Category Archives: cartoonists

True North Country Comics: News about Canadian comic book creators for Apr. 19, 2025

The great Canadian comics news source, True North Country Comics has the latest news for April 19, 2025. Some highlights: Locus Magazine announced the 2025 Aurora Awards ballot that celebrates creative work by Canadians Comics Beat interviewed Andrew Wheeler about his new graphic novel Hey, Mary! from Oni Press.  The Montreal Comic Arts Festival is looking forContinueContinue reading “True North Country Comics: News about Canadian comic book creators for Apr. 19, 2025”

Iconic Canadian Superhero Captain Canuck facing Super-Villain Donald Trump Draws Worldwide Media Attention

From Canada to the US to India and Asia, Robert Cormick’s latest installment of Captain Canuck, where he faces Donald Trump, is drawing a lot of attention! Here are some media links from around the world … CBC: Canadian superhero Captain Canuck is having a comeback, and we have Trump to thank Global News: Captain CanuckContinueContinue reading “Iconic Canadian Superhero Captain Canuck facing Super-Villain Donald Trump Draws Worldwide Media Attention”

Figure Drawing Workshop with Kagan McLeod!

Some amazing news, Kagan McLeod is hosting an affordable four week workshop on figure drawing! Check out his website and Instagram post here. Maybe best known for his amazing illustrations for the beginning and end credits for She-Hulk, Kagan McLeod is a well respected, long-time Toronto illustrator, specializing in portrait and figure drawing. It’s hardContinueContinue reading “Figure Drawing Workshop with Kagan McLeod!”

Congrats to Comic Jammer Anna Latzer on her first ever Simpsons episode!

From Anna’s Facebook post, she is happy to announce her first credit at her dream job, drawing for The Simpsons! Anna spent many years in Vancouver at the lovely Vancouver Comic Jam, and then moved to Toronto and started coming to the Toronto Comic Jam where she’s left an indellible mark. Anna hosted our ComicContinueContinue reading “Congrats to Comic Jammer Anna Latzer on her first ever Simpsons episode!”

CBC Books: Cartoonist Chris Ware invites readers inside his personal sketchbooks

It may be from January, but this interview with Chris Ware still stands out. Ware, who always wanted to be a cartoonist, was pulled by the medium’s ability to bring writing and drawing together, and started keeping sketchbooks in his late teens. “I was just trying to learn how to draw,” said Ware on BookendsContinueContinue reading “CBC Books: Cartoonist Chris Ware invites readers inside his personal sketchbooks”

The Comics Journal: Sol Brager on inter-generational anxiety in their memoir, Heavyweight

A fantastic interview with Sol Brager by Tina Horn. From Craig Burscough’s weekly links in The Comics Journal: Tina Horn interviews Sol Brager about Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory, Auschwitz beach reads, keeping the book accessible, and fascist symbols and regalia – “Far too many comics writers treat artists asContinueContinue reading “The Comics Journal: Sol Brager on inter-generational anxiety in their memoir, Heavyweight”

Corey Mintz interviews Ryan North for The Globe & Mail

Ryan North talks about his most recent work with Marvel as a writer on the new, critically acclaimed Fantastic Four. Marvel’s Fantastic Four: First Steps is scheduled for a July, 2025, theatrical release. The big-budget movie will be the fourth in the FF franchise (fifth if you count the straight-to-video 1990s version) based on theContinueContinue reading “Corey Mintz interviews Ryan North for The Globe & Mail”