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WECA Superhero Teams?

by Ivan Kocmarek | May 2, 2018 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 9 |

News I was at my friend Bob MacMillan’s place last week and he showed me two Colossal Comics with...

Educational Projects

by Ivan Kocmarek | Nov 22, 2017 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 16 |

The publisher that seems to get the least amount of love from collectors of war-time Canadian...

The most collectible of the WECA Publishers

by Ivan Kocmarek | Aug 9, 2017 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 5 |

I often wonder how many WECA (or, if you prefer, Canadian Whites) collectors there are out there?...

Sesquicentennial

by Ivan Kocmarek | Jan 4, 2017 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 8 |

Happy Sesqui-seventeen to everyone and may it turn out the best that it can for all of you. I’ve...

George Menendez Rae

by Ivan Kocmarek | Feb 24, 2016 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 32 |

During the WECA period, Educational Projects in Montreal seemed to be putting out the poor cousins...

Joseph Hillenbrand

by Ivan Kocmarek | May 28, 2014 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 9 |

I’ve already discussed the work of Sid Barron, one of Educational Projects main artists, elsewhere and in this post I’d like to look at another, Joseph Hillenbrand, even though there is little information available about him apart from the comic book work he left behind.

The Return of ComicLink Canadian Whites

by Ivan Kocmarek | Apr 16, 2014 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 14 |

The last ComicLink featuring a collection of Canadian “Whites” was this past February and, in the end, commanded some eye-opening prices for these scarce books. There we had about three dozen books, most in mid-grade to better. In my opinion even 6.5 and up should be considered “high grade” for these scarce Canadian wartime comics, given that so few are found in this condition.

This month’s auction, even though it has almost double the amount of books (61), has them in mostly in lower grades. Almost a dozen of them are incompletes (0.5) because of a centerfold missing or a rectangular coupon cut out of the front cover. I’ve done a summary of the books on offer in a chart form anchored on condition, going from the lowest to the highest.

WECA Toons 2

by Ivan Kocmarek | Jan 29, 2014 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 2 |

My last post was on the “toony” side of Vancouver’s Maple Leaf Publications and in it I stated that there were no real toons in Montreal’s Educational Projects Publishers. I now want to qualify that since I’ve been able to find three fillers that might qualify.

Where are they now?

by Ivan Kocmarek | Nov 13, 2013 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 2 |

Many times over the last year or so I’ve wondered about what became of the original locations of all the WECA era Canadian comic book publishing houses. Are the original buildings still standing or have they been razed to make way for modern money making enterprises? I glean the following address information from the indicia of the actual comics.

My Back Pages

by Ivan Kocmarek | Oct 17, 2013 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 10 |

On occasion these B-sides became hits in themselves and sometimes even outshone their original A-sides in popularity. In the same vein, I think that there are a few WECA book back covers that merit attention and offer lots of historical information to mine and I wanted to share some of them with you.

Fan Expo 2013 | Whites Panel Aftermath, with Audio

by Ivan Kocmarek | Aug 29, 2013 | Whites Tsunami, WECA Splashes | 1 |

Our FanExpo panel on the Canadian Whites was held on the final afternoon just a couple of hours before the whole show closed down. We ended up getting just about 50 people in the audience… not bad for a relatively esoteric and arcane subject.