Kieffer writes to let us know about his new book, The Rabble of Downtown Toronto, a guide to the characters of the big city, with helpful notes and a map. The squarebound book is only available at the Beguiling and through Kieffer himself [email]. Price: $10.Item: Writer Rob Pincombe celebrates the life of Adrian Dingle, creator of 1940s Canadian superheroes Nelvana and The Penguin. Item: Dinner with the policart and comics historian Aislin. Item: Neal Gaiman in Winnipeg. Item: Former math professor and owner of London, Ont.'s first comic book store, Eddie Smet, has donated his 10,000 item comic book collection to Western. Item: Cartoonist Guy Delisle is home for the holidays and will be appearing at the D&Q store in Montreal today (December 17). Animated Conversation, Thursday, 7 p.m. Guy will discusses his graphic novels, which are based on experiences in China, North Korea and Myanmar, and his latest trip to Israel. 211 Bernard St. W., free! Item: The comics phenom of 2010 might just be Scott Pilgrim and the movie based on the book series. Item: The Shuster Awards would like you to help out with their 2010 nominating process. Item: The Toronto Observer covers the Gladstone Small Press festival, including graphic novel creator Mike Leone and his "Freelance Blues." Labels: aperances, awards, C-List, comics history, events, Montreal, movies, new books, reading, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, December 11, 2009 This Weekend: Toronto AnimeCon  Hobbystar's Toronto AnimeCon takes place this Sunday, December 13. Labels: conventions, cosplay, events, hobbystar, manga, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, November 23, 2009 Toronto : Last Jam of '09 the 24th of Nov  It's the Toronto Comic Jam! Come and draw, drink and talk B.S. about the comic you plan to start in 2010. The last Jam is this Tuesday, November 24th, 9 p.m onwards, Cameron House, 408 Queen W., Spadina-Queen. B.Y.O.pens, paper provided.www.torontocomicjam.com View Larger Map Labels: comic jams, events, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Saturday, November 21, 2009 Sunday: Toronto ComiconToronto Comicon November 22, 2009: 11-5 Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, Room 206 $5 or Free to Fan Expo Canada VIP pass holders.  Guests: Tom Raney, Francis Manapul, Marcus To, Agnes Garbowski, Leonard Kirk, Marcio Takara, Kent Burles, Ty Templeton +Plus lots of comics. View Larger Map Labels: conventions, events, hobbystar, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, November 09, 2009 AN AFTERNOON IN PARADISE WITH LEONARD KIRK  Co: a facebook event!Paradise Comics celebrates the latest work of Leonard Kirk ! "From the dust of UTOPIA comes DARK X-MEN! Never one to say “die”, Norman Osborn is keeping what’s left of HIS X-Men alive. MYSTIQUE! DARK BEAST! WEAPON OMEGA! MIMIC! They are the public face of mutants in an Osborn world. And what a face they are! But what does Nate Grey, A.K.A. X-MAN, have to do with it? The critically acclaimed team of PAUL CORNELL (BLACK WIDOW, TV’s Dr. Who) and Leonard Kirk (CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13) take on the world of X!" Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:00pm - 6:00pm Paradise Comics 3278 Yonge street Toronto, ON 4164879807 paradisecomics@wiznet.ca Labels: comics retailers, events, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Super Party 10th post aniversery  Co: funky crazy man, Sean Ward.
