Search Results by tag: comics and graphica

Book Making: Rachel Richey on redefining Canada’s comic heroes

Rachel Richey is a comics historian and the owner and publisher of Comic Syrup Press, which specializes in reprinting Golden Age Canadian comic books, many of them unseen for decades. Using a panel from CSP’s ... Read More »

July 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Nina Bunjevac, Meags Fizgerald, Connor Willumsen win 2015 Doug Wright Awards

By Becky Robertson

The 11th annual Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning were presented at a ceremony as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival on Sunday. Toronto artist Nina Bunjevac won the award for best book for Fatherland ... Read More »

May 11, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Q&A: Doug Wright Spotlight Award nominee Meags Fitzgerald

By Sue Carter

If you're heading to TCAF this weekend, stop by the Conundrum Press booth to congratulate Montreal comics artist Meags Fitzgerald, who is up for the Doug Wright Spotlight Award for her debut graphic novel Photobooth: ... Read More »

May 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Q&A: Pow Pow Press editor Luc Bossé on translating comics and successful crowdfunding

By Rachel Richey

In November, Montreal French-language comics publisher Pow Pow Press initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the translation of its books to English. The crowdfunding campaign was a success, and the resulting first four titles will ... Read More »

May 7, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Superhero illustrator Darwyn Cooke draws on 1980s Toronto for his Revengeance series

By Carsten Knox

You can tell by the way Darwyn Cooke raves about the design elements of an old Toronto coffee shop that he spent his early creative career as a magazine art director. The Lite Bite Coffee ... Read More »

May 6, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, People

Graphic novel The Outside Circle aims to become a tool for aboriginal healing

By Alex Migdal

Racial prejudices continue to fester in Edmonton, home to Canada’s second-largest aboriginal population, and the setting for Patti LaBoucane-Benson and Kelly Mellings’ graphic novel The Outside Circle, published by House of Anansi Press. For the ... Read More »

April 28, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Nina Bunjevac, Michael DeForge, Tamakis among 2015 Doug Wright Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The nominees for the 11th annual Doug Wright Awards, recognizing the best Canadian comic books and cartooning from the previous year, have been revealed. A jury comprising cartoonist and teacher Fiona Smyth, Taddle Creek publisher ... Read More »

April 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Comics legend Art Spiegelman lands in Toronto

By Sue Carter

Thanks to the dense fog currently blanketing Toronto, comic-book legend Art Spiegelman's plane was re-routed from the downtown island airport to Pearson International Airport. Luckily, a fan recognized the New York comic-book legend and gave ... Read More »

December 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones take on Howard the Duck

By Sue Carter

Well before the stinker 1986 movie Howard the Duck (and its perennial appearances on "worst movies ever" lists), the private-investigator fowl was a subversive Marvel comics character, with his first appearance going back to 1973. Originally ... Read More »

November 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Michel Rabagliati wins Doug Wright Award best book

By Sue Carter

Michel Rabagliati's semi-autobiographical graphic novel Paul Joins the Scouts (Conundrum Press) has won the Doug Wright Award for best book of 2013. The Doug Wright Awards, which recognize the best English-language comics and graphic novels, were ... Read More »

May 14, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

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Search Results by tag: comics and graphica

Book Making: Rachel Richey on redefining Canada’s comic heroes

Nina Bunjevac, Meags Fizgerald, Connor Willumsen win 2015 Doug Wright Awards

Q&A: Doug Wright Spotlight Award nominee Meags Fitzgerald

Q&A: Pow Pow Press editor Luc Bossé on translating comics and successful crowdfunding

Superhero illustrator Darwyn Cooke draws on 1980s Toronto for his Revengeance series

Graphic novel The Outside Circle aims to become a tool for aboriginal healing

Nina Bunjevac, Michael DeForge, Tamakis among 2015 Doug Wright Awards finalists

Comics legend Art Spiegelman lands in Toronto

Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones take on Howard the Duck

Michel Rabagliati wins Doug Wright Award best book

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