Wednesday, March 24, 2010  
This Weekend: Wizardworld Toronto Comicon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/24/2010 04:45:00 PM

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.

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   Friday, March 19, 2010  
Sunday: Vancouver Comicon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/19/2010 06:24:00 PM

Vancouver Comicon

For comic-book lovers of all ages, featuring vendor tables and special guests. - Heritage Hall, 3102 Main St. - March 21, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. - $4/adult, under 14/free, 604-322-6412.

Special Guests:

Douglas Wheatley (Star Wars: Dark Times)
Steve Rolston (Ghost Projekt, Emiko Superstar, Queen and Country)
Ken Boesem (The Village)
Robin Bougie (Cinema Sewer)
Kelly Everaert (Jungle Tales, Trilogy of Terror)
Miriam Libicki (Jobnik!)
Mike Myhre (Space Jet)
Andrew Salmon (Sherlock Holmes, Secret Agent X)
Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Hemp Island)
Wai Khan Au
Chloe Chan
Beth Wagner
New Reliable Press
Sketchrospective
Monster Attack Team Canada

Dealer Tables: $50/centre; $60/wall

Hourly door prizes!

Admission: $4.00
Kids under 14: Free

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This weekend: Toronto Anime Convention

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/19/2010 12:17:00 AM
Hobbystar 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

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   Wednesday, March 17, 2010  
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 JOE SHUSTER AWARDS

:: Posted by max @ 3/17/2010 08:26:00 PM

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
Cartoonist/Createur
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

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   Monday, March 01, 2010  
Toronto Winter Comicon Wrap-Up

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/01/2010 06:38:00 AM

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.

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   Tuesday, February 23, 2010  
Toronto ComiCon Winter Convention

:: Posted by max @ 2/23/2010 03:12:00 PM
Join us for the Toronto ComiCON !!!!!
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

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   Friday, February 19, 2010  
This Weekend: Con-G Anime Event, Guelph

:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/19/2010 11:46:00 AM

The Guelph anime convention, Con-G (both a short form for "Convention Guelph" and a pun on the Japanese word "kanji" which means pictograms, I think --although "congee" is a rice porridge popular in many Asian cultures) takes place this weekend.

Guests include webcomicker Lar deSouza, Doctor Holocaust, the 404s improv troupe, Savage Bandito, Solar Tempest, Stillvisions, Featherweight, and Hypersapiens.

Back for year 2, Con-G is

"being held at the Best Western Royal Brock Hotel & Conference Centre (same location, the hotel changed names shortly after Con-G 2009) on February 20 and 21.

What's special about our convention? Guelph is an awesome location! We're currently the only convention west of Toronto [In Ontario], making us more convenient for people in London, Hamilton and the Tri-City area. The Best Western is located across from the university and near the centre of Guelph. It is easily accessed by bus or car. Finally, the convention takes place in February, at a time when there are few other anime conventions.

For those that don't know, an anime convention is a place where anime enthusiasts come to share their love for anime and have a great time! There will be anime, themed games, dancing, vendors, discussions and much more. It's a great opportunity to meet people interested in the same things you are and discuss your favourite shows. Don't be intimidated! We welcome the young, the old, the casual anime enthusiast and the most hardcore fans. There's something for everyone."

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   Wednesday, January 20, 2010  
Toronto Comicon offers half tables for March 26-28

:: Posted by max @ 1/20/2010 06:35:00 PM
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.
Things are coming along well for our show coming up in March. I have received allot of feedback from many of you concerned with the higher prices compared to our shows in the past. Because of this we have a few options to offer. First we are lowering the price to $210 CDN plus GST. We are also offering four foot tables at $129 CDN plus GST. Hopefully this will allow everybody to be able to participate this year if they want to.
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-toronto.html

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Thanks
Peter Dixon
Paradise Comics
416 487-9807

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   Tuesday, January 19, 2010  
TCAF 2010 website goes live

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 1/19/2010 02:29:00 PM

Big news north of the 49th, Toronto Comic Art Festival director Chris Butcher announces the TCAF website is now up and running, at http://torontocomics.com.

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.


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   Friday, December 11, 2009  
This Weekend: Toronto AnimeCon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 12/11/2009 11:51:00 AM

Hobbystar's Toronto AnimeCon takes place this Sunday, December 13.

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   Monday, December 07, 2009  
Jack Ruttan at the Montreal Comic Con

:: Posted by max @ 12/07/2009 07:30:00 PM
The Montreal Comic Con had it's December one day event this past Sunday. 

Despite plans to attend i missed it, but local writer and cartoonist Jack Ruttan [utopiamoment.ca] was there and has uploaded another impressive set of interviews and photos. We've collected the video into a playlist you wan watch bellow, along with the slide show of photos bellow that. Read Jack's musings about it on his site here.

"Didn't I just do one of these in September? And then there was Expozine last month. So, many of these artist seemed like old friends. It was fun brandishing around my little Lumix DMC-FS3 and talking to artists. Sound was a little off (and some interviews are in French), but I think things are audible if you turn up the volume."

