News about Canadian comic book creators for Saturday, November 9, 2024

Here’s the latest news about Canadian comic book creators for Saturday, November 9, 2024.

Michael Cherkas’ Red Harvest in the spotlight
The Ukrainian Weekly wrote about Michael Cherkas’ Red Harvest: A Graphic Novel of the Terror Famine in Soviet Ukraine. The article summarizes the story of the graphic novel while including quotes from Michael about his thoughts on the book and his approach to illustrating the story. Read more at https://subscription.ukrweekly.com/2024/10/graphic-novel-on-holodomor-featured-by-publishers-weekly/

Francine Delgado in the spotlight
On her LinkedIn feed, Francine Delgado mentioned that she, along with her friends from Columbia, were recognized for exhibiting at the recent New York Comic Con. Read more at https://www.linkedin.com/posts/francine-delgado-b1b94153_im-thrilled-to-share-that-i-was-recently-activity-7258168548101951489-Lo0U

Exhibitor registrations now open for MCAF 2025
The organizers of the Montreal Comic Arts Festival announced that registrations for the exhibitors for the 2025 event is now open. The 14th edition of MCAF will be held on May 23, 24 and 25 on Saint-Denis Street, which will once again be closed to traffic between Gilford and Roy streets. Read more at https://www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/en/univers-bd/babillard/news/exhibitors-registrations-now-open-for-mcaf-2025/

Johnnie Christmas’ Gameville selected as Best Kids’s Books of 2024
On his Instagram feed, Johnnie Christmas announced that Indigo has selected Gamerville as one of their Best Kids’ Books of 2024. Read more at https://www.instagram.com/p/DBzWcjHzXY7/?igsh=MTNwNnlmc3IxYzRhMw%3D%3D

Ryan North questioned about Star Trek, Fantastic Four and more
AIPT Comics interviewed Ryan North about his writing projects including Star Trek: Lower Decks, his plans for Dr. Doom and more. Ryan also answers a rapid-fire round of questions including best sandwich, favourite superhero, favourite song, least favourite smell, and more. Read more at https://aiptcomics.com/2024/11/03/aipt-comics-podcast-episode-300-ryan-north/

Anthony Del Col discusses Romero Vs. Juliet and more
Geek Vibes National published an interview with Anthony Del Col about his work on making Shakespeare related comic books including Kill Shakespeare and more. Anthony was also asked about his Pulitzer Prize work ‘How I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp’. Read more at https://geekvibesnation.com/gvn-talking-comics-interview-writer-anthony-del-col/

Graphic novels make list of Canadian books to read in November
CBC Books wrote an article about the ‘Canadian books we can’t wait to read this November’ that included Joanna Cacao for her illustration work on The Squad written by Christina Soontornvat published by Scholastic. Tristan Jones was noted for writing The Forgotten Frontier graphic novel illustrated by Alexander Bumbulut published by At Bay Press. Curb Angels by Nyala Ali and Lisa Mendis were noted for their work on the graphic novel published by At Bay Press. Read more at https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadian-books-we-can-t-wait-to-read-this-november-1.7365422

Michael Cho takes on The Avengers
Marvel.com wrote that Michael Cho will be the artist for a new Abrams Book entitled The Avengers in the Veracity Trap. Written by Chip Kidd, the title in the MarvelArts line claims to ‘take the Avengers on a reality-bending adventure’ set for stores in May 2025. Read more at https://www.marvel.com/articles/culture-lifestyle/the-avengers-in-the-veracity-trap-book-cover-reveal

Heather Antos and Ryan North chat about Lower Decks
Comics Beat interviewed Heather Antos and Ryan North about the new Star Trek: Lower Desk: Warp Your Own Way book. The chat, that also included artist Chris Fenoglio, focused on the origin of the story, the artistic depiction of the crew, challenges in the creation of the book, ordering from a food replicator, plus the some easter eggs. Read more at https://www.comicsbeat.com/interview-heather-antos-chris-fenoglio-and-ryan-north-on-star-trek-lower-decks-warp-your-own-way/

Kate Beaton wins at Lucca 2024 Awards
Bleeding Cool reported on the recent Lucca 2024 awards where Kate Beaton won in the category of Gran Guinigi Best Writer for Ducks — Two Years in the Oil Sands from Bao Publishing. The Italian awards are presented by Lucca Comics And Games. Read more at https://bleedingcool.com/comics/serpieri-tradd-moore-kate-beaton-hope-larson-win-lucca-2024-awards/

And in case you missed it, check out
– This interview with Nicholas Friesen about his graphic novel American Youth.
– This interview with Scott Chantler about Squire & Knight: Wayward Travelers.
– This report about the recent Wayside Creator Con.