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The C-List: Darkness and Light in HalifaxItem: Halifax North Memorial Public Library presents "Darkness & Light: Graphic Novel Camp". This day-long camp will introduce local and international graphic novel artists to participants. 10:30 a.m.: Mike Holmes; 1 p.m.: panel with Kate Beaton, Rebecca Kraatz and Faith Erin Hicks; 2:45 p.m.: Kyle Baker. March 27. Item: George Elliot Clarke reviews HC Anderson's King and a weird new GN translat4d from the Italian, Dino Buzzati's Poem Strip. Item: Jeet Heer imagines Conrad Black as Tubby from Little Lulu. Item: New Brunswick man was a nerd, now vindicated by writing a short article about the history of manga for his local paper. Item: OCAD prof comments on U.S. manga obscenity case. Item: Toronto Animecon links 1 2 3 Labels: C-List, events, floppies, graphic novels, manga - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, March 11, 2010 Superhero HockeyThis is the old-school magic that I'm talking about: "The gay and roaring crows cheered lustily for their favourite hockey team ... and then Death came riding in on the cold air of the ice arena!" ![]() Robert Pincombe does us all a great service by posting a 1940s comic book story featuring Ted Steele's Canadian superhero Speed Savage over at his ComicCanuck blog. As a post-Olympics bonus, its a rare hockey comic book story as well (and in true hockey style, hockey-loving cartoonist Jeff Lemire provides an "assist"). Go read "Murder Has The Puck"! Labels: blogosphere, comics history, floppies - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - Friday, March 05, 2010 Weekend Reading ![]() I linked to one of these already, bt you should really check out Robert Pincombe's Olympic wind-down blog posts. Through Robert's comedic genius, various members of Alpha Flight talk about the Vancouver Olympics and then go on to discuss classic comic book Olympic moments. No Puck yet, but we can dream... Slam-Poet Superhero Sasquatch Northstar Snowbird Labels: comics history, events, floppies, mascots, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Upcoming: Kill Shakespeare ![]() You can order this new IDW series involving a bevy of Toronto creators in Previews now. They have a nice website, too. New comic series re-imagines the Bard and his most famous characters launching at WonderCon, April 2-4, 2010 To celebrate the birth (and death) of the world's most famous playwright, IDW Publishing is proud to launch a brand new comic series at WonderCon, Kill Shakespeare. Conceived and written by Canadian-based creators Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col, this twelve-issue series is a dark take on the Bard and his work, pitting his greatest heroes against his most menacing villains. The series will launch with a 32-page, ad-free first issue, and McCreery and Del Col will host an exclusive signing and panel at WonderCon, one of the country's leading comics and pop culture conventions, including a discussion of literary mash-ups with leading authors and Shakespearean scholars. WonderCon will be held April 2nd through the 4th at San Francisco's Moscone Center. Called "easily one of the more exciting new projects" at San Diego Comic Con by Publisher's Weekly, Kill Shakespeare is true to the Bard's canon, yet also accessible to a wide range of readers. The series offers an edgy interpretation of Shakespeare's most famous characters, bringing Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Puck and others together for an epic adventure. Beginning in April with issue #1, readers encounter a banished Hamlet, who embarks on a quest to resurrect his dead father. But to do so, he must kill a reclusive wizard named... William Shakespeare! "It's poetic justice that Kill Shakespeare is released in the month of April. Shakespeare was born and died on the exact same date, April 23rd (how dramatic is that?...), and we think that our series will serve as a great tribute to the Bard while reinventing his stories and characters in a completely unique and exciting light." Creators Del Col and McCreery bring their love of Shakespeare, independent film, and a combination of marketing and writing experience to their first comic book project. Artist Andy Belanger rises to the challenge of interpreting some of the most famous characters in the world, and he and Kagan McLeod provide attention-getting covers for issue #1. "Kill Shakespeare has been a fascinating comic for me to edit," said series editor Tom Waltz. "On the one hand, this unique tale is undeniably grounded in its Shakespearean roots, but the creators have also produced a top-notch action thriller that rivals anything coming out of Hollywood these days." Kill Shakespeare #1 (of 12, $3.99, 32 pages, full color) will be available in stores in April. Diamond order code: FEB10 0959. Labels: floppies, publishing, upcoming - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, March 01, 2010 The C-List: Enraptured Grumpy Old Comics Fan ![]() Alrite. I ate a very large bean tortilla, half a bottle of wine, one row from a bag of Double Chocolate Chewy Chips Ahoy cookies, and a chai tea, but this epic accomplishment did nothing to assuage my essential grumpy old man nature. Let's face it, Canadian comics news ranges from boring, to ludicrous, to depressing, to transcendentally beautiful and enlightening. With the emphasis on the first three. Item: An Olympic