superheroes


Canadian Superhero Anthology Looking for Submissions

Tesseracts, a long-running series of SF anthologies published by EDGE Science Fiction & Fantastic Publishing, has announced an open call for its 19th book, and its theme is an intriguing one: “Superheroes! Supervillains! Superpowered antiheroes. Super scientists. Adventurers into the unknown. Costumed crimefighters. Mutant superterrorists. Far-future supergroups. Crusading aliens in […]


Collecting Classic Canadian Comic Characters

As we mentioned before, a few enterprising individuals are publishing impressive anthologies that collect the adventures of classic Canadian superheroes. The first collection focused on Nelvana of the Northern Lights, perhaps Canadian’s most well-known hero from the Golden Age of Comics, and now they’ve started kickstarter campaigns for two other […]


Canadiana Comics: Files of Number None

As some of you know, I’m putting together an anthology of Canadian superhero comics. The final section of the book is to be the “Number None Files,” the supposed files of Number None, a fictional division of the Canadian government that monitors superhumans. This section would include bios of various […]


More Canadian heroes

Here’s some Canadian heroes by the multi-talented Colin Upton: The Loon, scourge of the 1940s Montreal underworld and a fanatical Nazi-hunter. Canada’s most ruthless, most eccentric, and certainly most debonair crime-fighter. Here he is with his customized tank and two of his duck sidekicks. [nggallery id=74]  


All-Canadian Heroes 2

So I’m currently putting together the roster for the graphic novel anthology All-Canadian Comics, and have been sent a wide variety of heroes, all compelling and all very Canadian. Here’s a sample of the ones we have so far: [nggallery id=73] Johnny Canuck (by Bevan Thomas and Jeff Ellis): Canada’s […]


Calling All Canadian Heroes!

Cloudscape wants YOU for All-Canadian Comics, an anthology of Canadian-focused heroism, many inspired by classic Canadian comics from the Golden Age of Comic Books. Many of the characters in this anthology will be superheroes, those with special powers or skills who have adopted larger-than-life personas to confront injustice and evil. […]


Super-Why?

by Jonathon Dalton If you spend as much time on the internet as I do, you’ve probably seen a lot of frustration lately on the subject of superheroes, particularly regarding DC Comics’ recent relaunch. Even when I was a regular superhero reader DC was never my thing, so I’ll leave […]


Golden-Age Superheroes

The Golden Age of superhero comics existed from the end of the 1930s to the beginning of the 1950s, with the bulk of it revolving around World War II. Superheroes have never been as popular since. There was something about the second War to End All Wars that made the […]