In the playlist appears Convention organizers Oscar and Elizabeth. Eric Theriault, Isabelle Stephen, Michel Lacombe, Sid Vane and Gloria, Patrick Langlois, Troma, Jimmy Suzan, Fred Mahieu, Steph Dumais, Noumier Tawilah, Jipi McCloud, And Janardan.





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   Saturday, November 21, 2009  
Sunday: Toronto Comicon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 11/21/2009 06:06:00 AM
Toronto 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.

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   Friday, November 20, 2009  
Sunday: Ottawa Comic Show

:: Posted by Bryan @ 11/20/2009 12:56:00 AM
Ottawa Civic Centre Card + Comic Show "The Big One"
Sunday November 22, 2009
Aberdeen Pavilion / "Cattle Castle"
Contact:
Mike Quevillon
In Ottawa (613) 823-1837
E-mail: mrq@rogers.com

a unique setting --the Ottawa Senators won their last Stanley Cup in 1927 in this very same building

lots of comics and cards and even a maybe a few NHLers

Plus, the charming Brad Mackay will be signing copies of The Collected Doug Wright at the show.

Hours:10am-4pm

Admission: FREE

"Over 110 Dealer Tables Featuring:
comics, sports cards, coins, vinyl and other collectibles

This show is Ottawa’s biggest and is only held twice a year and is a can’t miss event for any collector as a lot of these dealers will be making their only Ottawa appearance. The accent of the show is to have varied amount of collectibles to satisfy any collector and we are always trying to bring in new dealers to keep the show fresh!!"

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   Friday, November 13, 2009  
This Sunday: Vancouver Comicon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 11/13/2009 01:23:00 PM


Sunday, November 15th, 2009
11amt o 5pm

Admission: $4.00
Kids under 14: Free

Special Guests:

• James Stokoe (Wonton Soup, Comic Book Tattoo)
• Kelly Everaert (Jungle Tales, Trilogy of Terror)
• James Lloyd (Other Stuff)
• Matthew Ocasio (The Matter)
• Andrew Salmon (Sherlock Holmes, Secret Agent X)
• Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Hemp Island)
• Marley Zarcone (Popgun)
• Mary Karaplis
• Carrie McKay
• Beth Wagner
• Critical Hit Comics

Dealer Tables: $40/centre; $50/wall

For more information, please call 604-322-6412

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   Thursday, November 12, 2009  
EXPOZINE 2009

:: Posted by max @ 11/12/2009 06:30:00 AM

EXPOZINE,
Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2009, from 12 - 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Laurier Métro).

Free admission.

OPENING PARTY, Friday November 13
at Sky Blue Door, 5403b Saint-Laurent (side door) 7 p.m. – 11 p.m., free admission
With Pharmakon MTL, Marc-Antoine K. Phaneuf, Simon Paquet and guests.

ABOUT EXPOZINE

This incredible event brings together nearly 300 creators of all kinds of publications and printed matter – from books to zines to posters and graphic novels – in both English and French. In the past eight years, Expozine has become one of North America's largest small press fairs, attracting thousands of visitors as well as exhibitors from across Canada, the U.S. and Europe. And for the first time, this year’s edition will feature a program of readings and discussions each afternoon.

At Expozine, you’ll discover a universe of publications and printed works that is hard to find anywhere, much less all in the same room! It’s your opportunity to meet hundreds of young and emerging authors, publishers and artists, and see what the winners of last year’s Expozine Alternative Press Awards are up to.

READINGS AND DISCUSSIONS AT EXPOZINE:

English readings and discussion (coordinated by Sara Spike and Jenny Lee Craig of the Greasy Goose Salon):

Saturday, 3 p.m., Discussion: Printed Matter or Printed Doesn't Matter?
With panelists Peggy Burns, Aaron Costain, Anna Leventhal and Jim Munroe. Moderated by Jeff Miller (Ghost Pine fanzine)

Sunday 2 p.m., readings by : Nadia Moss, Alisha Piercy and Laura Boo

Lectures en français à Expozine ( organisé par Les Éditions Rodrigol ) :
Samedi 14h : Catherine Cormier-Larose, François Guerrette et invités mystères.

Discussion en français à Expozine, dimanche 15h :
Problématique de la petite édition / diffusion
Animation par Greg Sadetsky (La Conspiration Dépressionniste) + conférenciers surprenants


That's November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2009, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Eglise Saint-Enfant Jesus, between St-Joseph and Laurier, near Laurier Metro). [street view links]


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You can’t miss it! www.expozine.ca
expozine@archivemontreal.org

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   Wednesday, October 28, 2009  
Coming Soon: Ottawa Comics Show

:: Posted by Bryan @ 10/28/2009 12:59:00 AM
From the organizers:
"The Big One" Sunday November 22nd / 2009

"Hi; It is that time of year again and Ottawa's semi-annual Civic centre show is just around the corner. We will be presenting our fall show in just under four weeks from today.

