When I started this column two years ago, I defined the Canadian Silver Age differently from how John Bell does in his book Invaders from the North. My definition of the era captures all of the comics created in Canada…
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A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
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A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
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One of the unique aspects of the comic book medium is that it is completely dominated by a single genre. I cannot think of any other artistic media where this is true, for if we saw movies or music dominated…
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A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Toth, Adams, Aja, Shaner, Staples, Miller, Kirby, Lee, Simon, Byrne, Janson, Corben, Seth, Charest, Ditko and more!
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The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping. This week: top graphic novels.
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I’ve been a comic reader and collector for thirty one years. In that time I have never discussed comics with anyone outside of immediate family who didn’t bring up the subject first. I’m not entirely sure why comics has a…
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The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2011 was held at the Toronto Reference Library this past weekend. If you’ve never been TCAF is the antithesis of Wizard World or Fan Expo: its publishers and creators that focus on non-superhero comics. I…
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival: Pencil it In from Toronto Comic Arts Festival on Vimeo. The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, or TCAF, is coming up May 7-8, and to promote it some friends of the organizers have created this nifty video…
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