Tag Archives: Jim Zubkavich

Commenting on the 2011 Joe Shuster Award Nominees

The Joe Shuster Awards are presented annually to talented comic artists and writers from the Northern Wastes we affectionately refer to as ‘Canada’. Named after some artist guy who co-created a superhero or something, they celebrate outstanding achievements by Canadians in the fields of comic books, graphic novels, and webcomics. As of yesterday, the official nominees for the 2011 Shuster Awards have been published online at the Joe Shuster Awards home page. Take a gander for yourself if you’d like, but I’ll break it down for you anyway.

The Fabler’s 2010 Yearbook : Our Sophomore Year, Plus the 2010 Interview Catalogue

In keeping with tradition, we’re ringing in the new year by looking at some of the stuff that’s impacted our little corner of the interweb over the past twelve months. This includes some of the news bits the Fabler Blog has reported on, some of the changes and landmarks the main site has experienced, and of course, a Coles Notes list of the interviewees we’ve featured on the site throughout 2010.

Fabler Blog Update for the Week of November 24th

A short update as we drift into the end of November. Highlighting a couple of new Fabler submissions, plus some news related to Jim Zubkavich’s Skullkickers, Sarah Leavitt’s Tangles, and a new perspective on the state of digital comics.

Interview: Jim Zubkavich talks Skullkickers and UDON’s 10th Anniversary

Jim Zubkavich, project manager and co-founder of UDON Entertainment, has a new series coming out through Image Comics that looks like it will kick some major bone tissue. The title? Skullkickers. The premise? Two un-named mercenaries stir up some major trouble in a ’sassy’ fantasy setting. The Fabler caught up with Jim to chat about Skullkickers as well as a decade of UDON.

Thoughts from The Creators

I thought I would pop on here and peek my face briefly. Some of you loyal fans to our new burgeoning site are probably so enthralled with our talented journalist Kevin DV that you had forgotten I was around. Fret not, as I’ve been hard at work in the background ironing out kinks, and working [...]

Thank you to Alberta's Comic Community!

I wanted to start off by saying a big THANK YOU to everyone that I met at at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo (CCEE) this year! From all you comic fans, talented artists, writers, and welcoming retailers, it was great meeting you all and seeing many of you for the first time. Aside from [...]