I will be posting notices in the next few weeks of different show features including a possible autograph session with a Montreal Canadians Hall of Fame player.

Professional card grading will be back with card grading done right on site... no sending your valuable cards away to the U.S.

I am also happy to announce that the Lansdowne administration has confirmed a change of venue to a much better facility. We were originally slated to be in the downstairs Salon's however we have been moved to the Aberdeen Pavilion / "Cattle Castle". If you remember a few shows back, we had a convention in this building and the benefits are many including ground floor load in for dealers and lots of natural lighting. This is a unique setting and I have been told that the Ottawa Senators won their last Stanley Cup in 1927 in this very same building.

The card tables are almost sold out so if you are a card dealer and haven't confirmed your space or are unsure of your status please drop me a line or give me a call.

There are still six comic tables available for rent.

There is an Ottawa 67's hockey game at 2:00 p.m. the same day as well as the weekly farmers market so paid parking will be in effect with a $5.00 charge per car AFTER 8:00 a.m. so all early risers get a $5.00 bonus as long as you are in the park before 8:00 a.m.

More news later this week.........."

Free Admission
Mike Quevillon / Co-ordinator .
Questions Ottawa 613-823-1837
or mrq@rogers.com

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   Saturday, October 10, 2009  
EXPOZINE 2009

:: Posted by max @ 10/10/2009 09:57:00 PM
MONTREAL'S EIGHTH ANNUAL
SMALL PRESS, COMIC AND ZINE FAIR!
Free admission. Thousands of new books, cool comix, poster, buttons, freaking you name it.

Expozine, Montreal's annual small press, comic and zine fair, will take place on Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2009, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Eglise Saint-Enfant Jesus, between St-Joseph and Laurier, near Laurier Metro). [street view links]

For the last few years EXPOZINE has been huge bringing together nearly 300 creators of all kinds of printed matter - from books to zines to poster art and comics - in both English and French. It has become one of North America's largest small press fairs, attracting thousands of visitors as well as exhibitors from across Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

This year for the first time there will also be a program of discussions and readings running throughout the event, as well as an opening party on Friday, November 13 (details to be announced). Not to be missed!

To reserve a table at Expozine, fill out the registration form at www.expozine.ca before November 2, 2009, or mail the printed form to Arcmtl, box 1232, Place d'Armes, Montreal Que. H2Y 3K2.

We're also looking for sponsors!!! For information on becoming a sponsor, contact us by email at expozine@archivemontreal.org.

www.expozine.ca

I will be there, will you?

Expozine is made possible through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts de Montreal. Merci very much!

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   Friday, September 18, 2009  
Montreal Comic Con - new guests.

:: Posted by max @ 9/18/2009 11:19:00 PM
Co: Eric Gibeau of the Montreal Comic Con.

Subject: NOUVEL INVTE! / NEW GUEST! + Q & A Sunday / Dimanche

EIDOS-MONTREAL (jeux vidéo / video games)

Richard Serrao (Silent Scream, Memento Mori graphic novels)

Collectif de cinéma indépendant montréalais / Montreal independent cinema collective (Productions A. Normale, Sv Bell, Christophe Blood'n'bones)

Bizzzart Design Studio Concept (tattoos, costumes)

Noumier Tawilah (Independent artist)

Astrobase 5 Editions (Les Editions)

Toy Company Montreal Chiptune Events

Jimmy Suzan (Tricomb Dynasty: Nirvana Interrupted)

There will also be Q & A sessions Sunday afternoon (check schedule Saturday at the con! or http://www.montrealcomiccon.com for more details).

Il y aura aussi des sessions "Q & A" le dimanche apres-midi (voir l'horaire samedi a la convention! ou http://www.montrealcomiccon.com pour plus de details)

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   Wednesday, September 16, 2009  
Montreal Comic Con this weekend!

:: Posted by max @ 9/16/2009 08:58:00 PM
Hi everyone,The Montreal Comic-Con will be held on Sept. 19th and 20th
@ Place Bonaventure.

photo by orbital-vancouver

I'll be attending the event this year as a guest [Salgood Sam], look forward to seeing some friends. Here's the information I've been sent so far...

Lou Ferrigno (Hulk), the Honky Toonk Man (WWE legend), Brad Swaile (Light Yagami in Death Note), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett in Star Wars) are among our guests.

A huge lineup of Comic artists will be present, including Mike Allred, Darwyn Cooke, Dale Eaglesham, Herb Trimpe, Serge Lapointe, Salgood Sam and Jimmy Beaulieu.
Costume contest
There will be a costume contest during the Montreal Comic-Con. Costumes can be anything related to the event - superheroes, science-fiction, manga, etc. Join the fun!

