Joe Shuster Awards ceremony (Toronto) - June 5, 2010

[Kevin Boyd]

The 6th Annual Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards will be presented on Saturday, June 5th, 2010 in Toronto.

 

More details to come… watch for our official press release with the list of nominees within the next week.

 

At the request of many, the awards will be presented on the same weekend as a comic book convention: the June 5-6, 2010 Toronto ComiCON.

 

Please note that the awards ceremony will NOT be presented at the convention but at a separate venue in the evening.

 

www.joeshusterawards.com

 

 

[Kevin Boyd]

The 2010 Joe Shuster Award Nominees have been selected for the following categories:

ARTIST

CARTOONIST

COLOURIST

COVER ART

WEBCOMICS CREATOR/CREATIVE TEAM

WRITER

 

Just waiting for two things to be done before I can send out the press release:

 

1) French translation of the press release.

 

2) Certificates of Nomination to be completed for the nominees - these will be sent to the nominees when we send out the press release

 

www.joeshusterawards.com

 

If all goes as planned, the news will go out early next week.

 

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Fundraising:VISIONS OF AN ICON: WOLVERINE.

 

Incidentally, we have been posting the scans of the Wolverine art pieces that were donated for our 2010 fundraising initiative - I still have another dozen or so more to post:

 

The list of pieces/bios posted to date:

Page 1: http://joeshusterawards.com/category/fundraising/

Page 2: http://joeshusterawards.com/category/fundraising/page/2/

 

I will be launching the first set of original art auctions this Sunday, March 14th to coincide with (hopefully) the upcoming announcements.

[Kevin Boyd]

Still have to post the pieces from Tom Grummett, Dean Motter, Clayton Hanmer, Ed Hannigan, Terry Moore and more!

[Kevin Boyd]

And I forgot to mention that last year's Master of Ceremonies JONATHAN LLYR - former Space Channel host and currently running the Hardcore Nerdity site www.hardcorenerdity.com - will be returning to MC the awards ceremony in 2010.

 

Ceremony will likey be held again at the Innis Town Hall at Innis College, University of Toronto.

[Kevin Boyd]

It is now official:

 

2010 Joe Shuster Awards venue is once again Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto

 

http://joeshusterawards.com/2010/03/12/2010-jsa-venue-return-to-innis-town-hall/

[Kevin Boyd]

In a related story, the nominees for the Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning were announced today - The Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association (of which I am Director) would like to congratulate all of the Doug Wright Award Nominees.

 

George Sprott,’ Aboriginal manga lead the nominations for the 2010 Doug Wright Awards

 

6th annual awards to be handed out as part of Toronto Comics Arts Festival

 

March 12, 2010 Toronto- Running the gamut from the acclaimed to the unconventional, the 15 finalists for this year’s Doug Wright Awards were announced today in Toronto.

 

Hand-picked by an esteemed panel of comics experts, the 2010 finalists represent the finest, most thought-provoking work produced by Canada’s vibrant comics community.

 

The shortlist contains works that explore diverse subjects, from the legendary life of Kasper Hauser and the fictional life (and death) of a fading TV host, and spans a range of formats, from wordless lino-cuts graphic novels to “manga” inspired by Western Canadian Haida mythology.

 

The Doug Wright Awards finalists for Best Book are:

 

* Back + Forth by Marta Chudolinska (The Porcupine’s Quill)

* George Sprott: (1894-1975) by Seth (Drawn and Quarterly)

* Hot Potatoe by Marc Bell (Drawn and Quarterly)

* Kaspar by Diane Obomsawin (Drawn and Quarterly)

* Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Douglas and McIntyre)

 

The Doug Wright Awards finalists for Best Emerging Talent are:

 

* Adam Bourret I’m Crazy

* Michael DeForge Lose #1 (Koyama Press), Cold Heat Special #7 (Picturebox)

* Pascal Girard Nicolas (Drawn and Quarterly)

* John Martz It’s Snowing Outside. We Should Go For a Walk.

* Sully The Hipless Boy (Conundrum Press)

 

The finalists for the 2010 Pigskin Peters Award (for unconventional, “nominally-narrative” comics) are:

 

* Bébête Simon Bossé (L’Oie de Cravan)

* Dirty Dishes by Amy Lockhart (Drawn and Quarterly)

* Hot Potatoes by Marc Bell (Drawn and Quarterly)

* Never Learn Anything From History by Kate Beaton

* The Collected Doug Wright Volume One by Doug Wright (Drawn and Quarterly)

 

Founded in 2004 (in a dimly lit Toronto bar) to celebrate the finest in English-language comics and graphic novels, The Doug Wright Awards have since evolved into one of North America’s foremost comics awards and one of its most anticipated events.