message from Northstar. The former Olympian and Alpha Flight member slaloms around some classic comic book covers. Item: In ridiculous international news, a copy of Detective Comics #27, featuring the first appearance of Batman, sold last week for $1,075,500.00 U.S., narrowly edging out the even $1 million paid for Action Comics #1 earlier in the week. The price (4x Overstreet!) includes a buyer's premium to auctioneer Heritage Auctions. Holey Ripoff, Batman! It's sad that the actual physical artifacts of comics fallen/been raised to this level. At the same time, the same ridiculous collector's market has elevated the actual work of the creators to the point where some of the older original art pages are now worth corresponding money. Too bad most of the artists from the Golden Age are dead. CBC report. Item: Retailers from Toronto, Kitchener, and London participate in a roundtable discussion. Peter Birkemoe: "Most comic shops in North America are not shops that sell comics but shops that sell comics and merchandise relating to superheroes or other similar genres. More people than ever are reading comics in all age groups but they aren't necessarily going to comic book stores to get them." Item: Alex Jansen, the publisher of new Canadian imprint Pop Sandbox, has won a $45,000 grant to produce an online "interactive graphic novel" about suicide survivors. The Next Day won the National Film Board & TVO's first ever Digital Calling Card and the money will go to production. (National Post) Item: The new film, No Heart Feelings, co-directed by cartoonist Sarah Lazarovic and featuring a performance by Steve Murray, will be featured at the Kingston Film Festival. Item: Ottawa cartoonist/designer/painter Andrew King has painting exhibit. Item: Shane Koyczan, the slam poet who became an online sensation after his performance at the Olympics opening ceremonies, is working on a graphic novel. Item: Chris Butcher takes on manga/anime fans who sell copyright-infringing work, including Nick Simmons. Um, shouldn't conventions organizers clamp down on that crap? I mean, some of it is nice, and their are fans who manage to mash things up to a new level of art, but it's pretty obviously illegal, isn't it? Sure, some of it is tribute, some parody, but taking money for it? Speaking of parody, I just read Lose #1 by Michael Deforge, which chronicles in part the adventures of Green Lantern in artschool, and it is highly recommended. Item: A profile of and Wolverine sketch by Dale Eaglesham. Item: A profile and Wolverine sketch by Rebecca Kraatz. This is my favourite so far, and not just because I loved her last comic. Item: And more Wolverines by Jay Stephens, Rich Dannys, Shane Heron, Philippe Girard, and Sam Agro. Item: Von Allan launches "the road to god knows..." in Ottawa March 14. Item: The latest edition of the inkstuds podcast is a special "mangastuds" panel hosted by Deb Aoki. Labels: C-List, floppies, graphic novels, international - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - 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 - Wednesday, November 11, 2009 New Books: Pope Hats #1 by Ethan Rilly Pope Hats #1Ethan Rilly AdHouse Books $4.00 US ISBN 978-0-9812013-0-6 Pope Hats follows the trials of a young woman named Frances Scarland, whose social circle mainly consists of an alcoholic actress and an inept ghost named Saarsgard. The comic is an engaging slice-of-life story about young people navigating their own daily shortcomings. Pope Hats was the winner of a 2008 Xeric Foundation Grant. An earlier mini-comic version of the story was shortlisted for the 2008 Doug Wright Awards in the category of Best Emerging Talent. "Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly is the most impressive debut comic I've seen in years. The work has that deceptive quality of ease about it—the characters breeze across the page with sparkling dialogue and wonderfully observed gestures." --Seth - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Wednesday, November 04, 2009 New Books: Sweet Tooth #3 ![]() Sweet Tooth #3 comic book by Jeff Lemire DC/Vertigo preview - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, October 19, 2009 Quebecor UpdatesNew Name and Image, Same Issues Canadian printer and comics printer to the world Quebecor has changed its name to World Color Press. Just a few months after emerging from bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Canada, the Quebec-based company, formerly part of the Quebecor multimedia empire, has re-branded itself. The new name is really a revitalized old name and an echo of the company's past, harking back to the acquisition of World Color Press Inc by Quebecor in 1999. Quebecor Printing Inc. of Montreal bought and merged with Greenwich, Connecticut-based World Color Press Inc and closed 11 plants and eliminated 3,400 jobs worldwide. These days, besides appointing new CEOs and launching a new website and logo, Quebecor/World Color Press has celebrated by closing a Mississippi plant. Comics fans shouldn't fear, however, as most comics are still printed at the St-Romuald, Quebec plant. Labels: floppies, international, printing, publishing, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - 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 - Wednesday, September 02, 2009 New Books: Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire ![]() Giles Goat Boy meets Apocalypse Nerd Now