My first post at Comics212 went live in December of 1997 (I installed blogger a few years later), making this my 11th Anniversary of writing ...

You may remember me mentioning my friend Dave Lapp's new graphic novel from Conundrum Press, Drop-In, a little while back when we did the signing. ...

So for Christmas I decided to treat myself a to a complete reading of Naoki Urasawa's Monster, an 18 volume manga series translated and published ...

Thanks for reading the site. I hope you and yours have a Happy Holiday Season, and a Merry Christmas. - Chris

I just read 1200 posts from my feed. Well, maybe skimmed? I read most of them though. Brain's a little mushy now, but I stand ...

I'm kind of sorry I ever picked on Blog@ previously... This whole new crew is just brutal. I'm done, delisting them from the sidebar, last ...

Disappearance Diary is one of the best graphic novels of the year. - Chris

Just received from Archie Comics in a press release: "Ever since Archie's first appearance in 1941, Archie Comics has prided itself with keeping up with the ...

A Drifting Life By Yoshihiro Tatsumi $29.95, Trade paperback, 6.5 x 8.75 inches, 840 pages, b/w. 978-1-897299-74-6 The 840 page epic autobiography of a manga master, edited and designed ...

Kramers Ergot 7 Launch Party. L to R: John Pham, Sammy Harkham, Souther Salazar, Ron Rege Jr., Kevin Huizenga, Seth, Shary Boyle. Photo by Nathalie ...

KRAMERS ERGOT 7 TOURS TORONTO Presented by The Beguiling Books & Art Featuring Shary Boyle, Sammy Harkham, Kevin Huizenga, John Pham, Ron Rege Jr., Souther ...

Comics212.net: So Scott Pilgrim 5 is coming out in February? Bryan Lee O'Malley: Yes. Feb 4th in-store. Comics212: Your art's been getting tighter and tighter with every ...

KRAMPUS! KRAMPUS. - Chris

Here's a few things that you might want to take a look at. - Are you a frustrated writer? Jim Munroe, author of numerous novels as ...

If you're a comics professional planning on braving the windy streets of New York this February for the fourth New York Comic-Con, this is the ...

In Toronto? Like comics, art, or design? There's a lot of cool stuff going down... Most of it presented by my erstwhile employer, The Beguiling, ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNDfGlCgBKU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Repiw3064i4 Yes. Via. - Chris

Congratulations to my friend Bannister, as it seems the young readers Bande Desinee series he's co-created, "Les Enfants D'Ailleurs" will be translated into English. The ...

What do The RZA, Jay Z, Busta Rhymes, and ICE MUTHAFUCKIN T have in common? They're all over Kagan McLeod's completely, completely awesome HISTORY OF ...

In addition to featuring a bitch'n soundtrack, this new video trailer for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix also features a very prominently placed ...

"On the one hand, though, I haven't ranted in quite some time to this degree, and for that, I guess, I have to thank this ...

This weekend in Waterloo (about an hour outside of Toronto) is the Waterloo Animated Film Festival. It's an amazing event! I'm going to be missing ...

So this has been bubbling under for a little while. The Canadian graphic novel (and Doug Wright Special Award Winner) Skim has been nominated for ...

McDondalds has a dedicated Quarter Pounder restaurant in Japan. Two of them. The only thing you can order is a Quarter Pounder or a Double ...