The Ottawa Comic Book Guy

Happy Hangover Day, Canada. Hope you didn't have to get up to go to work. Today I am going to do a review of a book by another local Ottawa artist, a man by the name of Steve Coffin. Steve was born in 1974 in Portsmouth, England, and after trying to make a go of a career in music, emigrated to Canada in 2000. After graduating from Wed design from my alma matter, Algonquin College, he has been working hard as a graphic artist ever since. I particularly love this cover as a big fan of the Guild, in fact this was what attracted me to his work in the first place. I had the pleasure of meeting Steve at a small Aylmer show where he was giving drawing lessons. I had my kids with me, so partaking in the session was impossible, but I did watch as he passed his knowledge on to an eager batch of what I would call, the next generation. Steve's website is www.stevecoffin.com , so give it a look and maybe you'll see what I do. You can get some of his comic work, including the book ...

Good day, I write this as a bit of a (I don't want to call it filler) time crunch has hit me this week. (Thanks nasty weather!) Tomorrow is Action Comics 1000 and also the 80th anniversary of the first issue of the book! As someone who has loved this particular title forever I can't believe it's here. This is amazing because although many European publications have reached this (mostly because they publish weekly or biweekly)  Action becomes the first one on our side of the pond to make it. And that is very pleasing. In addition to six cover versions, there will be a hardcover book. Action 1000 will be followed by a new weekly Man of Steel series by Brian Michael Bendis, and then Superman will reboot again and Action 1001 and the new Superman (v5) 1 will represent a new start (yet again) for Superman. These will not come out until July so this will represent Action 's fourth three month hiatus over the course of its long lifetime. I hope the wait is worth it. ...