Anime Screening U of T

Hellblazer, Biomega, Ramayan, Wizards of Mickey

Arriving this Wednesday at the Labyrinth books Toronto.
Pictures will be added tomorrow, but below is the list.

Please note - the comics are starting to come in, so if you haven't given the classic format a try recently, maybe you should.

Highlights include the new Hellblazer Pandemonium, Nextwave collected edition and the new Ramayana Devine Loophole book by Sanjay Patel (Pixar Animator and creator of Little book of Hindu Deities).

Biomega #1 and the new Yen Plus magazine are worth noting on the manga side.

NEW COMICS

ACTION COMICS #886

ADVENTURE COMICS WITH BLACK LANTERN SUPERBOY #7

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #620 GNTLT

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PRESENTS JACKPOT #2 (OF 3)

ARCHIE & FRIENDS #140

BATGIRL #7

BATMAN AND ROBIN #8

BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #178

BOOSTER GOLD #29

BPRD KING OF FEAR #2 (OF 5)

CHOKER #1 (MR)

DARK X-MEN #4 (OF 5)

DAYTRIPPER #3 (OF 10) (MR)

DMZ #50 (MR) (NOTE PRICE)

GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #29

GROO HOGS OF HORDER #3 (OF 4)

HAUNT #5

HUMAN TARGET #1 (OF 6)

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #23

JSA ALL STARS #3

JUGHEAD AND FRIENDS DIGEST #36

LEGENDARY TALESPINNERS #1 (OF 3)

PUNISHERMAX #4 (MR)

SECRET SIX #18 (BLACKEST NIGHT)

SPIDER-MAN AND SECRET WARS #3 (OF 4)

TITANS #22

ULTIMATE COMICS ARMOR WARS #4 (OF 4)

ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #7

UNWRITTEN #10 (MR)

VENGEANCE OF MOON KNIGHT #5

X-MEN FOREVER #17

NEW MANGA, GRAPHIC NOVELS & ART BOOKS

ART OF LUCIO PARRILLO SC

ART OF MAURIZIO MANZIERI SC

RAMAYANA DIVINE LOOPHOLE HC

9TH SLEEP GN

ALL STAR SUPERMAN TP VOL 02

BIOMEGA GN VOL 01

CODE GEASS NOVEL STAGE 04 ZERO

HOW TO CAPTURE A MARTINI GN

IKIGAMI ULTIMATE LIMIT GN VOL 04

INU YASHA TP VOL 45

INU YASHA VIZBIG ED GN VOL 02

JORMUNGAND GN VOL 02

KEKKAISHI GN VOL 20

TAIMASHIN RED SPIDER EXORCIST GN VOL 01

YEN PLUS MAGAZINE VOL 3 #3 MAR 2010

ANCHOR TP VOL 01

BRAVE AND THE BOLD MILESTONE TP

CHOCOLATE CHEEKS GN

ESSENTIAL DAREDEVIL TP VOL 05

HELLBLAZER PANDEMONIUM HC

HICKSVILLE DEFINITIVE ED GN

HOWARD LOVECRAFT & FROZEN KINGDOM GN

HULK TP VOL 03 HULK NO MORE

LITTLE NOTHINGS GN VOL 03 UNEASY HAPPINESS

MADAME XANADU TP VOL 02 EXODUS NOIR

MARVEL 1602 TP NEW PTG

MISTER AMPERDUKE GN

MUPPET PETER PAN TP VOL 01

NEWAVE UNDERGROUND MINI COMIX O/T 80S HC

NEXTWAVE AGENTS OF HATE TP ULTIMATE COLLECTION

PREACHER HC BOOK 02

RAMPAGE VOL 01

SPIDER-MAN 24 7 TP

STAR TREK NERO TP

VIETNAM JOURNAL TP VOL 02 IRON TRIANGLE

WAR MACHINE TP VOL 02 DARK REIGN

WIZARDS OF MICKEY SC VOL 01 MOUSE MAGIC

X-MEN LEGACY PREM HC EMPLATE

Coloring the Kingdom

Vanity Fair has a very interesting article about the women who worked behind the scenes painting the cells of many of Disney's classic films. Highly recommended reading for those interested in animation history! You can check it out here.

