So with out further a due, I would like to announce the opening of the Premier Comic Submission Contest, hosted by your friends at Fabler Comics!

Yes that’s right we are giving away, to grand prize winners, prizes for 3 finalists! The 3rd place prize is a Sony PS3 Bundle! The 2nd place prize is a Wacom Intuos4 XL! Last but definitely not least, the 1st place Grand Prize is a Wacom Cinque 21UX!

Sponsored and supported by Fabler Comics, Zensoft Studios, and Artfox, you have the chance to Win these prizes! Oh and there’s more. If you team up with two more of your talented friends, they can also win the prizes if your comic is selected as a prize winner! How do you enter? It’s simple!

1. If your not already signed up with an account on The Fabler, go http://thefabler.com/signup! Then come back for the rest of the details.
2. Create an original work comic of at least 24 pages + the Cover. If you want to submit more, be our guest!
3. Submit your comic (up to 3 submission!!!) in web format on thefabler.com between June 15th, 2010, and September 15th, 2010.
4. Tell EVERYONE of your comic! Get them to vote and rate your comic! Tell your friends, family, friendly competition, professors, neighbors, 2nd cousins twice removed, etc! The more people you tell the better chance you have at winning one of these great prizes!

Oh yes and there’s more. All 3 finalist prize winners will have their comics immortalized on thefabler.com in a special web trophy case as winners of the Premier Comic Submission Contest. For more information and official rules of the contest head over to the contest page!

So get your win on and submit your comic now! May the best storytellers win!

The three main venues this year was Another Dimension, Phoenix Comics, and Comic Kazi. Though we’d love to include all cities and venues, we’re just not as cool and capable as our freely featured superheroes. Maybe next year we will be lucky enough to have mastered our cloning skills. Calgary this year will have to do.

In Calgary, the hustle and bustle took place on Macleod Trail, where the local creator community, and fans, hosted by Comic Kazi banded together to create the vibrant atmosphere that brings the kids out in all of us. Thanks to Calgary’s own Gerald Garcia, who’s been running and coordinating the event at Comic Kazi since the early days. Gerald, was doing sketches to help raise proceeds for the Eugene Ouchi Memorial Scholarship at ACAD. Our hearts go out to Eugene’s family friends.

Kris Chisholm was there as well this year, sketching and enjoying the atmosphere. As he continues to draw, we can only see that this superstar to be, will soon be drawing our next favorite reads!

Fiona Staples, giving sketches away for free this year. Since the cancellation of Wildstorm’s, North 40, by Aaron Williams, after issue #6, she’s now hopped up on a new project, published by IDW called, Mystery Society, by Steve Niles. Sitting next to her was local artist Neil, who was happy that the community in Calgary has been growing quite successfully!

A few local indies there this year included Michael McAdam, and Mike Rieger, of Two Gargoyles Graphics. Since starting Diaperman in 1998, the twosome have successfully maintained their ability to self publish great stories, through community exposure.

A new feature to the stage this year was Ashley Delehay, the lead starlet in Zombie Attack! From Outer Space. She was there creating awareness and to promote, how to build a movie for under $60k! Following in Robert Rodriguez’s footsteps, the crew are well on their way with another Sasquatch movie in the works as well.

DC’s Marcus To, a Torontonian was there shaking hands and kissing babies, as he was a guest to the event this year providing the crowds with free sketches.

The Wildgunmen crew was also there promoting their new print editions of, The Wildgunmen, the geek culture magazine.

Last but not least, the coolest cat this year was Diamian Wilcox, of Dorkboy Comics! This local self published veteran has been producing web comics for the past 13 years. He was kind enough to hand out free sketches and, give our onsite comic fan, Cory Nelson, a comic of his very own!

The Sundry Seven also made a brief appearance. If you had a chance to snag one of the last remaining copies, we hope you enjoy the upcoming tale of our misfit superheroes in all their glory.

Remember, we really do love comics!

This year was quite the success for The Fabler! We had managed to go through more than 1300 copies of our Calgary Comic Expo exclusive preview of The Sundry Seven. So now that the word is out be sure to check back to the site for more updates and the official launch!

This year Zensoft Studios was kind enough to sponsor some Sony Playstation 3 prize packs for our comic expo draw. We want to thank all those that stopped by our little abode to meet Jay Korim, the artist of The Sundry Seven, grab their free issue and speak with the creators of thefabler.com and all of its happenings.

So without further ado we present the following winners to the our prize draw.

I find it interesting as a recent headline in Edge Game Industry News stated that a recent survey claimed approximately 3% of all PS3’s in circulation have been won in competitions! Be proud that our three lucky winners made it into the headlines!

Sony PS3 Prizepack
120 GB Sony Playstation 3
Little Big Planet PS3 Game
Our Winners Are:
Kyle MacDonald
James LePage
Kenny Tsang

Sony PSN Prizepack
$50 PSN Network Card
Our Winners Are:
Brent Pope
Tim Dorscher
Hansen Wong

PS3 Batman Prizepack
Batman: Arkham Asylum, PS3 Game
Our Winners Are:
Marko Bozinouski
Branden Joyce

Congratulations to all of our lucky winners!!!

See you all at next years Expo!

In Alberta, places to note are Comic-Kazi, Another Dimension Comics, Happy Harbor Comics, Redd Skull Comics and more! Check out local shops and events in your area! Come meet The Fabler team, as we will be covering Calgary venues with their events, artists and Free Comics!

~Bruno @ The Fabler