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   Thursday, October 09, 2008  
Le congres de science-fiction et fantastique de Montreal | Montreal's science-fiction and fantasy convention

:: Posted by max @ 10/09/2008 02:04:00 AM
Con*Cept is Montreal's fan run annual science-fiction and fantasy convention.

It kicks off this year Friday October 17 and runs till the 19th , and attempts to cover all aspects of fandom: literature, television, comics, art, gaming, and more.

The Event is booked at the Days Hotel, 1005 Guy Street, Montreal.

A detail that caught my eye from their facebook group is...

The Montreal Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will be attending Con*Cept. Weather permitting, there will be telescopes day and night! Yes, the sun is a star, and can be observed through specialized telescopes. Two Center members are planning to bring their hydrogen alpha and calcium K solar telescopes.

Also what looks like some tentative programing notes: More details here on the main site.

Programmation pour les Fans du Futur

Sam. 10h00-12h00: Il était une fois...
(activités à nature historique et géographique incluant la présentation de fossiles)

13h30-18h00: Terre de contes (ateliers créatifs, un ou deux invités spéciaux, et préparation des costumes de nos fans du futur avant la mascarade)


Dim.
09h30-12h30: Explorations spatiales (un autre invité spécial, jeux et ateliers sur la galaxie)

13h30-18h00: Fou de la science (expériences amusantes et autres activités)

We have a tentative schedule for the Young Fans programming.

Fans in Training

Sat. 10:00 to 12:30: Long Ago and Far Away (activities of a historical and geographical nature including a fossils exhibit)

1:30 to 6pm: Land of Make-Believe (imaginative crafts, a very special Guest or two and preparation for the Fan in Training fashion show before the Masquerade)

Sun. 9:30 to 12:30: Spatial Explorations (another special Visitor, galactic games and crafts)

1:30 to 6pm: Mad About Science (experimental fun and other activities)

All our Guests of Honour will be visiting our young fans!

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   Friday, September 05, 2008  
This Weekend: Vancouver Comicon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/05/2008 03:51:00 PM

Vancouver Comicon
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
11am to 5pm
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC

Special Guests:

* Steve Leialoha (Fables, Howard the Duck, Star Wars)
* Diana Schutz (Darh Horse Comics editor)
* Steve Rolston (The Escapists, One Bad Day, Queen and Country)
* Ken Steacy (Tempus Fugitive, Marvel Fanfare, Night and the Enemy)
* Ken Boesem (The Village)
* Kelly Everaert (Jungle Tales, Trilogy of Terror)
* Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Hemp Island)
* Verne Andru (420)
* Heather Frayne
* Donald King
* Carrie McKay
* Mike Myhre (Space Jet)
* Owen Plummer (Flip Flop Prophets, Kittenclops)
* Beth Wagner
* Critty Riphick
* Cale Toth
* Critical Hit Comics

Admission: $3.00
Kids under 14: Free

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

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   Thursday, August 28, 2008  
Vancouver Comix & Stories Reports

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/28/2008 06:47:00 PM
A few reports from this past weekend's Comix and Stories event at the Vancouver Art Gallery/KRAZY! show:

Derek Kirk Kim's is the funniest

Buying minis report

Artist turfed

Kim Dietch was there

Here, too

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   Wednesday, August 27, 2008  
Sequential Reports: Fan Expo Photos

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/27/2008 01:45:00 AM

(Mostly) Canadian Content
As an event partially dedicated to Canadian comics and comics creators, FanExpo 2008 could have been alot worse. FanExpo, billed as "a multi-genre convention" by its organizers, covered over 270,000 square feet at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this past weekend, August 22-24. Roughly one-fifth of that massive space, accessible through a labyrinthine series of hallways and escalators, was dedicated to comics and cartooning, with space devoted to over 200 artists and writers (the so-called "Artists' Alley"), as well as to publishers, comics retailers, and assorted producers of ephemera.

