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The King is dead, long live the King….

By Chris | Published August 29, 2010 | Posted in Blog, Comics, News


Well you might have noticed a bit of a slow down around these parts. Well there is a reason for it. In a nutshell McHozer Comics is no more. Wait, Let me put that a differently… the McHozer Comics that you have seen up until this point is no more. From this point on we will no longer be publishing under that name.

Does that mean we are leaving comics? No, not at all. In fact we plan to be busier then ever. From this moment on we will be focusing our attention on one title and one title alone, Celtic Shaman.

What exactly does that mean? Well it means that we are going to devote all our time and efforts to put out the best comic that we can for you guys without getting distracted by too many side projects. Celtic Shaman will be published (in print) under its own name, firstly on the web at www.celticshaman.ca, then collected in TPB format.

As for the McHozer name, well I’ll continue to use it when I start up my new blog, chronicling the ups and downs of trying to publish an indie comic, plus we’ll occasionally be using the name to publish other side project when we have time for them (projects like Deadmen and Poodleskirts 2… coming soon.)

We think by turning our focus to our core title we will be able to produce a quality comic that you will really love… or die trying.

As always comments or suggestions are always welcome. So please send me an e-mail at cmcquaid@mchozers.com

Thanks guys, and see you in the matrix.

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Another chance to support a great cause

By Chris | Published July 16, 2010 | Posted in News

Hey guys,

If your going to be in the Mississauga area this Saturday be sure to stop by the Sian Bradwell Softball Tournament being held at the Dunton Athletic Fields.

The event is being put on to raise money to purchase medical equipment for the Oncology/Haematology Department of Sick Kids Hospital for treating young victims of cancer.

After last weeks highly successful Pledges for Sketches, Spent Pencils Arnold Trinidad and his crew are once again going to be on hand along with McHozer comics Jason Roussel doing sketches to help raise money. 

If you were unable to make it out last week this is a great opportunity to get some artwork by some amazing artists and help a worthwile cause at the same time.

The Sian Bradwell Softball Tournament will be at Dunton Athletic Fields 6180 Kennedy Road, Mississauga, Ontario. The artists will be on hand from 11:30am onwards.

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Sketches for Pledges

By Chris | Published July 3, 2010 | Posted in Events, News

Hey guys, this is for all our friends who will be in Toronto on Tuesday July 6th. Make sure you drop by 320 Front St W. (directly across the Rogers Centre) from 9am to 4pm to support Sketches for Pledges. McHozer’s own Daniel Wong will be on hand along with some other amazing local artists selling sketches for 5 dollars each. All money raised will go to the Sick kids Hospital.

On a personal note Sick Kids is an amazing place. It has touched my life by helping out youngest son and my youngest brother… So I can’t tell you how worthily a cause this is.

The event is being put on by our good friend from Spent Pencils Arnold Trinidad and will feature the talents of: Agnes Garbowska (Girl Comics#1 -Marvel Comics), Francis Manapul (The Flash -DC Comics), Daniel Wong ( McHozer Studios), Briana Chan, Vince Sunico, Paul Limgenco, Gerard De La Costa, Khanh Nguyen and Arnold Trinidad (Spent Pencil Studios), Marvin Law (Conquer Entertainment) and “Gogz” and “Marv” (Powie Studios.)

Hope you can make it out!

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Friday Links

By Chris | Published June 11, 2010 | Posted in Friday Links, News

Whew, what a week. First of all I’d like to thank everyone who came out to see us at the Bread and Honey Festival. We had a great time (it turned out to be a great day too, that’s a bonus.) And a big thanks to those of you who came to see us at Fan Appreciation. Another fantastic event that we enjoyed a lot. And a super-duper thanks to the people who came to see us at both events… You guys are awesome.

So today we not only have a new Deadmen page up, we also have a new Shaman page for you as well. Just click on the link to me magically taken away. That’s how the internet works right? Magic?

Here are your links of the week (note some of these links contain adult language. Please use discretion.)

The 5 Most Impractical Aspects of Superhero Costumes – What? High heels are no practical when chasing down a purse snatcher? I’ve never had a problem… (Cracked)

Wax On, F*** Off with Ralph Macchio – Times are tough for the former Karate Kid… But he has a plan. (Funny Or Die)

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Trailer – Yes… awesome. Can’t say enough how much I am looking forward to this. (Facebook)

10 Live-Action Films Based Off Comic Strips – I had no idea that Blondie was a “Flapper.” Kinda makes me want to read Blondie. (Topless Robot)

8 Month Old Deaf Baby’s Reaction To Cochlear Implant Being Activated– This is one of the sweetest things I’ve ever seen. If it doesn’t bring a tear to your eye then you are dead to me…. Dead I say! (Pogpog)

That’s it. Thanks for stopping by. We have exciting upcoming news that hopefully you guys will like, including information on our new subbmision policy, so if you have a web comic you’d like featured here keep an eye out, our drop me a line.

