2009 Joe Shuster Award Winners Announced This Weekend at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall
The 2009 Joe Shuster Awards were held on Saturday, 26th September 2009 at a packed Ceremony held at the University of Toronto’s Innis Town Hall.
From coast to coast, Canada is home to many of the comic book industry’s top talents. The Joe Shuster Awards are a way of recognizing and celebrating the achievements of Canadian creators – past, present and future.
The Joe Shuster nominating committee is selected by the Executive Administrative committee and is newly reconstituted for each year of the awards. The nominating committee consists of a cross-section of comic book journalists and experts from across Canada. They can submit any original comic book, graphic novel or comics-related publication featuring work by a Canadian creator that was shipped to retailers between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year in either French or English. In most categories translated works are not eligible for consideration, nor are collections of previous published materials (such as webcomics) as these are considered to be reprints.
For the purposes of the Joe Shuster Awards (as determined by the Nominating Committee), a Canadian is defined as a native (citizen) or long-term inhabitant (permanent resident) of Canada, or an individual who was born in Canada and now resides elsewhere (possessing either Canadian or dual citizenship). However, this is a fluid definition which is likely to be re-evaluated by the nominating committee in the coming years. The awards also will be expanded in the future to include additional categories, as suggested and determined by the awards Executive Committee.
Although these awards were chosen, in their first three incarnations, by a public vote, the process changed in 2007-8 to decision by a jury of individuals to ensure each nominee is given adequate consideration. In addition, six individuals were selected for Hall of Fame awards in the first year, and four each subsequent year, but these will not be open to a public vote. Instead, they were chosen by a panel of Canadian comic book experts and historians. Also, a special tribute was given in the first year of the Joes Shuster Awards posthumously to Harry Kremer, the original owner of Now & Then Books in Kitchener-Waterloo — a true pioneer in the industry and a constant and tireless promoter of the medium — in the category of Canadian Comic Book Retailer Award. This has been chosen by the awards committee and will serve to usher in the Harry Kremer Memorial Award for Canadian Comic Book Retailer for subsequent years of the Joe Shuster Awards.
2009 Award Winners
Artist/Dessinateur
- David Finch – Ultimatum #1-2 (Marvel Comics)
Cartoonist/Créateur
- Dave Sim – Glamourpuss #1-4, Judenhaas (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Colourist/Dessinateur Couleur
- François Lapierre - “Gédéon et la bête du lac” Contes et légendes du Québec (Glénat Québec), Magasin général 4 (Casterman)
Writer/Écrivain
- Mariko Tamaki - Emiko Superstar (DC/Minx), Skim (Groundwood Books)
Cover/Couverture
- Niko Henrichon – Hostile Tome 1 (Dupuis)
Webcomics/Bandes Dessinées Web
- Cameron Stewart – Sin Titulo
Publisher/Éditeur
- Les 400 Coups/Mécanique Générale
Comics for Kids / Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants
- Kean Soo, Jellaby Book 1 (Hyperion)
- Jesse Jacobs for Blue Winter, Shapes in the Snow.
