Latest news from the article: Alliance submitted the winning bid for all Diamond assets—which are currently being sold through a court-supervised bankruptcy process, and still subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland—earlier this week. Read the Publishers Weekly article here.
Author Archives: Dave Howard
AIPT: X-Men Monday #290 – Jason Loo Talks ‘Concert of Champions’
Jason Loo talks with Chris Hassan about ‘The Concert of Champions’. From the article: Welcome, X-Fans, to another uncanny edition of X-Men Monday at AIPT!How do you follow a globe-trotting mini-series? With a star-studded one-shot, of course! On April 2, 2025, Dazzler‘s writer Jason Loo and artist Rafael Loureiro reunite to bring you Concert ofContinueContinue reading “AIPT: X-Men Monday #290 – Jason Loo Talks ‘Concert of Champions’”
TONIGHT! Toronto Comic Jam: The Ides of March 30th 2025!
The third and likely muddiest jam of 2025! Come down to the Cameron House, Back room, Sunday Mar 30, 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Visit torontocomicjam.org for all the deets. You can also register here on Luma to get reminders and all that.
Canada Comics Open Library’s New Permanent Location Is Now Open!
The awesome and amazing life-affirming free open comics library CCOL will take your work to the next level if you just open your mind, read all the books, and let it in! And they have found their new home now open six days a week at the awesome and incredible down to earth but onContinueContinue reading “Canada Comics Open Library’s New Permanent Location Is Now Open!”
Canadian National Newspaper Award finalists for 2024 Editorial Cartooning
From The Daily Cartoonist: Canada’s National Newspaper Awards has announced the finalists for the 2024 awards and in the category for Editorial Cartooning the finalists are Michael de Adder of the Halifax Chronicle Herald/The Globe and Mail; Gabrielle Drolet of The Globe and Mail; and Patrick LaMontagne of the Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun.The cartoonists’ portfolios, alongContinueContinue reading “Canadian National Newspaper Award finalists for 2024 Editorial Cartooning”
Exciting New Montreal Startup Lethal Comics Crowdsourcing Local Talent, Direct To Consumer
From The Comic Journal’s link blog is a CTV News article on Montreal’s amazing new startup, Lethal Comics. This is a very timely success story about buying Canadian and buying local, worth paying close attention to! From the article: There are shifting tides in the ocean of comic book creation and publishing and an independentContinueContinue reading “Exciting New Montreal Startup Lethal Comics Crowdsourcing Local Talent, Direct To Consumer”
Jay Stephens talks with David Brooke On Writing ‘Red Sonja Attacks Mars’
Jay Stephens talks with AIPT’s David Brooke on writing ‘Red Sonja Attacks Mars’. From the article: Known for his distinctive style, which he describes as “campy, horrifying, mid-century, and notorious,” Stephens approached Red Sonja Attacks Mars by returning to the original inspirations behind both properties. “I believe going back to original source material, right toContinueContinue reading “Jay Stephens talks with David Brooke On Writing ‘Red Sonja Attacks Mars’”
TONIGHT: Fiona Smyth at York University Visiting Cartoonist Lecture Series Wed March 26, 6:30 pm
Two things: Fiona Smyth! She is amazing – encouraging, thoughtful, suppotive. Go see her! And …What? York University has a Visiting Cartoonist Lecture Series! Wow! It is organized by amazing Toronto based cartoonist, Jessica Campbell. All talks will take place in Rm 106 Accolade West, 89 York Boulevard. Sponsored by YUFA and presented by the VisualContinueContinue reading “TONIGHT: Fiona Smyth at York University Visiting Cartoonist Lecture Series Wed March 26, 6:30 pm”
Jason Bergman Interviews Anders Nilsen and Leonard Pierce Reviews Anders Nilsen’sTongues For The Comics Journal
Anders Nilson’s much anticipated, new huge graphic novel “Tongues”, published by Panthoen, is now out and The Comics Journal has both a review of the book and an interview with Anders Nilsen himself. From the review by Leonard Pierce: There is so much happening in Tongues that cataloguing it all seems like an exercise inContinueContinue reading “Jason Bergman Interviews Anders Nilsen and Leonard Pierce Reviews Anders Nilsen’sTongues For The Comics Journal”
Publishers Weekly Talks with Brampton, Ontario’s Own Ricky Lima!
From The Comics Journal’s Weekly Links: Tobias Carroll of Publishers Weekly speaks with Ricky Lima about Undergrowth, from Top Shelf. From the article: In the world of comics, Ricky Lima wears many hats, from working at House of Anansi Press as a production manager to teaching college courses on the craft of graphic novels to writing books ofContinueContinue reading “Publishers Weekly Talks with Brampton, Ontario’s Own Ricky Lima!”
The Toronto Comic Jam 