Posts Tagged as ‘Joe Shuster Awards’

November 2, 2009

This week: Toronto SpeakEasy Comic Book Show

Toronto SpeakEasy, a monthly gathering of the city’s creative community, hosts its annual Comic Book Show this coming Thursday, Nov 5,  8pm-midnight at the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen West, second floor lobby).
The main event is in the evening, but I think you might be able to pop in any time during the day to check [...]

October 17, 2009

“Hasta la vista, baby” Dave Sim accepts Shuster Award

Dave Sim, creator of Cerebus, is one funny – some might say odd – dude. He won a Shuster award a few weeks ago for his most recent work Glamourpuss. He couldn’t be there  (and neither could I). But here’s one of three pre-taped acceptance speeches he sent in advance to the committee.
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September 27, 2009

2009 Joe Shuster Award winners

Artist: David Finch – Ultimatum #1-2 (Marvel Comics)
Cartoonist: Dave Sim – Glamourpuss #1-4, Judenhaas (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Colourist: François Lapierre – “Gédéon et la bête du lac” Contes et légendes du Québec (Glénat Québec), Magasin général 4 (Casterman)
Writer: Mariko Tamaki – Emiko Superstar (DC/Minx), Skim (Groundwood Books)
Cover: Niko Henrichon – Hostile Tome 1 (Dupuis)
Webcomics: Cameron Stewart – Sin [...]

September 26, 2009

Speaking of Canadian comic book talent…

The Joe Shuster Awards are tonight at the University of Toronto campus. Admission is free. They’ll also have a booth at the Word on the Street festival tomorrow.
As I look at the nominee list, I see names of a half-dozen talented artists and writers working on everything from mainstream books to indie projects who I [...]