Canadian Comics

The Fabler is, among other things, a growing international community of comic book artists, writers, and fans.

The word ‘international’, however, might seem a little inconsistent with the content we’ve predominantly featured here on The Fabler Blog.

I’ll be the first to admit that in The Fabler Blog’s first year of life, I’ve maintained a strong emphasis on Canadian talent in the profiles and interviews I’ve posted. This, I believe, is rightly so – with the exception of very few news blogs, such as Sequential and the Joe Shuster Awards Blog, Canadian comickers don’t often receive a load of media coverage.

My contributions to The Fabler Blog have largely been an attempt to increase that load, while also providing content relevant to the interests of a growing online community of comic artists.

The Fabler Blog’s contribution to the figurative Canadian load, however, may distract some from the true international nature of the site. (Whew, what a mouthful!)

So here’s my pitch: I’m moving all existing profiles, interviews, and news updates about Canadian comickers into a whole new category – a column which I will continue to contribute to regularly.

The title of this column? “The Canadian Load”, naturally.

Ahhh, but I jest. In fact, we’ll be calling it “Canadian Comics“.

The mission statement of the Canadian Comics column will be to continue showcasing and promoting a varied catalogue of Canadian comic book talent. The subjects, as they have always been, will be predominantly indie – but at the same time we’re not at all against showcasing ‘big label’ Canucks as well.

Separate sections of the blog will continue to be about the site, the industry in general, and increasingly we’ll also be featuring profiles of international talent. A while back we profiled some of the contributors on the Fabler Blog, and I think we’d like to start doing that again.

As for now, are some Canadian artists, writers, and organizations you may have missed so far from 2010:

Gibson Twist (of Pictures of You and Our Time in Eden)

Kelly Tindall (of Archie Snow)

Ben Steeves (of Zom-Ben and Our Time in Eden)

Aaron Leighton (professional illustrator and member of the artist collective, Trio Magnus)

Colleen MacIsaac (indie comic artist and writer)

Marta Chudolinksa (of Back + Forth: A Novel in 90 Linocuts)

Eric Vedder (of Aardehn and Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors)

Adam Bourret (of I’m Crazy)

Ryan Sohmer (of Least I Could Do and Looking for Group)

James Turner (on the Warlord of Io graphic novel)

Nick Thornborrow (of The Anthology Project)