News about Canadian comic book creators for Saturday, October 12, 2024

Here’s the latest news about Canadian comic book creators for Saturday, October 12, 2024.

Discover who is the horror writer of all time
On their Instagram feed, the Writers Guild of Alberta announced a free online panel, for October 30 at 12 to 1 pm MDT, that discusses Who Is The Greatest Horror Writer Of All Time: Halloween Editor. Moderated by Susie Maloney, panelists will include Richard Van Camp, Jacqueline Baker and Francine Cunningham. Read more here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAtwCWFC3jO/

Jeff Lemire chats about taking on JSA again
AIPT Comics interviewed Jeff Lemire about his forthcoming writing duties for DC’s JSA with issue one heading for comic ships on November 6. Jeff talks about both the past and future for the team book along with collaborating with artist Diego Olortegui — several samples of artwork are featured in the article. Read more at https://aiptcomics.com/2024/10/07/jeff-lemire-jsa-qa-dc-comics/

Adobe offers new tools for artists to protect their work
The Verge wrote that Adobe has announced the Content Authenticity web app. According to the announcement, the app allows creators to specifically attribute their personal data to their work and opt out of AI training which is the major concern today. The article also points out that this app is in beta until Q1 2025 and 3,700 companies and organizations that back the Content Authenticity Initiative is only voluntary. Read more at https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/8/24265031/adobe-content-authenticity-web-app-ai-label-availability

Stephanie Cooke promotes Pillow Fight in the library
The School Library Journal has published a guest post by Stephanie Cooke about her new graphic novel Pillow Fight. While the write up doesn’t promote pillow fighting in the library, it does offer insight into the real pillow fight league and what inspired Stephanie to write the graphic novel. Read more at https://teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2024/10/10/one-night-with-the-pillow-fight-league-a-guest-post-by-stephanie-cooke/

Hamilton comic book creator promotes Oldsmobiles with Laser Guns
The Hamilton Spectator published an interview with Mike Moman about his new comic book series entitled Oldsmobiles with Laser Guns. The article mentions that Mike plans to exhibit his book at the GPop Cultural Fair taking place Oct. 19-20. Read more at https://www.thespec.com/news/canada/oldsmobiles-with-laser-guns-a-locally-produced-comic-book/article_409d290a-8a15-59d4-b360-9f8134de5bfa.html

Sarah Leavitt among artists to be showcased at Short Run Comix Festival
The Seattle Times wrote about the creators of graphic novels at the Short Run Comix Festival including Sarah Leavitt. Taking place on November 2 at Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion, the article explains that the event will feature Sarah’s graphic novel Something, Not Nothing among the ever-expanding medium of comics. Read more at https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/6-books-by-artists-at-this-years-short-run-comix-festival/

Books to read this fall include graphic novels and picture books
CBC Books published a list of 51 books to check out this fall. And, in accordance with the nature of this site, here’s the graphic novels and picture books that are noted:
– Degrees of Separation by Alison McCreesh from Conundrum Press
– Mummy & Me by Danesh Mohiuddin from Owlkids
– The Mango Monster written by Derek Mascarenhas illustrated by Meneka Repka from Owlkids
– It Bears Repeating written by Tanya Tagaq, illustrated by Cee Pootoogook, from Tundra Books
– Broom for Two written by Jennifer Maruno, illustrated by Scot Ritchie from Pajama Press
– Raw Sewage Science Fiction by Marc Bell from Drawn & Quarterly
– Little Moons written by Jen Storm, illustrated by Ryan Howe from Portage & Main Press
– Nancy Spector, Monster Detective 1 written by Stephen W. Martin, illustrated by Linh Pham from Hachette Book Group
– Taxi Ghost is a graphic novel by Sophie Escabasse from Penguin Random House Canada
Read more at https://www.cbc.ca/books/cbc-fall-book-list-1.7346541

Julian Peters takes on The Waste Land
Open Culture wrote about Julian Peter’s comic book adaptation of T.S. Elliot’s The Waste Land. The article reveals that Julian has focused on the first of the The Waste Lands sections ‘The Burial of the Dead’ with a selection of pages from the book. Read more at https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/t-s-eliots-classic-modernist-poem-the-waste-land-gets-adapted-into-comic-book-form.html

Richard Van Camp interviewed about his new books
CFWE FM interviewed author Richard Van Camp about two different book releases — his prose novel Beast and his graphic novel Wheetago War: ROTH. In the article and interview, Richard indicates that both books will be highlighted during a book launch event set for October 29th at Audrey’s Book store in Edmonton, Alberta. Listen to the recorded interview here: https://cfweradio.ca/2024/10/07/richard-van-camp-speaks-on-two-book-releases-beast-and-wheetago-war-roth-book-launch-at-audreys-on-october-29th/

And in case you missed it, check out this podcast interview with Peter Gilligan about his new YA graphic novel Boy vs Shark.