Guy Davis Art Show Preview NOW ON

The Labyrinth is excited to be hosting a preview of the Upcoming Art show by BPRD and Sandman Mystery Theatre artist Guy Davis. Stop by the shop to see ORIGINAL COMIC ART PAGES by this great artist. The full show and sale will be held at the Gladstone Hotel in downtown Toronto on Feb 27th, where Guy will also be doing a workshop.

If you want to buy some of his art, you will be able to do so here.

Animation nominees for the Academy Awards

Not too long ago the nominees for the upcoming Academy Awards were announced. James Cameron's 'Avatar' is the biggest story of the year as it is now the highest grossing film of all time both worldwide and at the US domestic box-office! And it isn't slowing down anytime soon! James Cameron now owns the #1 and #2 spots with 'Avatar' and 'Titanic' by a huge margin!

It was a great year for amazing special effects films, and for animation in general. However, in the end there is only one true category for movies that are actually animated in frames by artists and not from state of the art motion and performance capture technology. This year saw films running the gamut from classical 2-D, to stop-motion, and 3-D animation! The nominees for the best animated feature length and short films this year are:

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
CORALINE
FANTASTIC MR FOX
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
THE SECRET OF KELLS
UP!

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
FRENCH ROAST, Fabrice O Joubert
GRANNY O'GRIMM'S SLEEPING BEAUTY, Nicky Phelan & Darragh O'Connell
THE LADY AND THE REAPER, Javier Recio Gracia
LOGORAMA, Nicolas Schmerkin
A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH, Nick Park

It's also another milestone to realise that Pixar's 'Up!' has also been nominated in the the Best Film category this year which has expanded to include 10 nominees. While this decision was made by the academy to include more audience favourite films in order to draw a larger television audience when the show airs, it is only the second animated film to ever be considered in this category since Disney's Beauty & The Beast!

While most of the other feature animated films alongside 'Up!' have been widely marketed, one may not be so well known as it hasn't been widely released in North America yet. That one is 'The Secret of Kells' which hails from Ireland! You can see the trailer here:


Also, anyone interested in checking out the short films that were nominated can find them at this link.

Is Sailor Moon making a comeback?

It appears that the 'Sailor Moon' franchise is growing in popularity in places around the world, in particular, Italy! Could this spell a resurge of interest in North America as well? You can read about the story here.

'The Last Airbender' Superbowl Trailer!

There is another 'Avatar' to look forward to; And that is the live action adaptation of Nickelodean's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' by director M. Night Shyamalan! Given that James Cameron had already long held the title 'Avatar' for his movie, Shyamalan and co. had to settle for the title 'The Last Airbender.' But if this short trailer is anything to go by, the movie looks like it'll be incredibly awesome and very faithful to the source material!

Norman Rockwell's Birthday!

Today, Feb 3rd. marks the birth date of illustrator Norman Rockwell! Google has decided to honor that date with a special logo. You can click here to check out the links they provide, including one to his bio on Wikipedia!

Anyone interested in illustration or is just a fan of iconic American paintings can find several books with collected works of Norman Rockwell available from our store!

Creating the Chimera

Here's a cool little video that will be up for a limited time. It was made as part of an advertising promotion for the upcoming game 'God of War III.' It shows the creation of one of the enemies you'll encounter in the game called 'The Chimera.' The video starts off with the character exploration to concept art to modeling and detailing in Z-Brush to animation within the game engine. It's very short in terms of scope, but intriguing for anyone interested in Character creation, 3-D modeling and game design. Take a look:

The Smurfs are heading to the big screen!

Looks like blue characters are getting more popular. A Smurfs movie is in production under Raja Gosnell who made the Scooby Doo movies and like those the Smurfs will also feature a mix of live human actors and CG characters. Apparently the Smurf's village has also moved to Central Park, NY. A CG render of one of the characters was leaked earlier and you can check it out below, courtesy of UGO.

Smurf fans can find collectable Smurf figurines as well as comic books at our store!

Artist Lin I-Chen

Today we'd like to share with you some beautiful works by another talented artist Lin I-Chen who comes from Taiwan! You can find more excellent illustrations at his website here as well as at his blog. Though, mind you, the site and blog are not in English.

