The winners of the 2008 Joe Shuster Awards (for work published in 2007) were announced in a ceremony Saturday evening in the lovely city of Toronto. Here are your winners…!<\/p>\n
OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK WRITER<\/strong> OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK ARTIST<\/strong> OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CARTOONIST (WRITER\/ARTIST)<\/strong> OUTSTANDING COVER BY A CANADIAN COMIC BOOK ARTIST<\/strong> OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK COLOURIST<\/strong> OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK &\/OR GRAPHIC NOVEL PUBLISHER<\/strong> OUTSTANDING CANADIAN WEBCOMICS CREATOR \/ CREATIVE TEAM<\/strong> OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY A CANADIAN RELATED TO COMIC BOOKS<\/strong> CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CREATOR HALL OF FAME<\/strong> FAVOURITE CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CREATOR – ENGLISH LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS<\/strong> FAVOURITE CANADIAN COMIC BOOK CREATOR – FRENCH LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS<\/strong> FAVOURITE INTERNATIONAL (NON-CANADIAN) COMIC BOOK CREATOR<\/strong> HARRY KREMER OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK RETAILER<\/strong> Congratulations to all of the winners, and particularly my friends Cecil Castelucci, Faith Erin Hicks, and Jeff Lemire.<\/p>\n – Chris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The winners of the 2008 Joe Shuster Awards (for work published in 2007) were announced in a ceremony Saturday evening in the lovely city of Toronto. Here are your winners…! OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK WRITER – Cecil Castellucci for The P.L.A.I.N. Janes (DC\/Minx) OUTSTANDING CANADIAN COMIC BOOK ARTIST – Dale Eaglesham for Justice Society of … <\/p>\n
\n– Cecil Castellucci for The P.L.A.I.N. Janes (DC\/Minx)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n– Dale Eaglesham for Justice Society of America #2-4, 6-7, 9-11 (DC Comics)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n– Jeff Lemire for Essex County Vol. 1: Tales From The Farm, Essex County Vol. 2: Ghost Stories (Top Shelf)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n– Steve Skroce for Doc Frankenstein #6 (Burleyman)<\/em><\/p>\n
\n– Dave McCaig for Nextwave, Agents of H.A.T.E. #12, New Avengers #27-35, Fallen Son \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Death of Captain America #1: Wolverine, Marvel Comics Presents #1-4, Wolverine #50, Avengers Classic #7 (Marvel Comics) DC Infinite Halloween Special #1 (DC Comics), The Other Side #4-5 (DC\/Vertigo) Stephen Colbert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tek Jensen #1 (ONI Press)<\/p>\n
\n– Drawn & Quarterly<\/em><\/p>\n
\n– Ryan Sohmer and Lar De Souza for Least I Can Do http:\/\/www.leasticoulddo.com and Looking for Group http:\/\/www.lfgcomic.com<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDavid Watkins for using comic books as a teaching tool<\/em><\/p>\n
\nStan Berneche
\nJohn Byrne
\nPierre Fournier
\nEdwin R. “Ted” McCall<\/em><\/p>\n
\nFaith Erin Hicks – Zombies Calling<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPhilippe Girard aka phlppgrrd – Danger Public<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEd Brubaker – Captain America, Criminal, Immortal Iron Fist, Uncanny X-Men<\/em><\/p>\n
\nBig B Comics – Hamilton, Ontario<\/em><\/p>\n