Author: Kevin A. Boyd

Director of the Joe Shuster Awards. Comic Relations Director for Fan Expo HQ. Collector, Fan, Historian.

Anniversary Events – Sunday, February 10th – EXPLORING DIGITAL COMICS

spAs we (in the collective sense) continue to explore the possibilities of using technology in the creation of modern comic art, the Comic Book Lounge and Guerilla Printing, in coordination with Autodesk and the TCW, will be opening our doors on Sunday, February 10th (as part of the Comic Book Lounge’s 1st Anniversary Events) to a series of drawing demonstrations and talks to show you what is available, and what the Sketchbook Pro software is capable of doing for you.

Autodesk has sponsored the event and will be providing hardware and software for use in the drawing demonstrations.

Featuring demonstrations and talks by (working list):
– Michael Cho
– Agnes Garbowska
– Mike Del Mundo
– Tyrone McCarthy (Guerilla Printing)
– Ty Templeton
– Christopher Yao

Watch for a more detailed schedule on February 6th.

This is a free event, there is no admission charge. All are welcome, but we feel this is of particular interest to artists. We have seating for approximately 40, with additional standing room.

We will be providing cold drinks, coffee and some food at the event as well.

Feb. 9th: 1st Year Anniversary Minicon + Sale + On the Couch + Industry Night = AWESOME!

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Hard to believe it has been a year since we opened our doors on February 8th, 2012 and we would like to celebrate by holding some special events on the weekend of February 9-10.

We’re planning a three stage celebration – an in-store MINICON on Saturday afternoon, followed by the return of On the Couch with Ty Templeton and an Industry Night Party after that.

We’re also having an anniversary sale — books at 20-75% off, some recent back issues at 50% off and a lot more!

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Special appearances and signings all day. Guests include:MINICON – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH – Noon until 7pm

Jeff Lemire – unfortunately Jeff has to head out of town for a conference and won’t be able to attend – he has relayed his regrets and promises to come back in March for a signing to celebrate the launch of Constantine #1.

NoNotTyEredTy Templeton (Marvel Ultimate Spider-Man, Bun Toons)

Scott Chantler On The CouchScott Chantler (Two Generals, Three Thieves)

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Agnes Garbowska (MyMisiu, You Me & Zombie)

Rob Walton (Ragmop)

Richard Pace (Robert E. Howard’s Savage Sword)

David Cutler (Heroes of the North, Zombies vs. Cheerleaders, Robyn Hood)

Christopher Yao (Artist in Residence)

(There may be more surprise creator guests if their schedule permits!)

PLUS

SEAN WARD

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TORONTO BATMAN

TORONTO ROGUE COSPLAY

THAT JOKER GUY

TORONTO IRON MAN

TORONTO PUNISHER

TORONTO JOKER

TORONTO BANE

and MORE!!!!! 

The February gallery show will be a multi-creator installation of original artwork from Kevin’s personal collection.

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7-11pm On the Couch with Ty Templeton returns!

An intimate and interactive Q&A with Ty the Guy and a roundtable of industry professionals.

THIS EPISODE’S TOPIC: COLLABORATION VS. CONTROL

The pros and cons of doing collaborative work (i.e. teams such as writer, artist, inker) vs. the freedom of doing your own thing as a cartoonist. Guests include: Richard Pace, Rob Walton and more! Audience interaction is a must!

Followed by an Industry Night Party with music by DJ SEAN WARD. 

Industry Night is a licensed event.

Artists: you won’t want to miss:

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Exploring Digital Comics – Sketchbook Pro Day!
Come in and see how Sketchbook Pro can work for you – we’re planning a day of drawing demonstrations and talks between Noon and Five to show you what the software is capable of doing for you. Autodesk has sponsored the event and will be providing hardware and software for use in the drawing demonstrations.

Featuring drawing demonstrations and talks by:

– Michael Cho

– Agnes Garbowska

– Mike Del Mundo

– Tyrone McCarthy (Guerilla Printing)

– Ty Templeton

– Christopher Yao

These are free events, there is no admission charge for any of them!

