ITEM!: SHELFSPACE NEEDED
OKAY, I NEED SOME SHELF SPACE IN THE STOCK-ROOM. RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE COVERED WITH BOXES THAT HOLD STATUES. THE PRETTY STATUES AND NIFTY FIGURES IN OUR DISPLAY CASES. SO THEY HAVE TO GO. DROP BY THE SHOP AND TALK TO ME (CALUM) OR DAVE AND MAKE YOUR BEST DEAL. I’M TALKING DEAL! NO PHONE CALLS, NO E-MAILS, JUST HAGGLING FACE TO FACE. MANO Y MANO AND SAVE SOME BUCKS. FIRST COME FIRST SERVED AND YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO HAGGLE YOUR WAY TO 75% OFF OR BETTER!
ITEM!: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CANADIAN KIND
VULCAN, ALTA., GOES AFTER TOURIST BUCKS BY GOING WHERE NO TOWN HAS GONE BEFORE.
ITEM!: COMICS IN CANADA
THE CBC, IN MY OPINION ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO SPEND MY TAX DOLLARS, HAS A GREAT ARCHIVE SITE WITH LOADS OF COMIC BOOK INFO –
THE COMICS IN CANADA: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
FROM THE WHOLESOME WARTIME HEROICS OF JOHNNY CANUCK TO THE EXPLOITS OF A THREE-FOOT-TALL AARDVARK NAMED CEREBUS, CANADIAN COMICS ARE ANYTHING BUT DULL. THOUGH COMICS GOT THEIR START SOUTH OF THE BORDER, CANADA HAS BECOME HOME TO AN ECLECTIC ROSTER OF CARTOON TALENT.
ITEM!: DOUG WRIGHT AWARD WINNERS
THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THE 5TH ANNUAL DOUG WRIGHT AWARDS, RECOGNIZING SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN CANADIAN CARTOONING.
THE AWARDS ARE NAMED IN HONOUR OF CARTOONIST DOUG WRIGHT (1917-1983), WHO CREATED THE LONG-RUNNING NEWSPAPER STRIP DOUG WRIGHT’S FAMILY. THIS YEAR’S CEREMONY COINCIDED WITH THE LAUNCH OF DRAWN & QUARTERLY’S THE COLLECTED DOUG WRIGHT: CANADA’S MASTER CARTOONIST.
THE WINNERS WERE ANNOUNCED AT THE ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO IN TORONTO ON MAY 9 AS PART OF THE TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL (TCAF).
AND THE WINNERS ARE:
BEST BOOK: SKIM BY JILLIAN & MARIKO TAMAKI (GROUNDWOOD BOOKS)
BEST EMERGING TALENT: KATE BEATON, HISTORY COMICS
PIGSKIN PETERS AWARD: MATTHEW FORSYTH, OJINGOGO (DRAWN & QUARTERLY)
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOUG WRIGHT AWARDS, DIRECT YOUR BROWSER TO HTTP://WWW.WRIGHTAWARDS.CA/.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!
ITEM!: MARVEL LAUNCHES YOUTUBE CHANNEL
MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT RECENTLY LAUNCHED AN ALL-NEW YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEDICATED TO MARVEL COMICS AND THE MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS BASED ON ITS ICONIC CHARACTERS.
FOUND AT WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/MARVEL, THE CHANNEL OFFERS TRAILERS FOR COMICS AND MOVIES, MOVIE CLIPS, FULL EPISODES OF ANIMATED SHOWS LIKE X-MEN EVOLUTION, MARVEL’S REGULAR THE WEEKLY WATCHER FEATURE, AND MORE.
ITEM!: DC NEWS YOU CAN USE
AS ANNOUNCED IN THIS WEEK’S DC COMICS DIRECT CHANNEL #935, DC’S RED-HOT THE FLASH: REBIRTH LIMITED SERIES FROM WRITER GEOFF JOHNS AND ARTIST ETHAN VAN SCIVER HAS BEEN EXTENDED FROM FIVE TO SIX ISSUES.