Rules
* There will be 2 winners every day, i.e. 2 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.
* Prizes consist of $25 spending cash at the show.
* On Saturday, the first winner will be declared at 2:30 pm and the second one at 5:30 pm.
* On Sunday, the first winner will be declared at 1:00 pm and the second one at 4:00 pm.
* From the 4 winners, one will be declared champion and receive $200 spending cash at the show.

ED: There are to be panels but I've not seen a schedule for that yet or floor plans for the show.

The admission is 10$ for 1 day or 15$ for the whole weekend (kids under 5: free; half price for kids from 6 to 10 years old).

The schedule is as follows:
Saturday, Sept. 19th, from 11am to 6pm
Sunday, Sept. 20th, from 10 am to 5 pm

We hope to see you there!

The Montreal Comic-Con team

* * *
Montreal Comic-Con
514 568-8680 / 514 638-1099
info@montrealcomiccon.com
www.montrealcomiccon.com
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook!


Place Bonaventure
800, De La Gauchetière Street, West
Montreal (Quebec) H5A 1K6

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   Wednesday, September 02, 2009  
FanExpo 3

:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/02/2009 06:21:00 AM


Another big linkdump: more links, blog reports, and photos from the recently completed Toronto FanExpo.

Jamie Coville almost deserves a post of his own (but I've added some other links at the bottom), doing yeoman work covering the entire comics world of the con with photos, tape, and reporting.

Coville sums up his soon-to-be-published report via email: "In short, the convention got a huge surge in attendance. It was up 23% to 59,000 people according to the official press release. Most comic dealers I talked to said it was an up year and did say there was more people than last year. Artists Alley was a little more diverse in terms of sales but most of the ones I talked to said it was better. The downside to the increased attendance was the amount of people on the one floor waiting to get tickets. The con has 3 floors, 1st floor to get tickets, a 2nd with panel rooms and a 3rd where the convention itself. On Friday and Saturday Fire Marshals delayed people from going down to the ticket floor until the crowd moved down into the other 2 floors.

Friday and Saturday was hot but by 1:30pm Saturday afternoon you could feel the air conditioner working. DC and Marvel officially had booths at the show (as did Boom!) DC's booth was manned by Fan Expo volunteers/staff and they it was a U shaped table set up with a ton of free stuff, After Watchmen 1st issue books, This years FCBD book, plenty of buttons and posters. By the end of the convention they only had a small stack of CMX Preview books. Marvel's booth had very little in terms of free swag and was pretty much a stripped down version of the San Diego booth. They did have a table set up where some of their artists would do scheduled autograph sessions. They also had a speaker system and fun rock/pop music playing.

Other gifts from Coville:
128 pictures

Panel audio:
Spotlight on J. Michael Straczynski (73:39, 67.4mb)
JMS answers questions from the crowd about his work and tells some very funny stories about his path to becoming an established writer. Highlights include his encounters with his hero Rod Sterling and his faking his graduation from school to please his parents.

Stanley Cup of Joe (59:42, 54.6mb)
Joe Quesada along with Arune Singh (Manager of Sales Communications), CB Cebulski and Mike Pasciullo answer fan questions about everything Marvel.

Spotlight on Darwyn Cooke (56:21, 51.6mb)
Cartoonist Darwyn Cooke speaks about his Parker: The Hunter Graphic Novel adaptation. He also talks about behind the scenes stories about how a Spirit animated movie almost came to pass, the New Frontier animated movie and future work. Darwyn is very open and candid in this spotlight. The Panel was moderated by Robert Haines. I should note I was a few minutes late for the beginning of the panel.

Writing Comics with Len Wein (51:08, 46.8mb)
Industry Veteran Len Wein does a panel about writing comics and writing in general. He starts off with a small talk about the subject then asks the audience for questions. Much of the audience was interested in becoming writers and asked pretty on topic questions.

Mondo Marvel (52:30, 48mb)
Joe Quesada, Arune Singh, Kathryn Immonen (writer), Tom Brennan (Spider-man Assistant Editor) and CB Cebulski. Off to the side was Mike Pasciullo. They start off promoting some of upcoming books then go into taking questions from the audience. A couple of audience members vent their frustration over One More Day storyline and the recent Marvel Diva's book. The rest of them asked questions about everything Marvel. There was also some good natured ribbing regarding DC doing Wednesday Comics vs their online comics.

------

-photos from The Becka
-The Ramon Perez project
-Con vet Jason Truong has a full report with sketches and a photo with a cosplayer rs many bloggers have drooled over (hint: not the body-painted Green Lantern).
-Cosplay photos: DC Heroines.
-"fanexpo" at flickr (click "recent")
(my friend Greg sent me the doctored photo up top, not sure of the source)

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   Tuesday, September 01, 2009  
FanExpo 2: Over 59, 000 Attendees

:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/01/2009 06:58:00 AM
More highlights from the 3-day comics/horror/sci-fi/anime/gaming event from this past weekend in Toronto. According to owner Aman Gupta in his "Letter from the president" posted on the FanExpo homepage, this year's show saw "a 22% increase in
attendance from last year with a record-breaking crowd of more than 59, 000 visitors." The letter also notes the huge wait-times and line-ups that many bloggers have complained about, adding, "we have learned from the 2009 experience and
are already implementing changes to make the entry process smoother, faster, and more efficient for 2010."