-As Kevin Boyd notes in his wrap-up, the organizers of the comics show ("Comic Book Expo") made the wise decision this year to integrate all of the creators, regardless of genre ("indy meets pro", as the convention program has it), into one area, which made for a bustling space, with many fans discovering young artists who may have been overlooked in the past. In addition to several big-name U.S. creators like painter Alex Ross and DC editor-in-chief Dan Didio, the convention also featured a large number of Canadian artists who have made a name for themselves in the world of U.S. superhero comics. Alongside these were a huge group of more-or-less independent comics creators, self-publishers, and arts comics auteurs, representing the alternative comics world of graphic novels, minicomics, and fanzines. Jeff Lemire is perhaps the most well-known of this batch, having just won several awards for his Essex County graphic novel trilogy, published by Top Shelf. Lemire was busy sketching and selling artwork throughout the con and I personally witnessed him selling-out of copies of the newly-published final volume, The Country Nurse, around 4pm on Saturday.

-Another sell-out was Benjamin Rivers' very pretty Snow mini. Rivers is a Toronto illustrator and the book he debuted at FanExpo is the first chapter of a longer graphic novel done in his deceptively simple, cartoon-y style.

-It was also delightful to meet longtime Playboy cartoonist Doug Sneyd, perhaps the most successful and enduring of the comics artists present, and a local boy to boot! Doug was selling prints of some of his classic work as well as a book of cartoons called Unpublished Sneyd, dedicated to Sneyd's original Playboy editor, and fellow Canadian, Michelle Urry. Doug also has a blog where his adventures at the con are chronicled in great detail.

-Something of a cross-section of Canadian comics culture was examined at the "Made in Canada" panel Saturday evening, featuring Montreal artist Yanick Paquette, the Toronto comic book creating duo of Stuart and Kathryn Immonen, and the afore-mentioned Jeff Lemire. The panelists talked about their influences and how aspects of their "Canadian-ness" may or may not filter into their work.

Photos:


Michael Cho and Claudia Davila


Stuart Immonen and Kathryn Immonen --see their webcomic here


Cameron Stewart


Valentine Delandro


Ramon Perez and Rob Cloughler


Agnes Garbowska and Francis Manapul


Kalman Androsopsky and Marcus To


Jeff Lemire


Lemire signs the last copy of The Country Nurse


Cliff Chiang


Blake Bell discusses Steve Ditko with Rob Walton


Steven Silver and Ken Wheaton


Doug Sneyd and his significant other/Girl-Friday Heidi Hutson


The Bear Stories' George Todorovski and Chris Hatzopoulos


Ian Daffern and John Lang are behind the Zuda competitor Shock Effect


Hoverboy, a project of Mr. Comics' Ty Templeton and Canadian tv personality Rick Green. I happen to know from experience that the device on his belt is an antique vibrator.


The Bootcamp gang, another Ty Templeton project. The team was hyping its new mini-collection: Sex & Violence, Suffering and Wickedness.

Zen Rankin
Zen Rankin, promoting his minicomic epic, Action Satisfaction Supreme


Zen Rankin was also selling the best comics-related novelty at the con, cute little stuffed toys of his V.D. Duck character: it has pubic hair and makes a noise when squeezed!


The Durham Comics gang and their new anthology, Blitz


Michael Cherkas (saving a seat for Larry Hancock)


Jay Saobento and Bang Bang Kill Kill, which is also online.


J. Torres and Scott Chantler


Sequential has a brief chat with Ray Fawkes, writer of The Apocalipstix

(thanks to ace photog Stephen Lewis for the Fawkes and Immonen photos)

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   Tuesday, August 26, 2008  
FanExpo 3

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/26/2008 02:07:00 AM

More links from this past weekend's FanExpo in Toronto:

Michael Cho writes a short report, including some of the sketches he did for fans.

The Submariner cosplayer that didn't show up in yesterday's photo link is here, wearing a jacket signed by the Smallville cast.

Ty Buttars has been a blogging machine all day, with a short report and video of the Brian Bolland panel, Alex Ross signing, and Keith Giffen signing, among others.


Marvel editor C.B. Cebulski has pics.

BlogTO has a full report with pics and video.


The Fonz wears Lacoste.

Another piece of vaguely Canadian Marvel news: another Wolverine-as-Canadian-secret-agent miniseries.


Some great pics and commentary from the Dead Robot blog.


Dr. Who cosplay.

Photos: Here are the 810 results for the search "fanexpo 2008" on flickr.

Red and Jonny meet Fonzie.

A link to some photos on Facebook, with the only photo of a Wonder Woman I've seen.