NOW SERVING COMICS..Wednesday Feb 3rd

Starting this week, the Labyrinth books will be stocking more comic-books. Actual comics. At first, our selection will be limited, but we hope to improve this very quickly over the next few months as we see what you guys want. So stop by, have a look and give us your advice on what you would like to see on our stands. Plus ask us about Free Comics.

As always the Labyrinth will continue to stock Graphic Novels, Manga and Art Books.

Back in stock: Dr Who Sonic Screwdriver.

Some of the first Comics:






Graphic Novels and Manga









Full List of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels Below.

ALADDIN LEGACY OF THE LOST #1 (OF 3) A CVR DJURDJEVIC

ARCHIE DIGEST #261

AUTHORITY #19

BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #41

BLACKEST NIGHT WONDER WOMAN #3 (OF 3)

BOYS #39 (MR)

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #32 TWILIGHT PT 1 (OF 5) JO CHEN CV

CABLE #23

CINDERELLA FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE #4 (OF 6) (MR)

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #18

CRIMINAL SINNERS #4

DAFFODIL #2 (OF 3)

DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #896

DEMO VOL 2 #1 (OF 6)

DOCTOR WHO ONGOING #8

DOOM PATROL #7

GI JOE ORIGINS #12

GREEK STREET #8

HOUSE OF MYSTERY #22

INDOMITABLE IRON MAN B&W

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #23

JONAH HEX #52

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL #2

NOVA #34

RED ROBIN #9

SIEGE #2 (OF 4)

SPIDER-MAN NOIR EYES WITHOUT A FACE #3 (OF 4)

TANK GIRL SKIDMARKS #3 (OF 4)

TERRY MOORES ECHO #19

ULTIMATE COMICS X #1

WOLVERINE SAVAGE

X-MEN NOIR MARK OF CAIN #3 (OF 4)

BABY & ME GN VOL 18

BEAST MASTER GN VOL 02 (OF 2)

BERSERK TP VOL 33

BLACK BIRD GN VOL 03

BODY GN VOL 08

CROWN OF LOVE GN VOL 01

D GRAY MAN GN VOL 16

DANCE IN THE VAMPIRE BUND GN VOL 06

EYESHIELD 21 TP VOL 30

HAPPY HAPPY CLOVER GN VOL 04

HIGH SCHOOL DEBUT GN VOL 13

HIKARU NO GO TP VOL 18

HOSHIN ENGI TP VOL 17

KAZE HIKARU GN VOL 16

LEGEND OF ZELDA GN VOL 09

LITTLE BUTTERFLY OMNIBUS ED GN

LUCKY STAR GN VOL 04

MAGIC TOUCH GN VOL 06

MUHYO ROJIS BUREAU SUPER INVEST TP VOL 15

NARUTO TP VOL 47

NORA LAST CHRONICLE OF DEVILDOM GN VOL 09

ONE PIECE TP VOL 29

ONE PIECE TP VOL 30

ONE PIECE TP VOL 31

ONE PIECE TP VOL 32

ONE PIECE TP VOL 33

OTOMEN GN VOL 05

POKEMON ADVENTURES TP VOL 05 2ND ED

RECORD OF A FALLEN VAMPIRE GN VOL 08

REVERSIBLE GN VOL 01

SLAM DUNK GN VOL 08

SMILE SC

ULTIMO GN VOL 01

VAMPIRE KNIGHT TP VOL 09

VAMPIRES PORTRAIT GN VOL 02 (OF 2)

WAQ WAQ GN VOL 03

YU GI OH R GN VOL 03

DOCTOR WHO ELECTRONIC SONIC SCREWDRIVER

COMPLETE DRACULA HC

CROGANS MARCH HC

DARK TOWER FALL OF GILEAD PREM HC

DEADPOOL PREM HC VOL 03 X MARKS THE SPOT

DOMINIC FORTUNE IT CAN HAPPEN HERE AND NOW TP

FABLES TP VOL 13 THE GREAT FABLES CROSSOVER

GLACIAL PERIOD GN 3RD PTG

GREEN LANTERN SECRET ORIGIN TP

HOUSE OF M TP MASTERS OF EVIL

IRON MAN & ARMOR WARS GN TP

IRON MAN TALES OF GOLDEN AVENGER TP GN

RESISTANCE TP

SERENITY ROSE TP VOL 02 GOODBYE CRESTFALLEN

SHOWCASE PRESENTS SECRETS OF SINISTER HOUSE TP

STAR COMICS TP ALL-STAR COLLECTION GN VOL 02

STAR WARS ADV TP VOL 03 LUKE SKYWALKER TREASURE DRAGONSNAKES

SUPER ZOMBIES HC OVERSIZED

SUPERMAN MON EL HC VOL 01

TINY TITANS SIDEKICKIN IT TP

New 'TRON: Legacy' poster!

