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So, I reached out to my fellow Toronto comic creators and decided to do something about it." Photo by Chip Zdarsky He is launching Comic Comps Con 24, at Toronto's Raid Gallery and Cafe on the 14th of December, with a bunch of local comic book professionals popping by and selling and signing their comp copies over[...]

Earlier today, we learned that the Canadian media company is teaming up with Universal Television for a local version of the long-running, multi-series franchise Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent With development on the 10-episode season having kicked off last year, production on the one-hour drama is set to begin this fall Premiering in Spring[...]

Bleeding Cool gets a report of a theft of a copy of The Incredible Hulk #181, the first appearance of Wolverine, from Excalibur Comics in Toronto, Ontario Comic books' most famous Canadian superhero, it seems that it was too tempting for a certain Canadian CGC slabbed 8.5, the comic book in question was stolen on[...]

Today, the Toronto Comic Art Festival (TCAF) has withdrawn its invite to digital cartoonist artist Saba Moeel, author of the Pink Cat Daily comics on Instagram, as a guest of the upcoming show, after significant negative reaction online, reported yesterday by Bleeding Cool TCAF did not respond to Bleeding Cool when approached to comment but[...]

Is this the first time Spider-Ham and Project Pegasus have been referenced in the same rap song? Or any song? That's Canadian's Wordburglar, a favourite for Bleeding Cool, performing his "Living Between Wednesdays" song, recorded live at Sidekick Comic Book Cafe in Toronto, Ontario Living Between Wednesdays is available on all digital platforms as part[...]

Unfortunately, the production is facing another obstacle on its way back to now-Paramount+ screens, with Variety reporting that the Sonequa Martin-Green-starring series has paused production at Toronto's Pinewood studios over a possible COVID-19 exposure According to reports, a Zone A individual (key cast member or production crew member in close contact with cast) was in contact[...]

That's when we learned that the crew was busy working on the second season in Toronto, Canada, and would be spending their holiday on-set together (along with some kind words and a great anecdote about the power of ABC's Scandal) We also tipped you off to a series of really great Instagram stories of walkie-talkie[...]

Vaughan and Pia Guerra's acclaimed comic book series Y: The Last Man, writer, executive producer, and showrunner Eliza Clark (Animal Kingdom, The Killing) made a lot of fans happy at the end of the last month when she posted images from Toronto of a clapperboard and series star Ben Schnetzer's set chair Because we all know what[...]

As a result of this, there are stories we have run that no one else has, there are stories that we didn't run that others did, and sometimes stories run later. On the 27th of June, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival offered two public statements on their TCAF website regarding Black Lives Matter and sexual harassment[...]

The queens set to compete this season are Anastarzia Anaquway (Toronto, ON), BOA (Toronto, ON), Ilona Verley (Vancouver, BC), Ilona Verley (Vancouver, BC), Juice Boxx (Toronto, ON), Kiara (Montréal, QC), Kyne (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON), Lemon (New York City, NY via Toronto, ON), Priyanka (Toronto, ON), Rita Baga (Montréal, QC), Scarlett BoBo (Toronto, ON), and Tynomi Banks[...]

The CW is making sure it has enough scripted content this fall, purchasing the rights to Swamp Thing, Tell Me A Story, and two other series.

The novel centers on events at a theater in Toronto and the travels of a post-apocalyptic travelling symphony in northern Michigan Locals to both northern Michigan and Toronto will recognize places in the book, as well as details such as the prevalent tourist sweaters (if you've been up here, you know they are everywhere). Station Eleven struck[...]

Found in the book drop @ Main Street branch :) Here's to many more nights falling asleep with a good book, Jackson! pic.twitter.com/ztpVodem9H — Toronto Public Library (@torontolibrary) August 15, 2015 It was an Asterix comic book as well, that the polite but distraught eight year old boy apologizing to the Toronto Public Library was apologising for. Quite[...]

Forty year old Canadian comic store The Silver Snail, is to close its Ottawa branch . As famous as comic books come, it is legendary for the comics it

Walking The Floor at Toronto ComiCon Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool. Pull on your boot covers and grab your spandex because winter is over, con season is upon us and I'm here to paint you a word picture about my journey around Toronto ComiCon this weekend. First of all, don't let the name fool you, Toronto ComiCon[...]