Marvin Mariano, sketches, Natasha Elloi, and the Shockstudios crew.

Murtz Jaffer can strike a pose.

3 days of photos.

A fellow Guelphite has some pics, including the one of young Yoda, above.

The ever-dependable Danny Truong has links to 3 sets of his photos.

Best quote: "Joker makeup does not equal joker cosplay, sorry."

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   Monday, August 25, 2008  
FanExpo 2

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/25/2008 01:01:00 PM


Some quick links to reports and photos from this past weekend's FanExpo in Toronto:


Edward James Olmos charges $60 for an autograph.

A nice little report from a comics fan.

An Australian who really likes Beta Ray Bill has some artist photos, comments, and sketches.

A con virgin posts some impressions.

"Inkygirl"'s flickr photostream (that's her photo of Prince Namor, the Submariner, up top).

Fashion blogger Chloe Tejada has some nice cosplay photos and gushes about her meeting with Edward James Olmos.

A Sheridan student has some photos from a few of the art-themed comics panels.

Was Watchmen a big seller?

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FanExpo 1

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/25/2008 12:10:00 AM

The 2008 Toronto FanExpo wrapped up yesterday. According to the press kit fact sheet, the organizers expected in excess of 50,000 attendees over the weekend, up 7000 from last year, a number I would not dispute judging from my experiences of the crowd on Saturday afternoon. It was crowded, but not crazy crowded. I can't speak for the areas around the various B-actors, video-game contests and U.S. superhero comics A-listers who merited special event status at the show, as I managed to avoid these entirely. There seemed to be a nice mix of people due to the cross-genre/media nature of the show: lots of families, lots of couples, costumed and in mufti. Look for a full report and photos, as well as Sequential's usual massive list of links to fan reports, video and photos, coming here over the next few days.

In the mean-time, a few links for your browsing pleasure:

  • What "mainstream" U.S. superhero comics and related news there was at the show seems to have been largely reported by Comic Book Resources. They also have an interview with artist Pia Guerra, who was not at FanExpo, about a new Dr. Who comic book.
  • Many photo galleries are already online, of course, including this one focusing on the horror side of the con (that is, the intentionally horrific Rue Morgue "Festival of Fear", not the everyday horrific spectacle of masses of sweaty people rubbing against each other in a confined space). As well, the ace photogs at the Anime London blog have two separate, cosplay-heavy galleries up, focusing on costumes from Saturday and the Saturday evening masquerade.



(The above photo of Coke Man --he looks sort of like a combination of Iron Man and Marshal Law to me-- is from a Day 3 photo report by blogger "Saku" available here.)

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   Friday, August 22, 2008  
This Weekend: Fan Expo, Toronto

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/22/2008 06:04:00 AM

The largest comic book and related media event in Canada takes place this weekend. The Toronto Fan Expo, including the Comic Book Expo, Festival of Fear horror convention, CNAnime anime and manga convention, and the SFX science fiction expo, all under one giant roof, is the culmination of the Toronto summer convention season.

This year's Comic expo marks Kevin Boyd's first full year as organizer. Guests include U.S. painter Alex Ross, DC Comics Vice President & Executive Editor Dan Didio, and UK cartoonist Brian Bolland, as well as a host of others, including, almost inexplicably, The Fonz and astronaut Buzz Aldrin. All this is not to mention a great collection of Canuck comics creators, ranging from Kalman Andrasofszky to Richard Zajac (A to Zed, get it?).

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   Friday, July 25, 2008  
This Weekend: Otakuthon, Montreal

:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/25/2008 06:00:00 AM


July 25-27
Otakuthon 2008
Anime Convention or "Le Salon de l'Anime de Montreal"

featuring webcomics artists Sebastien Frechette (Sirkowski) & Gisele Lagace, an artists alley, manga and anime dealers, and lots of cosplay.

Palais des congres de Montreal
201, avenue Viger Ouest, Montreal

Friday, July 25, 2008
5 PM to 8 PM — Pre-Registration Pick-Up

Saturday, July 26, 2008
9 AM to 6 PM — Registration
10 AM to 3 AM — Convention

Sunday, July 27, 2008
9 AM to 4 PM — Registration
10 AM to 8 PM — Convention

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   Monday, July 21, 2008  
More Photos: Paradise Con

:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/21/2008 03:12:00 AM


Jamie Coville has extensively documented last weekend's Toronto convention. That's Sean Ward above.