On with the show:

-Best post so far: cartoonist Tara Tallan has a great thoughtful post about the place of Small Press comics at the show. I wondered last year at the nonsensical placement of print-sellers and macrame and fan artists next to young giants on their way to creating the great Canadian graphic novel.
-Kevin Boyd, the man behind the comics guestlist at the con, weighs in with a "state of the industry" report and talks numbers and Canadian content.
-a nice round-up of cartoonist-themed events and personalities from Darrell Ferguson
-The Beat reports!
-Darwyn Cooke panel
-Get yer Didio hate on, Teen Titans fans
-cosplay photos
-Steampunk X-Men
-Billy Dee Williams is still alive!
-The first time I have ever read the term "lobbycon."
-FanExpo vs TCAF
-Horror lit hilites
-Con report from Digital Kontent with my favourite photo yet: little kid versions of the Wonder Twins and Blue Beetle!
-Caricaturist and Sheridan prof Peter Emslie reports
-Dale Eaglesham interview
-photo tour from an anime consumer
-great photos
-Udon's Canadian, right?
-National Post photos
-photos

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flickr photos
youtube vids

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   Sunday, August 30, 2009  
FanExpo 1

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/30/2009 11:16:00 PM

It just wouldn't be the last weekend of summer without a massive list of comic book convention links.

The 2009 Toronto FanExpo wrapped up yesterday/late Sunday. Organizer Hobbystar claims 600 exhibitors and anticipated over 36,000 (closer to 50,000?) attendees over the weekend.

Some intitial reports:

CBR: Joe Queseda
Related: No Alpha Flight news
CBR: Dan Didio
CBR: Marc Guggenheim
CBR: Stuart Immonen
Newsarama: Pet Avengers
Newsarama: DC Nation/Day one report
Sun News Report
Toronto Star

Cosplay links
This guy really likes Dale Keown
More cosplay
Con report (The Iron Sheik was there!)
Typical anime fan con report
Leonard Nimoy photos
Sheena Goodyear, girl reporter
Fan takes nephew, poses with Wonder Woman
Homophobia and a video that froze my poor computer
day 3 highlights
Legion of Doom vs Kid Zelda
Eric Orchard
Wonder Woman vs Kid Hobbit
Very Critical about Long Lines

Body paint!
More great costumes
Strange Smell
Photo blog: cellphone storage for shirtless costumes

costume photos
At a certain point, one person had to leave before a new person could enter
More photos
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"Fanexpo" at Flickr
"Fanexpo" on Youtube

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top photo: the only image of a 100% Canadian character at the show
(from this Flickr user)

Please send me links to any Canadian-themed Fanexpo photos or blogs, Canadian creators, etc.

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   Tuesday, August 25, 2009  
Fan Expo 09 is this weekend!

:: Posted by max @ 8/25/2009 10:00:00 AM
Hard core Nerd alert! Canada's largest Comic, Anime, Horror, Sci-Fi, and Gaming festival is happening in Toronto this weekend!

Fan Expo Canada is huge, with attendance well over 40000+ to be expected. Wish i was free to have a look around myself this year.

The event is made up of 5 separate conventions merged into one Monster show. Comic Book Expo, SFX, Festival of Fear, CNAnime Anime Expo, & GX Gaming Expo 2009. And the schedule is jammed pack. Man, this is one of those event's that melts your brain. And if that's not enough, we've got off site Parties and sale's too!

So far i've been facebooked about the Silver Snail's annual MIDNIGHT MADNESS SALE & Nerd Girl's Official Fan Expo Party!

So crack out the most comfortable shoes you own, your best Cosplay outfit, your shopping lists, energy bars, water and booster drinks, and plan nothing for the day after. Happy Conventionning!

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   Thursday, August 20, 2009  
"Comix and Stories" at Hertigae Hall Aug 23

:: Posted by max @ 8/20/2009 01:57:00 PM
Co: geist.com & robotblood

Vancouver Comicon presents a celebration of alternative and small press comics, zines, artwork and culture with special guest Kate Beaton.