The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer /Le Prix Harry Kremer pour Détaillant Exceptionnel Canadien de Bandes Dessinée
- Legends Comics and Books (Victoria, British Columbia)
Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame / Temple de la renommée Créateur Canadien de Bandes Dessinées
2009 Award Nominees:
Artist/Dessinateur
- Marc Delafontaine - Les Nombrils, Tome 3 : Les liens de l’amitié (Dupuis)
- Dale Eaglesham – Justice Society of America #12, 14-15, 18-22 (DC Comics)
- David Finch – Ultimatum #1-2 (Marvel Comics)
- Karl Kerschl & Serge LaPointe – Teen Titans: Year One #1-6 (DC Comics)
- Jacques Lamontagne - Les Druides, Tome 4 : La Ronde des Géants (Soleil Productions)
- Steve McNiven – Amazing Spider-Man #546-548, Wolverine #66-70 (Marvel Comics)
- Steve Rolston – Emiko Superstar (DC/Minx), “Familiar” – House of Mystery #4 (DC/Vertigo), You Ain’t No Dancer #3 (New Reliable Press)
- Stephen Sadowski – Avengers/Invaders #1-7 (Marvel Comics/Dynamite Entertainment), Project Superpowers #0 (Dynamite Entertainment), Jack the Lantern: Ghosts #2 (Castle Rain Entertainment)
Cartoonist/Créateur 
- Grégoire Bouchard – Vers les Mondes Lointains (Paquet)
- Darwyn Cooke - “Chapter X: The Greater Good” Justice League: The New Frontier Special #1, The Spirit #12 (DC Comics)
- Francis Desharnais – Burquette (Les 400 coups)
- Jean-Paul Eid – Des tondeuses et des hommes (La Pastèque)
- Michel Gagne – “The Saga of Rex” Chapter 5 – Flight Vol. 5 (Ballantyne Books)
- Faith Erin Hicks – The War at Ellsmere (Slave Labor Graphics)
- Jeff Lemire – Essex County Vol. 3: The Country Nurse (Top Shelf)
- Seth – “Thoreau MacDonald” Kramer’s Ergot 7 (Buenaventura Press)
- Dave Sim – Glamourpuss #1-4, Judenhaas (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Colourist/Dessinateur Couleur
- Jean-Francois Beaulieu – G.I. Joe: America’s Elite 31-36, Voltron: A Legend Forged 1 (Devil’s Due), Marvel Zombies 3 #1-3, Wonderful Wizard of OZ #1, X-Men: Divided We Stand #1, X-Men Legacy #215 (Marvel Comics)
- Blond – Team 14 #1 (Digital Webbing), Freshman: Summer Vacation Special #1, Magdalena/Daredevil #1, True Blood: The Great Revelation NN, Witchblade: Takeru Manga #11-12 (image/Top Cow), Ultimate Fantastic Four #50-59 (Marvel Comics), Beyond Wonderland #4, Grimm Fairy Tales 2008 Annual (Zenoscope)
- Chris Chuckry – Brave and the Bold #17-18, Countdown to Mystery #4-8, Simon Dark #4-7, Two Face: Year One #1-2 (DC Comics), Air 1-5 (DC/Vertigo), G.I. Joe #0 (IDW), Comic Book Tattoo (image), Amazing Spider-Man #546, 565-567, newuniversal: Shockfront #1-2, The Twelve #1-8 (Marvel Comics)
- Maryse Dubuc – Les Nombrils, Tome 3 : Les liens de l’amitié (Dupuis)
- Nathan Fairbairn – Fear Agent 21 (Dark Horse), Pilot Season: The Core #1 (image/Top Cow), Civil War: House of M #3, Guardians of the Galaxy #1-3, Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? NN, Wolverine: Origins #31, X-Men: Divided We Stand #2, X-Men: Kingbreaker #1, X-Men Legacy #217, X-Men: Manifest Destiny #1, 3, Young Avengers Presents #1 (Marvel Comics), Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen #3 (Oni Press)
- Lovern Kindzierski – Sandman: The Dream Hunters #1-2 (DC/Vertigo), The Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons #1-2Coraline (HarperCollins), Giant-Size Incredible Hulk #1 (Marvel Comics) (Devil’s Due),
- François Lapierre – “Gédéon et la bête du lac” Contes et légendes du Québec (Glénat Québec), Magasin général 4 (Casterman)