 

Wright Awards finalists defy easy categorization, and include past and present masters of the form and off-the-beaten-path newcomers alike, all vying for one of the most unique and coveted trophies in comics.

 

This year’s nominees were chosen by a five-member panel who chose from works released in the 2009 calendar year. The panel included: comics historian and author Jeet Heer; filmmaker Jerry Ciccoritti; cartoonist Chester Brown; Walrus comics blogger Sean Rogers, and; writer and Sequential.ca publisher Bryan Munn.

 

The winners are chosen by a jury that includes cartoonists, writers, actors, directors, musicians and, on occasion, politicians.

 

A featured event of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF), the 2010 Doug Wright Awards ceremony will take place on Sat. May 8, at 7 pm at the Toronto Reference Library’s new Bram & Bluma Appel Salon.

 

Sponsors of the 2010 Doug Wright Awards include: The Beguiling, the Toronto Public Library and the Toronto Comic Arts Festival

 

About The Doug Wright Awards

The Doug Wright Awards are a non-profit organization formed in 2004, and are named in honour of the late Canadian cartoonist Doug Wright. The annual awards recognize graphic novels, comics, mini-comics, and experimental comics-based works published in English (including first-translated editions). To be eligible, a work must be a first-edition, full-length or a collection, and created by a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. http://www.wrightawards.ca/

 

About the Toronto Public Library

The Toronto Public Library is the world’s busiest urban public library system. Every year, more than 17.5 million people visit our 99 branches and borrow more than 31 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131.

[Kevin Boyd]

For Immediate Release

 

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 JOE SHUSTER AWARDS

 

6th Annual Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards - Presentation Ceremony in June 2010

 

Toronto, Canada — March 17, 2010. From coast to coast, Canada is home to many of the comic book industry’s top talents, and the JOE SHUSTER AWARDS are a way of recognizing and celebrating their achievements. Since it was established in 2004, the Joe Shuster Award program has been Canada's national awards program for recognizing the outstanding achievements of Canadian comic book creators, publishers and retailers. The awards are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman.

 

In January and February of this year, nominees were selected from master lists of eligible works originally published in English and/or French during the 2009 calendar year. Canadian citizens living at home or abroad, as well as permanent residents were eligible for consideration. Now that the lists of nominees have been finalized, nominated creators will have their work reviewed by juries, who will decide the winners.

 

Winners will be announced at a public ceremony in Toronto on the evening of Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue. The Master of Ceremonies will be Jonathan Llyr. The presentation ceremony date also coincides with the 6th Annual Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on June 5 & 6, 2010.

 

NOMINEES for Work Published in 2009

 

Artist/Dessinateur

 

* Chris Bachalo - Dark Reign: The Sinister Spider-Man 1-4, Dark Avengers Annual 1, New Avengers 51-52, Amazing Spider-Man Extra! 2 - "Black & White” , (Marvel Comics)

* Darwyn Cooke - Jonah Hex 50 (DC), Madman Atomic Comics 14 - "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Madman Movie" (Image Comics)

* Marc Delafontaine - Les nombrils, tome 04: Duels de belles (Dupuis)

* Djief Bergeron - Saint-Germain, Tome 1: Le Comte des Lumières (Glénat)

* Dale Eaglesham - Justice Society of America 26 (DC Comics), Amazing Spider-Man 591, Fantastic Four 570-572, Captain America 600 - "The Persistence of Memorabilia", Amazing Spider-Man Extra! 3 - "Nice Things", Origins of Siege 1 – “Doctor Doom” (Marvel)

* Stuart Immonen – Ultimate Spider-Man 130-133, New Avengers 55-60, Fantastic Four 569 (Marvel), The CBLDF Presents Liberty Comics 2 - "Trampoline Hall" (Image Comics)

* Francis Manapul - Adventure Comics 0-3, 5, Superman/Batman 60-61 (DC Comics)

* Cameron Stewart - Seaguy: The Slaves of Mickey Eye 1-3 (DC/Vertigo), Uncanny X-Men First Class Giant-Size Special 1 - Origin of Wolverine segment (Marvel), The CBLDF Presents Liberty Comics 2 - "The Apocalipstix in Taboo Boogaloo" (Image Comics)

 

Cartoonist/Créateur

 

* Darwyn Cooke - Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter (IDW)

