Category Archives: cartoonists

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”

Drawn & Quarterly ‘At Home With’ Video Series Features Paul B. Rainy!

Creator of D&Q’s newly-published time-travel graphic novel, “There’s No Time Like The Present”, as well as previously published “Why Don’t You Love Me?” Paul B. Rainy talks about the making of his new book -how he did it- and it’s 20 year history! Never give up! Watch the inspiring video here.

Faith Erin Hicks on capturing the gothic romance of The Mummy in comics with Skybound

From The Comics Journal weekly links, Billy Langsworthy intetviews Faith Erin Hicks for Brands Untappped. Faith Erin Hicks – the writer and artist behind Skybound’s new Universal Monsters: The Mummy comic – discusses putting a new spin on a classic.Faith, it’s great to connect. Issue one of Universal Monsters: The Mummy – which you’ve bothContinueContinue reading “Faith Erin Hicks on capturing the gothic romance of The Mummy in comics with Skybound”