- Dave McCaig – Star Wars: Dark Times #11-12 (Dark Horse), Action Comics #861-863, Final Crisis: Rogue’s Revenge #1-3. Joker’s Asylum: The Penguin #1, JSA Classified #35-37 (DC Comics), Family Dynamic #1-2 (DC/Johnny), House of Mystery #4, Northlanders #2-8, 11-12 (DC/Vertigo), Broken Trinity: Angelus #1, First Born: Aftermath #1, Pilot Season: The Core #1 (image/Top Cow), Fantastic Four Cosmic Size Special #1, Secret Invasion X-Men #1-4, Ultimate Iron Man II #3-5 (Marvel Comics), Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansen #2 (Oni Press) (DC/Johnny DC),
Writer/Écrivain
- Ian Boothby – Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #14, Bongo Comics Free-For-All 2008, Futurama #35-39, Simpsons Comics #136, 141, 148, Simpsons Summer Shindig #2, Simpsons Super Spectacular #7 (Bongo Comics)
- Cecil Castellucci – Janes in Love (DC/Minx)
- Darwyn Cooke – “Dragster Riot starring Robin the Boy Wonder”, “Wonder Woman and Black Canary” Justice League: The New Frontier Special #1, Superman Confidential 11 (DC Comics)
- Maryse Dubuc – Les Nombrils, Tome 3 : Les liens de l’amitié (Dupuis)
- Ray Fawkes – The Apocalipstix (Oni Press)
- François Lapierre – “Gédéon et la bête du lac” Contes et légendes du Québec (Glénat Québec)
- Mariko Tamaki – Emiko Superstar (DC/Minx), Skim (Groundwood Books)
- J. Torres – The Family Dynamic #1-3, Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century #11, 13, 17-19, Teen Titans Go! #51-55 (DC/Johnny DC), Wonder Girl #5-6 (DC Comics)
Cover/Couverture
- Adrian Alphona – Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Season Two #1 Variant (Marvel Comics)
- Darwyn Cooke – The Spirit #12 (DC Comics)
- Marc Delafontaine – Les Nombrils, Tome 3 : Les liens de l’amitié (Dupuis)
- Dale Eaglesham – Justice Society of America #14 Variant (DC Comics)
- David Finch -Amazing Spider-Man #572 Variant (Marvel Comics)
- Philippe Girard – Les Ravins (Mécanique Générale)
- Niko Henrichon – Hostile Tome 1 (Dupuis)
- Steve McNiven – Kick-Ass #1 Variant (Marvel Comics)
- Dean Motter – Mister X: The Condemned #1 (Dark Horse)
- David Sim – Glamourpuss #4 Zombie Variant (Aardvark-Vanaheim)
Webcomics/Bandes Dessinées Web
- Kate Beaton – Hark! A Vagrant http://harkavagrant.com
- Michael Cho – Papercut http://www.transmission-x.com/_papercut
- Lar De Souza & Ryan Sohmer – Least I Could Do http://www.leasticoulddo.com / Looking for Grouphttp://www.lfgcomic.com/
- Kathryn & Stuart Immonen – Moving Pictures http://www.immonen.ca/comics
- Karl Kerschl – The Abominable Charles Christopher http://www.abominable.cc
- Gisele Lagace & David Lumsdon – Menage A 3 http://www.menagea3.net/
- Ramón K. Pérez– Kukuburi http://www.kukuburi.com / Butternut Squash (w/Robert Coughler) http://www.butternutsquash.net
- Cameron Stewart - Sin Titulo http://www.sintitulocomic.com/
Publisher/Éditeur
- Aardvark-Vanaheim
- Arcana Studio
- Conundrum Press
- Drawn & Quarterly
- La Pastèque
- Les 400 Coups/Mécanique Générale
- Red 5 Comics
- Udon Entertainment
The Harry Kremer Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer /Le Prix Harry Kremer pour Détaillant Exceptionnel Canadien de Bandes DessinéesCanadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame / Temple de la renommée Créateur Canadien de Bandes Dessinées
- Another Dimension (Calgary, Alberta)
- The Beguiling (Toronto, Ontario)
- Comic Encounters (Terrace, British Columbia)
- Curious Comics (Victoria, British Columbia)
- Cyber City Comics (North York, Ontario)
- Elfsar (Vancouver, British Columbia)
- Legends Comics and Books (Victoria, British Columbia)
- Stadium Comics (Brampton, Ontario)
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