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In 1917, two Royal Corp pilots on patrol over France got attacked by Germans in World War I. Alexander Mackaye thought he was done for when his wing man flew into a cloud and actually disappeared. In actuality, the other pilot was transferred 42 years into the future. ("The Last Flight", Twilight Zone, TV, Event)

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The Twilight Zone: The Last Flight - CBS  -  February 5, 1960

Drama / Fantasy

Running Time:  30 minutes

Stars:

Kenneth Haigh as Second Lt. Decker

Simon Scott as Major Wilson

Alexander Scourby as Major General Harper

Robert Warwick as Air Vice Marshal Alexander Mackaye

Harry Raybould as Corporal

Jerry Catron as Guard

Jack Perkins as Mechanic

Paul Baxley as Jeep driver

This was the first episode of The Twilight Zone scripted by Richard Matheson. 

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The 2018 Joe Shuster Award Nominations

The nominations for the 2018 Joe Shuster Awards have been announced this week.  Commonly nickednamed “The Shusters”, they are Canada’s national comic book awards that honours and raises the awareness of Canadians that create, self-publish and sell comic books, digital comics and graphic novels.

The award winners will be chosen by a jury vote to ensure every nominee is given adequate consideration.

The ceremony will take place at the Montreal Comic Con July 6-8, 2018 at the Palais des congrès, Montreal, QC.

And the nominees are:

Webcomics Creator / Créateur de Bandes Dessinées Web

BOUMERIES – BOUM

MENAGE A 3 – GISELE LAGACE, DAVID LUMSDON (adult content)

SUBNORMALITY – WINSTON ROWNTREE

BUN TOONS – TY TEMPLETON

STRANGEBEARD – KELLY TINDALL

TRUE PATRIOT PRESENTS #2-6 – VARIOUS

RAGMOP – ROB WALTON

Writer / Scénariste

ED BRISSON – IRON FIST 1-7, 73, BULLSEYE 1-3, CABLE 150, OLD MAN LOGAN 25-29 (MARVEL COMICS)

MEREDITH FINCH – ROSE 1-6 (IMAGE COMICS), CATWOMAN: ELECTION NIGHT 1(DC COMICS)

JEFF LEMIRE – DEATH OF X 3-4, EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN 16-20, IVX 1-6, MOON KNIGHT 8-14, OLD MAN LOGAN 13-24, THANOS 1-12 (MARVEL COMICS), BLOODSHOT REBORN 0, BLOODSHOT SALVATION 1-4, BLOODSHOT USA 4(VALIANT COMICS), BLACK HAMMER 7-13, GIANT-SIZED ANNUAL 1, SHERLOCK FRANKENSTEIN AND THE LEGION OF EVIL 1-3 (DARK HORSE COMICS), DESCENDER 18-25 (IMAGE COMICS), HAWKMAN FOUND 1 (DC COMICS)

CHIP ZDARSKY – DR. STRANGE 1.MU, PETER PARKER – THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN 1-5, STAR-LORD 1-6, ANNUAL 1 (MARVEL COMICS) HARLEY QUINN 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (DC COMICS)

JIM ZUB – AVENGERS 1.MU, SECRET EMPIRE UNITED 1, THUNDERBOLTS 7-12, UNCANNY AVENGERS 25-28, ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE 1-3, 0, ZOMBIES ASSEMBLE 2 1-2 (w/Yusako Komiyama) (MARVEL COMICS), GLITTERBOMB: THE FAME GAME 1-4, WAYWARD 21-25 (IMAGE COMICS), DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: FROST GIANT’S FURY 3-5 (IDW) FREELANCE 1-4 (w/Andrew Wheeler) (CHAPTERHOUSE)

Cover Artist / Dessinateur Couvertures

MICHAEL CHO – DC Comics, Marvel Comics

MIKE DEL MUNDO – Marvel Comics

DALE KEOWN – Marvel Comics, DC Comics

MIKAEL – Dargaud

DJIBRIL MORISSETTE-PHAN – Chapterhouse, Image Comics

JULIE ROCHELEAU – Casterman

FIONA STAPLES – Image Comics

Artist / Dessinateur

MIKE DEL MUNDO – THE AVENGERS 1-6, 9-11, MIGHTY THOR 700 (MARVEL COMICS)

DAVID FINCH – BATMAN 16-20, 24 (DC COMICS)

STUART IMMONEN – AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 25-31, 789, MARVEL LEGACY 1 (MARVEL COMICS), EMPRESS 7 (ICON/MARVEL COMICS)

RAMON PEREZ – JANE (ARCHAIA), NOVA 1-5, 7, GENERATIONS: MILES MORALES SPIDER-MAN, PETER PARKER SPIDER-MAN 1 (MARVEL COMICS)

JULIE ROCHELEAU – BETTY BOOB (CASTERMAN)

FIONA STAPLES – SAGA 42-48 (IMAGE COMICS)

Cartoonist / Auteur

MICHEL FALARDEAU – L’ESPRIT DU CAMP (STUDIO LOUNAK)

RON KASMAN – THE TOWER OF COMIC BOOK FREAKS (CALIBER COMICS)

JEFF LEMIRE – ROUGHNECK (GALLERY 13), ROYAL CITY 1-8 (IMAGE COMICS)