* Jeff Lemire - The Nobody, Sweet Tooth 1-4 (DC/Vertigo), Noir: A Crime Comics Anthology - "The Old Silo" (Dark Horse), Awesome 2: Awesomer - "The Horseless Rider" (Top Shelf)

* Bryan Lee O'Malley - Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe (Oni Press)

* Philippe Girard - Tuer Velasquez (Glénat Québec)

* Michel Rabagliati - Paul, tome 06: Paul à Québec (La Pastèque)

* Simon Roy - Jan's Atomic Heart (New Reliable Press)

* Seth - George Sprott 1894-1975 (Drawn & Quarterly)

* Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas - Red: A Haida Manga (Douglas & McIntyre)

 

Colourist/Dessinateur Couleur

 

* Brad Anderson - Aliens #1-2 (Cover), Aliens/Predator FCBD 2009, Star Wars: The Clone Wars #8 (Cover), Star Wars: Legacy #32-40, 43 (Dark Horse), Action Comics #873 (Cover), Superman: Secret Origin #1-3, Superman: World of New Krypton #1-6, Superman: World of New Krypton #7, 9-10 (Cover), Wonder Woman #28-35, 39 (DC Comics) Doctor Doom and the Masters of Evil #3 (Cover), Franklin Richards: April Fools, Franklin Richards: It’s Dark Reigning Cats & Dogs, Franklin Richards: School’s Out, Uncanny X-Men: First Class Giant-Size Special #1, Spider-Man & The Secret Wars #1 (Marvel Comics)

* Chris Chuckry - Air #6-16, The Unwritten #1-8 (DC/Vertigo), G.I. Joe: Cobra #1-2 (IDW), Amazing Spider-Man #582, 591, 599-600, 606-607, Amazing Spider-Man #583, 595, 597-598 (Cover), Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3, Iron Man Vs Whiplash #2, Ms. Marvel #36-37 (Cover)

* Maryse Dubuc - Les nombrils, tome 04: Deuls et belles (Dupuis)

* Nathan Fairbairn - Amazing Spider-Man #605, Dark Reign: The List – X-Men #1, Dark X-Men: The Confession #1 (Cover), Guardians of the Galaxy #16, 18-19, House of M: Masters of Evil #1, Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1, Nation X #1, Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1-2, Timestorm 2009-2099: Spider-Man, War of Kings: Warriors #2, Wolverine #72, Wolverine: Origins #32, Wolverine: Weapon X #6-8, X-Factor #39-50, 200 (Variant) (Cover), X-Factor #45, X-Men: Kingbreaker #2-4, X-Men Origins: Gambit #1 (Marvel Comics), Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen #4-5 (Oni Press)

* Lovern Kindzierski - The Sandman: The Dream Hunters #3-4 (DC/Vertigo), Angel #19, Doctor Who #1-2, G.I. Joe: Cobra #3-4, G.I. Joe: Cobra Special #1, GrimJack: The Manx Cat #1, Star Trek: Crew #3-5, Star Trek: Romulans: Schism #1-3 (IDW), What If? Daredevil vs. Elektra (Marvel Comics)

* Francois Lapierre - Magasin général, tome 05: Montréal (Casterman)

* Dave McCaig - Star Wars: Dark Times #13-14 (Dark Horse), Detective Comics #857-860, Wednesday Comics #1-12 (DC Comics), House of Mystery Halloween Annual #1, Northlanders #14-23 (DC/Vertigo), Mysterius: The Unfathomable #1-6 (DC/Wildstorm), Invincible #66-67 (Image Comics), Berserker #2-3, Broken Trinity: Angelus, The Darkness #75, Pilot Season: Murderer #1 (Image/Top Cow), Agents of Atlas #9 (Cover), Dark Reign: Fantastic Four #2-5 (Cover), Deadpool #900, Fantastic Four #571 (Cover), | Ghost Rider #33-35, Marvel Comics #1 70th Anniversary Edition, Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (Cover), New Avengers #50, 55-60, Origins of Siege #1, Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #3-6, Ultimatum: Fantastic Four Requiem #1 (Cover) (Marvel Comics), Resurrection #0 FCBD 2009 (Oni Press)

* Ronda Pattison - Star Wars: The Clone Wars #4 (Cover), Star Wars: The Clone Wars FCBD 2009, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Wind Raiders of Taloraan, Star Wars: Purge – Seconds to Die, Unbound Saga (Dark Horse), Angel vs. Frankenstein (IDW), Killer of Demons #1-3 (Image Comics), Dark Reign: Mister Negative #1-3, Human Torch Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (Marvel Comics), Atomic Robo and Friends FCBD 2009, Atomic Robo and the Shadow from Beyond Time #1-5, We Kill Monsters #1-5 (Red 5 Comics)

