Canadian comic book creator news for Saturday, March 29, 2025

Here’s the latest news about Canadian comic book creators for Saturday, March 29, 2025

Montreal Comic Arts Festival announces 26th Bédélys Awards nominees
The Montreal Comic Arts festival announced the nominees for the 26th Bédélys Awards. Winners will be announced on Thursday May 22, 2025 as part of the 14th annual Montreal Comic Arts Festival. The nominees include:

Bédélys Québec Award
Salade de fruits by Cathon (Pow Pow)
Ama by André-Philippe Côté (Moelle Graphik)
Le chahut qui vient by, Aude Fourest (L’Oie de Cravan)
Maya contre la malédiction du centre d’achat by Sophie Bédard (Pow Pow)
Momm by Catherin (Pow Pow)

Bédélys Youth Québec
Ma vie de zombie : Le champion du cimetière by Éric Péladeau (Bayard Canada)
Gilbert et les monstres by Rhéa Dufresne, PisHier (Éditions Les 400 coups)
KIN-J T.1 : Le peuple du réseau by Stéphan Arche (Glénat Québec)
La bibliothèque enchantée T.1 : Le livre aspirateur by Jocelyn Boisvert, Enzo (Éditions Michel Quintin)
Les Morilles T.1 : Pagaille dans la forêt des Marmillons by Chloé Baillargeon (Les Malins)

Bédélys Independent Francophone 
EXIT les vieux…le dernier étage by Jean-Pierre Dubé
Je ne suis pas un accident by Lucile Bernard
|Journal Américain 2 by Aurélie Grand
Muse de personne by Aurore Juin
Victuailles à volonté by Greigori

Bédélys Independent Anglophone
I,THE PEOPLE by Natacha Novem
The String by Helen Park
Walsy: The Red Glove by Sarah Kourkejian
WestWolf: Dead or alive by Denis Hotte, Nino Mancuso
Woven by Joshua Barkman

Bédélys Youth
Chaton mignon T.1 : En action by Mason Dickerson (Gallimard)
Chasseuse de fantômes by Shawnelle & Shawneé Gibbs, Emily Cannon (Jungle)
Décrocher la lune by Wendy Mass, Gabi Mendez (Jungle)
La nouvelle by Cassandra Calin (Scholastic)
Quand la nuit tombe – Lisou by Marion Achard, Toni Galmès (Delcourt)

Bédélys International
Âme augmentée, by Ezra Claytan Daniels (404 Éditions)
Au-dedans by Will McPhail (404 Éditions)
Deux filles nues by Luz (Albin Michel)
Ernestine by Salomé Lahoche (Même pas mal)
Ginseng Roots – Racines by Craig Thompson (Casterman)
Impénétrable by Alix Garin (Le Lombard)
La route by Manu Larcenet (Dargaud)
Le Feu de saint Antoine by Nicolas Pegon (Réalistes)
Racines by Lou Lubie (Delcourt)
Walicho by Sole Otero (Éditions çà et là)

Read more at https://www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/en/bedelys-awards/26e-bedelys/

Heroes Comics in the spotlight
The Western Gazette wrote about a local comic book store, Heroes Comics, in London, Ontario. The article includes an interview with Brahm Wiseman, a graduate from Western University, including quotes and details about the sister store Villains. Read more at https://westerngazette.ca/culture/heroes-comics-is-southern-ontario-s-home-for-comic-fans/article_c7df6bd9-9f63-4e6b-981a-8e670e8577ee.html

Jason Loo talks about Concert of Champions
AIPT interviewed Jason Loo about the upcoming Concert of Champions comic book from Marvel. During the chat, Jason spoke about the premise of the book, the current status of the Dazzler comic book, details about Deep Void, and shared other pertinent details matched with comic book covers and art. Read more at https://aiptcomics.com/2025/03/24/x-men-monday-jason-loo-concert-champions-2/

Faith Erin Hicks gets chummy with The Mummy
Brands Untapped interviewed Faith Erin Hicks about her creative duties on Skybound’s new Universal Monsters: The Mummy comic book. Faith shared her thoughts about why she accepted the project, why this book stretches her creative muscles, including her premise behind the story. Read more at https://www.brandsuntapped.com/faith-erin-hicks-on-capturing-the-gothic-romance-of-the-mummy-in-comics-with-skybound/

Digital reading app launches for Image Comics
Good E Reader wrote that Sweet Shop is a new ereader app for reading Image Comics. The article outlines how the app for Android and iOS devices will showcase over 400 creator-owned comics from Image Comics plus how to get free downloads. Read more at https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-comic-news/sweet-shop-launches-a-digital-comic-reading-app

Jason Loo to sign Concert of Champions
In his Bluesky post, Jason Loo announced a signing event on April 2 at The Beguiling store in Toronto. The post also mentions original comic pages for Jason’s Pitiful Human Lizard. Read more at https://bsky.app/profile/jasonloo.bsky.social/post/3llf7wao3xc2w

And in case you missed it:

Check out this interview with Darcy Van Poelgeest about the collection of Precious Metal.

And check out this interview with Nancy Zhang about Cursed At Sea.