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   Thursday, July 17, 2008  
Paradise Con Reports

:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/17/2008 06:01:00 AM

The Paradise Comicon was held this past weekend in Toronto; by all accounts a smaller version of its former self. Here are some reports:

The lads from the No Reason webcomic had fun.

Ty Buttars has a full report with photos --it's a really cute post that includes the tale of his really young nephew getting artists to draw his favourite video game character.

A nice report from "Cam" at the Comic Geek Speak forums.

Publishing news: Cameron Stewart released his new artbook at the con.

A double review: Paradise Comicon and Wall-E.

The inevitable (do not try to escape!) Jason Truong massive report.

An Agnes Garbrowska sketch.

A short report from Dave Merrill that focuses on the contraction.

Danny Truong brings the sketching news.

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   Friday, July 11, 2008  
This Weekend: Paradise Comicon, Toronto

:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/11/2008 10:51:00 AM
A wonderful summer weekend. You could go to the rockabilly meetup in St. Catherines. Or you could go to the Polaris Science Fiction Convention in Toronto. Or, if you like comics even a little bit, you could go to the Paradise Comicon in Toronto. This is one of the two big comics shows of the summer in Toronto this year. This is the first year of the convention without Kevin Boyd who left the con to work with its rival, Hobbystar.

Sequential publisher Salgood Sam will be on hand to enjoy the festivities. Other guests include U.S. cartoonist Herbe Trimpe, Joseph Michael Linsner, Frank Brunner, J. Torres, Francis Manapal, Cameron Stewart, and a host of other Canadian and U.S. artists and writers.

July 12& 13, 2008
Holiday Inn on King Street
Toronto, ON

Minutes from the subway in the heart of Downtown Toronto!

$15 single day pass
Weekend Pass: $25

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   Thursday, July 10, 2008  
Crystal Fractal Comics at Paradise Con

:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/10/2008 01:20:00 AM
It's easy to get your press release or publishing news linked to at Sequential, Just email us and watch the magic happen!

The book below is debuting at this coming weekend's Paradise Comics Convention in Toronto.

CRYSTAL FRACTAL COMICS DEBUTS WITH PARADISE TORONTO COMICON PREVIEW EDITION OF "CRYSTAL FRACTAL UNIVERSE 0.0"


- Special CGC "Signature Series" will be available -

Crystal Fractal Comics
[ED: not a great web site, their Myspace page has more art] launches at the July 12 & 13, 2008 Paradise Toronto Comicon with a special Paradise Toronto Comicon preview edition of "Crystal Fractal Universe 0.0."



"Crystal Fractal Universe 0.0" provides a glimpse of the upcoming line of comics including "Doctor Twilight", "Magus Rex" and "Project Epsilon London Town" and includes two short stories including "CFU The Crossing" written by Derrek Lennox with Jeffrey Haas and art by Jian Yi. This printing will be limited to less than 2000 copies, with less than 133 set aside for the CGC Signature Series program. The exact print run will be released at the Convention.

"We are extremely excited to release this preview edition at the Paradise Toronto ComiCON," says Derrek Lennox, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Crystal Fractal Comics, "and of course to see the response and reaction to featured writers from the US and Canada, as well as renown artists from China, Argentia and Canada – artists from around the world that will be showcased as the comic series are released."

Crystal Fractal Comics is a Toronto, Ontario; Canada based comic book and character property company.

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   Tuesday, May 27, 2008  
Anime North Reports

:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/27/2008 01:53:00 AM
The big anime and manga convention, Anime North, took place this past weekend. According to this blog post by organizer Donald Simmons, attendance was 13300, 1000 more than 2007. Here are some intitial reports. Bookmark this entry for updates during the week.

photos
video
day 1
zine creator sells out
Friday report from Quebecer first-timer
cosplay slideshow

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   Saturday, May 24, 2008  
This Weekend: Anime North

:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/24/2008 04:30:00 AM

Anime North
May 23-25, 2008
Doubletree International Plaza Hotel
Toronto Congress Center
Renaissance Toronto Airport Hotel

(see here for a list of upcoming conventions)

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   Tuesday, May 20, 2008  
Fan Expo Guest List

:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/20/2008 02:31:00 AM
Kevin Boyd reveals the big list of guests for the 2008 Hobbystar Comic Expo, one of the larger comics events in Canada, taking place August 22-24 in Toronto.