Disney had recently released this spiffy new poster for 'TRON: Legacy.' Early word seems to suggest that the film's 3-D experience could surpass Avatar's! You can read more about the details here.

The Losers

Here's the first trailer for the live action movie adaptation of the DC comic 'The Losers.' Looks fun!

Beauty & The Beast 3D

/Film has an interesting update about the 3D Beauty and the Beast project that will take the Disney classic and convert it into a 3D experience. The film was delayed to 2010 from last year to line it up with the anniversary of the film's release. It'll be the first major 3-D-2-D movie if you will!

According to the article, they won't simply have the 3-D as simply just laers between the background, middle ground and foreground, but they will also properly be creating geometry to wrap the 2-D animated portions and characters around to give their features round-ness and depth too! I'm very much looking forward to see what the end result could be!

You can read the article here.

Cars 2 - concept image

Earlier today Disney revealed the first concept image from Pixar's sequel to 'Cars.'

In the back seems to be Mount Fuji from Japan, not to mention the obvious Japanese text in the track ad there. Also behind Steve McQueen we see an F1 car character. From the hints of what's been said about the film's story, Cars 2 will have car races going on around the world with plenty of places and foreign vehicles to see!

Fans of the first film can grab the artbook at our store!

Animascope

Here's an intriguing look back in time at advancements in rotoscoping, the original mo-cap animation!

The Art of Monsters with Guy Davis

ComicBookResources has a good interview with Dark Horse artist Guy Davis about designing monsters, including samples of his work and thought processes. Go here to check it out!

Benjamin Remember, Peter De Seve Sketchy Past...

Arriving NEXT WEEK - Wednesday Jan 27 2009

ARCHIE #605

JUXTAPOZ VOL 17 #2 FEB 2010

AFRODISIAC HC

ALIAS ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP BOOK 02

ALICE I/T COUNTRY OF HEARTS GN VOL 01

ANIMAL ACADEMY GN VOL 03 (OF 7) HAKOBUNE HAKUSHO

ART OF GREG HORN HC VOL 02 COVER STORIES

AVENGERS WORLD TRUST PREM HC

BAREFOOT GEN TP VOL 09

BAREFOOT GEN TP VOL 10

BATMAN UNDER THE COWL TP

BRIDE OF THE WATER GOD TP VOL 05

CARS TP VOL 02 RADIATOR SPRINGS

COMPLETE WORLD WAR ROBOT HC

DEADMAN WONDERLAND GN VOL 01

DEADWORLD HC VOL 03 SLAUGHTERHOUSE

ELEMENTAL GELADE GN VOL 11 (OF 14)

FIRST BORN BROKEN TRINITY DELUXE HC

FOUR EYED PRINCE GN VOL 02

HOTWIRE GN VOL 03

HOUSE OF M HC WOLVERINE IRON MAN & HULK

HOUSE OF MYSTERY TP VOL 03 THE SPACE BETWEEN

HULK SON OF HULK HC DARK SON RISING

JOHN STANLEY LIBRARY THIRTEEN GOING ON EIGHTEEN HC

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA STRANGE ADVENTURES TP

KAMICHAMA KARIN-CHU GN VOL 07

KARAKURI ODETTE GN VOL 02 (OF 6)

KIMI NI TODOKE GN VOL 03 FROM ME TO YOU

LOSERS VOLUME 1 AND 2 TP

MAN WITH NO NAME TP VOL 02 HOLLIDAY IN THE SUN

MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN AND AVENGERS TP DIGEST

NG LIFE GN VOL 04 (OF 6)

PHANTOM DREAM GN VOL 05 (OF 5)