IN ISSUE #5, WHICH WILL BE SOLICITED IN THE JUNE PREVIEWS, THE GREATEST THREAT TO FACE THE FLASH FAMILY IN DECADES STANDS REVEALED. A NEW HERO WILL STEP INTO AN OLD SPEEDSTER’S BOOTS. AND BARRY ALLEN WILL MAKE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE: HIS LIFE!
WATCH FOR THE SOLICITATION OF THE FLASH: REBIRTH #5 IN THE JUNE PREVIEWS. THIS ISSUE IS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN STORES ON AUGUST 26. THE SIXTH AND FINAL ISSUE IS SCHEDULED TO BE OFFERED IN THE JULY PREVIEWS, FOR SHIPPING IN SEPTEMBER.
IN THE PHILADELPHIA EXAMINER, COMIC BOOK “EXAMINER” ERVIN ANDERSON SAID ISSUE #1 WAS “FILLED WITH WONDERFUL MOMENTS,” CALLING VAN SCIVER’S ART “EXCELLENT” AND PRAISING JOHNS’ SCRIPT FOR HITTING “…JUST THE RIGHT NOTES OF SENTIMENTALITY, FUN, AND IMPENDING DANGER.”
DC’S WEDNESDAY COMICS OFFERS CONTEMPORARY TWIST ON CLASSIC COMIC STRIPS
COMICS WILL ASSUME GRAND NEW DIMENSIONS THIS SUMMER WITH AN ALL-STAR LINE-UP OF CHARACTERS AND CREATORS IN DC COMICS’ WEDNESDAY COMICS #1-#4, THE DYNAMIC DEBUT OF AN IMAGINATIVE NEW WEEKLY 12-ISSUE SERIES SPEARHEADED BY DCU EDITORIAL ART DIRECTOR MARK CHIARELLO.
REINVENTING THE CLASSIC NEWSPAPER COMICS SECTION, EACH 16-PAGE WEEKLY ISSUE UNFOLDS TO A SPRAWLING 28” X 20” TABLOID-SIZED, FULL-COLOR READING EXPERIENCE. EACH FEATURE EXPLODES ACROSS ITS OWN 14” X 20” PAGE WITH CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF POPULAR DCU HEROES IN BATMAN, ADAM STRANGE, METAMORPHO, THE DEMON AND CATWOMAN, DEADMAN, KAMANDI, SUPERMAN, WONDER WOMAN, GREEN LANTERN TEEN TITANS, SUPERGIRL, HAWKMAN, SGT. ROCK, THE FLASH AND METAL MEN.
EVERY STORY IS TOLD BY A CREATIVE WHO’S WHO OF COMIC WRITERS & ARTISTS, INCLUDING BRIAN AZZARELLO, EDUARDO RISSO, NEIL GAIMAN, MICHAEL ALLRED, WALTER SIMONSON, KURT BUSIEK, DAVE GIBBONS, AND OTHER LUMINARIES WHO SHOULD ATTRACT A WIDE RANGE OF CONSUMERS INTO STORES ALL SUMMER LONG.
FOLDED TWICE TO 7” X 10”, ISSUES #1-#4 ARE SET TO REACH STORES ON JULY 8, 15, 22, AND 29. SECURE THIS INNOVATIVE OFFERING THAT RECALLS THE HALCYON DAYS OF THE “FUNNY PAPERS” WITH YOUR MAY PREVIEWS INITIAL ORDER.
ITEM!: THE WRIGHT STUFF
EDGAR WRIGHT, DIRECTOR OF SUCH FUN FARE AS SHAUN OF THE DEAD AND HOT FUZZ, HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK IN TORONTO BRINGING SCOTT PILGRIM TO LIFE AND FINDS SOME TIME TO KEEP THE WORLD ABREAST OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING:
HTTP://EDGARWRIGHTHERE.COM/2009/05/SCOTT-PILGRIM-VIDEO-BLOG-5/
(THANKS TO PIERRE FOR THE LINK)
THAT’S IT FOR THIS WEEK – SEE YOU AT THE STORE, HOPEFULLY!