The biggest name comics guest is probably comic book "painter" Alex Ross but there are many other well-known names for fans of U.S. superhero comics, including writers Matt Fraction and Peter David, artists Alex Maleev and J.Scott Campbell, and cartoonist Keith Giffen. Tons of Canadian talent as well, including Ty Templeton, Stuart Immonen, Kathryn Immonen, Karl Kerschl, Cameron Stewart, J. Torres, Michael Cho, Michael Cherkas and many more. See the above link for a full list.


Award winning illustrator

BRIAN BOLLAND
Legendary illustrator

MARK BAGLEY
Artist, Trinity, Mighty Avengers & Ultimate Spider-Man

ADAM HUGHES
Cover Artist, Catwoman, upcoming All-Star Wonder Woman

STEVE McNIVEN
Artist, Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine

TIM SALE
Captain America: White & Heroes artist

J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
Artist, Gen 13, Danger Girl, upcoming Spider-Man

GABRIELE DELL'OTTO
Cover Artist, Secret Invasion

MATT FRACTION
Writer, Invincible Iron Man, Punisher War Zone, Immortal Iron Fist, Casanova

MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Marvel cover artist

PETER DAVID
Writer, Stephen King’s Dark Tower, She-Hulk

Special Guests

KEITH GIFFEN
Legendary writer/artist

MIKE CHOI
Uncanny X-Men and X-Force artist

ALEX MALEEV
Halo: The Uprising and Mighty Avengers artist

KEVIN EASTMAN
Creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Editor of Heavy Metal

CLIFF CHIANG
Green Arrow/Black Canary artist

GEORGES JEANTY
Buffy the Vampire Slayer artist

C.B. CEBULSKI
Avengers Fairy Tails writer

STUART IMMONEN
Ultimate Spider-Man artist

KATHRYN IMMONEN
Hellcat writer

KARL KERSCHL
Teen Titans:Year One artist

LEONARD KIRK
World War Hulk:Warbound artist

ALVIN LEE
Heroes For Hire artist

FRANCIS MANAPUL
The Legion of Super-Heroes artist

CAMERON STEWART
Apocalipstix artist

TY TEMPLETON
American Splendor

J. TORRES
Teen Titans Go! writer

Studios

MIRAGE STUDIOS

UDON STUDIOS

BRIGHT ANVIL STUDIOS

DMF COMICS

IMAGINISM STUDIO

Special Appearances By

ATILLA ADORJANY
SAM AGRO
KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY
JASON ARMSTRONG
NEELAM ARORA
ANDY BELANGER
JACK BRIGLIO
SCOTT CHANTLER
MICHAEL CHERKAS
MICHAEL CHO
ROB COUGHLER
CLAUDIA DAVILA
VALENTINE DE LANDRO
ARTHUR DELA CRUZ
MICHAEL DOONEY
RAY FAWKES
AGNES GARBOWSKA
DREW GERACI
SCOTT HEPBURN
JANET HETHERINGTON
RAFF IENCO
JOHN KALISZ
LEO LEIBELMAN
JEFF LEMIRE
LOGAN LUBERA
VATCHE MAVLIAN
BRIAN McLACHLAN
STEVE MURPHY
JOSEPH O'BRIEN
RAMON PEREZ
NICK POSTIC
PETER REPOVSKI
DAVE ROSS
ALEXANDER SERRA
STEPHEN SILVER
RONN SUTTON
ERIC TALBOT
MARCUS TO
MARC WOLFE
HOWARD WONG
CHRIS YAMBAR
RICHARD ZAJAC

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   Monday, May 05, 2008  
Jamie Coville: Hobbystar Toronto Comicon Report

:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/05/2008 12:01:00 AM

No evil shall escape his sight: a nice report from last month's Toronto Comicon by Jamie Coville. Coville's photos from the con are here. A highlight for some might be the mp3 of a Blake Bell-moderated Iron Man panel featuring Mike Grell, Bob Layton and David Michelinie. A good summary of the con:

I talked with a variety of retailers and pros at the end of the convention to see how they did. Most of the responses ranged from slow to okay. One unhappy dealer said he only made his table costs. Nobody seemed particularly enthusiastic about the show. One dealer said the entire market is slow right now. He says people have money and they're seeing stuff they're interested in, but they need some enticing to spend it. He was giving discounts in order to do that. That dealer was selling TPBs only. Another dealer who was only selling back issues said pretty much the same thing. He said he dropped his prices by half, something he very rarely does, but it did move a lot of stuff. Overall there was a bit of disparity between retailers and dealers. Retailers that participated in the 10 dollar voucher to promote the con got their tables for free, while dealers had to pay for them.