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Saturday, October 31, 2009 Sunday Nov 1st Toronto - Canzine!  "Canada's Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture" The heart of the event, indie publishers both in print and online come from across the country and the continent will fill the old Gladstone Hotel to it's gills, to show off their wares. We are cautioned to be amazed at the creativity, ingenuity, and sheer weirdness of it all. There is a huge line up of stuff this year, sorry i'll be missing it. Check here for the many events held along side the main floor, in various rooms about the old hotel: Hotel Room Installations; 1:00-7:00pm; Canada's brightest and weirdest will be creating one day unique environments to explore in five of the Gladstone Hotel's Rooms. There's The City of Craft General Store, ARTCADE 2009, The Lost Window: Toronto Mannequin Window Displays 1930-1950 [provocative found-photo exhibit], Spelunkin' fer Culkin [3Dzine installation by Wowee Zonk], and....  The Toronto Comic Jam Room: All day long sequential art. On the last Tuesday of every month the Toronto Comic Jam meets at the Cameron House to collaboratively create comics. But on November 1st it will be coming out of the back room and setting up shop in one of Canzine's art rooms where it will invite passers-by to stop in and draw a panel or two. Past Toronto Comic Jam books will be for sale. Links- regular Jam home page, and the Facebook event page. The slide show is anything tagged Canzine from the flickr stream, if you go have a great show! Labels: Canzine, events, events links, festivals, Ontario, social ink, Toronto, zine fair, zines - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, October 29, 2009 Kill Shakespeare in 2010  KILL SHAKESPEARE is a dark tale casting Shakespeare's greatest hero's against his worst Villans. Led by Hamlet - Juliet, Othello, Falstaff, Romeo and Puck begin a heroic journey to discover a long-lost soul - a reclusive magician whom may have the ability to assist them in their battle against evil forces, led by Richard III, Lady MacBeth and Iago. That reclusive magician? William Shakespeare.
Sounds like a rawkus book - and well promoted so far - though rifting on the bard, they best keep an eye on the gamer and such. ;) They describe it as "A combination of "Lord of the Rings", "Shakespeare in Love", "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and "Justice League of America", it is a tale that has action and adventure, love and romance, comedy, drama and bloody violence. It's an adventure of Shakespearean proportions." 'Ba-dum-bump! tish!' killshakespeare.com youtube bleedingcool.com - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 The C-List: NLWCC, or Leah McLaren Loves Stig's Inferno?  Canadian comics culture is exploding all over the place!Item: The NLWCC, or "Newfoundland's West Coast Con" wrapped up Sunday in Corner Brook, NFLD. Nothing on youtube from it yet but the organizer and Founder Carson Smith was interviewed on Corner Brook Cafe' October 15th. Item: Leah McLaren suggests you read one of those obscure graphic novels, instead of a book nominated for a literary prize, perhaps unaware that there are now prizes for obscure graphic novels, even in Canada? She's still awesome, regardless. I wonder what her choice would be? Ty Templeton's "Stig's Inferno"? Julie Doucet's "The Madame Paul Affair"? Or maybe something by Carel Moiseiwitsch? [like-link] Maybe Colin Upton's "Big Black Thing"? Or Ho Che Anderson's "Scream Queen"? Item: Dan Clowes' new D&Q book has some success at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Item: The Winnipeg Comic Con is this coming weekend! Item: Mariko Tamaki has a few words about freaks and geeks in Ottawa. Item: Seth in Vancouver. Item: Ramon Perez is touring Europe with some of the Transmission X gang. Item: The relative gayness of Superman. Item: The Speakeasy Comic Book art show, Toronto. Item: New honcho at Penguin Canada. Item: Manga porn arrests in Nova Scotia. Item: Guy Delisle gives more interview. Item: Sean T. Collins profiles Jay Stephens on Morbius the Living Vampire and other Awesome stuff. Labels: C-List, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 A certain bent appeal likes a Quarter Life CrisisCo: Google alerts: book review of Evan Munday's Quarter Life Crisis  "Toronto has what I would call a fairly respectable comics scene - from the ongoing popularity of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival to the existence of several fine comics stores (including my fave, The Beguiling) and the noticeable increase in comics-related booths and programming at Word on the Street this year." Labels: new books, Ontario, reviews, Toronto, wordonthestreet - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, October 02, 2009 Shuster Awards Podcast  Jamie Coville