January 14th – Ladies Night @ the Lounge

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Hosted by Tdotcomics’ Alice Quinn who writes:

Bring your fab nerd attire,
Bring your girlfriends,
and prepare yourself for Ladies Night at the Lounge!

The guys are staying home & boy do we have a sweet night planned! Wine, discussion & a chance to meet more of the awesome comics fans from the fairer sex.

Monday January 14th – starts at 7pm until “super late”.

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24 Hour Comic Challenge – Saturday, January 5th, 2013

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WHAT:
The Comic Book Lounge and Gallery and Guerilla Printing in association with Ty Templeton’s Comic Book Boot Camp and The Comic Book Embassy are proud to present a jointly-organised 24-Hour Comics Marathon!

Join us and watch over 30 artists and writers create comic book stories over the course of 24 hours.

Registration for the event is CLOSED at this time.

WHERE:
The Comic Book Lounge and Gallery and Guerilla Printing.
587A College Street, Toronto ON. (2nd floor)

WHEN:
Starting at 10 am on Jan. 5th and ending at the same time the following day

.The Comic Book Lounge will be open during the entire 24 hours.

BOXING WEEK SALE DECEMBER 27-31

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All Graphic Novels and kids books – 20% off the US cover price.

All 2012 Bin Comics – 50% off the US cover price.

Discount Trade Paperbacks and Hardcovers – 50% off the sticker price (up to 75% off the US cover price). For example: Iron Man – Demon in a Bottle hardcover is only $7.50 while supplies last.

Toys on the toy wall (behind the sofa) – 20% off the sticker price

Doug Sneyd prints are on sale for Boxing Week: Black Canary is only $20 while the Playboy Pink and Blue Bunnies are only $10 each while supplies last. Framed prints – add $30 to the total price. These gorgeous 11 x 17 art prints won’t last long.

Amazing Spider-Man 700 — if you buy 1 copy of the regular cover, you can buy 1 copy of any (or 1 of each) of the variant covers (Martin, Coipel, Ramos and the Martin 50th Anniversary Cover) at US cover price while supplies last.

The Art of Marco Rudy Gallery Show – Late November/December 2012

Marco Rudy hails from Mozambique, in Africa, but currently is living in Toronto.

Marco broke into comics through promoting his art on the internet at sites like Deviantart. It was through Deviantart that he met an American writer, Grant Chastain, who invited Marco to join the Ronin Studios forums and work with him on a project called Corrective Measures. Marco did the 1st issue and almost immediately after that began talking with Howard Wong about a “drunk Super Hero” idea he had for a mini-series and they worked on it on and off until it was eventually published at Image Comics as After The Cape. It did well, and spawned a second mini-series.

Marco met Rafael Albuquerque and joined his studio, and got to meet and work with some great artists including Mateus Santolouco, Cris Peter, Edu Medeiros as well as Rafael, himself. It was there he learned the art of inking, and it led to his first inking jobs with BOOM! Studios – working on the covers for books like Zombie Tales and Cthulhu Tales. While living in Brazil, Marco met people like Eddie Berganza, Ivan Brandon, Brazilian superstars Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá and Rafael Grampá. New opportunities arose, and he landed a job at DC Comics, working on Grant Morrison’s Final Crisis mini-series, and he also worked with writer Greg Rucka on Final Crisis: Resist, with Ivan Brandon on Final Crisis: Escape. Marco also did an issue of Superman/Batman, and The Shield mini-series. In 2011, Marco was announced as the original artist of Suicide Squad for the New 52, and while that did not work out, he would eventually work on Swamp Thing with writer Scott Snyder. Marco’s Swamp Thing artwork – is incredibly detailed, full of inventive layouts and every page explodes with creativity and imagination.