that he's paid homage in a way to Jules Verne in his Nobody graphic novel, Jeff Lemire seems to be turning his sights on HG Wells. Lemire's new Vertigo series is out today, at an introductory price of $1.00 for the first issue. The series premise sounds like a mash-up of everything from John Barth to The Road to Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake to The Island of Dr. Moreau to Marvel's Woodgod character of the 1970s: Sweet Tooth #1 Written by Jeff Lemire; Art and cover by Jeff Lemire (Vertigo/DC) From out of the deep woods and the mind of acclaimed indie cartoonist Jeff Lemire (THE NOBODY, The Essex County Trilogy) comes a new Vertigo monthly ongoing series like no other! After being raised in total isolation, Gus – a boy born with deer-like antlers – is left to survive in an American landscape devastated a decade earlier by an inexplicable pandemic. Even more remarkable is that Gus is part of a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid children who have emerged in its wake, all apparently immune to the infection. Enter Jepperd, a violent, hulking drifter who soon takes in Gus and promises to lead him to "The Preserve," a fabled safe-haven for hybrid children. Along the way they'll have to contend with science militias, deadly scavengers, rival bounty hunters, and hybrid worshipping cultists as they fight to make it to safety and solve the mysteries of this deadly new frontier. This bizarre and haunting new series is boldly written and illustrated by Eisner-nominated creator Jeff Lemire and elegantly colored by fellow Eisner nominee Jose Villarubia. A little boy with antlers, a big man with guns, a world without hope – SWEET TOOTH #1 ships in September for only $1.00! Plus, don't miss a free preview of this title in August's JACK OF FABLES #37! * Vertigo * 32pg. * Color * $1.00 US * Mature Readers On Sale September 2, 2009 Bonus: read Lemire on 4 ugly comics with post-apocalyptic themes that influenced his new book. - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, July 03, 2009 Shuster Awards Kids Nominations ![]() The nominees in the "Comics for Kids" category of the Joe Shuster Awards have been announced. The nominees were selected by a jury of teachers. The winner will be announced in September. Clayton Hanmer, CTON's Super A-Maze-ing Year of Crazy Comics! (OwlKids) Susan Hughes and Willow Dawson, No Girls Allowed (Kids Can Press) Karl Kerschl and Serge Lapointe (with Amy Wolfram, USA), Teen Titans: Year One (DC Comics) Liam O'Donnell and Michael Deas, Ramp Rats – A Graphic Guide Adventure (Orca Publishing) Paul Roux, Ariane et Nicolas Tome 5: Les tours de Babel (Editions Les 400 Coups) Chad Solomon (with Christopher Meyer, USA), The Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws Vol. 2: The Voyageurs (Little Spirit Bear Productions) Kean Soo, Jellaby Book 1 (Hyperion) Mariko Tamaki and Steve Rolston, Emiko Superstar (DC/Minx) Emiko cover comp Labels: awards, floppies, graphic novels, kids comics - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 Happy Canada Day! ![]() Happy Canada Day from Sequential! The above image is the front cover of Mike Friedrich's Quack #3, a comic book published in 1977 (the year punk broke and the year of the Queen's silver jubilee). The Beavers was a short-lived newspaper strip by Dave Sim (of Cerebus fame). The cover of Quack was drawn by Sim with inks by Steve Leialoha. To learn more about the genesis of The Beavers, check out issues of the new Cerebus Archive (issue #2 is on stands now), which retraces the early career of Sim. Labels: comics history, floppies, holidays, undergrounds - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, June 22, 2009 New Books: The Collected Captain Canuck, Vol 1 ![]() Captain Canuck Vol. 1 Written by Richard Comely, art by George Freeman, Jean-Claude St.Aubin 152 Pages $24.99 Full-colour hardcover IDW Publishing June 2009 An archival edition of the seminal 1970s superhero comic book series featuring art by the underrated yet fondly-remembered George Freeman. Erroneously credited as "Canada’s first superhero" by re-publisher IDW, the first volume features issues #4-10 of the original series published by Comely Comics (widely available in bargain bins for decades). Labels: canadian superheroes, comics history, floppies, new books, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, May 04, 2009 James Turner's Warlord of IO Rejected by Diamond ![]() The Toronto cartoonist James Turner has had his latest project rejected by Diamond Distributors. The series, Warlord of Io, is Turner's follow-up to the Wright Award nominated Nil graphic novel and the Rex Libris comic book series. The cancelled series, a comedic space opera set on Jupiter, was to be published by Slave Labor in the U.S. but has become the latest casualty of Diamond Distributors new minimum standards policy that denies distribution to comics deemed unlikely to sell a minimum number of copies. The policy is controversial since it reduces the chances of quality art reaching an audience. According to a report at Comic Book Resources, the book will be distributed online for now, with a possible trade collection in the future. Turner, who will be appearing at TCAF this week, has posted several updates along with a video preview at his website. Tom Spurgeon writes, "I know that Warlord of IO is only one comic book, but a long time ago that what's the Direct Market