Fan Expo Thursday – Family Day?
Fan Expo is underway, and the first day is all wrapped up. The doors opened to the general public at 4pm (while VIP’s package holders hit the show floors at 2pm), and it became clear very quickly, the crowds were…
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Fan Expo is Almost Upon Us
And so my friends, we find ourselves a week away from the largest of the Canadian comic conventions, Fan Expo. Cosplayers are furiously working on their costumes, collectors are going over their lists, store owners are packing up product, and…
Titan’s Treasures Superhero Belts
My wife just forwarded this to me via children’s clothing sales site Kids Steals. Wow, those are nice looking belt buckles. Not so sure about the colour choices of the canvas belts but I’m sure they’d work with standard 1.5″…
Captain Canuck Webisode 1
Captain Canuck Webisode 1 a Big Hit The 1st of 5 planned Captain Canuck animated webisodes aired on July 1st Canada Day to what looks like rave reviews. There was a strong buzz among the growing fan base leading up…
Man Of Steel final trailer
Here’s the final trailer for The Man Of Steel, apparently heavily sponsored by Nokia. Lot’s of reveals included, but since it hits theatres next week that’s hardly surprising. [youtube ] And here’s a different movie poster I dug up.
2013 Joe Shuster Award nominees announced
The nominees for the 2013 Joe Shuster Awards were announced late last night, and it’s quite a list. The nominees cover a wide variety of material and genres. Feel free to make your selections in the comments. The “separate retailer…
The Wolverine Trailer Two
Here’s the latest extended trailer from The Wolverine, coming to theatres July 26th 2013. [youtube ] Plus, here’s the Silver Samurai teaser movie poster.
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Trailer
Here’s the first full trailer for Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., coming to ABC Tuesdays this fall. [youtube ]
TCAF 2013: Artist Interaction
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival celebrated its tenth anniversary this past weekend and was a grand event in and around the Toronto Reference Library. Like all comic shows I attended in the hopes of interacting with favourite creators and scoring…
TCAF 2013: Spotlight on Bill Amend
Bill Amend is the creator of the syndicated newspaper comic strip FoxTrot, which started in 1988. He was one of the featured guests at The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) 2013. Part of the TCAF 2013 programming was a spotlight…
Laura Vandervoort is Blue Fox
Captain Canuck Web Series adds Smallville’s Supergirl Laura Vandervoort to Cast. Toronto, Canada – May 9, 2013 –Captain Canuck Inc. and Smiley Guy Studios announce the addition of Laura Vandervoort to the Canadian superhero web series’ cast as the voice…
Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day is fast approaching. We at Comic Book Daily hope you’ve saved the date and made your plans to head down to your local comic book shop. Let’s check in with a few Canadian Comic Shops to…
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Tour
Came across a great video about the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum on BoingBoing. Basically some artists who do a podcast went there to have a tour and a look at some great original comic strip and comic book…
Superman Man Of Steel Trailer 3
As the film gets closer the trailers add more and more: this is the best one yet. [youtube ]
Global News is clueless about comics
A “news” article on Global discusses a comic collection on auction this weekend in Vancouver. It’s one of Canada’s largest comic book collections. Sixty thousand comics that were amassed over four decades by an East Vancouver man who doesn’t want…
First Full The Wolverine Trailer
Here’s the first full The Wolverine international trailer. [youtube ]
Captain Canuck Updates
Things seem to be moving forward on all things Captain Canuck. Writer Arne Olsen (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie) continues work on a script for the movie adaptation of the Captain Canuck property. Captain Canuck creator Richard Comely is collaborating and I’m…
Toronto ComiCon 2013 – Trekkies or Kids
This past weekend I went to Hobby Star’s Toronto ComiCon. Before the weekend actually got here, I decided to be organized and looked through the schedule to see who would be there and what panels I would like to go…
Toronto ComiCon 2013 – Day 2
Toronto ComiCon has wrapped up and finished for another year. For the most part Sunday felt the same as Saturday did. There were lots of people. Some parts of the convention floor were very congested and very hard to navigate. …
Toronto Comicon 2013: Art, Artists and Comics
Toronto Comicon, or is it Comicon Toronto as their website URL would indicate, and for those of us who remember the Paradise Comics show. The two day weekend show wrapped up and it was quite the event, for Star Trek…