Creator rights

I found this column very hard to write. For while I agree that creators should be well compensated for their work, I also feel that the large companies do a lot of work in promoting and marketing characters as well. This isn’t about dumping on the little guy, nor is it about going on a...

Joe Shuster Winners

The winners of the 7th Joe Shuster Annual Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards were announced June 18 at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. The awards highlight from coast to coast the Canadian comic book industry’s top talent and recognize and celebrate both written and artistic...

Harvey wins Two Governor G...

canadacouncil.ca Montreal, November 17, 2009 – The names of winners of the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards were announced today by the Canada Council for the Arts. The seven English and seven French awards are given to authors, illustrators and translators and in the...

The Joe Shuster Awards: Wo...

With the exception of maybe Alpha Flight’s Puck there has never really been a Canadian superhero as popular as Wolverine. Logan has been a hit with readers since John Byrne decided that he didn’t want the only Canadian X-Men on the team to be a total loser, so he upped the ante...