was set up to do: give people a chance to buy the one comic book they wanted to buy. That obviously couldn't hold, but where the line gets drawn seems to me a much more vital issue than should be decided by a single company around which whirls occasional rumors of external financial distress. If the Direct Market will inevitably go away with the rise of an on-line replacement, why not have the best possible Direct Market until that happens?" Labels: digital comics, floppies, publishing, webcomics - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, April 10, 2009 Publishing: Jobnik 7 ![]() jobnik! issue 7 by Miriam Libicki 24 pages $3.50 Continuing the adventures of an American-Canadian girl in the Israeli army --the new issue picks up where the graphic novel left off (maybe we'll see another Gian Ghomeshi cameo?). Labels: floppies, graphic novels, publishing, Vancouver - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, April 02, 2009 The C-List: Floppies vs Hard-iesBulletins from the frontlines of the comic book apocalypse of awesomeness: Publishing: the long-awaited reunion of Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart (7 Soldiers, Seaguy) begins its floppy serialization this week with the publication of Seaguy: The Slaves of Mickey Eye #1 (DC). I liked Seaguy as a one-shot concept when I read the first collection a few years back. Stewart's more-or-less "straight" action/superhero style was the perfect counterpoint to Morrison's surreal goof on stale adventure comics heroics. I'm not sure if I'm up for a second helping, though, since I prefer Stewart's more stylized work on Sin Titulo (I have to, or else my Art Comics Critic union card gets taken away). Publishing: Dave Sim's Glamourpuss #6 is out, featuring more of Sim's tracing old adventure strips and writing about comics history, all wrapped up in a bizarre parody of women's fashion magazines. It's kind of fascinating, really, in an odd way. Publishing: Since Tom Spurgeon mentioned it at Comics Reporter, I guess the cat's out of the bag: Seth's Palookaville comic book series, one of the longest-running art comics still extant, is switching to a hardcover format with the next issue. Besides including the ongoing serialization of the Clyde Fans graphic novel, the book will also have space for the cartoonist to examine other topics of interest, in various formats. Upcoming: On the international scene, the big news is the impending publication of Robert Crumb's Genesis project, going Moses or Harold Bloom's "J author" one better. Upcoming: Check out Chris Butcher's read through the Diamond Preview catalog for some gems from Canadian creators. Pt 1. Pt 2. Upcoming: New Reliable Press has some new stuff in the pipe --Jan's Atomic Heart by Simon Roy and the second volume of the True Loves anthology. Labels: anthologies, C-List, floppies, graphic novels, international, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Tuesday, January 27, 2009 80s Renaissance ![]() Two new issues of comic book series by popular 1980s creators are out this week. Dave Sim's Glamourpuss #5 and Dean Motter's Mr. X #2 are impressive benchmarks for an ongoing renaissance of sorts for a perspective and style of comics that that was once pioneering but now is de rigueur. Both are available at comic shops tomorrow. It's funny that both are being serialized as floppies, rather than as complete graphic novels. Wasn't the transition to the graphic novel paradigm what the 80s were all about? And what does it say about the economy that these small circulation, oddball projects are still finding a home in the direct market? Sequential will keep you posted... Labels: floppies, op-ed, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Tonight: Mysterius Booklaunch, Toronto ![]() Mysterius the Unfathomable Comic Book Launch artist Tom Fowler will sign copies of this new series Wednesday, January 21 5-7pm The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street, Toronto Labels: book launches, events, floppies, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, November 14, 2008 Saturday: Igort and David B in TorontoAn Evening with Igort and David B. Discussing the international Ignatz publishing line Rocco’s Plum Tomato, Plum Room 585 Bloor Street West (Enter off of Markham Street) Saturday November 15th @ 7PM (doors open at 6:30pm) FREE Two of Europe's most acclaimed cartoonist are in Toronto this weekend. Just down the street from the Beguiling... Labels: events, floppies, international, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Tuesday, August 05, 2008 Publishing: Scott Pilgrim Full-Colour Odds & Ends 2008 ![]() Scott Pilgrim Full-Colour Odds & Ends 2008 Bryan Lee O'Malley, writer/artist Oni, July 2008 32 pages read about it here Labels: floppies, graphic novels, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, June 16, 2008 Shuster Award Winners ![]() The Shuster Awards were handed out on Saturday in Toronto. Here are the results: OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK WRITER - Cecil Castellucci for The P.L.A.I.N. Janes (DC/Minx) OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK ARTIST - Dale Eaglesham for Justice Society of America #2-4, 6-7, 9-11 (DC Comics) OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CARTOONIST (WRITER/ARTIST) - Jeff Lemire for Essex County Vol. 1: Tales From The Farm, Essex County Vol. 2: Ghost Stories (Top Shelf) OUTSTANDING