reports, again! Shuster Awards Podcast (92:01, 84.2mb) Photos (that's Hall-of-Famer Diana Schutz) Labels: awards, events, pod casts, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Toronto Word on the Street Podcasts  Jamie Coville reports: Sequential Presents: Oh, Canada. Surveying the Landscape of Canadian Comics. (50:50, 46.5mb) "The panel was hosted by Bryan Munn and Salgood Sam from Sequential. On the panel was Brad Mackay (pronounced Macka-eye) from the Doug Wright Awards and Kevin Boyd from the Joe Shuster Awards. Much of the panel talked about their respective organizations when it comes to a variety of Canadian cartooning topics. Brad Mackay did do much of the talking." Webcomics! (50:02, 45.8mb) "Hosted by Chris Butcher, the panel consisted of 5 webcomic creators. They were Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics), Andy Belanger (Transmission X), Kean Soo (Jellaby), Faith Erin Hicks (Ice and War at Ellsmare) and Emily Horne (A Softer World). They talked about a variety of webcomics issues, how and why they started, what day has the lowest web traffic, supporting themselves with a web comic, getting into print, etc.. Due to a dead battery lost about the last 5 minutes of the panel." Pictures Labels: awards, events, pod casts, Toronto, webcomics, wordonthestreet - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, October 01, 2009 The C-List: October SurprisesWell, the C-List is back from its adventure in Toronto. Max and I had fun hosting two events at the Word on the Street festival. Our thanks to participants Kevin Boyd, Willow Dawson, Jeff Lemire, Brad Mackay, and Evan Munday, and to the organizers and volunteers, especially Peter and Chris from the Beguiling/TCAF. Max recorded our two panels but the audio is not ready yet -- Jamie Colville also did some recording and you can find those files here [Sequential Presents: Oh, Canada. Surveying the Landscape of Canadian Comics. 50:50, 46.5mb]and here [Webcomics! 50:02, 45.8mb], with some info posted on the source page here! It was very nice to meet cartoonists Dave Lapp and Tory Woollcott, as well as chat with Chester Brown and Chris Oliveros, who were hard at work making sure everyone in Toronto owns a signed copy of Louis Riel. I bought alot of comics, both at WOTS and around town (including a small pile of the overlooked early 80s masterpiece, The New Adventures of Superboy), and overall had a battery-recharging mini-holiday. So now, back to the linkage: Item: The Shuster Awards wrap-ups continue and the Shuster Awards blog has all the links, including Robert Pincombe's overview & Kevin Boyd's response, wth mention of our WOTS panel; a whole bunch of other reports; and Jason Truong's report. The audio of the event is posted by Jamie Coville here. Again details on his site. Item: Cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks --who signed at the Shuster table at WOTS-- has signed with First Second Books to publish her next graphic novel, Friends With Boys. Item: Historian Jeet Heer contributed an essay to the beautiful-looking Upside-Down World of Gustave Verbeek: Comics and Art 1900-1915, which was released this past Wednesday. Item: I'm not sure what Cerebus TV is, but I'm hoping Dave Sim's Shuster speech will be available there soon. Item: Walrus blogger Sean Rogers reviews 3 new comics reprint collections. Item: The National Post reviews Jeff Lemire's The Nobody for its Fall Books section. Item: The Peterborough, Ontario Regional Health Centre has released a comic for kids about infectious disease. Item: Seth provides a little background about the giant Wine King float we mentioned last week for the National Post. Item: Last chance to get it on at the Rated R Show, it closes today in Toronto. Max stopped in hours before getting on a bus back to Montreal, and made this Video report, playing now on Sequential TV. There are also three clips after it documenting the event published by the organizers themselves. Labels: awards, C-List, new books, shusters, Toronto, wordonthestreet - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, September 28, 2009 TORONTO COMIC JAM SEPTEMBER 29th!  "Autumn is finally here, let's draw!"What is a comic jam?? One artist draws the first panel, and then another artist draws the next panel, and then a different artist draws the next panel.... and keeps going until the page is finished. At the end of the night, we put the pages together and publish it in our own jam book available at the next monthly jam session. Everyone is invited to participate (but only 19+; the Cameron House is a bar). So bring some drawing utensils (we provide paper), and some friends, and come join us. www.torontocomicjam.com Facebook group Cameron House 408 Queen St. West 1 block west of Spadina. Labels: comic jams, events, events links, Ontario, social ink, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Sunday, September 