PORTRAIT OF M & N GN VOL 01 (OF 6)

REMEMBER GN

SAYONARA ZETSUBO SENSEI GN VOL 05

SECRET WARRIORS VOL 02 GOD OF FEAR GOD OF WAR PREM HC

SHUGO CHARA GN VOL 08

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ARCHIVES TP VOL 12

STOLEN HEARTS VOL 01

TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOL 02

TOGAINU NO CHI GN VOL 05 (OF 5)

TSUBASA GN VOL 25

WIZARDS TALE HC VOL 01

ZONE 00 GN VOL 03 (OF 5)

DOT HACK SIGN GU NOVEL VOL 02 (OF 4)

ILLUSTRATORS ANNUAL OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION TP VOL 51

SHADOWPLAY ART OF MARK WILKINSON HC

SKETCHY PAST ART OF PETER DE SÈVE HC

YASHAKIDEN DEMON PRINCESS NOVEL VOL 01 (OF 3)

ST TALKING COMMUNICATOR KEYCHAIN

TIM BURTON TOXIC BOY 7 INCH VINYL FIGURE

arrived today - Art of Phoneix Wright Ace Attorney and more..

ALL MY DARLING DAUGHTERS GN

BARRY WINDSOR SMITH CONAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 01

CAPTAIN AMERICA ROAD TO REBORN TP

CARTOON INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS TP VOL 01 MICROECONOMICS

CASE CLOSED GN VOL 33

CAT PARADISE GN VOL 03

CLEANERS TP VOL 01 ABSENT BODIES

CODE GEASS NIGHTMARE OF NUNNALLY GN VOL 04

CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 05

GI JOE BEST OF BARONESS TP

HULK FALL OF THE HULKS PRELUDE TP

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA SANCTUARY TP

KING OF RPGS GN

LAON GN VOL 01

LOVERBOY IRWIN HASEN STORY GN

LOVERBOY IRWIN HASEN STORY TP

MARVEL FAIRY TALES TP GN

NO HERO HC

NOT SIMPLE GN

ODYSSEY TP GN

OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 34

OISHINBO VOL 07 IZAKAYA PUB FOOD

ONE FINE DAY TP VOL 01

ONINAGI GN VOL 02

PLUTO URASAWA X TEZUKA GN VOL 07

REAL GN VOL 07

REBELS TP VOL 01 THE COMING OF STARRO

RIN-NE GN VOL 02

STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/T OLD REPUBLIC TP VOL 08 DESTROYER

STAR WARS OMNIBUS SHADOWS OF EMPIRE TP VOL 01

STREET FIGHTER IV TP VOL 01

SUNSHINE SKETCH TP VOL 04

SUPERBOY THE GREATEST TEAM UPS EVER TOLD TP

SWANS IN SPACE GN VOL 02 (OF 3)

TEZUKAS BLACK JACK TP VOL 09

THING PROJECT PEGASUS PREM HC

THOR BY J MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI PREM HC VOL 03

ULTIMATUM REQUIEM TP

VAGABOND VIZBIG ED GN VOL 06

VEIL TP VOL 01

VENUS CAPRICCIO VOL 03

WELCOME TO WAKABA SOH GN VOL 02

WOLVERINE BLACK CAT CLAWS TP

WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS TP CLASS ACTIONS

X-MEN ASGARDIAN WARS HC

ART OF PHOENIX WRIGHT ACE ATTORNEY SC

BOOK OF HEROES NOVEL

VISIONS OF NEVER COLLECTION FANTASY ART HC

VISIONS OF NEVER COLLECTION FANTASY ART SC

YUKIKAZE NOVEL

PERSONA 3 AIGIS FIGMA AF

Art Prints for Haiti!

Do you want to buy some art prints and help victims in Haiti? Here's how you can do both, as all proceeds from the sale of art prints from the artist group 'Girls Drawing Girls' will be donated to the Red Cross!

They are also accepting submissions by other artists to help raise funds, so if you're a good artist who's looking for a way to help, then here's the perfect opportunity to use your talents for a good cause!