COVER BY A CANADIAN COMIC BOOK ARTIST - Steve Skroce for Doc Frankenstein #6 (Burleyman) OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK COLOURIST - Dave McCaig for Nextwave, Agents of H.A.T.E. #12, New Avengers #27-35, Fallen Son – The Death of Captain America #1: Wolverine, Marvel Comics Presents #1-4, Wolverine #50, Avengers Classic #7 (Marvel Comics) DC Infinite Halloween Special #1 (DC Comics), The Other Side #4-5 (DC/Vertigo) Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jensen #1 (ONI Press) OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK &/OR GRAPHIC NOVEL PUBLISHER - Drawn & Quarterly OUTSTANDING CANADIAN WEBCOMICS CREATOR / CREATIVE TEAM - Ryan Sohmer and Lar De Souza for Least I Can Do and Looking for Group OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY A CANADIAN RELATED TO COMIC BOOKS David Watkins for using comic books as a teaching tool CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CREATOR HALL OF FAME Stan Berneche John Byrne Pierre Fournier Edwin R. "Ted" McCall FAVOURITE CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CREATOR - ENGLISH LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS Faith Erin Hicks - Zombies Calling FAVOURITE CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CREATOR - FRENCH LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS Philippe Girard aka phlppgrrd - Danger Public FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL (NON-CANADIAN) COMIC BOOK CREATOR Ed Brubaker - Captain America, Criminal, Immortal Iron Fist, Uncanny X-Men HARRY KREMER OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK RETAILER Big B Comics - Hamilton, Ontario Labels: awards, comics history, events, floppies, graphic novels, Ontario, Toronto, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, May 09, 2008 This Weekend: Free Comic Book Day, Fredericton, NBThe flooding in New Brunswick has delayed this comic book event by one week. Details here. Labels: comics retailers, events, floppies, New Brunswick, real world - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, April 10, 2008 Acadieman Goes Number Two ![]() Sequential welcomes your press releases and news about Canadian comics. This candidate for best title for a press release was emailed to me by 3 separate people: Acadieman goes number two with the help of his friends Labels: floppies, Moncton, New Brunswick, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, March 07, 2008 Friday News Roundup ![]() Some links about comic books and cartoonists in Canada:
Labels: awards, British Columbia, floppies, graphic novels, Ontario, publishing, Quebec, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, March 06, 2008 Cartooning a New Canada ![]() The Sequential Contest: A columnist for the Orangeville Citizen gives a brief history of cartooning in Canada (of the editorial sort) and puts out the call for a new cartoon representation of Canada. The columnist, William Bothwell, does a good job, but he might have mentioned Johnny Canuck, Captain Canuck, Jasper the Bear, or the work of contemporary iconic Canadian cartoonists like Seth (who, in case you haven't noticed, has an artisitc passion for all things Canadian). And what's wrong with the lumberjack, anyway? Sequential is putting out the call: design a new cartoon image for Canada. Submit your own design or a favourite from years gone by. Submit to Sequential. Other quick links:
Labels: comics history, contest, floppies, graphic novels, links, Ontario, political cartooning, Toronto, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, March 03, 2008 Palookaville 19 ![]() Labels: floppies, graphic novels, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, February 25, 2008 Comics 101: Is the Canadian Shield Made of Platinum? ![]()
Labels: Alberta, censorship, comics history, floppies, international, manga, Manitoba, Winnipeg - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Wednesday, February 06, 2008 Midweek Linkage: Sim, Simone, Butcher, etc
Labels: comic strips, comics history, floppies, graphic novels, interviews, interweb, Quebec, reviews - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, February 01, 2008 Weekend LinksSome quick comics-related links: Canwest sues journalist over cartoonist firings Mountie exhibit to include comics? The Dave Sim Show continues at the Comics Journal board Brian K Vaughn and Pia Guerra are interviewed on this week's Inkstuds podcast Labels: floppies, interweb, pod casts, political cartooning - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, January 31, 2008 Pia Guerra vs Dave SimNot really, but here are some comics-related links concerning both:
Labels: floppies, interviews, interweb, manga, Newfoundland, Ontario, publishing, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Wednesday: Dave Sim, Pascal Blanchet, 2007 Direct Market
