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Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon 2005

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Just a quick comment on Kevin's post. The Saturday he meant was April 30th at the show and not this weekend.... sorry Alex. Our mystery guest will be signing at the CGC booth on Sunday and know do not ask CGC who it is because we aren't telling them either.

 

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Peter Dixon

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Just a quick comment on Kevin's post. The Saturday he meant was April 30th at the show and not this weekend.... sorry Alex. Our mystery guest will be signing at the CGC booth on Sunday and know do not ask CGC who it is because we aren't telling them either.

 

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Peter Dixon

Paradise Comics

paradisecomics@wiznet.ca

416 487-9807

 

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I've been told that you should look for a big article about the upcoming Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon in Monday's METRO NEWS, that free paper that they give out on the subway line. The article will also be posted online at:

http://metronews.ca

 

ALSO:

 

1/4 page and banner ads will start running in the Toronto Star starting this week thanking people for voting for the SHUSTER AWARDS and offering a special incentive admission coupon for the PARADISE COMICS TORONTO COMICON to Toronto Star readers who clip out the coupon and bring it to the Comicon box office on April 29 or 30.

 

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The FULL schedule of events:

 

FRIDAY APRIL 29

 

SHOP TALK PANEL ROOM

6:00 Speakeasy Comics Panel

7:00 What's New at DC 2005

 

COMICON THEATRE

6:00 Short Film: The Collection

6:30 Short Film: Split City

7:00 Film: Dead End Road (followed by Q&A)

 

SATURDAY APRIL 30

 

SHOP TALK PANEL ROOM

11:00 BENDIS Q&A

12:30 Jerry Robinson Q&A

1:30 Remembering Eisner

2:30 Warren Ellis Q&A

4:30 Shuster Awards

7:15 Charity Art Auction

 

COMICON THEATRE/WORKSHOP ROOM

10:00 Tom Fowler workshop

11:00 Paul Rivoche workshop

12:00 Darwyn Cooke workshop

1:40 Short Film: The Collection

2:00 Fleisher Superman Cartoon Marathon

4:30 Film: Dead End Road

6:30 Short Film: Split City

 

GAMING ROOM:

DRAGONBALL Z GT TCG TORONTO MEGA TOURNAMENT

9:00 Registration Begins

12:00 Tournament Begins

 

SUNDAY MAY 1

 

SHOP TALK PANEL ROOM

11:00 Writing Comics Roundtable

12:00 BENDIS Writing Masterclass

1:30 What's New at Marvel 2005

3:00 Breaking Into Comics Roundtable

 

COMICON THEATRE/WORKSHOP ROOM

10:00 Tom Grummett workshop

11:00 Phil Jimenez workshop

12:00 Joey Cavalieri workshop

1:00 Short Film: Split City

1:30 Short Film: The Collection

2:00 Film: Dead End Road

4:00 Cartoons: Looney Tunes

 

Guests are usually at their tables when they are not involved in a panel or on a break.

 

There are no set signing times except for:

 

1. The ACTOR booth

2. The corporate booths for companies like UDON, Top Cow, etc.

3. Warren Ellis (signing times tba).

 

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Kevin

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Hopefully the links will work!

 

THE GRIMOIRE #2 - limited to 400 copies

No advance image available at this time

 

WITCHBLADE 84 - limited to 500 copies

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DARKNESS 19 - limited to 500 copies

TorontoConCovs_DK19.jpg

 

DARKSTALKERS 5 - limited to 1500 copies

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Oh yeah... Ty Templeton (artist, Spider-Man/Human Torch) has confirmed he is now coming to the convention.

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And here's what the back cover of the program booklet looks like:

 

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Credits:

Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association Presents:

SALUTING OUR 2005 HALL OF FAME AWARD WINNERS

Celebrating the careers and creations of six great Canadian talents:

ED (FREELANCE) FURNESS;

HAL (PRINCE VALIANT) FOSTER;

ADRIAN (NELVANA) DINGLE;

LEO (JOHNNY CANUCK) BACHLE;

RAND (HAROLD HEDD) HOLMES

and, of course,

JOE (SUPERMAN) SHUSTER.

 

CONCEPT / INITIAL LAYOUT / ART DIRECTION: JAMES WALEY;

FINISHED LAYOUT: PAUL McCUSKER (w/ JIM ORDOLIS);

 

PENCILS: Freelance / STEVE LeBLANC;

Prince Valiant / TERRY PALLOT;

Nelvana / SCOTT COOPER;

Johnny Canuck / PETER GRAU;

Superman / TY TEMPLETON;

Harold Hedd / PAUL McCUSKER; INKS: T. PALLOT;

 

COLOURS & PRODUCTION ASSEMBLY: P. McCUSKER. a BOLD COMICS STUDIO production / raythyonder@yahoo.ca

 

Superman TM & Copyright DC Comics; Prince Valiant TM & Copyright King Features Syndicate; all other characters are TM & Copyright to their respective owners.

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ED FURNESS (1911-2005)

 

Ed Furness emigrated with his family to Canada as a child from the United Kingdom. Growing up in Toronto, Ed had a propensity for cartoon illustration and demonstrated this aptitude by graduating from the Ontario College of Art in 1933. Ed was instrumental in developing Freelance, a popular superhero icon for Canadian, and ultimately American, children during the war, by joining forces with writer Ted McCall at Anglo American Publishing in July of 1941. Furness also drew 'Commander Steele' in Grand Slam Comics from 1941 and many other comic book stories. Ed honed his creative talent and ultimately became the lead artist for Anglo American Publishing, having thirteen artists in his stable. The advent of the War Measures Conservation Act coming to an end in 1946 precipitated the demise of the Canadian comics industry and Anglo American made one last ditch effort to distribute their periodicals in the United States in color and failed. Ed closed the doors at Anglo American on one sad day in 1956 and went on to do commercial art and landscape painting.

 

Ed Furness passed away on April 21, 2005.

 

My condolences to his family and friends.

 

Kevin

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Hopefully the links will work!

 

THE GRIMOIRE #2 - limited to 400 copies

No advance image available at this time

 

WITCHBLADE 84 - limited to 500 copies

TorontoConCovs_WB84.jpg

 

DARKNESS 19 - limited to 500 copies

TorontoConCovs_DK19.jpg

 

DARKSTALKERS 5 - limited to 1500 copies

DS05covParadisefin.jpg

 

In regards to the darkstalkers cover anyone else wondering how that top holds her boobs in? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

 

 

 

Oh yeah... Ty Templeton (artist, Spider-Man/Human Torch) has confirmed he is now coming to the convention.

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There's going to be a big article on the Convention and the Shuster Awards, including an interview with legend and Comicon guest Jerry Robinson in NEXT Week's Saturday Toronto Star (April 30).

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