Longtime comics owner Robert Charpentier passed away on October 17th from cancer. The owner of Comics And More in Toronto, Canada and much loved comics seller for 25 years, received an obituary in the Toronto Star, CHARPENTIER, Robert Joseph – Quietly in his sleep at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre after a short battle with cancer at the age[...]

The wonderful Jamie Colville attended the 10th Annual Joe Shuster Awards held in Toronto on Saturday August 20th. Nicknamed the Human Recorder, he provided full audio of the event below… [audio:http://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2014-09-20-JoeShusterAwards.mp3] Presented at the Back Space Toronto, 587A College Street, Toronto, Ontario. The awards start off with a video of Stan Lee who congratulating a 2007 Joe Shuster Awards[...]

In an interview with Variety while at the Toronto Film Festival, Robert Downey Jr was asked about the possibility of an Iron Man 4. "There isn't one in the pipe," Downey said "No, there's no plan for a fourth 'Iron Man.'" He is only signed on with Marvel and Disney to do two Avengers sequels including Age[...]

Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool from Fan Expo The first DC panel of the weekend at Fan Expo was “DC Entertainment: All Access 101”, hosted by

This is "Toronto's premiere event exclusively for female fandom" and gives girls the chance to network, browse shelves and talk comics in a safe and supportive environment The event is dedicated to Debra Jane Shelly, the original organizer of Ladies Night and beloved member of the Toronto comic book community, who passed away earlier this[...]

This last weekend, the Toronto SuperFan ComicCon took over the Better Living Centre They promised much. But there has been major criticism on their Facebook page – and elsewhere, when it's been deleted Allegations of making false claims about the show, misrepresenting the show and the organisers to the vendors, of deceitfully managing social media and[...]

And the folks there sent us some more images to go with… so I've added them below. I've always thought if I open a comic shop I would put a coffee bar inside with seats so people could hang out and read… seems the folks at Silver Snail in Toronto not only had the same idea… but[...]

Each and every chain can't wait to tell you where the beans came from, who picked them, what time of the day it was and which camel pissed on them to give them that earthy tang. But do we ever think if the coffee wants all that information out there? Starbucks are the NSA of coffee. Thankfully[...]

Diana McCallum reports from Toronto FanExpo for Bleeding Cool: The DC panel today at Fan Expo was all about the New 52 with a heavy focus on Trinity War and Forever Evil, and not telling us too much about either one. John Cunningham had no comment on what will be happening with Nightwing in Forever Evil[...]

Diana McCallum reports for Bleeding Cool from Toronto Fan Expo. Just got back from the DC panel There was no new information regarding Justice League Canada that we didn't cover already this morning but here are a few things the panel told us: Jeff Lemire said that the Dark City tie-in in Green Arrow #25 will explore[...]

In a letter handed out to vendors at Fan Expo Canada, it's been revealed that the show has been bought by show organisers Informa from Hobby Star. And that the deal occured over the summer, though the original organisers CEO of Hobby Star Aman Gupta and President Steve Menzle have continued to run the show, with[...]

  This weekend, a new comic store opened in the Greater Toronto area in Ontario, Canada It's called Fortress Inc, it's got a great looking storefront logo, and looks clean and spacious Heavy on the superhero, it's always nice to report a new store opening, rather than one closing. If you're in the area, pop by and[...]

Did we share comic book collections?. His ode to comic book collecting and was shot entirely at a comic book convention (Fan Expo Canada in Toronto 2012) and may well be the first rap video ever shot at a comic convention and it features a slew of cameos (including Marvel Comics artist Steve McNiven and Toronto[...]

The Amazing Spider-Man panel at Fan Expo Canada has been discussing much. Mostly to do with Amazing Spider-Man #700, but plenty more besides. Dan Slott

Diana McCallum writes for Bleeding Cool from Fan Expo Canada. From Friday's DC Access All Areas panel Was kind of a thin panel, they didn't discuss any