So proud of the Canadian Mint for honouring civil rights activist Viola Desmond on our new $10 bill - and how appropriate that the reverse side features the Canadian Museum For Human Rights! B^)

War Bears #3 is now available from a comicshop near you! And so ends our bittersweet story of Oursonette and the Canadian comics industry, as they face an intractable adversary amidst Victory in Europe day celebrations! B^)

The WAR BEARS hardcover edition arrived today, and I'm walking on air - so very grateful to Margaret for this collaboration, and to Daniel Chabon and the Dark Horse gang for the exemplary production work. It's in comic shops on Wednesday, so hope you'll check it out! B^)

Very pleased 'n proud that WAR BEARS made Barnes and Noble's best Comics & Graphic Novels of April list! B^) barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fa…

Many thanx to everyone who came to the WAR BEARS signings at Curious Comics and Legends Comics yesterday - but for some reason, everyone kept asking when Neil Gaiman was gonna be there! B^)

Profuse thanx to the CBC for the great WAR BEARS writeup this morning! B^) cbc.ca/books/ken-stea…

My weekly live-stream on Twitch TV launches tonite at 7pm Pacific time - hope you'll toon in for slideshows, demos, and inside infos about the comics biz over the past half century! B^) twitch.tv/kensteacy

VALUE ADDED TIME, WITH KEN STEACY! Episode 2: Wednesday, November 30th, 7-9pm PST! TWITCH.TV/KENSTEACY TONITE: Just who does this guy think he is, anyway? Well, he’s gonna tell ya all about his five decades as a comics industry pro in a profusely illustrated presentation!

Then stay tooned for the School of PICLES (Pencil, Ink, Colour, Letter, Edit, Script) with process demos about comics creation. This episode: “Perspective is FUN!” or, why settle for a single point, when you can have two? twitch.tv/kensteacy

TWITCH.TV/KENSTEACY BONUS! Our guest visual storyteller this week is Gareth Gaudin, indefatigable cartoonist, proprietor of the Shuster Award winning Legends Comics & Books, and guiding force behind the rebooted Comics & Graphic Novels program at Camosun College in Victoria!

TWITCH.TV/KENSTEACY PLUS! Visual storytellers you should know, secret handshakes, studio tour, and Ken’s pet obsession; things with wings. Please share with friends ’n neighbours ’n join our conversation in the chat! B^)

IT'S VALUE ADDED TIME, WITH KEN STEACY! Episode 3: Wednesday, December 7th, 7-9pm PST! TWITCH.TV/KENSTEACY TONITE! Ken takes the mystery out of creating comics, with a Process that never fails - well, mostly!

Plus, the last word on perspective (for now) and why ellipses act so darn weird! GUEST! This week it’s MARK ASKWITH, writer/producer/interviewer at the SPACE channel and Prisoners of Gravity, who Neil Gaiman calls “The Secret Master of Science Fiction” TWITCH.TV/KENSTEACY

PLUS! Visual storytellers you should know, studio tour, and more things with wings. Please share with friends ’n neighbours ’n join our conversation in the chat! B^) TWITCH.TV/KENSTEACY

IT'S VALUE ADDED TIME - TONITE! Episode 4: Wednesday, December 14th, 7-9pm PST TWITCH.TV/KENSTEACY My guest this week is STEVE LEIALOHA, master of the sinuous brush line, who's made pencillers look fabulous for years!

TONITE - IT'S VALUE ADDED TIME! B^) I'm absolutely thrilled to be chatting with the indefatigable cartoonist, author, herstorian, and activist Trina Robbins!

TONITE - IT'S VALUE ADDED TIME! B^) I'm thoroughly thrilled to welcome visual storyteller Paul Chadwick to the stream - best known as the creator of Concrete for Dark Horse Comics, learn more about his multi-tentacular career as an author, illustrator, and storyboard artist! B^)

TONITE - IT'S VALUE ADDED TIME! 15 Minutes and counting... B^)

VALUE ADDED TIME IS RELOCATING TO YOUTUBE! B^) Thanx to everyone who tooned in to Twitch for the past six weeks! I'll be reposting those chats with great visual storytellers on my YouTube channel, and starting a new series in the coming weeks, so please stand by for updates! B^)

Here's just a few of the creators I'll be conversing with! B^) Gareth Gaudin Mark Askwith Steve Leialoha Trina Robbins Paul Chadwick Gilbert Hernandez Janine Johnston Nelson Dewey Simon Roy Bill Sienkiewicz George Pratt Kagan McLeod Brian Stelfreeze Brian Gable Blair Drawson