Comics-related news and opinions from across Canada:
- Western Standard ex-publisher Ezra Levant goes before the Alberta Human Rights Commission today to “defend his former magazine’s 2006 publication of a series of Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad,” according to this article from the Calgary Herald. This court (really an interview to determine if the charge warrants a full hearing) is in session because the head of Islamic Supreme Council of Canada filed a complaint about the cartoons.
- No Bookstores for Sim: Dave Sim talks about his new comic book series Glamourpuss, insisting “that brick-and-mortar comic book stores be the only environments to profit from my work.
- Shuffleboil interviews Jeff Lemire about his graphic novel Essex County 2: Ghost Stories.
- As Kevin Boyd notes, the first draft of a list of all eligible artists, writers, and cartoonists who produced work in 2007 is up at the Shuster Awards site. Any additions should be emailed to them pronto.
- Madeline Ashby explains why manga is better than U.S. superhero comics