Beaton draws comics that illustrate the often hilarious stories of famous historical figures. She is also a contributor to Geist.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Heritage Hall
3102 Main Street, Vancouver, B.C.
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Admission $4

Other creators and publishers who will be in attendance include

Lars Brown (North World)
David Boswell (Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman)
Brandon Graham (King City; Multiple Warheads)
James Stokoe (Wonton Soup)
Marian Churchland (Elephantmen)
Steve Rolston (Emiko Superstar)
Verne Andru (420)
Stephanie Blakey
Ken Boesem (The Village)
Robin Bougie (Cinema Sewer)
Jesse
Davidge (Mathemagick and Mystiphysics)
Kelly Everaert (Trilogy of Terror)
Susan Ferguson (Antic Comics)
Trevor Frick (Centuri, Way of the Ninja)
Gabriel Frizzera
Sarah Haxby (Peargirl)
Ira Hunter (Champions of Hell)
Mary Karaplis
James Lloyd (Other Stuff)
Carrie McKay
Josue Menjivar (Everyday Things)
Mike Myhre (Space Jet)
Simon Roy (Jan's Atomic Heart)
Steven Snyder
Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Zombie Jesus)
Jason Turner (True Loves)
Critical Hit Comics
New Reliable Press

Visit the Vancouver Comicon website for more information.

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   Thursday, August 06, 2009  
Anticipation 09 starts today

:: Posted by max @ 8/06/2009 02:44:00 PM

The 2009 Worldcon is being held in Montreal this week, from August 6th to 10th.

They have some cool sounding stuff programed, read more about it all here. Guests of Honour are Neil Gaiman, Elisabeth Vonarburg, David Hartwell, Taral Wayne, Tom Doherty and Master of Ceremonies, Julie Czerneda. 2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics Professor Paul Krugman will also be in attendance, as will be Melissa Auf der Maur, presenting her new project, "Out of Our Minds" [a multimedia concept album featuring a CD, a fantasy film, and a comic].

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   Wednesday, July 15, 2009  
New Sites - MONTREAL COMIC-CON & Sword of My Mouth

:: Posted by max @ 7/15/2009 08:16:00 PM
Two new web sites to check out.

The Montreal Comic Con has some new crew members and a new look, the site has been re-launched with information about the upcoming September show, it's in Beta mode so they are inviting feedback - check it out and let them know...

We just launched the brand new Montreal Comic-Con website - www.montrealcomiccon.com. Please feel free to send us your comments and/or suggestions about it. Any comments and/or suggestions regarding the event itself are also welcomed.

See you in September!

Oscar, Elizabeth and Alex :)
Mini-site for Sword of My Mouth & How To Enjoy Research

Publisher Author and DIY king Jim Munroe has set up a mini site for Sword of My Mouth, the sequel to Therefore Repent! and also has a little advice for one of my favorite things but not his, how to enjoy Research!
We've just launched the mini-site for Sword of My Mouth, making the first two issues (and commentary from me and Shannon) available for subscribers and people who've pre-ordered the graphic novel. It's the first third (48 pages) of the book so far, and we'll be adding a chapter every other month until we launch the complete graphic novel edition at next year's Toronto Comic Arts Festival.

One of the things we did differently with this book was research, and so I'll take this opportunity to write a bit about that...

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The C-List: Canadian Comics in the Summertime

:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/15/2009 04:00:00 AM
Some quick links.

Item: Dinosaur Comics' Ryan North talks internet woes with the Globe and Mail.

Item: Ed Brisson notes that there will be no Vancouver Comics Jam in July.

Item: Walrus comics blogger Sean Rogers talks about David Mazzucchelli.

Item: Robert Fulford writes about Harvey Kurtzman and Mad for the Post.

Item: Seth tells us why George Sprott will be one of Amazon's best books of 2009.

Item: The Wizard Toronto comic convention has a new logo.

Item: Iranian-Canadian policart Nik Kowsar talks to the Washington Post about his experiences on the wrong side of the law in Iran.

Item: In case you missed yesterday's Summer Reading entry, the big (old) news is that Les 400 Coups has started a new imprint for genre comics/bd, entitled Rotor.

Item: Montreal weekly The Hour reviewed Adrian Tomine's 32 Stories and Shortcomings published by D&Q

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   Thursday, June 25, 2009  
Wizard Buys Toronto Paradise Con

:: Posted by Bryan @ 6/25/2009 10:56:00 AM
This appears to be fairly big news.

The Paradise Comicon has been lagging in second place behind Hobbystar's giant Fanexpo for awhile now and suffered a blow when Kevin Boyd migrated some time back.

Paradise Comics owner Peter Dixon has now sold the convention off to Wizard's Gareb Shamus, according to a press release posted here. No dollar amount has been indicated.
[thanks to Dirk Deppey for the heads up!]

It is unclear whether the new Canadian addition to the Wizard publishing and convention empire will add to the apparently moribund company's bottom line or whether, as Tom Spurgeon suggests, it is a sideways move for Wizard-owner Shamus.

Reportedly, the Paradise con has had a hard time ever turning a profit, and was cancelled this year due to scheduling problems.

A problem, as Kevin Boyd notes on Jason Truong's blog, that may continue to plague the re branded con.

The next show is planned for 2010 with founder Peter Dixon still on board in some capacity to maintain the con's traditionally much more relaxed atmosphere according to The Beat, which is good news probably to many of the creators and dealers who've appreciated that distinction between the Conventions.