Almost every retailer/dealer I talked to gave me a different answer for what moved well for them. One said the expensive wall comics, another Captain America books, another Bronze/Modern bins, another Hardcovers, another Golden Age books, another Manga and 1-2 dollar bins, a few said Trades. Some of those with a mix said everything sold equally well. I noticed a lot of sellers seemed to be specializing. Some come with only back issue bins, some come with only trades. Even with the back issue bins it broke down to dollar bins with bronze to moderns, some silver-bronze, some gold.

I talked to a handful of pro's and they were split about Saturday or Sunday being better for them. My general impression was that Saturday drew out the die hard readers willing to spend some money. The "Free" Sunday attracted a different crowd, likely a more budget conscious group. Some of them appeared to be more casual readers or still quite new to comics.


Interested parties might also want to check out the report by con organizer Kevin Boyd, available here.

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   Tuesday, April 15, 2008  
Toronto Hobbystar Comicon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 4/15/2008 01:57:00 AM

Reports and images from this past weekend's Toronto Comicon/Fan Appreciation Day.

Cameron Stewart apologizes.

Photos of the building.

Harvey Chan was there.

Mark Englert drew sketches.

A massive report by the con's only volunteer, Ty Buttars. (The above photo of Michael Cho, a young comics fan, and a drawing of Wolverine one of the many photos from Buttars blog.)

Chris of The Blurst of Times, with a short report about buying comics.

The Last Ronin meets Alex Maleev.

Jason Truong spends alot of time standing in lines at cons.

As does Danny Truong!

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   Friday, April 11, 2008  
This Weekend: Toronto Fan Appreciation Day

:: Posted by Bryan @ 4/11/2008 03:43:00 PM

Hobbystar's Toronto ComiCON Annual Fan Appreciation Event
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Saturday & Sunday
April 12-13, 2008

U.S. Guests of Honour Bob Layton & David Michelinie will be appearing
together at this special event to commemorate the release of their new Marvel Iron Man miniseries "Legacy of Doom."

Other Guests: Steve Epting, Clayton Crain, Mike Grell, Alex Maleev, Ryan Ottley, Udon, Michael Cho, Andy B., Karl Kerschl, Brian McLachlan, Ramon Perez, Cameron Stewart, and many more.

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   Friday, March 28, 2008  
This Weekend: Edmonton Pop Culture Fair

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/28/2008 10:39:00 AM


Edmonton Pop Culture Fair
Sunday, March 30
10 am to 4:30 pm
Edmonton Aviation Heritage Centre
11410 Kingsway Avenue

(see here for a list of upcoming conventions)

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This Weekend: Winnipeg Comic Expo

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/28/2008 10:37:00 AM
Winnipeg Comic and Toy Expo
Sunday, March 30
Canad Inns Fort Garry, Winnipeg
10am - 5pm
Admission $2.00


(see here for a list of upcoming conventions)

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   Tuesday, March 18, 2008  
Toronto Animecon Reports

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/18/2008 01:39:00 AM


What time is it? Time for reports from this past weekend's Hobbystar Animecon in Toronto -otherwise know as the MTAC (M-TAC) or March Toronto Anime Convention 2008.

-DMF has a few photos

-a nice full report

-pure blog (in Japanese)

-Jason Truong has a report, sort of

-flickr sets here, here, and here

-youtube slideshow

-youtube video

-more youtube

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   Saturday, March 15, 2008  
Sunday: Vancouver Comicon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/15/2008 05:35:00 PM
Vancouver Comicon

Sunday, March 16th, 2008
11am to 5pm
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street (corner of Main and 15th Ave)

Guests include Kaare Andrews, Steve Rolston.