 

Writer/Écrivain

 

* Kelley Armstrong - Angel 18-22 (IDW)

* Ian Boothby - Futurama Comics 43-44, Simpsons Comics 150, Simpsons Super Spectacular #8 - "The Sprint" (Bongo)

* Hervé Bouchard - Harvey (La Pastèque)

* Maryse Dubuc - Les nombrils, tome 04: Duels de belles (Dupuis)

* Kathryn Immonen - Runaways 11-14, Patsy Walker: Hellcat 5 (Marvel Comics), The CBLDF Presents Liberty Comics 2 - "Trampoline Hall" (Image Comics)

* Dean Motter - The Spirit 29 (DC Comics)

* Ty Templeton - Star Trek: Mission's End 1-5 (IDW)

* J. Torres - Disney/Pixar's Wall-E 0-1 (Boom!), DC Holiday Special '09 1 - "Huntress in Naughty or Nice", Batman: The Brave and the Bold 5-8, 11 (DC Comics)

 

Cover/Couverture

 

* Kaare Andrews - The Immortal Iron Fist 27 (Marvel Comics)

* Paul Bordeleau - Faüne, tome 2: La maison du Faüne (La Pastèque)

* Darwyn Cooke - Jonah Hex 50 (DC Comics)

* Darwyn Cooke - Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter (IDW)

* Marc Delafontaine - Les nombrils, tome 04: Duels de belles (Dupuis)

* Dale Eaglesham - Miss America Comics 70th Anniversary Special 1 (Marvel Comics)

* Dale Keown - The Astounding Wolf-Man 16 Variant (Image Comics)

* Igor Kordey - Unknown Soldier 5 (DC/Vertigo)

 

Webcomics/Bandes Dessinées Web

 

* Attila Adorjany – Metaphysical Neuroma http://comics.600poundgorilla.com/

* Kate Beaton – Hark! A Vagrant http://www.harkavagrant.com

* Andy Belanger – Bottle of Awesome http://www.zudacomics.com/node/1100 and Raising Hell http://www.raisinghell.andybelanger.com

* Rene Engström – Anders Loves Maria http://anderslovesmaria.reneengstrom.com/

* Karl Kerschl – The Abominable Charles Christopher http://www.abominable.cc

* Gisèle Lagacé and David Lumsdon - Eerie Cuties http://www.eeriecuties.com/ and Ménage à 3 http://www.menagea3.net/

* Tara Tallan – Galaxion http://galaxioncomics.com

* Steve Wolfhard – Cat Rackham http://www.catrackham.com/

 

Artist, Cartoonist, Colourist, Cover & Writer Nominees selected by: Laurent Boutin (Planète BD), Patrick Marleau (Imaginaire), Rachelle Goguen (Living Between Wednesdays), Leonard Wong (Vancouver Comicon), Jamie Coville (The Collector Times), Jeff Brown (Dork Shelf), Mike Jozic (freelance writer), Troy Wilson (author), Gareth Gaudin (Legends Comics), Jonathan Ellis (PopImage), Don McPherson (Eye on Comics), Peter Fisico (All New Comics), Lloyd Chesney (Legends Comics), Jonathan Kuehlein (JPK Comics), and Alex Kennedy. Webcomics Nominees selected by Scott Townsend, Jason Truong, Allison Covey, Robert Haines and Kevin Boyd. Nominating committees coordinated by Award Directors Kevin Boyd and Robert Haines.

 

Additional nominees will be announced in April 2010 for the following categories: Publisher/Editeur, Comics for Kids / Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants, and the Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer /Le Prix Harry Kremer pour Détaillant Exceptionnel Canadien de Bandes Dessinées.

 

Submissions from self-publishers will be accepted until May 10, 2010 for the Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishers / Le Prix Gene Day pour Éditeurs Direct Canadian de Bandes Dessinées. Please visit http://joeshusterawards.com/gene-day-award-for-canadian-self-publishers/ for full details. The winner of the Gene Day Award also receives a $500 Bursary. Finalists will be announced in May 2010.

 

Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame / Temple de la renommée Créateur Canadien de Bandes Dessinées

Three inductees will be announced in May 2010.

 

Congratulations to all of the nominees and all of the eligible creators for another memorable year of great comics, both in print and online!

