Here’s my chat with Carlos Camara. Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts.
Carlos is the proprietor of Gotham Central Comics in located in Mississauga, Ontario. In 2018, Gotham Central received the 2018 Harry Kremer Award (Retailers) of the JOE SHUSTER AWARDS.
During our chat, Carlos spoke about Halloween Fest that features local comic book creators at various tables. He also offered his insight about the increase of Halloween-related comic books that are found on store shelves this time of year. Carlos also commented on how the number one of movie of all time Avengers: Endgame is impacting comic book sales.
You can discover more about Gotham Central Comics on Twitter at @ gothamcentralCC and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/gothamcentral
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Here’s some of the current news about Canadian comic book creators and supporters.
Adventures in Poor Taste recently interviewed Ed Brisson about his work on New Mutants. When asked about what makes the team of younger mutants stand on their own, Ed said: “This is going to sound derogatory toward them–and it’s not meant to be–but they’re like the X-Men B-Squad and there’s something about that I like. They still have that youthfulness, that’s fun to play around with as well and they’ve still got their own drama–it’s not as dramatic romance-wise as the X-Men. So it’s a nice break from the romance stuff a little bit.”
You can read more at AdventuresInPoorTaste.com
https://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/2019/10/18/the-plan-is-to-constantly-mix-up-the-team-ed-brisson-and-rod-reis-talk-new-mutants/
Quill and Quire announced that the Ontario Library Association released their list of the 2020 Forest Nominees. In celebration of Canadian books, publishers, authors and illustrators, the Forest of Reading Award Program feature winners picked by children and adults. This year’s notable nominees include:
– For the 2020 White Pine Award – Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks
– For the 2020 Red Maple Award – Crush by Svetlana Chmakova
You can read more at QuillAndQuire.com
https://quillandquire.com/omni/the-2020-forest-of-reading-nominations-shine-a-light-on-the-best-in-canadian-kidlit/
ComicBook.com interviewed Jim Zub about the third instalment in the Dungeons & Dragons Young Adventurer’s Guide series entitled Dungeons & Tombs co-written along with Stacy King and Andrew Wheeler. When asked about the new book available on November 26th from Ten Speed Press, Jim said: “The first books (Warriors & Weapons and Monsters & Creatures) are about setting up a narrative, characters, heroes, and the stuff that they fight…So now it’s about setting a stage. Where is this taking place? And what kind of stories can we tell in those locations?”
You can read more at ComicBook.com
https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/10/18/dungeons-and-dragons-young-adventurers-interview/
Adventures in Poor Taste interviewed Marcus To about the upcoming Excalibur series. When asked if he was a fan of the original Excalibur series, Marcus said: “I didn’t have a lot of money when I was a kid, so I’d sparingly buy one–“Oh, Colossus is in that one, I’ll buy that one–oh, Cyclops is in that one.” So I jumped around a lot as a kid and it wasn’t until later in my years I could read them. But I always loved Excalibur because it was a fun book.”
You can read more at AdventuresInPoorTaste.com
https://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/2019/10/17/theres-a-lot-to-say-about-betsy-tini-howard-and-marcus-to-talk-excalibur/
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