Admission: $3.00
Kids under 14: Free!

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This Weekend: Toronto Animecon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/15/2008 11:00:00 AM

http://www.hobbystar.com/

Toronto Animecon
March 15-16th, 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (North Building)
255 Front Street. West

Animecon Hours
Saturday : 11:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday : 11:00am - 5:00pm

Take place in Cosplay Idol or visit the over 50 dealers at this Japanese culture extravaganza.

Full details at the link.

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   Friday, March 07, 2008  
This Weekend: Animaritime, Moncton

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/07/2008 01:00:00 AM


Animaritime
March 7-8, 2008
Delta Beausejour hotel, Moncton, New Brunswick
http://www.animaritime.org/index.html

The big East Coast anime and manga show, with dealers, corporate sponsors like VIZ and Del Rey manga, and guests like JOnes, the cartoonist behind Vampirates

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   Friday, February 22, 2008  
This Weekend: Kei-kon, Victoria

:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/22/2008 12:12:00 AM


The Otaku Revolution continues February 22-24:

Kei-kon 6
University of Victoria, MacLaurin building.
Admission: $5-$20 (see here for details)

Featuring film, a dealers pavillion, a tea house, cosplay shows and contests, and talks about anime and manga.

Anime Panels
-"Shading and Texture" with Astra Crompton shows you how to give your
characters the best of physical depth. Emotional depth sold seperately.
-"Manga Proportions" with Astra Crompton will teach you how to make sure
your characters are well developed and don't look like wobbleheads in a
truck with bad suspension.
-"Shounen Ai and Yaoi" with Natasha and Dani explores the PG-13 version of the
subject of male-male manga love.

Role Playing Panels
-"World Building" with James and Dan explores the best way to build your own
campaign setting from scratch.
-"Styles of Storytelling" with Kelly, James, Roman, Dan, Mike, etc. discusses how to run a unique experience for your players.
-"Stylish Combat Scenes and You" with James et all. explains how to run the most
entertaining, graphic, and humerous fight scenes possible.

Video Game Panels
-"Step Up" with Adam teaches you how to make the best Step Step Revolution
songs!

Misc Panels
-"The Finer Points of Yaoi: (18+)" with Dani and Natasha. Yep, it's just like it
sounds.

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   Wednesday, February 06, 2008  
Toronto Comicon Reports

:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/06/2008 12:29:00 AM
The Hobbystar Toronto Comicon was held this past Sunday, February 3. Here are some initial blog reports:

  • Ty at Grendel33's Place has a full report including attendance figures with photos of the sales floor and artist's alley.
  • Danny Truong has the Heavy, including notes on the widespread trend of marking down hardcover comics collections to $10.

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   Friday, February 01, 2008  
This Weekend: Toronto Comicon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/01/2008 12:01:00 AM


Toronto ComiCON - Sunday February 3, 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
11AM - 5PM
Admission: $5 / Fan Expo Canada VIP Pass Holders: Free

With guests:
Mitchell Breitweiser (Captain America: The Chosen)
Francis Manapul (Legion of Super-Heroes)
DMF Comics
Andy B.
Agnes Garbowska
Richard Zajac


80 Dealer tables: 4evercomics, All New Comics, Conspiracy Comics, Cyclone Comics, Dragon Lady, Dragonstar, General Comics (Ron Kasman), Gravity Toys, Harley Yee, Kevthemev/Joe Shuster Awards, Kewl Collectibles, Kool Kollectibles, Major Comics, Manish Mistry, Mister Comics (Wes Hagen), MTC Canstar, Myths, Legends & Heroes, Pendragon, Red Nails, The Comic Doctor, Unknown Worlds (Will Wong), Wyldstar


www.hobbystar.com

*****

see here for Sequential's 2008 convention schedule!

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   Friday, January 18, 2008  
This Weekend: Wintercon, Edmonton

:: Posted by Bryan @ 1/18/2008 02:03:00 AM
The Wintercon anime con takes place this weekend at the University of Alberta and is sponsored by BAKA, the U of A's anime and manga club. Art, film and other events at the links below.