Visit their blog for details:
http://artforhaiti.blogspot.com/

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep - Intro Music Video

The most recent game in the Kingdom Hearts franchise 'Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep' released exclusively for the PSP in Japan not too long ago and has been selling out in stores across the country! It'll be releasing here in due time, but you can check out the music video that plays when the game loads up here:

Fans can grab the Kingdom Hearts artbookat our store!

Haiti Relief

No doubt many of you have heard about the tragic earthquake in Haiti. Cartoon Brew has pointed out that Animation director Theodore Ushev has created a poster to draw attention to this and we encourage you to send donations and keep the people of Haiti in your hearts and prayers.

Go here for more information and links to charities.

TEKKEN - The Movie!

Here's our first look at the live action adaptation of the fighting videogame 'Tekken'! Will it be good? Will it be bad? Will it at least be better than the live-action Street Fighter movie? I guess we'll see...

The art of Krista Huot

Here's some more inspiration for all of you out there! A collection of works by an artist with an interest in fairy tales and Biblical imagery! A very neat and clean style! Check it out and if you wish, you can purchase prints!
http://krnepenthe.blogspot.com/

Planet Hulk

Marvel has put up a page dedicated to their upcoming animated direct-to-DVD movie on the Incredible Hulk! You can view a trailer, screens and find information about it here!

You can also find plenty of Hulk trades available at US Cover Price at our store!

The Third & The Seventh

Anyone interested in photorealistic hard surface modeling and lighting will certainly love this, it's quite beautiful and exceedingly impressive, and I say that even after seeing Avatar in 3-D! Everything in this video is the work on one guy and is 100% CG! Try and watch it in HD quality if you can!

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

The official site for the film is here:
http://www.thirdseventh.com/

Blade Immortal, Sky Doll Factory 2, FMA 22..

Arriving this Wednesday Jan 13 2010

JACKSON 500 HC VOL 04

ANGEL #29

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #31 JO CHEN CVR

SKY DOLL DOLL FACTORY #2 (OF 2)

BIG ADVENTURES OF MAJOKO GN VOL 03 (OF 5)

CODE GEASS LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION GN VOL 07

CRAYON SHINCHAN VOL 10

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST TP VOL 22

GUNDAM 00F GN VOL 02

GURREN LAGANN GN VOL 04

INU YASHA TP VOL 44

NINJA BASEBALL KYUMA GN VOL 02 (OF 3)

RED RIVER GN VOL 28

SILENT MOBIUS COMPLETE ED GN VOL 02

SWITCH GN VOL 12

YAKITATE JAPAN TP VOL 21

DOCTOR WHO TALKING TARDIS MONEY BANK

AGENTS OF ATLAS TURF WARS PREM HC

ALEC SC YEARS HAVE PANTS LIFE SIZE OMNIBUS

ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #205

ARMY OF DARKNESS 09 HELLBILLIES & DEADNECKS

BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD TP

BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #177

BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL TP VOL 22 FOOTSTEPS

BUCK ROGERS IN 25TH CENTURY DAILIES HC VOL 03

CABLE PREM HC VOL 03 STRANDED

CALAMITY JACK HC VOL 01

DEAD ROMEO TP

DOC SAVAGE THE SILVER PYRAMID TP

ELEPHANTMEN TP VOL 02 FATAL DISEASES

FALLEN ANGEL REBORN TP VOL 01

HUMAN TARGET CHANCE MEETINGS TP

INCREDIBLE HERCULES TP DARK REIGN

LITTLE ADVENTURES IN OZ BOOK 01

NO HERO TP

RED SONJA OMNIBUS TP VOL 01

RUNAWAYS ESCAPE TO NEW YORK PREM HC

SOUL KISS HC VOL 01

SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 04

SPIDER-MAN ELECTION DAY TP

SPIDER-MAN RETURN OF BLACK CAT PREM HC

STAR TREK SPOCK REFLECTIONS TP

TORPEDO HC VOL 01

TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON TP VOL 04

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 22 ULTIMATUM

ULTIMATUM TP

Toronto Cartoonist Workshop Courses for Winter 2010

Are you interested in writing or drawing comics or working in related media? Do you live in the GTA or surrounding area?

The Toronto Cartoonists Workshop is pleased to announce thier expanded course offerings for February 2010!