 

About Joe Shuster (1914 – 1992)

 

With the permission of his estate, the Joe Shuster Awards are named in honor of the great artist, JOE SHUSTER (1914-1992), whose clear, dynamic style and inventive visual flourishes set the standard for graphic storytelling during the infancy of the North American comic book industry. It was Superman, a co-creation of Shuster and Siegel, which electrified the industry 71 years ago and, almost overnight, transformed comic books into an enormous pop-cultural phenomenon that endures to this day.

 

About The Joe Shuster Award

 

The Joe Shuster Award is Canada’s first national achievement award program for Canadians working on comic books, graphic novels and webcomics and has no restrictions on language, content and/or genre. The Joe Shuster Award honour the people who create comics, publish comics and sell comics. Creator nominees are nominated for their BODY OF WORK during the previous calendar year, not just for one specific work (except for cover art).

 

The Joe Shuster Award program is administered by the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association, a not-for-profit organization.

 

For more information please contact info@joeshusterawards.com or visit www.joeshusterawards.com

 

Kevin A. Boyd

Executive Director

kevin@joeshusterawards.com

 

Robert Haines

Associate Director

robert@joeshusterawards.com

 

Allison Covey

Director of Publisher Relations

allison@joeshusterawards.com

 

Chris Owen

Director of Media Relations

chris@joeshusterawards.com

[Kevin Boyd]

ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2010 JOE SHUSTER AWARDS

 

Nominees for Publisher, Retailer and “Comics for Kids” Awards announced

 

Toronto, Canada — April 28, 2010. Since it was established in 2004, the Joe Shuster Award has been Canada’s national awards program for recognizing the outstanding achievements of Canadian comic book creators, publishers and retailers. The awards are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman.

 

In March 2010, the Awards Association announced the nominees for the categories of Outstanding Artist, Cartoonist, Colourist, Cover Art, Webcomic Creator/Creative Team and Writer. These nominees can be viewed here: http://joeshusterawards.com/2010/03/17/nominations-for-the-2010-joe-shuster-awards/

 

We are now honoured to announce the additional nominees for the categories of Outstanding Canadian Publisher, as well as the Finalists for the Harry Kremer Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer Award and the Comics for Kids Award, for books aimed at younger readers by Canadian creators.

 

The Harry Kremer Retailer Award, is named after the late owner of Kitchener, ON store Now & Then Books. Kremer’s store was one of the first comic book specialty shops in North America and Kremer has a tremendous impact as a retailer, aficionado and patron of the sequential arts. His legacy is seen in the five tremendous nominees this year, some of the best stores in North America, let alone Canada – including stores from Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, London and Montreal.

 

While there are at least a dozen great Canadian publishers, the five nominees for this year’s Outstanding Publisher Award all distinguished themselves in ways that our nominating committee felt set them apart. The five nominees include three Quebec-based publishers – three time winner Drawn & Quarterly last year’s winner Les 400 Coups and multiple nominee La Pastèque. Nova Scotia’s Conundrum Press has been distinguishing itself with a series of unique and engaging graphic novels, and Toronto-based Kids Can Press who have been producing a lot of great material aimed at younger readers, as evidenced by the three nominations the company received for the Comics for Kids Award.

 

This will be the second year for the Comics for Kids Award, an award that we are particularly proud of here at the Awards Association – as it is one nominated by teachers and aimed at identifying books for educators, libraries and parents that they feel are quality material for younger readers (aged 15 years or younger). As educators and librarians report to us, there is a growing interest in quality graphic novels aimed at younger readers and we want to do our part to identify the Canadian-created books that are worthy of their attention.

 

The winners of the 2010 Joe Shuster Awards will be announced at a free admission public ceremony in Toronto on the evening of Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue. The Master of Ceremonies will be Jonathan Llyr. The presentation ceremony date also coincides with the 6th Annual Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on June 5 & 6, 2010.

 

Publisher/Éditeur

- Conundrum Press - www.conundrumpress.com

- Drawn & Quarterly - www.drawnandquarterly.com

- Les 400 Coups - www.editions400coups.com

- Kids Can Press - www.kidscanpress.com

- La Pastèque - www.lapasteque.com

 

The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer /Le Prix Harry Kremer pour Détaillant Exceptionnel Canadien de Bandes Dessinées

- Another Dimension (Calgary, AB) www.another-dimension.com

- The Beguiling (Toronto, ON) www.beguiling.com

- Elfsar (Vancouver, BC) www.elfsar.com

- Fichtre! (Montreal, QC) www.fichtre.qc.ca

- Heroes (London, ON) www.heroescomics.ca

 

Comics for Kids / Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants

- Binky the Space Cat - Ashley Spires (Kids Can Press)

