Last Saturday, 14th of April I
attended the Wizard World Toronto convention at the MTCC. This was my second
year in attending this convention, and this year was no disappointment.
The details of my day can be found in my
last post.
I am always looking for new independent
comics to read. And this year I was not disappointed. There were so many great
books to choose from and found myself hard to pick the ones to take home to
read. However the following are the ones I did end up purchasing.
At the Borderline booth they were giving
out free comic by the name of Fanboys vs
Zombies. This fun book is by Sam Humphries and Jerry Gaylord, and is published
by Boom! Studios. This is a
what if zombies invade a comic convention. You are introduced to a fun bunch of
convention friends the “wrecking crew for 4 lyfe”. What makes this story fun is
that the main characters are modelled off the typical convention goer. Plus
have we not all thought what would happen if zombies invaded our favourite
comic con. Humphries pens a fun story with Gaylord’s art make this an enjoyable
read. But … yes there is a but, you have to continue the story in issue #2.
The next book I picked up was Bunch of Ice’s Adventures of the Unlikely. In this
issue #1 you are informed at the beginning that the three stories have slightly
different art styles for they were trying out the different styles for the
series. The issue is a collection of three you think random stories about
photographer June. Yet you realize at the end of the first story that June does
not follow the “normal” stories. Each of artist’s Anya Craig styles in the
three stories complements the writers Owen Craig and Curtis Westman
introduction to this interesting character and series.
Next I stopped by the Paradise Comic’s
booth to meet up with Andrew Uys. We were tweeting earlier in the week about my
looking for interesting indy books. Andrew told me he had a book that I should
check out. It was UysFaber Inc’s Totem
Sacred: Salt Road. You are immediately introduced to Margaret Wilson the
story’s protagonist. With Jaclyn Armstrong’s words and the compelling art by
Mathew Salomen, you are drawn into the world of mystery and intrigue of Salt Road. By the end I was wishing for
issue #2.
Then when I was visiting my good friend and
artist extraordinaire Sean Ward, he asked if I had all his comics. I told him
that I was only missing the one and will have to get it next time. In which in
true Sean Ward style made sure I did not leave without his Tomorrow Never Knows. This book is about the interest time of The
Beatles. I must admit not a huge The Beatles fan yet with Sean’s proses and
interesting art you are gripped in the story he is telling. Thank you again for this most generous gift
and will treasure it always J
I would like to
thank all the great and amazing artists, that I met and talked with about their
work. I am looking forward to the next issues for your series
I do admit that
these books will not appeal to everyone yet I do recommend that you check them
out for yourself.
I did also pick
up David Petersen’s Mouse Guard
hardcovers: Legend of the Guard and Winter 1152. Thank you to Paradise
Comics for a great deal on these books! I will do a review of these as soon as
I can rangle them back from my mum ;)