Show Me A Story: Fundamentals of Storyboarding with Sam Agro

Many contemporary comic book artists supplement cartooning income by working in film as storyboard artists. Join industry veteran Sam Agro (artist on the SAW franchise) as he breaks down the components of storyboarding for live-action film. The perfect intro to working in Hollywood North!

Comic Book Inking: 4 Perspectives with J. Bone, Ramon Perez, Ty Templeton & Pat Davidson

A course developed for inkers who want to expand the mark making vocabulary of an existing style or pencillers who wish to break into finishing their own work. Instructors are DC and Marvel artists who have been chosen because they represent the broadest possible spectrum of styles and approaches.

Writing for Comics: Finding Inspiration on a Schedule with Ty Templeton

Learn story construction, character development, dialogue, plotting, pitching and editing a script for the comics industry. Eisner-award winning writer and artist Ty Templeton will lead you through the formats and techniques of comic script writing.

All courses begin the week of February 1st.
For more information please visit:
http://www.cartoonistsworkshop.com

Or contact Walter Dickinson at
info@cartoonistsworkshop.com
Or 647-502-7605.

Scott Pilgrim - Official Images

As a follow-up to a previous blog entry, we now have a good quality version of the cast of the Scott Pilgrim movie along with another very cool still. See for yourself!

New God of War III Concept Art!

Here's some art that's been releasing online in anticipation of God of War III's scheduled release this March, exclusively for PlayStation 3.

You can find more official concept art for characters, creatures & levels here and here. We're sure to see and learn more about this game over the coming month. In the meantime, anyone interested in concept art can find several Ballistic artbooks with top quality work by artists working in films and gaming available at our store!

Alma - Animated Short

Pixar animator Rodrigio Blaas took time off work to go to his homeland in Spain and while there he, his brother and a group of other artists created this outstanding short film!

You can watch it in the video below, but I recommend seeing the film in better quality on its own official website.

Upular!

Create music using only sound samples taken from Pixar's Up!? Who does that??? Well this guy apparently... and it's pretty good too!


Fans of Up! Can grab the artbook for the film at our store!

New 'How to Train Your Dragon' trailer!

Dreamworks released a new trailer at the end of the year for their upcoming film directed by Chris Sanders; and they're certainly trying to imitate Disney's 'Legacy' way of creating trailers...




It's old - but check out the trailer below for Seinfeld's Comedian - using the voiceover guy who seems to have done the trailer above too.



Those interested in Chris Sander's work can grab his sketchbooks along with the art of Lilo & Stitch and other books at our store!

dr who - the next generation

As the Doctor Who New Year's episode ended, comes this teaser for the new season.

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Trailer

Following two seasons, Suzumiya Haruhi is heading to the big screen with a new film that will detail the next escapade of Kon and Crew as they try to keep Haruhi oblivious to the truth, but this time things are certainly going to take a turn for the worse! The new film looks to have some high production values judging by the new trailer that's released! No surprise given the higher than average quality of animation on the TV series.


Fans of Haruhi can find artbooks, manga, light novels as well as plushies, posters, wallscrolls and other related merchandise available from our store!

2010 Arrives! + Hellsing Ultimate 7 Trailer!

We'd like to wish everyone a late Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! And we look forward to all the exciting things coming up!

To start off with, how about a peek at the 7th OVA for Hellsing Ultimate? This animated collection is a direct adaptation of Kohta Hirano's insane manga! The OVA has just been released in Japan and it along with past installments will be available in North America in due time in addition to those already out.




For those wishing to get into the story, we carry all the currently released volumes from 1 to 9 at our store. The 10th and final volume has already been released in Japan and will be available in mid 2010! Horror and action fans can definately look forward to the finale!

one piece x5, Hi Fructose 14, Walking Dead 11..

Arriving Wednesday Jan 6th

5 different one piece volumes #24-28. starting this month, for the next several months there will be 5 volumes/month as Viz attempts to catch up to production in Japan.

Walking Dead 11 - YES! Believe it.

HI Fructose #14.