- Capitaine Static, tome 3: L'Étrange Miss Flissy - Alain M. Bergeron, Samuel Parent/Sampar (Québec Amérique)

- Laflèche, tome 02: Cobequid - Mario Landry, Marcel Levasseur (Boomerang)

- Horus, tome 1 - L'enfant À Tête De Faucon - Johane Matte (Les 400 Coups)

- Jellaby, Book 2: Monster in the City - Kean Soo (Hyperion)

- Nightschool: The Weirn Books Vol. 1-2 - Svetlana Chmakova (Yen Press)

- Scaredy Squirrel at Night - Melanie Watt (Kids Can Press)

- A Sam & Friends Mystery, Book 2: Lake Monster Mix-Up - Mary Labatt, Jo Rioux (Kids Can Press)

 

Nominees for the Publisher and Harry Kremer Retailer Awards were selected by the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association Executive Committee after a careful review of published materials and a retailer review/screening process that included retailer interviews conducted on our website. In order to qualify for the Retailer Award a store must be in business for three years or longer.

 

Nominees for the Comics for Kids Award were selected by:

- Jennifer Stewart, MA, B.Ed — High School teacher at The Linden School, owner of The Dragon comic shop in Guelph, ON

- Beth Alexander, B.Ed — Elementary teacher at The Linden School

- Diana Pai, B.Ed — High School teacher at St. Clements School

 

A final announcement in May for the inductees into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame / Temple de la renommée Créateur Canadien de Bandes Dessinées as well as the finalists for the for the Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishers / Le Prix Gene Day pour Éditeurs Direct Canadian de Bandes Dessinées.

 

Submissions from self-publishers will be accepted until May 10, 2010 for the Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishers / Le Prix Gene Day pour Éditeurs Direct Canadian de Bandes Dessinées. Please visit http://joeshusterawards.com/gene-day-award-for-canadian-self-publishers/ for full details. The winner of the Gene Day Award also receives a $500 Bursary.

 

Congratulations to all of the nominees!

 

About Joe Shuster (1914 – 1992)

 

With the permission of his estate, the Joe Shuster Awards are named in honor of the great artist, JOE SHUSTER (1914-1992), whose clear, dynamic style and inventive visual flourishes set the standard for graphic storytelling during the infancy of the North American comic book industry. It was Superman, a co-creation of Shuster and Siegel, which electrified the industry 71 years ago and, almost overnight, transformed comic books into an enormous pop-cultural phenomenon that endures to this day.

 

About The Joe Shuster Award

 

Created in 2004, the Joe Shuster Award is Canada’s first national achievement award program for Canadians working on comic books, graphic novels and webcomics. The Joe Shuster Award program is administered by the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association, a not-for-profit organization.

 

For more information please contact info@joeshusterawards.com or visit www.joeshusterawards.com

 

[Kevin Boyd]

[Kevin Boyd]

Two weeks from tomorrow night!

 

 

[Kevin Boyd]

JOE SHUSTER AWARDS CELEBRATE THE 35th ANNIVERSARY OF CAPTAIN CANUCK

 

Final Nominees Announced for Gene Day Award, HALL OF FAME Inductees Named

 

Toronto, Canada — May 26, 2010.

 

Since it was established in 2004, the Joe Shuster Award has been Canada’s national awards program for recognizing the outstanding achievements of Canadian comic book creators, publishers and retailers. The awards are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman.

 

In March 2010, the Awards Association announced the nominees for the categories of Outstanding Artist, Cartoonist, Colourist, Cover Art, Webcomic Creator/Creative Team and Writer. These nominees can be viewed here: http://joeshusterawards.com/2010/03/17/nominations-for-the-2010-joe-shuster-awards/

 

In April 2010, the Awards Association announced the nominees for the categories of Comics for Kids, the Harry Kremer Retailer and Outstanding Publisher Awards. These nominees can be viewed here: http://joeshusterawards.com/2010/04/28/outstanding-publisher-harry-kremer-retailer-and-comics-for-kids-award-nominations-announced/

 

CEREMONY DATE, LOCATION & TIME

The winners of the 2010 Joe Shuster Awards will be announced at a free admission public ceremony in Toronto starting at 8PM on the evening of Saturday, June 5th, 2010 at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue. The Master of Ceremonies will be Jonathan Llyr. The presentation ceremony date also coincides with the 6th Annual Toronto ComiCON Fan Appreciation Event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on June 5 & 6, 2010.