The gallery show consists of approximately 30 framed pieces — the majority of them are pages from various issues of Swamp Thing, but there are also pages from The Shield and Superman/Batman, as well as some unpublished pin-up pieces. In addition to the framed pieces, Marco has also left three folios of additional originals – most are available for purchase.

The Art of Marco Rudy runs into late December 2012. 

HALLOWEEN COMICSFEST – OCTOBER 31, 2012

We are participating in the first annual HALLOWEEN COMICSFEST on Wednesday, October 31st!

From NOON until 9PM we will be playing halloween themed music and giving away candy and FREE COMICS!!!!! The list of free titles includes:

– Batman / Scooby Doo
– Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
– Ultimate Spider-Man / Avengers
– Tales from the Crypt
– The Littlest Zombie
– Ghostbusters
– Strawberry Shortcake
– Cow Boy Hallow’s Eve Special
– New Crusaders
– Adventure Time
– Ernest and Rebecca
– Little Miss Daredevil
– Spacehawk
– Johnny Boo and Harold in Tricky Treaters
And many more!!!

PLUS! There will be prizes for best costume and you can participate NOW in Diamond’s Greatest Halloween Costume Contest!

PLUS! A professional make-up artist will be on hand to do face painting for Halloween! If you want to enhance your costume, or maybe you haven’t picked one yet — well now is your opportunity to expose your inner ghoul!!!!!

PLUS! It’s Wednesday, so all of the normal new releases will be available for purchase. The Book Lounge provides FREE bags and boards for all new release comics purchased at the store, and all new releases are U.S. COVER PRICE (in Canadian dollars) as are graphic novels, trade paperbacks, books and magazines. We also have a large selection of trade paperbacks and hardcovers available at reduced prices — including our NEW Marvel Omnibus section.
PLUS! We will be launching a new original art gallery show at the event…. but shhhhh…. it’s a surprise…. you’ll have to come down on Wednesday to see what it is!!!!!! We won’t let the cat out of THAT bag until Thursday.

PLUS! We will be featuring a mini ARTIST’S ALLEY in which a number of comic book creators will be appearing at throughout the day! You’ll see some of your local favourites like CHRIS YAO, RACHAEL WELLS and MARVIN LAW but we’ve also got a number of comics superstars who say they will be popping in for appearances like MARCO RUDY (Swamp Thing), TY TEMPLETON (Marvel Ultimate Spider-Man and artist of 2 of the Halloween giveaway comics — Batman/Scooby Doo and Ultimate Spider-Man/Avengers) and CARY NORD (X-O Manowar, Conan), LEONARD KIRK (X-Factor) (tentative) — among others!!!!!!

PLUS! Halloween ComicsFest at the COMIC BOOK LOUNGE is also the location for the launch of the ANOTHER GHOST comics anthology! Some of the creators will be appearing at the Lounge on Halloween to celebrate it! SHANE KIRSHENBLATT, VINCE SUNICO, KENT BURLES (tentative) and CHRIS BURKE will be in later in the afternoon/early evening to promote the launch.

Two versions of ANYTHING GHOST will be offered for sale: The standard edition, which has the full colour wrap-around cover ($10) and the sketch edition ($20 or more, depending on the sketch detail) and it has a blank image area, in case someone wants to get it sketched by one of the creators in attendance.

Details re: ANYTHING GHOST can be found here: http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=7617

Written and Illustrated by Chris Burke (Art), Kent Burles (Art), Shane Kirshenblatt (Art), Andrew Kwan (Art), Vince Sunico (Art), Lex Wahl (Stories)
Standard Sized Trade Paperback:
Black & White
Page Count: 94
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Enjoy five personal paranormal experiences, as selected by the Anything Ghost audience. Includes the original stories as they were heard on the show (unedited, in plain text format) as well as character sketches and rough layouts.

Since 2006, The Anything Ghost Show has been a popular forum for people all over the world to share their personal paranormal experiences. Now for the first time, we have collected fan favorite stories into this single volume, adapted into the comic book form! Perfect for ghost enthusiasts and fans of the classic EC comics.