Canadian comic creator news for Jan. 18, 2025

Here’s the latest news about Canadian comic book creators for Saturday, January 18, 2025

Cecil Castellucci’s Shade, The Changing Woman retrospective
Comics Beat published a ‘Classic Comic Compendium’ focused on Shade, The Changing Woman written by Cecil Castellucci. Published under DC’s Young Animal imprint, Shade, The Changing Woman is given a critical review in this article featuring artwork from the series. Read more at https://www.comicsbeat.com/classic-comic-compendium-shade-the-changing-woman-and-the-sci-fi-weirdness-of-growing-up/

Canadians creators make list of 2024’s notable mini-series
Bam! Smack! Pow! issued a list of their ’10 magnificent mini-series comic books of 2024′ and Canadian creators are well represented, including:
– Mariko Takamaki for #10 – Zatanna: Bringing Down the House (DC Black Label)
– Ed Brisson for #5 – The Displaced (BOOM! Studios)
– Chip Zdarsky for #4 – Avengers: Twilight (Marvel)
Read more at https://bamsmackpow.com/best-magnificent-mini-series-comic-books-of-2024-ranked

Andy Belanger announces appearance at SC Comicon
On his Instagram feed, Andy Belanger announced his updated appeared at SC Comicon. To be held at the Greenville Convention Center, Greenville, South Carolina, Andy is slated to appear on April 5 to 6. Read more here https://www.instagram.com/p/DE72mVEvAw-/

MCAF announces theme for 2025 festival
MCAF announced on the festival’s Instagram feed the theme and poster for this year’s event. The announcement confirmed that the annual event is slated to take place on Saint-Denis Street from May 23 to 25 with the theme is ‘BACK TO THE FUTURE’ matched with a poster created by Alex A. Read more at https://www.instagram.com/p/DE71S6AvxtK/

Ottawa Comiccon promotes Winter Edition
On its Instagram feed, Ottawa Comiccon promoted the first ever Winter Edition taking place January 25 and 26 at the EY Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. The post mentions that current guest artist list includes Janet Hetherington, Ronn Sutton and Mike Rooth. Read more at https://www.instagram.com/p/DE5BdYeuz3J/

Because this report was created to focus on good, positive news, it’s a bit short this week. Sorry.

I encourage you to check back next time for the latest and greatest news about Canadian comic book creators and supporters. Have a great week.