Marty’s Kickstarter Pick … Spectrum #2
Press Release - Spectrum #2 Kickstarter LaunchCOMING OUT IS A RAINBOW OF EXPERIENCES. ESPECIALLY WITH ,…
Nominations for the 2020 Joe Shuster Awards
Press Release - September 8, 2020It has been a challenging year, and while this announcement comes…
An Open Letter to PayPal from an Independent Creator
Recently I supported a crowd-funding project from the PlaidStallion himself, Brian Heiler. It is for a…
Taking the Wraps Off … Group of 7: A Most Secret Tale
Chris Sanagan and Jason Lapidus' Group of 7 series released their 6th issue a while back…
Captain Canuck Turns 45 & American Daredevil Hits Stores!
PRESS RELEASE ...CAPTAIN CANUCK TURNS 45 + AMERICAN DAREDEVIL HITS STORES! It’s that time of year…
Chapterhouse On-Demand Back Issues Now Available
Exciting news as Chapterhouse Comics has made their entire back catalogue of comics and trade paperbacks…
Heroes Manufactured Live Presents Comics Vault
Heroes Manufactured Live TV is a streaming Web Series from Yaron Betan, producer of the award-winning…
DC Comics Officially Dumps Diamond Comic Distributors
In an email to retailers today, DC Comics announced the end of its long-standing distribution arrangement…
Auric’s Legion Strike Card Game
ATTENTION TEAM AURIC!Great North Comics is announcing the Auric's Legion Strike card game open Beta Sets…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 156
Episode 156 - Out-of-Towner The at-home hijinks continue as the lads chat about impulsive quarantine buying…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 30
Episode 30 - Revisited During our Covid-19 quarantine, we thought this would be a great opportunity…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 155
Episode 155 - Homegrown Ladies, Gentleman and distingushed guests that identify somewhere inbetween … welcome to…
Marty’s Kickstarter Pick – Banana Tail and The Checkerboard Jungle
Comic book veteran Mark McKenna is launching a Kickstarter campaign for his third storybook in the…
Runner-Up Favourite Podcast 2019 – Hey Kids Comics Radio Show
Hosted right here at First Comics News, The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show won Runner-Up Favourite…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 151
Episode 151 - Angry Cartoons Dan, Marty and Adam hit the airwaves actually reviewing comics! It…
Whatever Happened To … Secondary Superheroes of Golden Age Comics
EiC: Hey, Marty, can you do a review for me? Me: Sure Chief EiC: Great, and…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 149
Episode 149 - Tijuana Bible Studies Dan, Marty and Adam update our loyal listeners on the…
Vote for The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show!
Brendan Montgomery, Editor in Chief of Sequential Magazine is pleased to announce, on behalf of the…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 148
Episode 148 - La Broma Asesina Welcome to 2020!! First episode of the decade sees Chris…
Need a Ride? … Afterlift #1
Uber, Lyft and other ride-sharing apps are a bit of a novelty to me. See, our…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 147
Episode 147 - Happy Holidays Dan, Chris and Chris sit down on this, our last Hey…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 145
Episode 145 - OG Wiz Kidz The OG crew man the mics as Marty and Chris…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 144
Episode 144 - Fight, Fight, Fight Chris Gilpin, Adam and Marty start the show off with…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 143
Episode 143 - The Hey-Team In 1997, a crack collecting unit was sent to reading prison…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 141
Episode 141 - Bwah ha ha Pop Vinyls and not enough oxygen in the studio have…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 140
Episode 140 - Terrific Twosome The Dynamic Duo of Dan Collins and Adam Bishop regale us…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 139
Episode 139 - Dawn of X Martin defends Pennyworth and Alfred in general but can’t bring…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 138
Episode 138 - Slacker So yeah … ahhh … Dan, Chris and Chris talked about something.…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 137
Episode 137 - College Fund We are back for the Fall of 2019! Dan Collins, Chris…
The 2019 Joe Shuster Award Winners
The 15th annual Joe Shuster Awards were presented in Guelph, ON on Saturday, September 14th. Hosted…
Marty’s Kickstarter Pick – Mutant World & Son of Mutant World
A hardcover collected edition of stories originally from Warren Publishing's brilliant sci-fi magazine, 1984? Stories that…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 136
Episode 136 - Beware the Monsters Our last show of the summer session. We’ll be back…
Marty’s Kickstarter Pick – Siegfried: Dragon Slayer
Wow! It has been a hot minute since I last posted a Kickstarter Pick. But what…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 135
Episode 135 - WAR! War, what’s it good for? Welp, there sure were a tonne of…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 134
Episode 134 - Zed’s Dead, Baby Marty and The Chrises take the mic to chat about…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 133
Episode 133 - Naughty Naughty Dan, Adam and Chris Gilpin brave the heat in Studio A…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 132
Episode 131 - Nice Second Appearance Dan and Chris try not to drool as Chris Ellis…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 131
Episode 131 - Red Bull Wings The Walking Dead comic series ending is an epic situation.…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 130
Episode 130 - Sable, Jon Sable Adam, Chris Ellis and Dan host this week discussing intense…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 129
Episode 129 - Captain Ersatz Adam kicks things right off in this episode introducing Dan and…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 128
Episode 128 - CORAL! A huge issue of Walking Dead dropped this week and the tools…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 127
Episode 127 - WWJCVDD Adam continues the Faust fest by introducing Sam and Dan to the…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 126
Episode 126 - Burning Bright Dan, Marty and Chris Gilpin sit down and chat about the…
Marty’s Kickstarter Pick … Frenemies: The Lost Planet
Monty Nero (X-Men, Hulk) and Yishan Li (Hellboy, Buffy, Blue Beetle) have a new sci-fi fantasy…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 125
Episode 125 - NKOTB The New Kids on the Block take over the show!. Dan guides…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 124
Episode 124 - Summer Lovin' Let the warm weather recharge our Vitamin D depleted souls!! Our…
Marty’s Kickstarter Pick … Books with Pictures
The New Location A little different kind of a Kickstarter Pick from me this time around…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 123
Episode 123 - So Long and Thanks For All the Fish Last show of our Winter…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 122
Episode 122 - This is a Bit Meta Adam drops into the studio to help Dan…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 121
Episode 121 - Say What Now? Three out of four radio hosts have an opinion on…
Kiki’s Delivery Service Flies into Cineplex Theatres for its 30th Anniversary
Kiki’s Delivery Service Flies into Cineplex Theatres for its 30th Anniversary as Part of Studio Ghibli…
The Best Comic Convention in Canada … Toronto Comicon 2019
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Toronto Comicon is easily my favourite comic…
Shazam! Hits the 2019 Toronto Comicon
It was a rainy red carpet event at the Yonge-Dundas Square where the DC Comics Shazam!…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 120
Episode 120 - Triggered Sam is haulin' boxes as he moves his collection to a new…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 119
Episode 119 - Whoa Dan! Chris Ellis joins Marty and Dan this week as we talk…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 118
Episode 118 - Potty Humour Banana Splits as a horror movie? What the flying fig? Between…
Introducing Sandstone Comics
Introducing Sandstone Comics In the autumn of 2018, Sandy Carruthers, Robert Doan, and Greg Webster joined…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 117
Episode 117 - I'll Savage Your Avengers Marvel adjectives the HECK out of the Savage Avengers.…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 116
Episode 116 - Kiss My Grits Bill Dan has finally read Hard Travelling Heroes and recognizes…
The Hey Kids Comics Radio Show – Episode 115
Episode 115 - Edge of the Canaryverse Tommy Texter ... sorry ... Sam, Dan and Chris…