Preorder CURSED# 2 for your chance to win an ORIGINAL PAINTING!
about 2 years ago – Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 06:07:45 PM

Hello boils and ghouls! 
If you haven't heard, the crew behind Canadian Crime has a Horror magazine called CURSED! It's similar to WEIRD TALES! it's 100 pages of horror comics, short stories, poetry and illustrations. The second gruesome issue is WEREWOLF themed!!
And everyone who pre-orders a copy before we hit our 3k goal will be entered into a draw to win this ORIGINAL PAINTING by CURSED co-creator Tyler Pennington! 
Well, what are you waiting for? It's almost the full moon...
Get your copy here! 
https://crowdfundr.com/Cursedmagazine2

99% fulfilled!
about 3 years ago – Mon, Jan 02, 2023 at 05:01:21 PM

Hello Deviants! 

We are 99% fulfilled! 

We are still waiting on 3 people to fill out their surveys, but other than that the books are sent out!!

If you haven't received your copy please reach out to me! 

And if you want to follow any of the artists involved in the book...

Jon Moretta (writer/artist of Fuck This! Let's Do Some Crimes): instagram.com/jonmoretta

Lia Taylor (writer/artist of The Torso): instagram.com/crucifix.vi

Jeff Robertson (writer/artist of I Am A Professional Lawbreaker, writer of Slaughter of the Innocents): instagram.com/simon_maggots

And stay tuned for MANY more comics to be released in '23! 

Update plus links!
over 3 years ago – Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 05:10:48 PM

Hey everyone! 

I just uploaded a digital version of my article Slaughter of the Innocents: Canada’s Crusade on Comics to medium. 

Here are the links I included at the end of the article, these include the references listed in the magazine, and a couple more. If you liked this article this will give you hours of reading fun!

References & Further Reading

• Yes, Canada Actually Does Have a Golden Age of Comics.
  The Joe Shuster Awards.
• A National Disgrace — And a Challenge to American Parents
  by Sterling North — Chicago Daily News, May 8, 1940.
• Tories Choose Overseas Man At Kamloops
  — The Vancouver Sun, 15 Aug 1944
• U.S. Imperialism Cries C.C.F. Member
  — The Montreal Star, 06 June 1947
• The Child’s Education to Violence by Alastair Glegg
  — Education Matters Vol. 4 No. 1, 2016
• ‘Crime Comic’ Ban Soon, Predicts M.P.
  — The Province, 29 Oct 1949
• The Psychopathology of Comic Books
  — Presented on March 19th, 1948 at a symposium of the New York Academy of Medicine by Frederic Wertham. Published in the American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol 2, 1948.
• House of Commons Debates, 20th Parliament, 4th Session:
  Vol. 5, page 750
• Lurid Comic Books Cited in Slaying
  — The Vancouver Sun, 23 Nov 1948
• Breaking the Peace: Fictions of the Law-Abiding Peace River Country, 1930–50 by Jonathan Swainger — BC Studies, no. 119
• Youths Convicted of “Comic Book” Slaying of Northern Farmer/Public on Trial in Murder Case — Nanaimo Daily News, 27 Nov 1948
• Parents and Public on Trial (Part 1)
  — The Province, 27 Nov 1948
• Parents and Public on Trial (Part 2)
  — The Province, 27 Nov 1948
• Cannot Agree on Crime Comics
  — The Calgary Albertan, 05 Dec 1949
• House of Commons Debates, 20th Parliament, 5th Session:
  Vol. 1, page 164
• House of Commons Debates, 21st Parliament, 1st Session:
  Vol. 1, page 517
• Seduction of the Innocent by Frederic Wertham — Chapter 11: Murder in Dawson Creek
• Hearings before the Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency — of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-third Congress, 2nd session, pursuant to S. 190. Investigation of juvenile delinquency in the United States. April 21, 22, and June 4, 1954. Page 248
• Comic Books in English Canada by John Bell — The Canadian Encylopedia
• For an excellent account of the American side of this story read BLOODY MASSACRE by Warren Bernard, The Comics Journal #302.
• Invaders from the North: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe
  by John Bell

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Shipping Update!
over 3 years ago – Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 04:04:14 PM

The last of the packages are sent out and people across the globe have been getting Canadian Crime in the mail! As many of you have noticed, I've included bonus free stuff in random orders! And retailers, enjoy your free copies of Lumpy Slump!

Hey Everyone!
over 3 years ago – Thu, Sep 08, 2022 at 01:39:09 PM

Hello!

Thanks so much for your patience!

Now that everything has been cleared through backerkit, I'll be shipping out most of the packages tomorrow! Anyone who had Die Maggot Die will have to wait until I get some more copies from Jon, which should be within the next couple weeks. 

We will also be at SPX in a little over a week! We are excited to meet some of you face to face! 

If you haven't checked it out already, the second issue of Jon Moretta's Lumpy Slump is available through Crowdfundr here https://crowdfundr.com/lumpyslump2