 

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CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CREATOR HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

 

In honour of the 35th Anniversary of the publication of CAPTAIN CANUCK #1 in 1975, the three creators most closely associated with the character will be added to the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame: including co-creator and writer/artist/publisher Richard Comely, artist George Freeman and artist Claude St. Aubin, all of whom are being included for their many contributions to the Canadian comics community since the 1970′s (not just for Captain Canuck).

 

In addition to the Captain Canuck trio of Comely, Freeman and St. Aubin, the Hall of Fame Selection Committee also selected three individuals with long and varied contributions to comics and comic book publishing in Canada – Cartoonist and animator Serge Gaboury, Publisher Deni Loubert, as well as Writer and Retailer Dave Darrigo (who also co-founded these awards in 2004).

 

Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame / Temple de la renommée Créateur Canadien de Bandes Dessinées

 

RICHARD COMELY (1950-)

 

GEORGE FREEMAN (1951-)

 

CLAUDE ST. AUBIN (1951-)

 

DAVE DARRIGO (1954-)

 

SERGE GABOURY (1954-)

 

DENI LOUBERT (1951-)

 

Full biographies of the inductees will be published on this site after the ceremony on June 5th.

 

The 2010 inductees were selected by: Scott Dutton, Joe Kilmartin, Phil Latter, and Robert Pincombe. Thanks to John Bell and Bob MacMillan for their input in the early stages of the selection process.

 

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THE GENE DAY AWARD

 

We are honoured to announce the nominees for the Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishing, which honours Canadian comic book creators or creative teams who self-published their work during the previous calendar year. In order to qualify for the award, the creators must be a citizen and current resident of Canada who wrote and/or illustrated a comic book of their own creation (includes creative teams), which they published and sold independently and did not have said works initially distributed by a third party distributor.

 

The winner of the Gene Day Award also receives a $500 bursary from the Awards Association.

 

The Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishers / Le Prix Gene Day pour Éditeurs Direct Canadian de Bandes Dessinées

 

Adam Bourret – I’m Crazy

Evan Munday - Quarter-Life Crisis: Only the Good Die Yung

Ethan Rilly - Pope Hats 1

Benjamin Rivers – Snow 2

Tory Woolcott – Mirror Mind

 

Nominees for the Gene Day Award were selected by members of the Award Association’s Executive Committee. The nominees were selected from over 60 individual publications submitted for review.

 

About Gene Day (1951-1982)

 

Gene Day began his career in the Canadian alternative comix scene, working with and encouraging a new generation of Canadian comic creators create their own comics. In the seventies he began his own publishing imprint, Shadow Press / House of Shadows and put out over twenty issues of Dark Fantasy, a horror/fantasy/sci-fi digest that featured the early writings of Joe Lansdale, Charles De Lint, John Bell and Charles R. Saunders, amongst others; a short-lived comic publication, Out of the Depths and various other one-shots, portfolios, and prints. Those early roots led Day to be noticed my larger publishers, Day continued working in comics until his untimely death. Dave Sim credits Gene Day as his earliest and most influential mentor and the inspiration for his own self-publishing efforts. Gene Day was inducted into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame in 2007.

 

About Master of Ceremonies Jonathan Llyr

Jonathan Llyr is one of the most recognizable geeks in Canada today. As host of the nationally broadcast SPACE Channel’s SPACEY AWARDS for their first five years, Jon earned the respect of Hardcore Nerds everywhere when, over the years, Richard Dean Anderson had him ‘thrown off’ the set of STARGATE SG-1 (with a bonus instruction of “one shot to the kneecaps”), Bruce Campbell attacked him in the woods behind his house with a chainsaw, and Katie Sackhoff let him climb into her Viper.

 

Jon got his start on TV in 1998, after years of honing his skills as a professional actor and the artistic director of the Shakespearean theatre company, Tempest Theatre Group, SPACE needed someone who would wear a rubber turtle shell on his head (shades of Alan Rickman in GALAXY QUEST, anyone?) and it was a perfect fit. So, for several years, Jon appeared weekly on the cult TV show SPACEBAR as Grot, the loveably clueless alien barfly barkeep. Eventually trading shell for battered orange ball-cap, Jon was then seen five nights a week on DRIVE-IN CLASSICS as the genially pontificating drive-in theatre projectionist, Drive-in – font of all B-movie knowledge and wisdom.

 

Jon’s subsequent stint as host, reporter and interviewer for HYPASPACE and HYPASPACE WEEKLY put him in close contact with stars like Patrick Stewart, Andy Serkis, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy (at the same time in what proved to be an awesome media scoop!), David Hayter, Jolene Blalock, George Takei, Tricia Helfer, Steven Spielberg and many others.

