Category Montreal Comiccon

Montreal Comiccon 2012 Recap

I had the pleasure of attending Montreal Comiccon 2012; yes that’s how they officially spell Comiccon and while I see people putting a space in that’s not how the organization spells it. This time around I worked a booth at…

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Artists Alley

The big draw for me at Montreal Comiccon 2011 was the bandes desinee artists that would be attending the show.  I’ve been reading a lot of translated European material and was hoping to pick up some original art. Overall it…

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MCC 2011 Recap

This will be the first of 2 or 3 Montreal Comic Con posts, as it was a busy weekend. The con was well attended and well organized, but not without some bumps in the road. First I should make it…

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Chat with Pia Guerra

Pia Guerra was at the Montreal Comiccon this past weekend (Sept 17 and Sept 18).  I had a brief opportunity to chat with her after she completed a sketch for me. She is probably most known as the artist for…

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Sakai & Aragonés panel

The panel began with each creator giving a brief introduction of themselves and their careers.  Sergio did most of his introduction in French. Stan Sakai began with a bit of Japanese and then English.  Stan noted that issue 141 of…

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Trades & Hardcovers

Freshly returned from Montreal Comiccon 2011 my head is still full of crowds, books and art.  My focus here is the collected edition market at the show: hardcovers, trade paperbacks, graphic novels. First off this was a comic centric show…

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