Wintercon
Jan 19-20, 2008
University Education building, University of Alberta, Edmonton
http://www.bakaclub.com/news.php
http://www.bakaclub.com/con1.php
more

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This Weekend: Vancouver Comicon

:: Posted by Bryan @ 1/18/2008 12:10:00 AM
Vancouver Comicon
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
11am to 5pm
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street (corner of Main and 15th Ave)
Admission: $3.00
Kids under 14: Free!
* Camilla d'Errico (Nightmares and Fairytales, Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes)
* Philip Barrett (Matter)
* Stephanie Blakey (Comics by Steph)
* Ken Boesem (The Village)
* Robin Bougie (Cinema Sewer)
* Jonathan Dalton (Lords of Death and Life, Fablewood)
* Laura Eveleigh (Little Illustrated Books)
* Kelly Everaert (Trilogy of Terror)
* Maxine Frank (Maximum Superexcitement)
* Donald King
* Carrie McKay
* Mike Myhre (Space Jet Comics)
* Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Hemp Island)
* Beth Wagner (Isaac and Lee, Forest Through the Trees)
* Critical Hit Comics

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   Thursday, January 17, 2008  
2008 Convention Schedule

:: Posted by Bryan @ 1/17/2008 12:16:00 AM
Below is a rough draft of the 2008 Convention Schedule for all comics and comics-related conventions in Canada. Sequential will hopefully be issuing several of these updated schedules throughout the year, as well as promoting the individual events as they occur. If you have any additions or corrections, please email us. Sequential is interested in all comics-related events that take place across the country and we will do our best to link to your event, even if it is only a relatively tiny, single-day collectibles show in a small town. Please let us know.

2008 Conventions

Wintercon (anime event)
Jan 19-20, 2008
University Education building, University of Alberta, Edmonton
http://www.bakaclub.com/news.php
http://www.bakaclub.com/con1.php
more

Vancouver Comicon
Sunday, January 20th, 2008
11am to 5pm
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street (corner of Main and 15th Ave)
http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~lswong/Comicon.html

Toronto Comicon
Feb 3, 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
http://www.hobbystar.com/hobbystar/ConventionsPoster_20080203.html

Animaritime
March 7-8, 2008
Delta Beausejour hotel, Moncton, New Brunswick
http://www.animaritime.org/index.html


Toronto Anime Con
March 15-16, 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
http://www.hobbystar.com/hobbystar/Conventions.html

March 16 -- Vancouver Comicon
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street (corner of Main and 15th Ave)
http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~lswong/Comicon.html

Winnipeg Comic and Toy Expo
March 30th, 2008
Canad Inns Fort Garry
10am - 5pm
Admission $2.00
http://manitobacomiccon.com/index.php

Edmonton Pop Culture Fair
Sunday, March 30, 2008
10 am to 4:30 pm
Edmonton Aviation Heritage Centre
11410 Kingsway Avenue
http://www.popculturefair.com/

Toronto ComiCON Annual Fan Appreciation Event
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
http://www.hobbystar.com/hobbystar/Conventions.html
April 12-13, 2008

Montreal Toy Con
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
10am to 5pm
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT MONTREAL AIRPORT
7000 Place Robert-Joncas
St-Laurent, QC
http://site.toysonfire.com/montreal_toy_con/montrealtoycon.html

Anime North
May 23-25, 2008
Doubletree International Plaza Hotel
Toronto Congress Center
Renaissance Toronto Airport Hotel
http://www.animenorth.com/index.php


May 25 -- Vancouver Comicon
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street (corner of Main and 15th Ave)
http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~lswong/Comicon.html

July 6 -- Vancouver Comicon
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street (corner of Main and 15th Ave)
http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~lswong/Comicon.html

Paradise Toronto Comicon
July 12-13, 2008
Holiday Inn on King Street
http://torontocomicon.com/

Montreal Comicon
June 15, 2008
http://www.majorcomics.safeshopper.com/ - site may be down? [google cash and myspace]
mtlcomiconATyahoo.ca

Fan Expo Canada
August 22-24, 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
http://www.hobbystar.com/hobbystar/Conventions.html

August 24 -- Comix & Stories, Vancouver
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street (corner of Main and 15th Ave)
http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~lswong/Comicon.html

September 7 -- Vancouver Comicon
Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street (corner of Main and 15th Ave)
http://mypage.uniserve.ca/~lswong/Comicon.html

Montreal Comicon
Sept 13-14, 2008