LORNA MAPA – DURAN DURAN, IMELDA MARCOS AND ME (CONUNDRUM PRESS)

JOE OLLMANN – THE ABOMINABLE MR. SEABROOK (DRAWN+QUARTERLY)

STEVE SKROCE – MAESTROS 1-3 (IMAGE COMICS)

JILLIAN TAMAKI – BOUNDLESS (DRAWN+QUARTERLY)

FRANCOIS VIGNEAULT – TITAN (POW POW)

ANNE VILLENEUVE – UNE LONGUE CANICULE (MECANIQUE GENERALE)

Gene Day Award (Self-Publishers) / Prix Gene Day (Auto-éditeurs)

Named after the late Howard Eugene Day (1951-1982), this award honours Canadian comic book creators or creative teams who self-published their work but did not have the books distributed by a third party such as Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. The nominees were selected from individual publications submitted for review before the deadline of May 13th, 2017.

This year the award will be split into two categories:

Single Creator/Creative Team:

GLADIASAURS, BEAVER DAMN 1 – A. SHAY HAHN (C)

FEAST OF FIELDS – MOR: PART 1 – SEAN KAREMAKER (C)

DEAD CHARLIE T.3: LES AMAZONES DE VENUS – THIERRY LABROSSE (C)

WHERE IS ZORG?, WRESTLEMON – JEFF MARTIN (C)

HEROES OF HOMEROOM C – ANTHONY RUTTGAIZER (W) w/ Carlos Granda (A)

FIR VALLEY – JASON TURNER (C)

MARIE AND THE WORRYWART, MAGICAL BEATDOWN VOL.2 – JENN WOODALL (C)

(C)=Cartoonist, (A)=Artist, (W)=Writer

Anthology Format:

HOGTOWN HORROR – BOOK DESIGN AND LAYOUT BY TIM LAI (HOGTOWN COMICS)

MOONSHOT: THE INDIGENOUS COMICS COLLECTION VOL. 2 – EDITED BY HOPE NICHOLSON (AH COMICS)

RAID.ONE – EDITED BY ROB COUGHLER AND RAMON PEREZ (RAID STUDIO)

READ MORE COMICS 3 – DAVID CRAIG, JAMES SPENCER AND ROBB MIRSKY (READMORECOMIX.COM)

YONGE AT HEART – EDITED BY STEVE ANDREWS, AARON FELDMAN, ALLISON O’TOOLE (TORONTO COMICS)

Harry Kremer Award (Retailers) / Prix Harry Kremer (Détaillants)

Named after the Harry Kremer, the original owner of Now & Then Books (in Kitchener, Ontario). The CCBCAA maintains a list of active comic book stores across the country and a database of recommendations, referrals and secret shopper reports.

ALPHA COMICS – CALGARY, ALBERTA

COMIC READERS – REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN

DOWNTOWN COMICS – ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND

GOTHAM CENTRAL – MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO

LIBRAIRIE Z – MONTREAL, QUEBEC

TAZMANIAN COMICS – VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

TITAN GAMING AND COLLECTIBLES – WHITEHORSE, YUKON

The Dragon Award (Comics for Kids) / Le Prix Dragon (Bandes Dessinées pour Enfants)

This award recognizes the works which capture the attention and fascination of young readers, and help to create a passion for life-long reading. Works considered for this award are comic books and graphic novels by Canadian creators that are targeted at readers 14 and under. Nominees for this award are selected by a team of educators led by Jennifer Haines, MA, B.Ed., who is also the proprietor of Guelph, Ontario’s The Dragon comic book shop.

Nominees List Pending 

The T.M. Maple Award / Prix T.M. Maple

The T.M. Maple Award will go to someone (living or deceased) selected from the Canadian comics community for achievements made outside of the creative and retail categories who have had a positive impact on the community.

2018 Recipient: MARK ASKWITH (1956-)

Producer, writer, interviewer (and sometime-publisher/editor), and a familiar name in the fields of science fiction and comics.

Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame / Temple de la renommée Créateur Canadien de Bandes Dessinées

SID BARRON (1917-2006) 

JACQUES GOLDSTYN aka BORIS (1958-) 

DAVID BOSWELL (1953-) 

TOM GRUMMETT (1959-)

2018 sponsors include:

The Dragon

All New Comics

The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund (CLLDF)

Montreal Comic Con

About The Joe Shuster Awards

Established in 2004, The Joe Shuster Awards are Canada’s national award recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation of comic books, graphic novels and webcomics. The awards are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman. The name is used with the approval of the Estate of Joe Shuster – Michael Catron, Estate Agent.

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CAC007058a by Jerry Oldenettel Via Flickr: Rocky Mountain Sage at Sheep Basin Tank, Catron Co., NM, 140904. Salvia reflexa. Asterids: Lamiales: Lamiaceae. AKA Lanceleaf Sage.

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In 1959, one moment, Kenneth Haigh was fleeing German fighter planes in 1917 and the next moment he was 42 years into the future. His confusion was heightened after he landed that not only was he in the future, but the air base he landed at was waiting for the arrival of a World War II hero that Haigh left to face the German fighters alone and die ("The Last Flight", Twilight Zone, TV)