Doug's Doom

Comic Book Resources contributing writer Doug Zawisza recently interviewed J. Bone and me for his Doom Patrol blog. To check out that Q&A, please follow this link. And make sure to check out Doug's other posts including fun regular features like "Elasti-Girl Fridays" and "Negative Mondays," plus links to pretty much any and all Doom Patrol related news from throughout the Blogsphere and Interwebs. It's a great blog for fans of the Doom Patrol!

Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day is only one week away!

I just wanted to remind everyone that I will be signing and giving away free copies of Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century, Teen Titans Go, Ninja Scroll, and Wonder Girl at Comic Book Addiction in the morning and Paradise Comics in the afternoon.

Comic Book Addiction
1032 Brock Street South in Whitby
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Paradise Comics
3278 Yonge Street in Toronto
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Joining me at Paradise Comics are J. Korim and Jesse Lam, the art team of Neozoic, as well as David Bruins and Hilary Leung of Ninja, Cowboy, Bear fame.

Hope to see you at one of these fine shops on Free Comic Book Day!

Doom's Day

BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #7
Written by J. Torres; Art by J. Bone; Cover by Scott Jeralds

Here comes the Doom Patrol! And they want Batman to help them out with…General Immortus? But we just shipped him off last issue!


On sale July 29 • 32 pg, FC, $2.50 US

It's the story of Batman and the "World's Strangest Heroes" brought to you by Alison Dare's two daddies! Oh, and look Teen Titans Go fans, it's Beast Boy! But why is Robotman only a head? And who really is behind "The Secret of the Doomsday Design"? You'll find out in July when you pick up Batman: The Brave and the Bold #7! Remember to reserve your copy today!

Hey, Kids! Free Comics!

Free Comic Book Day 2009 is on Saturday, May 2nd at participating comic book shops across North America and around the world!

I will be signing and giving away free copies of Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century, Teen Titans Go, Ninja Scroll, and Wonder Girl (while supplies last!) at two shops in the Greater Toronto Area:

Comic Book Addiction
1032 Brock Street South in Whitby
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Paradise Comics
3278 Yonge Street in Toronto
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

To find out which comic shops are participating in your area and who's appearing there, or for more information about the annual Free Comic Book Day event, please go here.

Interview @ Comic Book Resources

From my recent interview at CBR:

Warner Bros. Animation has enjoyed mondo success with its latest venture into all ages programming, “Batman: The Brave and the Bold.” With the caped crusader teaming up with classic heroes like Aquaman and Plastic Man and newcomers like the Jaime Reyes incarnation of Blue Beetle, the Cartoon Network hit is a perfect blend of new and old.

In January, DC Comics launched a companion series, “Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” and come June a new writer comes on board in J. Torres.

No stranger to kid-friendly fare, Torres previously enjoyed a long run on “Teen Titans Go!,” based on the animated TV series “Teen Titans.” He also recently landed himself a nomination for a Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Award for his overall work in 2008 on such titles as “The Family Dynamic,” “Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century” and “Wonder Girl.”

CBR News checked in with Torres to discuss the project and to see if we couldn’t find out if and when the Man of Steel will be making his first appearance in “The Brave and the Bold.”

You can read the Q&A here .

And the nominees are...

The 2009 Joe Shuster Awards for Canadian Comic Book Creators have just been announced. I've been nominated in the Writer category and two of my Degrassi: Extra Credit cohorts have also been nominated: Steve Rolston in the Artist category, and Ramon Perez in the Web Comic category for Butternut Squash with Rob Coughler. For the complete list of this year's Shuster nominees, please go here.

Congratulations and good luck to all my fellow nominees!