Labels: bestsellers, comics retailers, floppies, graphic novels, manga, publishing, Quebec, reviews - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, January 17, 2008 Thursday Links: Important Comics News ![]() The latest issue of Menushell is out. The latest issue of Comicopia is out. The BDAng imprint of Conundrum Press is profiled in this article from THIS magazine. Jay Stephen's long-awaited "Lost" Teen Titans Annual is now out. 600 thousand people have visited the Tintin exhibit at the Museum of Civilization.(via Michel Viau) Vampira, R.I.P. Labels: bd, exhibits, fanzines, floppies, graphic novels, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Tuesday, January 15, 2008 James Turner Interview: Comics ReporterTom Spurgeon interviews Rex Libris creator and Doug Wright nominee James Turner: I think Rex has become legendary for being text heavy. If one cannot achieve fame, go for infamy and take kickbacks from ophthalmologists. Labels: comics in libraries, floppies, graphic novels - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, December 28, 2007 Are You Sure Dave Sim Did This? ![]() The website for Dave Sim's long-awaited post-Cerebus comic book project is now up. Apparently, the project is an on-going monthly series entitled Glamourpuss, available through comics retailers in April 2008. The website bills the comic as a combination fashion magazine parody, Alex Raymond homage, and superhero adventure. At the same time as the publicity for this project has launched, Sim has also announced he will be discontinuing his weblog, Dave Sim's blogandmail, the main forum for the last few years, outside of the Following Cerebus fanzine and yahoo discussion group, for Sim's political, philosphical, and artistic musing. According to Sim, a computer crash has helped the project along:
Labels: blogosphere, floppies, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Tuesday Comics News The launch of the latest zine by students in the comics program at a Montreal cegep, hosted by Jimmy Beaulieu. Cegep du Vieux-Montreal 255, rue Ontario Est, Montreal Local A-882. 5-7 pm
Labels: blogosphere, book launches, comics retailers, floppies, Ontario, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, December 10, 2007 Good Readin' ![]()
(image: the sort of cartoon storytelling device that fascinates John Updike, according to Jeet Heer; an example of fair use for the purposes of news reporting, parody, and criticism; and a thinly-veiled analogy of the Harper/Bush relationship, perhaps? Probably copyright Warner Bros/DC.) Labels: awards, blogosphere, censorship, copyright, floppies, links, manga, Newfoundland - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Tuesday, June 19, 2007 Weird Old Alpha Flight Covers ![]() Sequential's semi-monthly Omega Flight snippet: Everybody's fave Canadian comic made in the USA also had a French incarnation. A poster on the Alpha Flight discussion board Alpha Waves has made available several scans of covers from the French-language Marvel anthology Strange: Le Journal de Spider-Man from the 1980s. I also enjoyed this blogger's review: "There is one single thing that catapults Omega Flight into instant classic status: It pisses off Canadians! There is so much whining that Guardian is an American that I simply vibrate with excitement at reading their national pain in the comic book forums." Please, please, please, please, please send Sequential your news about Canadian minicomics, comic books, strips, graphic novels and comics creators. I will be forced to run more links to Alpha Flight comics if you don't...... Labels: cultural imperialism, floppies, international, links, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, June 11, 2007 2007 Shuster Award WinnersThe 2007 Joe Shuster Awards were handed out Saturday, June 9, at the Paradise Comicon in Toronto. The winners are: 1. Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Writer Darwyn Cooke Superman Confidential #1, 2 2. Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Artist Darwyn Cooke & J. Bone Batman/The Spirit 3. Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist Darwyn Cooke The Spirit #1 4. Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Publisher Drawn and Quarterly 5. Outstanding Canadian Web Comic Creator or Creative Team Dan Kim (www.manga.clone-army.org) April May & June, Kanami, and Penny Tribute 6. Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Creator - English Language (fan write-in vote) Dan Kim (www.manga.clone-army.org) April May & June, Kanami, and Penny Tribute 7. Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Creator - French Language (fan write-in vote) Michel Rabagliati Paul a la Peche 8. Outstanding International Comic Book Creator Brian K. Vaughan 9. Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Retailer Edmonton's Happy Harbor Comics & Toys ----- The best report on the event I've seen so far comes from Jonathan Kuehlein. Labels: awards, events, floppies, international, Ontario, paradise comicon, Toronto, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, June 07, 2007 Captain Canuck: Unholy War cont'dWriting for the Vancouver Sun, a brave Peter Birnie tries to sort out what's going on in the latest Captain canuck comic books series: In a Tuesday interview from his home in Cambridge, Ont., Captain Canuck creator Richard Comely chuckles when asked how the latest edition of the all-Canadian comic book, Captain Canuck: Unholy War #4, works with other editions of the series. Labels: British Columbia, floppies, Vancouver - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, May 17, 2007 ProstateMan Comic Book to Fight Cancer ![]() Writing for the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, Ward Holland reports on a manly new intitiative by the Thunder Bay Regional Cancer Centre: He will be the central character in a series of colourful comic strips designed to teach middle-aged men about the danger of prostate cancer. Labels: charities, comic strips, floppies - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Tuesday, April 24, 2007 The Big Canadian Sell-outSomewhat old news: This sort of thing happens with every comic Marvel publishes, I think. The company publishes just enough to meet preorders to generate interest in the series and the inevitable trade paperback collection. Anyway, by all appearances the series continues to be awful looking, despite a plot that seems to be a clever analogy of recent political vents in the U.S. with many jokes about and a few actual defections/migrations of disgruntled politicos and AWOL soldiers from the U.S.A. to Canada. Please send Sequential your Omega Flight parodies and better ideas for Canadian superheroes. Marvel is pleased to announce that Omega Flight #1, featuring the debut of Canada's new super team, has sold out at Diamond. Featuring the talents of writer Mike Oeming (Thor) and Scott Kolins (Avengers: Earth Mightiest Heroes), the inaugural issue of this limited series has struck a chord with both retailers and fans. Labels: floppies, international, publishing, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 AcadiemanThe producers of the animated tv series Acadieman, which chronicles the adventures of the eponymous New Brunswick superhero, have published a comic book. Acadieman Comics #1, a full-color comic book, is available from the publisher's website for $5.49 plus shipping. Press release: Acadieman a connu un succes enorme lorsque la chaine de television Rogers a decide de produire une série au sujet de cette icone de la culture acadienne. Avec cette nouvelle BD, le createur d'Acadieman, Dano LeBlanc, fait un retour au medium qui l'interesse depuis toujours. (thanks to Michel Viau) Labels: comics on tv, floppies, Moncton, New Brunswick, publishing, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, April 06, 2007 Fans Launch Campaign for Omega Flight A group of Alpha Flight fans have launched a campaign to extend the Omega Flight comics book series. Omega Flight is a new comic book featuring some Canadian superheroes. It is partially based on the long-running Alpha Flight comic book (cancelled in 1994 and periodically revived since). The original team of Alpha Flight characters first appeared in an X-Men comic book in the 1970s. The modern team is a confusing mix of U.S. and Canadian members (including a Captain America look-alike called the US Agent) with no discernible Canadian contributors. I have to admit I'm puzzled by the whole concept. Fans of the old team are disappointed that the new series' run has been shortened to 5 issues by Marvel. Spearheaded by the website AlphaFlight.net and Fight For the Flight, fans have started a campaign to encourage sales of the series. As well, irate fans have been stirring things up through emails and letters, causing Marvel editor Tom Brevoort to appeal for sanity in a funny blog post. Interested parties are encouraged to keep up with things at a message board started by the same group. Labels: floppies, international, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Tuesday, March 20, 2007 WhitewashOur buddy, journo Brad Mackay, had a piece about black superheroes in the Star on Sunday. Turns out the editors massaged the piece a bit and inserted a few things (like an impromptu paragraph about female superheroes, etc.). The mini-debacle is documented at Mackay's new blog, The Cultural Magpie where the original version of the article is now posted. The whole thing is a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of the creation of a newspaper feature. The only thing Brad didn't touch on the article was the few instances of black comics crossing over into film and video: Steel, Static, and Black Lightning at least have had some form of second life in movies and tv, I think... Labels: blogosphere, floppies, people, publishing, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 2comments - Monday, March 19, 2007 Niko Henrichon on North American Genre ComicsQuebec cartoonist (Pride of Baghdad) Niko Henrichon talks to Newsarama about his venture into X-Men territory and the differences between comics in France and North America: "In American comics, for instance, most of the comics are superheroes or close variations of superheroes. It's not that I dislike the genre but I wish there was more room for the other genres. In Europe, you can find a broader range of genre and they all sell very well. So that's one advantage in Europe. Labels: floppies, people, Quebec, U.S. superhero franchises - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Sunday, March 18, 2007 Fear of a Black Superhero Planet ![]() Writing for the Toronto Star, Brad Mackay traces the decline of superhero comics and investigates the dearth of black heroes in U.S. comic books. If, as the director and Black Panther writer Reginald Hudlin states, "black culture is popular culture," then why are the superhero comic books published by Marvel and D.C. so lily white? Several comics writers and collectors are interviewed, with one of the most succinct explanations coming from Peter Birkemoe: "Everything that these companies do is in complete isolation from true market forces. They are not now, nor have they been for 30 years, part of the mass media," says the co-owner of Toronto's most discerning comic shop, The Beguiling. "Companies run by fans with comics drawn by fans rarely think of catering to anyone but themselves, which unfortunately means comics aimed primarily at adult men who still want to read comics featuring characters suited to children's entertainment." (above image: The Black Panther by Jack Kirby, 1967) Labels: comics history, floppies, Ontario, publishing, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| - Friday, March 16, 2007 U.S.