 

Heading out into strange, new worlds with The HardcoreNerdity Network is his latest challenge.

 

None of this is surprising, considering Jonathan’s formative years. When he was a kid, his mom used to write him sick-notes so he could ditch school and line up on opening day for STAR TREK movies. She let him glue his Lego together in the shape of a phaser and paint it silver. She looked the other way when he put her good oven mitts on his feet so that he could be ‘Cornelius’ from PLANET OF THE APES. She made the rest of the family be quiet as he sat in front of the t.v., painstakingly making audio-cassette recordings of STAR TREK episodes so he could play them back at bedtime. That was in the days before VCRs. And when the family got one of those – Jon’s mom bought him his very first movie. It was SUPERMAN. And she let him stay home from school (again) to watch it before she wrapped it up as his Christmas present (he had to promise to look surprised when he opened it). So, really? This is all her fault.

 

About Joe Shuster (1914 – 1992)

 

With the permission of his estate, the Joe Shuster Awards are named in honor of the great artist, JOE SHUSTER (1914-1992), whose clear, dynamic style and inventive visual flourishes set the standard for graphic storytelling during the infancy of the North American comic book industry. It was Superman, a co-creation of Shuster and Siegel, which electrified the industry 71 years ago and, almost overnight, transformed comic books into an enormous pop-cultural phenomenon that endures to this day.

 

About The Joe Shuster Awards

Created in 2004, the Joe Shuster Awards are Canada’s first national achievement award program for Canadians working on comic books, graphic novels and webcomics. The Joe Shuster Award program is administered by the Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association, a not-for-profit organization.

 

For more information please contact info@joeshusterawards.com or visit www.joeshusterawards.com

[Jason Truong]

One week today!

[Kevin Boyd]

Tomorrow night!

[Kevin Boyd]

http://joeshusterawards.com/2010/06/05/the-joe-shuster-awards-2010-winners/

 

TORONTO, CANADA

 

On Saturday night, at a ceremony presided over by Master of Ceremonies Jonathan Llyr, the 6th Annual Joe Shuster Awards were handed out to a packed room at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall.

 

The results:

Artist/Dessinateur

 

* Stuart Immonen – Ultimate Spider-Man 130-133, New Avengers 55-60, Fantastic Four 569 (Marvel), The CBLDF Presents Liberty Comics 2 – “Trampoline Hall” (Image Comics)

 

Cartoonist/Créateur

 

* Michel Rabagliati – Paul, tome 06: Paul à Québec (La Pastèque)

 

Colourist/Dessinateur Couleur

 

* Nathan Fairbairn – Amazing Spider-Man #605, Dark Reign: The List – X-Men #1, Dark X-Men: The Confession #1 (Cover), Guardians of the Galaxy #16, 18-19, House of M: Masters of Evil #1, Marvel Mystery Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1, Nation X #1, Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard #1-2, Timestorm 2009-2099: Spider-Man, War of Kings: Warriors #2, Wolverine #72, Wolverine: Origins #32, Wolverine: Weapon X #6-8, X-Factor #39-50, 200 (Variant) (Cover), X-Factor #45, X-Men: Kingbreaker #2-4, X-Men Origins: Gambit #1 (Marvel Comics), Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen #4-5 (Oni Press)

 

Writer/Écrivain

 

* Maryse Dubuc – Les nombrils, tome 04: Duels de belles (Dupuis)

 

Cover/Couverture

 

* Darwyn Cooke – Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter (IDW)

 

Webcomics/Bandes Dessinées Web

 

* Karl Kerschl – The Abominable Charles Christopher

Publisher/Éditeur

 

* La Pastèque www.lapasteque.com

 

The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer /Le Prix Harry Kremer pour Détaillant Exceptionnel Canadien de Bandes Dessinées

* The Beguiling (Toronto, ON) www.beguiling.com

 

The Gene Day Award for Self-Publishing:

 

* Ethan Rilly: Pope Hats No. 1

 

Comics for Kids / Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants

* Nightschool: The Weirn Books Vol. 1-2 – Svetlana Chmakova (Yen Press)

 

Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame / Temple de la renommée Créateur Canadien de Bandes Dessinées

RICHARD COMELY

DAVE DARRIGO

GEORGE FREEMAN

SERGE GABOURY

DENI LOUBERT

JEAN-CLAUDE ST. AUBIN

 

Congratulations to all of the nominees and all of the eligible creators for another memorable year of great comics, both in print and online!