Halloween 2014 awesomeness!

Confession: Every time I see some local kid dressed as Captain America for Halloween, a small part of me dies. :-(

But when I see great Halloween outfits such as the ones below, I could come back to life more often than James MacDonald Hudson! :-)

All are lifted from Facebook groups, and each respective group is linked through the picture.  I take credit for nothing, I display only because I dig.

First off, Captain Canuck West.

The above is actually from Winnipeg's Central Canada Comic Con (but it was taken and posted on Halloween, so it counts). It's cool to see that version of the character still have some legs. You know what else would be great? Check out what Marvel is doing with Spiderverse and transfer that over to the Captain. All versions of the character in one book/story line. How much fun would that be?

Next, we have Nelvana:

The lady is named Amy Kenny.  Not sure about the dog. ;-)  As far as I'm concerned, that's her brother Tanero.

Last and certainly not least...The Red Ensign from True Patriot!

This was credited only to "a fan from Ottawa".  I love seeing a more recent character with a limited publication history get this kind of treatment if only to add a little exposure.

Good on ya, folks!  For what little it's worth, I appreciate the effort and the originality!

From Gold to Grey

The following was posted on the True Patriot anthology Facebook page.

We're all about being Canadian, so J. Bone's Golden Owl has been renamed Grey Owl! Whatever you call our fine feathered friend, he looks great in colour...

Makes sense.  In fact, it's kind of surprising that no one has thought to name a Canadian superhero Grey Owl to this point (that I know of).  Here's part of the image being referred to:

That's J. Bone's work above.  That page is one of several preview images on that Facebook page.  If you plan to follow the progress of this book, which has a tentative release date of July 1st, that's the place from which to do it. 

Here's another piece, this time by Tom Fowler, featuring several other characters from the book.

Left to right, we have Dominion Jack, Thunderbirch and The Red Ensign.

This thing can't hit my mailbox fast enough.