News about Canadian comic book creators for Saturday, August 3, 2024

Here’s the latest news about Canadian comic book creators for Saturday, August 3, 2024.

CBC Books offers list of 12 graphic novels for the summer
This past week, CBC Books published a list of 12 graphic novels to ‘get lost in’ for the summer. They include:
– Degrees of Separation by Alison McCreesh (listen to her podcast interview here)
– A Witch’s Guide to Burning by Aminder Dhaliwal
– A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll (listen to the podcast interview here)
– Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes & Christina Wong
– The Wendy Award by Walter Scott
– Portrait of A Body by Julie Delport (translated by Helge Dasher and Karen Houle)
– I’m So Glad We Got This Time Together by Maurice Vellekoop
– Botanic Drama by Thom (listen to his podcast interview here)
– Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas
– Bad Medicine by Christopher Twin
– Junior High by Tegan Quin & Sara Quin, illustrated by Tillie Walden
– Shout Kill Revel by Jarret Hartnell (listen to his podcast interview here)
Read more at https://www.cbc.ca/books/12-graphic-novels-to-get-lost-in-this-summer-1.7272448

Jim Zub signs multi-year deal for Conan
On his website, Jim Zub announced that he’s signed a multi-year deal with Heroic Signatures to keep writing the Conan the Barbarian monthly title and related narrative development. This deal includes event mini-series and Savage Sword in particular, along with other related projects too. Read more at https://www.jimzub.com/zub-newsletter-73/

Fiona Staples makes the list of female comic book artists
ListVerse published a list of the ’10 Incredible Female Comic Book Artists’ with Fiona Staples making the cut. The write up included her work on the Saga series along with her numerous awards based on her artistry. Read more at https://listverse.com/2024/07/15/10-incredible-female-comic-book-artists/

Christopher Grady interviewed about parenting issues
Upworthy interviewed cartoonist Christopher Grady about his webcomic Lunarbaboon on the topic of parenting. Read more at https://www.upworthy.com/comics-about-parenting-rp5

Zac Thompson takes on Aliens in Romulus
Marvel Comics wrote that Zac Thompson will be writing a prelude comic for the upcoming ‘Aliens: Romulus’ movie with the support of artist Daniel Picciotto.. The one-shot Alien: Romulus #1 will be on sale Oct. 16. Read more at https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/alien-romulus-prelude-comic-zac-thompson-daniel-picciotto

Ricky Lima reveals Undergrowth
Penguin Canada interviewed Ricky Lima about his upcoming graphic novel Undergrowth. Ricky talked about getting started in comics, along with the collaboration process with the artists. Read more at https://prhcomics.com/2024/07/23/interview-with-ricky-lima-writer-of-undergrowth/

Danesh Mohiuddin gets book on most anticipated list for the fall
On his LinkedIn feed, Danesh Mohiuddin posted that his upcoming book Mummy & Me has been selected among the ‘Most Anticipated Canadian Books’ this fall. The book written and drawn by Danesh is slated for stores on Aug. 27. Read more at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/daneshmohiuddin_first-book-that-ive-written-and-drawn-owlkids-activity-7213990497688674304-5f38

Jeff Lemire goes All-In for new JSA comic
Head Topics reported that Jeff Johns, along with artist Diego Olortegui, will head up a new Justice Society of America series. The new book will feature a classic version of the team along with Infinity Inc. The series is set to launch from DC Comics in November. Read more at https://headtopics.com/us/jeff-lemire-and-diego-olortegui-launch-a-new-jsa-comic-for-56543941

Ryan North rejoins Star Trek: Lower Decks series
StarTrek.com reported that Ryan North will write a new ongoing Star Trek: Lower Decks series for IDW Publishing. Artist Derek Charm will reteam with Ryan for this series that is slated for sale starting on November 13. Read more at https://www.startrek.com/en-ca/news/lower-decks-returns-in-new-ongoing-comic-series

Canadians win Eisner awards
CBC reported on the 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry awards that were handed out at Comic-Con San Diego. Canadians who received trophies included:
– Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki won for Best Graphic Album with Roaming
– Mariko Tamaki won for Best Writer with Roaming
– Jillian Tamaki won for Best Penciller/Inker with Roaming
– Ryan North won for Best Publication for Teens with Danger and Other Unknown Risks
Read more at https://www.cbc.ca/books/mariko-and-jillian-tamaki-win-3-eisner-awards-for-graphic-novel-roaming-1.7279823

Canadians win Inkpot Awards at Comic-Con San Diego 2024
Bleeding Cool wrote about the Inkpot Awards that were handed out at Comic-Con San Diego 2024. Canadian honorees included Mariko Tamaki and Keanu Reeves. Read more at https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-inkpot-awards-for-2024-keanu-reeves-to-jo-duffy-to-mariko-tamaki/

Bryan Lee O’Malley celebrated 20 years of Scott Pilgrim
Comics Beat reported from Comic-Con San Diego about Bryan Lee O’Malley’s panel that celebrated 20 years of Scott Pilgrim. Read more at https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-24-bryan-lee-omalley-celebrates-20-years-of-scott-pilgrim/

Keanu Reeves’ hit series BRZRKR will become animated
Collider announced from Comic-Con San Diego that Keanu Reeve’s comic book series BRZRKR is going to become an animated series. Read more at https://collider.com/brzrkr-anime-production-update/

Tom Fowler illustrates history of role-playing games in new Kickstarter project
Clover Press has a new Kickstarter project called Gamemasters – The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games illustrated by Tom Fowler. Written by Fred Van Lent, the book plans to take readers on an incredible journey from the mists of the past to the screen-lit present. Read more at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloverpress/gamemasters-the-comic-book-history-of-roleplaying-games?ref=4e200j

In case you missed it, check out this chat with Simon Roy as he talks about his high fantasy graphic novel Griz Grobus.

And if you want to discover what graphic novel Cottage Comic Con special guest Fabian Nicieza plans to take to a desert island, watch this YouTube short.