27, 2009 Sequential @ Word on the Street Today!Just a reminder that we will be hosting two (2!) panels at the Comics tent at Word on the Street in Toronto today: 3PM to 4PM: "Oh Canada. Surveying the Landscape of Canadian Comics." What does it mean to be a Canadian graphic novelist? What is the state of Canadian comics and graphic novels and what is its future? Just what makes a comic Canadian anyway? Join Bryan Munn and Salgood Sam, editors of the Canadian comics news and culture blog Sequential, as they discusses the state of Canadian comics. Joining them will be representatives of two of Canada's cartooning awards, Brad Mackay from The Doug Wright Awards and Kevin Boyd from The Joe Shuster Awards, as well as award-winning Canadian comics creators. This is sure to be a lively discussion! 4PM to 5PM: "Sequential Presents: 3 New Comics Set in Canada" Following the discussion of the state of Canadian graphic novels, Canadian comics, news and culture blog Sequential will be presenting readings featuring three new graphic novels set in Canada. With one story published on the internet, one published by an American publisher and even one published in Canada, this is a diverse and exciting group of new work. This segment will feature readings by Willow Dawson, 100 Mile House; Jeff Lemire, Essex County; and Evan Munday, Quarter-Life Crisis. Hope to see you all there!  Labels: awards, events, graphic novels, Sequential, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Your 2009 Joe Shuster Award Winners!Cool, so i just got in after the after party, drinks after, and late night apple pie. I attended and shot video of this year's Joe Shuster Awards, they were great - not sure about past ones - this my first - but i think it's safe to say they really put on a show. Great multimedia and presentation. Downlight, few winners were there in person to receive their awards. Highlight: Cameron Stewart's acceptance speech for Sin Titulo! ;) Video to come later after some editing, but for now, care of event organizer Kevin Andrew Boyd, i give you your 2009 Joe Shuster Award Winners! Artist/Dessinateur * David Finch - Ultimatum #1-2 (Marvel Comics) Cartoonist/Createur * Dave Sim - Glamourpuss #1-4, Judenhaas (Aardvark-Vanaheim) Colourist/Dessinateur Couleur * Francois Lapierre - "Gedeon et la bete du lac" Contes et legendes du Quebec (Glenat Quebec), Magasin general 4 (Casterman) Writer/Ecrivain * Mariko Tamaki - Emiko Superstar (DC/Minx), Skim (Groundwood Books) Cover/Couverture * Niko Henrichon - Hostile Tome 1 (Dupuis) Webcomics/Bandes Dessinees Web * Cameron Stewart - Sin Titulo Publisher/editeur * Les 400 Coups/Mecanique Generale Comics for Kids / Bandes Dessinees pour Enfants * Kean Soo, Jellaby Book 1 (Hyperion) Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishers / Le Prix Gene Day pour editeurs Direct Canadian de Bandes Dessinees * Jesse Jacobs for Blue Winter, Shapes in the Snow. The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer /Le Prix Harry Kremer pour Detaillant Exceptionnel Canadien de Bandes Dessinees * Legends Comics and Books (Victoria, British Columbia) Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame / Temple de la renommee Createur Canadien de Bandes Dessinees * George Menendez Rae (1906-1992) * Real Godbout (1951-) * Ken Steacy (1955-) * Diana Schutz (1955-) Congratulations to all of the winners and the nominees!! Labels: awards, can-con, events, halloffame, Ontario, shusters, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, September 25, 2009 This Saturday: Joe Shuster Awards, Toronto  The Joe Shuster Awards are this weekend, Saturday Sept 26, at the Innis Ton Hall, University of Toronto, 8 PM. The ceremony host will be the Space Channel's Jonathan Llyr. Admission is FREE. Doors open for General Seating at 7:30PM. See the Nominees list. The Shuster Awards are the articulation of The Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association, established in 2004 as a non-profit organization to give recognition to, and raise awareness of, the efforts made by Canadian comic book creators, retailers and publishers. Labels: art show, awards, events, floppies, graphic novels, Toronto, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Word on the Street: Dave LappMore "off the beaten path" comics stuff from the Toronto Word on the Street event this weekend: Dave Lapp, author of the graphic novel 'Drop-In' will be at Word On The Street, Queen's Park, Sunday September 27th from 11:00-5:00 at the Taddle Creek Magazine table. Drop In chronicles Dave's experiences teaching art to kids in some of Toronto's poorest neighbourhoods. If haven't read this Doug Wright and Ignatz Award nominated book, now's your chance! Labels: events, graphic novels, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
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