#CanadianComic Resurgence

http://thesheridansun.ca/canadian-superheroes-return/

 Canada is seeing a resurgence of superheroes both old and new. With the help of Kickstarter, comic books like True Patriot, which is a anthology of new Canadian superheroes, and Nelvana, from 1940 comic books, are coming back to life. Kickstarter is website where people put their projects like films or inventions and ask people to help fund their idea. It is interesting to see people pay to help create new ideas or pay to bring back parts of Canadian culture. For another Canadian superhero regaining popularity. watch the Captain Canuck web series.



The #CanadianComics Golden Age

http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/remembering-lost-heroes

The Canadian Golden Age of Comics, as it is now known, came about thanks to government intervention. In December 1940, the feds, responding to a trade deficit with the U.S., introduced the War Exchange Conservation Act, restricting imports of non-essential goods, including fiction magazines and comics, which had become ubiquitous after the 1938 introduction of Superman, drawn by Toronto-born Joe Shuster, and Batman the following year. 

 hello Canada Jack, Commander Steel, Johnny Canuck and Nelvana of the Northern Lights! These characters thrived for a few years, but after the war ended, the borders reopened to the likes of DC and Timely, as Marvel was then known. This and the waning popularity of superheroes led to our national defenders hanging up their costumes, largely to be relegated to the dustbin of history. 

#Joker really hates when that happens



10 Worst #ComicBook #TV series

http://www.newsarama.com/15448-10-worst-comic-book-live-action-tv-series-of-all-time.html

A couple of these I hadn't even heard of, but most of them I used to watch. I even own a couple of the DVD sets; Birds of Prey,  The Tick.

What about The Flash series?!?

Custom F-150 Bat-Truck #batmobile

http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/ford-f-150-bat-truck-george-barris-batman-2013-07-19

I've seen this a couple time but never got around to posting it. Custom F-150 Bat-truck! 

@CalgaryExpo @AskEmilyExpo

Just got my tickets for the 2014 Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo! 

YOU SHOULD GET YOUR TOO!

 

Professor Neil Gaiman @neilhimself

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/01/neil-gaiman-professor-creative-writing-us-college

Neil Gaiman becomes professor of creative writing at US college

 

"Neil is a perfect 21st-century artist, because he works successfully in so many genres," Lester said. "He writes long and short fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, children's literature, screenplays and television scripts with equal finesse. More than almost any other writer, he's also adapted to new technology, reaching millions of readers and fans through social media."