Updated: 6|29|09 20:14pm

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   Thursday, June 11, 2009  
MoCCA 2009 - Hot in many ways

:: Posted by max @ 6/11/2009 02:42:00 PM
So MoCCA 2009 was last weekend, i just got back from NY and i'm still getting back into my routine.

I planed on doing a lot more reporting myself but in the end not so much. I did snag a video of one panel that was pretty good - Making Good Comics in a New Era - and made a short overview clip from the little bit of footage i took at the show - it was insanely big, hot, and packed with books and i kind of short circuited and forgot to keep shooting after the first hour of day two.







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The Beat links are many, those here.
MoCCA '09: How can something so cool be so hot?
MoCCA memories
MoCCA: Photo parade

Also found this via Heidi, the audio for the Gary Panter and Raymond Sohn panel.

Hung out a lot with the Indy Spiner Rack guys at the show, i don't mince words when i say you could not meet a nicer couple of guys! I owe them for the suport and for putting me up for a few hours when i missed my Train! Man, what a day that was. Some epic exhaustion.

They Reported on the event this year, had a talk with MoCCA board member Fred Van Lente who does a great job answering some tough questions!

So my final word is I had a great time. The heat messed me up and made it hard to think strait sometimes. But it was great to see friendly faces and there were soooo MANNY comics to look at. Saw increadable abstract stuff by Andrei Molotiu and had a great encounter with Bob Fingerman, one of my favorite Comix creators from when I was a punk kid. Made a few new freinds and amused myself when I spaced out and unwittingly stole a book from Brian Wood - made up for it by swapping for it, hope he liked what he got.

I didn't want to have to carry too much back with me but managed to snag a nice selection for the collection. If i find the time i'll try to do a bit of a quick list with stars or something - have a few books now backed up to read soon.

Rover out.

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   Friday, May 29, 2009  
This Sunday: Ottawa Comics Con

:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/29/2009 10:52:00 AM
Ottawa Comics Con
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Ottawa, Ontario - Canada
Ottawa Civic Centre
1015 Bank St.

Hours:10am-4pm
Admission: FREE

Over 100 Dealers at "Ottawa'a biggest show"
Contact:Mike Quevillon
In Ottawa (613) 823-1837
E-mail: mrq@rogers.com

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   Sunday, May 10, 2009  
The C-List: TCAF Blogosphere Wrap-Up 1

:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/10/2009 10:14:00 PM

A summary of links about the recently-completed Toronto Comic Art Festival:

Sequential magazine contributor Jamie Coville has 106 great photos of TCAF!

Matthew Rooney on TCAF Day 1

Peggy Burns blogs TCAF

Jeet Heer reviews Guy Delisle's Burma Chronicles for the Literary Review of Canada

CBC Arts reporter Jessica Wong on the Wright Awards

Behind the scenes with a TCAF volunteer

Cartoonist Evan Munday on the books he got

Screenwriter Oliver Brackenbury blogs about Paul Pope (that's his photo up top)

Jimmy Aquino's day via Twitter feed

Kate Beaton blogs about Day 1 and her Wright Award win

Got Poetry covers the Tatsumi/Tomine/Seth event Friday

"Dr. Squid" has some nice photos --it looks like almost everyone who was at the festival ended up photographed here (albeit with no identification or description) --check out the flickr stream

Here's an excellent flickr stream with excellent notes by Gil Roth!

The 2009 Wright Awards jury, minus Bob Rae (he was a no show at the ceremony too, but the video he sent instead was awkwardly hilarious)

Day 1 report and photos

TCAF from a webcomics fan's perspective: "the internet live"

Paul Pope was there

Shannon Gerard in Now Weekly

A great collection of sketches!

Peter Kenter writes about Doug Wright's love of cars for the National Post

youtube video 1 --crowd walking

youtube video 2 --birdseye view of TCAF

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   Friday, May 08, 2009  
This Weekend: TCAF

:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/08/2009 06:00:00 AM


The 2009 Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Saturday and Sunday at the Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge St., Toronto
Free Admission

Come visit with hundreds of cartoonists, writers, and comic book artists as they show their comics, sell comics, and talk about comics!

The show also features the debut of our new magazine, Sequential print edition. Come get a free copy!

As well, the 2009 Doug Wright Awards will be handed out Saturday night across town at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) at 7pm. Admission is free. Come see who will win the trophies for best graphic novel and best young artist. As well, come see who wins the weirdest trophy in comics, a derby hat named for Canadian comic strip character Pigskin Peters and awarded to the best experimental or avant-garde comic. The event also features the launch of the new book, The Collected Doug Wright.