-based Marvel to Tackle Canuck Heroes AgainAs we reported in our coverage of Fan Expo last Fall, Marvel Comics is creating another team of superheroes based in Canada, following in the footsteps of the long-running Alpha Flight property. The internet is abuzz with lameness as the Ottawa Citizen reports on "Omega Flight": Buried deep in a bunker beneath Parliament Hill, a secret government agency is quietly plotting the deployment of Canada's newest line of defence. Labels: can-con, cultural imperialism, floppies, Ottawa, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Wednesday, March 07, 2007 Comics Festival 2007 ![]() Christopher Butcher has the lowdown on his Free Comic Book Day giveaway Comics Festival pamphlet: over 20 creators and including 16 pages of color and tons of Canuck talent. Labels: events, floppies, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - Monday, March 05, 2007 More on Corb LundDose.ca provides another profile of the crossover comic Corb Lund's Western Tales:
- Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Tuesday, February 27, 2007 Graphic Novels Outsell Traditional Comics Pamphlets ![]() At the Graphic Novel Conference held at the 2007 New York Comicon this past weekend, industry analyst and owner of the ICv2 website Milton Griepp announced that for the first time ever, graphic novel sales in the U.S and Canada have surpassed sales of the stapled comic book "pamphlet" format. According to Griepp, sales of GNs, including manga, amounted to US$330 million in 2006, up 12% over 2005. By contrast comic book sales were US$310 million. These numbers are based on data from general bookstores as well as comics specialty shops and distributors like Diamond. Other interesting announcements: 1. manga accounts for approximately 2/3 of GN sales dollars (US$170-200 million) 2. of the 2800 new GNs published in 2006, only about 267 (or 635, depending on how you do the math) are non-genre, non-manga books Griepp's White Paper talk was captured as a podcast by Mangacast and Dirk Deppey has some commentary and rounds up the coverage for the Comics Journal's Journalista! blog. While the news may not come as much of a surprise to readers of Sequential, tending to reinforce my own biases, observations and buying habits as it does, it is nontheless one of those international seismic shifts that is nice to have qualitative information about (and which we rarely report on here, alas). In Canadian terms, I suspect a goodly portion of the 267 GNs for grown-ups that sold in 2006 were published by Drawn and Quarterly (who ironically are one of the few remaining GN publishers who still dabble in periodical pamphlets). Otherwise, the only evidence I have is what I see in my rare trips away from my computer (I buy at least 1/3 of my comics online): a trip to your local bookstore or comic shoppe will probably substantiate Griepp's assertions, at least in terms of what's on offer. In my own small town, the big chain Chapters superstore has two separate 5-feet-high shelves of manga plus a Tokyopop or VIZ spinner rack, as well as about a dozen of the better-reviewed "literary" graphic novels and classic strip collections and about 30 trade paperbacks from DC and Marvel. My local independant bookstore has a 7-feet-high wall of mostly adult GNs with a dozen-or-so superhero and Neil Gaiman books (but only a few volumes of Naruto). My local tiny comics vendor has a large, packed-to-the-rafters mix but I suspect sales may be almost be equally split between manga and monthly comics floppies --who can say? (that's a picture from the comics store, above) Labels: comics retailers, floppies, graphic novels, international, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, February 05, 2007 Ty Templeton, Igloo DwellerCartoonist and Mr.Comics mastermind Ty Templeton is interviewed by Jamie Coville for Coville's Clubhouse. Matters discussed: working for Marvel, Steve Gerber, Bongo Comics, Max the Mutt Animation School, DC Comics' policy towards writer/artists, and the nationalist backgrounds of the creators of the Planet of the Apes comic book miniseries: "EVERY single person working on the book was a hockey playing, French speaking, bacon eating, igloo dweller, like myself." Labels: floppies, interviews, people, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, February 02, 2007 Western TalesEdmonton's Vue Weekly reports on a new comic book collaboration between cartoonist Bob Prodor and country singer Corb Lund (of Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans). Western Tales is a 24-page collection of stories that illustrate song lyrics done in the style of a circa-1970s DC comic: Illustrator and comic book artist Bob Prodor has known Lund for a while --long enough to refer to him as Corby-- and has worked with the musician on "gig posters, and I did some drawings for Five Dollar Bill, but they didn't get used," says the easygoing Prodor, who has a number of projects under his belt, including his own long-running comic, Wine, Women and Song. 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