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First time I'd heard of Danielle Moonstar being seen as a Problematic comics character today, but maybe I shouldn't be surprised. She was cited as such by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair at today's Canadian Comics Publishing Roundtable at Sequential's Canadian Comics Symposium. The character's been part of the Marvel roster for 40 years now, or close to that.

Current Mood: busy

I'd forgotten that Sequential was putting on a symposium on Canadian comic books this weekend, and all of this before the Aurora Awards tonight at 7 PM.

Current Mood: busy

Into prose novels, now, with a publisher that's just rebranded themselves.

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Current Mood: surprised
Current Music: CBC Radio One

You might have heard of Mr. de Adder. He's the cartoonist who got blacklisted by every major newspaper in New Brunswick because every major newspaper in New Brunswick is owned by the Irving family oligarchy and they're falling in with the Trump.

Anyway, the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting decided to throw in with de Adder as a consequence of that. Here's their opinion of his best work for this year.

Guessing that he's not a fan of Facebook either, although it does help some of his fans connect with him.

Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: "Now They Will Know We Were Here" - Jimmy Swift Band

I just got in the door and saw this. Winners have been announced for this year's Canadian comics awards...

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Current Mood: busy

Okay, some of you will have heard of Chapterhouse Publishing, current rights-holder and publisher for Captain Canuck, Northguard and assorted other characters. Jay Baruchel is Chief Creative Officer at Chapterhouse, so that keeps him busy some of the time between acting gigs (including the Royal Bank commercials on TV).

It seems to me as if Diamond is freezing out Chapterhouse in terms of accessing the comics shops of Canada. I hope I'm wrong about that.

One more thing I would have liked to go to Comiccon over the weekend to get answers about, right?

And that's the message I start Monday morning with. More on other topics later today...

Got to meet the man once in my life that I can remember. 2009, Montréal.

He did good work. Some of you will remember him as a friend, or at worst - I hope - a friendly competitor. Glad he was here.

In case you didn't know?

A new version of the series just started hitting the comics shops today.

The winners have been announced...

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Current Music: "Captain America" Suite by Henry Jackman

Some of you have likely already read of this situation through other sources. For those who haven't yet heard, this link to the Joe Shuster Awards webnews should province some assistance:

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I've been to the Beguiling at least once thus far. Never been in Honest Ed's that I can remember, but it seems too charming a place from what I've seen of it to lose either.

Current Mood: worried

I went to see Paul Dewar speak at First Baptist Church on the legacies of Tommy Douglas and Martin Luther King Jr. tonight. Officially, the program guide for the Martin Ivison Lecture Series this year referred only to Douglas, but Dewar felt that both were of a kind in terms of the influence they had as men of faith on their respective societies.

My motive for going was partly historical study, partly political-mindedness and partly to visit places I'd never been before; First Baptist of Ottawa is one of the old standing places in town, and it's seen a lot over the decades.

After the main remarks and Q & A session, I went with many of the rest of the attendees to the basement for refreshments and informal conversation. It's at this point where

ttallan will be interested.

Mr. Dewar happened to notice a button I'd bought from Tara at CAN-CON over the weekend. I was wearing it on one of the shoulder straps of my backpack. It's got the character "Mal" from Galaxion and a most particular quote from his science lab. Check the last panel of p. 44 to find it if you're not already a reader of the series:

"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be research."

Anyway, Mr. Dewar noticed the quotation, and promptly suggested that Stephen Harper should get one of the buttons. I wasn't even remotely interested in faulting the suggestion.

Current Mood: amused

One: an article on Sequential Tart on the state of the artform and industry in Canada since 2001 by Erin Elisabeth Fraser. Go have a good look at this one.

Two: J Torres is starting up a new super-hero genre project, True Patriots. Inspired by previous generations of made-for-Canadian-readers characters and stories, J is looking to build on it in new ways and he and his partners are looking for help! Details in the link!

Current Mood: busy

Go have a look:

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Current Mood: busy

Mark Shainblum and Gabriel Morrissette did something big a quarter-century ago: it was a series called New Triumph featuring Northguard. The lead feature was about a young comics fan in Montréal named Philip Wise, who stumbled into both his biggest dream and his worst nightmare all at once...for they were one and the same thing. And Canada's survival would depend on how he coped with that fact.

Now it's back, available online.

My hope is that print editions will also resume shortly. Beyond that...?