More - see the list at the bottom





















the full list below:

CINEFEX #120 JAN 2010

HI FRUCTOSE MAGAZINE QUARTERLY #14

JUXTAPOZ VOL 17 #1 JAN 2010

YEN PLUS MAGAZINE VOL 3 #2 FEB 2010

ARCHIE & FRIENDS TP VOL 02 BETTYS DIARY

BOX MAN HC

CAPTAIN CANUCK HC VOL 02

CHILL HC

CHOCO MIMI GN VOL 03

CRIMINAL MACABRE CELL BLOCK 666 TP

CRIMSON HERO TP VOL 12

DAREDEVIL TP BORN AGAIN

FAIRY TAIL GN VOL 09

FATE STAY NIGHT GN VOL 06 (OF 7)

FRUITS BASKET ULTIMATE ED GN VOL 04 (OF 4)

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST TP VOL 21

GIN TAMA TP VOL 16

GRAVITATION COLLECTION GN VOL 04 (OF 6)

HAPPY CAFE GN VOL 01

HUNTER X HUNTER TP VOL 26

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN PREM HC VOL 03 MOST WANTED BK 02

KAZU KIBUISHI COPPER GN

KIMIKISS GN VOL 03 (OF 3)

KYO KARA MAOH GN VOL 05

LEAVE IT TO PET GN VOL 04

LIFE & TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK HC VOL 01

LIST HC

LOVE COM TP VOL 16

MAD LOVE CHASE GN VOL 02 (OF 5)

MAID SAMA GN VOL 03 (OF 6)

MARVEL DIVAS TP

MISSILE MOUSE GN VOL 01 STAR CRUSHER

MOMOGUMI PLUS SENKI GN VOL 02 (OF 3)

MUPPET SHOW TREASURE OF PEG LEG WILSON TP

NANA TP VOL 20

NATSUMES BOOK OF FRIENDS TP VOL 01

NEGIMA NEO GN VOL 04

NINJA GIRLS GN VOL 02

ONE PIECE TP VOL 24

ONE PIECE TP VOL 25

ONE PIECE TP VOL 26

ONE PIECE TP VOL 27

ONE PIECE TP VOL 28

POSEFILE PKT MANGA TP VOL 01

PRINCE OF TENNIS GN VOL 35

REBORN GN VOL 14

SA GN VOL 14

SAND CHRONICLES GN VOL 07

SGT FROG GN VOL 18

SHAMAN KING TP VOL 26

SHUTTER ISLAND GRAPHIC NOVEL

SIEGE PRELUDE TP

SPIRIT TP VOL 05

STARCRAFT GHOST ACADEMY GN VOL 01

STRAWBERRY 100 % TP VOL 11

TITANS OLD FRIENDS TP

TROUBLEMAKERS HC

UNWRITTEN TP VOL 01 TOMMY TAYLOR BOGUS IDENTITY TP

VB ROSE GN VOL 07 (OF 12)

WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS

WE WERE THERE GN VOL 08

WHISTLE TP VOL 24

WORLD I CREATE VOL 01

X-MEN MUTANT MASSACRE HC

X-MEN VS AVENGERS PREM HC

X-MEN VS FANTASTIC FOUR PREM HC

YU GI OH GX GN VOL 04

SPECTRUM TP VOL 05 NEW PTG

GRENDIZER 6IN METALTECH AF SET

TIM BURTON OYSTER BOY 8 INCH VINYL FIGURE

Indie Writers Deathmatch III

Are you an aspiring writer? Are you competitive? Then why not submit your very own work of short fiction and allow readers to decide who's worthy to be left standing at the end? Broken Pencil is hosting their third Deathmatch for Indie Writers where the winning entries get their work published with 1st place winning a monetary prize! Learn more details here:

www.brokenpencil.com/deathmatch/

The Assets of Uncharted 2

'Uncharted 2: Among Thieves' is the highest rated and unanimously agreed best game of 2009. Having played it I recommend everyone pick up this game! It's exclusive to the PS3.

One of the lead character artists from Naughty Dog, the developer of the game, has posted up a bunch of images pertaining to the game characters showing off a whole lot of their CG models at Z-Brush Central. Anyone interested in 3-D Character modeling and texturing should definately take a look! You can find the thread images and discussion here.

All those interested in CG modeling and texturing can find a great selection of inspirational art books from Ballistic as well as DVD tutorials from Gnomon Workshop available at our store! They come highly recommended!