Media release — From coast to coast, Canada is home to lots of of the comic book industry’s top talents, and the JOE SHUSTER awards are a way of recognizing and celebrating their achievements. considering that it was well established in 2004, the Joe Shuster award program has been Canada’s national awards program for recognizing the impressive achievements of Canadian comic book creators, publishers and retailers. The juried awards are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the famous super-powered hero, Superman.
In April of this year, the nominees were chosen from lists comprising all eligible titles published during the year 2011 *, by Canadian citizens living at home or abroad and Canadian permanent residents **. now that the nominees have been selected, their works will be examined by different juries who will figure out winners in each category.
Winners will be announced during a public ceremony on the evening of Saturday, September 15, 2012, at the Montreal Comic Con, which takes place from September 14-16, 2012 at the Palais de Congres (Montreal).
Artist / artist Team:
* Chris Bachalo Age of X: Alpha 1, Avengers 13, 15, Wolverine and the X-Men 1-3, X-Men 7-10 (Marvel Comics)
* Marc Delafontaine Les Nombrils T.5: Un couple D’enfer (Delcourt)
* Stuart Immonen concern Itself 1-7, “Queen, King, Off-Suit”/X-Men: To serve and secure 4 (Marvel Comics), “Say You’re Dead”/Outlaw territory Vol.2 (Image)
* Fred Jourdain Le Dragon Bleu / the blue Dragon (Éditions Alto/Ex Machina/House of Anansi Press)
* Jeff Lemire Jonah Hex 69 (DC Comics), “A Coffin for Mrs. Bishell”/ Outlaw territory Vol. 2 (Image)
* Yanick Paquette and Nathan Fairbairn (with Michel Lacombe) Swamp thing 1-3, Batman Incorporated 3, 5 (DC Comics)
* Cameron Stewart “Chapter 1: The school of Night”/Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes! 1 (DC Comics), suicide girls 1-4 (IDW)
Cartoonist:
* Chester brown paying for It: A Comic strip Memoir about Being A John (D+Q)
* Darwyn Cooke “The Seventh”/Parker: The Martini Edition, “Betty saves the Day”/Rocketeer Adventures 2 (IDW)
* person Delisle Chroniques de Jerusalem (Delcourt)
* Ray Fawkes One Soul, ownerships book two (Oni Press)
* Francois Lapierre Chroniques Sauvages (Glenat Quebec)
* Jeff Lemire sweet Tooth 17-25 (DC/Vertigo)
* Ramon Perez Jim Henson’s tale of Sand (Archaia Press)
* Michel Rabagliati Paul au Parc (La Pasteque)
Cover Artist:
* Kalman Andrasofszky X-23 5-19, X-Men: Earth’s Mutant Heroes 1 (Marvel Comics), Stan Lee’s Soldier Zero 6-10 (Boom!)
* Kaare Andrews Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis 5, utmost Comics Hawkeye 1-4, utmost Comics Spider-Man 156, 1-5, utmost Comics X-Men 1-5, utmost Comics Ultimates 1-5 (Marvel Comics)
* Fred Jourdain Le Dragon Bleu / the blue Dragon (Éditions Alto/Ex Machina/House of Anansi Press)
* Francois Lapierre Chroniques Sauvages (Glenat Quebec)
* Jeff Lemire Jonah Hex 69 (DC Comics), sweet Tooth 18-28 (DC/Vertigo)
* Francis Manapul The Flash Vol.4 9-12, The Flash Vol. 5 1-4, Flashpoint: Grodd of war 1, Flashpoint: kid Flash lost 1-3, green lantern 4, green lantern Corps 62, Superboy 5, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents 5 (DC Comics) 7 Warriors (Boom!)
* Yanick Paquette Batman Incorporated 3-5, Knight and Squire 1-6, Swamp thing 1-4 (DC Comics)
Webcomic designer / creative Team:
* Jayd Ait-Kaci (artist) The Fox Sister, Sfeer Theory
* Emily Carroll (cartoonist) Comics 2011 (Anu-Anulan and Yir’s Daughter, dream Journal Mar 30th, Margot’s Room, The prince and The Sea)
* Tony Cliff (cartoonist) Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
* Kate Craig (cartoonist) Heart of Ice
* Iris and Zviane (cartoonists) L’ostie d’chat – Le blog de Jasmin et Jean-Seb
* Drazen Kozjan (cartoonist) The delighted Undertaker
* Ty Templeton (cartoonist) Bun Toons
Writer / writing Team:
* Anthony Del Col & Connor McCreery kill Shakespeare 9-12 (IDW)
* Francis Desharnais Motel Galactic (Editions Pow Pow)
* Maryse Dubuc Les Nombrils T.5: Un couple D’enfer (Delcourt)
* Kathryn Immonen Avengers: Origins – Thor 1, Captain America and the first Thirteen 1, Wolverine and Jubilee 1-4, “Queen, King, Off-Suit”/X-Men: To serve and secure 4 (Marvel Comics), “Say You’re Dead”/Outlaw territory Vol.2 (Image)
* Jeff Lemire animal man 1-4, Flashpoint: Frankenstein and the Creatures of the unknown 1-3, Frankenstein agent of S.H.A.D.E. 1-4, gigantic size Atom 1, Superboy 3-11 (DC Comics), sweet Tooth 26-28 (DC/Vertigo), “-“/Brilliant! Tragic! The Comic book 1 (Art Brut)
* Tristan Roulot Le Testament de Capitaine Crown T.1: Cinq Enfants du Putain, Goblins T.5: La Fleur au Canon, Psykoparis T.1 (Soleil)
* Kurtis G. Wiebe green Wake 1-8, The Intrepids 1-6 (Image), “Logan’s lost Lesson”/Marvel holiday special 2011 (Marvel Comics)
* Jim Zubkavich Skull Kickers 5, 7-11 (Image)
The Dragon award – Comics for Kids
This award recognizes the works which capture the attention and fascinationnullnull