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ARTSY FARTSY COMIC CON 2 IS OFFICIAL!

After the fun-filled success of the firstArtsy Fartsy Comic Con this past October, we’ve decided to do it all again! Artsy Fartsy Comic Con 2 is now scheduled for Sunday April 21st, 2024, at the Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue in Toronto. Already scheduled to appear is big name comic creator JAMAL IGLE! Jamal’s career […]

NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF THE NEW SCOTT PILGRIM ANIME

I shotgunned the new Scott Pilgrim anime last night at work and I ended up liking but not loving it. The (non-spoiler) problem is that this is the SECOND SEASON of the show without having given us the first season. They‘ve basically assumed that you’ve read the books or watched the movie. It doesn’t allow […]

RECAPPING THE FIRST ARTSY FARTSY COMIC CON

This past Saturday, I fulfilled another item on my Bucket List by running my first ever one-day comic book show: Artsy Fartsy Comic Con. Envisioned as a creator-centric event, Artsy Fartsy featured sixteen creators including Shawn Daley, Adam Gorham, Jay Fosgitt, Allison O’Toole and yours truly. With help on the day from friends JM Clark, George Zotti […]

ANNOUNCING THE FIRST-EVER ARTSY FARTSY COMIC CON IN TORONTO

It’s a comic book event for comic book lovers! Artsy Fartsy Comic Con is a one-day comic book event focused on creators, comics and art. Over 20 exhibitors ranging from small press to self-publishers to some of the Toronto comic scene’s biggest names will be in attendance. Come to the Tranzac Club (292 Brunswick Ave […]

GALLERY | LONDON COMIC CON 2023

This past weekend, I returned to London, Ontario for London Comic Con at RBC Place. LCC is a fantastic little two-day show with some fun guests, great vendors and a terrific Artist Alley crew. My big highlight for the weekend came on Sunday morning when I was the moderator for a panel discussion with wrestling […]

IN MEMORIAM | LEE MODER (1969 – 2023)

(NOTE: This blog was originally published on 7 February 2023 on the Aristocrats Comics website. As that site will soon be incorporated into this one, I wanted to move this to my own blog for safekeeping.) It is with a great sorrow that we must inform you all of the passing of our friend, comic […]

BLOG | DOES ACTION LAB COMICS STILL EXIST?

I have a serious question: Does Action Lab Comics still exist? The Action Lab website is currently offline, displaying a landing page for its webhosting company, and the company’s Twitter account hasn’t made an original post since September 2021. According to the Midtown Comics website, Action Lab has only published SEVEN single issue comics in […]

Ep.491 | “Let’s Talk About Kanye” swapcast w/ Vox Popcast

Three weeks ago, I sent Vox Popcast host Chris Maverick a text message to suggest we do a swapcast about Kanye West’s latest scandalous incidents. That was three or four scandalous incidents ago. On today’s show, Mav, special guest Meron Langsner and I run headlong into the fray and discuss the increasingly unacceptable Kanye West, […]

GALLERY | KEVIN SMITH @ GOTHAM CENTRAL COMICS

I was lucky enough, on Wednesday afternoon, to make my way over to Gotham Central Comics in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, to meet director/actor/comic writer KEVIN SMITH. And I was not alone in this endeavour. AEW stars Ethan Page and Danhausen, podcasters Jason Clark and Martin “Slam” Duncan and a number of local comic […]

GALLERY | WEST END PHOENIX’S LIVE AID TRIBUTE CONCERT

An overdue gallery from October of 2021 as Anthony and Holden Albright participate in the West End Phoenix’s fundraising event: “News Aid”. The show was a tribute featuring a lineup of songs that were played at the original Live Aid famine relief concert in 1985. Big thanks to Dave Bidini for the invite to sing […]