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   Wednesday, April 29, 2009  
Cow-Con Roundup

:: Posted by Bryan @ 4/29/2009 03:48:00 AM

Links from reports from last weekend's Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo:

-Mark Evanier blogs the 1am fire scare at the con's hotel, wherein the greatest-living cartoonist Sergio Aragones along with priceless rare comics were imperiled. (update)

-the best collection of photos I saw

-a general flickr search result

-The Shusters Kevin Boyd has a report

-Darwyn Cooke interviewed

-video

-a furry report

-photos of media stars

-watching the ed the sock show

-more love for Battlestar G

-comics writer Andrew Foley blogs the con

-photos

-a full report from a comics fan who bought comics and got things signed

-this report uses our fave phrase: "c-list"

-the photo of Sergio Aragones is from this blog

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   Wednesday, April 08, 2009  
The C-List: Once and Future Comics

:: Posted by Bryan @ 4/08/2009 01:33:00 PM
Item: Quill and Quire has the lowdown on a promotional comic book from Harper Collins:
"the company sent retailers across the country about 4,000 copies of a promotional comic book it created, called The Literates. The comic features the exploits of bookselling superheroes Spine and Paige, who endeavour – in the first issue, at any rate – to convince a reader to purchase American author Christopher Moore's Fool. [...] The eight-page pamphlet has the look and feel of a real comic, and it comes in a protective plastic sleeve with cardboard backing, just like at a real comic book store."


Item: David Collier, look out: You have a challenger in the Hamilton sketching department! McMaster art student Tings Chak is planning a monumental graphic novel about the people and architecture of Lunchbucket City.

Item: The most cosmically significant comic book from DC this week features a story by Guelph homeboy Jay Stephens. Cartoon Network Action Pack #36 has a cover and interior art from Jay and is devoted to his tv show, The Secret Saturdays.

Item: The Globe's James Adams reports that a new alternative to the canceled Book Expo will be held this summer. The new shindig, which publisher's are boycotting, is
"prosaically called Canadian Booksellers Association Summer Conference 2009, will be held June 20-21 in a hotel on Toronto's downtown waterfront. Billed as "stronger, smarter, shorter and sweeter" than BookExpo, it promises a potpourri of events and opportunities - professional development sessions, an awards ceremony, panel discussions with publishing executives, author presentations, previews of marketing, promotion and advertising plans."
Item: The first review I've seen of Seth's new graphic novel, George Sprott.

Item: You can see more of the awesome Pascal Blanchet photo above in this article. Blanchet is also interviewed on CBC radio's Q (along with Billy Bob Thronton). Listen to the podcast.

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   Friday, March 27, 2009  
This Sunday: Edmonton Toy and Comic Show

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/27/2009 05:43:00 PM
The Edmonton Collectible Toy and Comics Show
Shaw Conference Centre, Hall A
Sunday, March 29
10 am-6 pm
$8 admission
kids under 12 free (!!!!!!)

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   Friday, March 20, 2009  
2009 Toronto Paradise Con Cancelled

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/20/2009 12:01:00 AM
The 2009 Paradise Toronto Comicon has been cancelled due to problems with fixing a date and booking a venue. According to an email circulated to comics professionals and dealers on Thursday by Peter Dixon of Paradise Comics, the July 4 weekend was the only potential date offered to the con and was deemed inadequate. The popular summer convention is second only to the Hobbystar convention in terms of traditional comic cons in Toronto. However, according to former organizer Kevin Boyd, who defected from Paradise in 2007, the con has not always been financially renumerative. In 2008 the Paradise con was held over the July 12 weekend at the Holiday Inn on King St. According to Dixon's letter:


"it has been decided that putting a show on that weekend
would not be wise. Reasons for this are summer vacations, camp and
cottage season as well as a lack of interest from American dealers and
possible attendees.

I have been in discussions with someone from the Hyatt Regency
(formerly the Holiday Inn) and the only other date they could offer
was our Thanksgiving weekend. The dates we had been looking towards
have been late October and November.

Unfortunately it looks like we are going to have postpone our show for
this year. We will definitely be working towards doing a show in 2010.
With all the upheaval of shows in the next few years (Wizard moving
and canceling shows, and Reed Expositions expanding into Chicago and
moving their New York dates) we will be working on moving into an open
timeslot. Hopefully we will be making our 2010 announcement in early
January of 2010."

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   Sunday, March 15, 2009  
Today: Vancouver Comicon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/15/2009 12:16:00 AM

Vancouver Comicon
Sunday, March 15th, 2009
11am to 5pm
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC

Howard Chaykin, David Boswell, Miriam Libicki, and more!

Admission: $4.00
Kids under 14: Free

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   Thursday, February 05, 2009  
Coville's Clubhouse

:: Posted by max @ 2/05/2009 01:12:00 AM
The Febuary edition of Collector Times has and interview by Jamie Coville with Doug Simpson, manager of Paradise Comics "about the state of the industry, including the changes recently announced by Diamond Distributors."

"I understand that Diamond is having to deal with a harsh economic reality and I know they are doing what they have to do to survive. Our shop has a very dedicated group of buyers and we know what will sell for us and what will sit on the shelf. I realize that some retailers are happy that they will not have as much work but some real quality books will be lost. I'll just have to order directly from the publisher in those cases. "

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