Have a great weekend!

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Web Comic Wednesday

By Chris | Published May 26, 2010 | Posted in News, Wednesday Webcomics

Well it’s Wednesday again and that means it’s time for Wednesday web comics. I don’t know what it’s like where you are but man o man it’s a freakin scorcher here. I mean it. Ok, pimp time. First thing I like to do every Wednesday is let you know that you can check out the latest page from Celtic Shaman over at Celticshaman.ca so yeah, check it out. Next up I want to direct your attention to the mega awesome “Forces of Geek” where I join the round table to discuss the season finale of Lost (I really liked it by the way) that was a lot of fun and I hope that if you were a fan of the show you take a look. But enough of me, let’s get tot he comics!

http://www.virtualshackles.com/ – The first time I clicked on this I was laughing, so that’s always a plus. They describe the series as an exploration of video games and the world of video game development… I just think its fun.

http://www.louderbombs.com/ – A funny little comic done by a couple of brothers who see the world slightly twisted… that must be what I like about it.

That’s it for now… wherever you are stay cool… Namaste brothas.

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Bread and Honey/Fan Appreciation

By Chris | Published May 21, 2010 | Posted in Events


The weekend of June 5th and 6th is going to be busy in McHozerland. First of all on June 5th once again we’ll be appearing at Image Collections for the Bread and Honey Festival. This is always one of our favourite events to take part in, the people are great, the festival is fun and it’s pretty cool to be outside working while a parade passes by. If you can make sure you stop by and say hi.

Image Collections is located at 181-A Queen Street South (aka. Mississauga Road), Mississauga, Ontario. (905) 542-8307

Then on Sunday June 6th McHozers will be attending the Toronto Comicon Fan Appreciation Event. This is a pretty cool convention to come to because it’s the one that really caters to the fans (Sunday is free too!) As usual we’ll be on hand to sell some books, do some sketches and meet as many cool people as possible. So stop by, we’d love to say hi.

The Toronto Comicon is taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building Hall G 222 Bremner Blvd.

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Friday Links

By Chris | Published May 21, 2010 | Posted in Friday Links, News

Wow, what a busy week it been around here. You know the kind of week where you’re so exhausted that you wake up tired? Yeah, that kind of week. Thankfully the long weekend is here. Got ourselves a new propane tank for the grill and a case of ice cold beer. That’s all I need to have a happy May 2-4.

I was so busy this week I didn’t even get a chance to pimp the newest page of Celtic Shaman… let me correct that by directing your attention to www.celticshaman.ca for the latest. Also today being Friday that means that Deadmen and Poodleskirts is also updated. Click here to check it out.

Anyways, here are your Friday links:

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air by Ian McKellen – I can’t stop laughing at this video… it seriously makes me cry. (Youtube)

11 More Incredibly Disturbing Moments in Kids’ Movies – If you want to see what turned me into the demented person I am today just follow this link. Geez, these things screwed me up. (Topless Robot)

5 Superpowers We All Had as Babies – I don’t know what they’re talking about… I still have all these superpowers. (Cracked.com)

“I’ll Never Be Lost Again” – So the Lost series finale is this weekend. My wife and I only started watching this show about 6 months ago… She’s obsessed. So yeah, I know what I’ll be doing Sunday night for 2.5 hours. (Youtube)

Too Many Megaman Bosses – Yeah… it had to come to this eventually. (College Humor)

That’s it. Have a great long weekend everyone!

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Friday Links

By Chris | Published May 14, 2010 | Posted in Friday Links, News

Happy Friday everyone, I hope you had a great week. It was a little cold and wet around here (I think it even snowed early in the week) so it was kinda blah for me.

Anyone else catch the season finale of Supernatural last night? I thought it was outstanding. It’s almost a shame that the show was picked up for another season because that would have been a great way to end the story of Sam and Dean Winchester. It almost reminds me of what happened with Buffy, the season where she (spoiler alert) died at the end… That should have been the end of the series IMO… After she came back there were some good moments, but overall the series kinda felt forced from that point.

Tonight is the season finale of Smallville, they are hinting that we’ll see the Superman colors show up, but we’ve been teased before.. so I don’t know what to believe. All I know is they say one regular character will die and I’m hoping it’s Tess, but I’m afraid it’ll be Zod. Tess’s character is ok, but I think they’ve done all they can with the “evil head of an evil corporation” plus Zod has been awesome this year, I’d love to see more of him.

Couple of things to pimp before the links, first as always there is a new page of Deadmen and Poodleskirts up, click here to check it out. Secondly a while back we were asked if we could donate a Wolverine themed piece of original art to the Shuster Awards so they could sell it on e-mail as part of a fundraising initiative. Well Daniel’s work is up, it’s awesome, and you can bid on it right here. The auction runs until May 18th, so make sure you get your bids in soon. Now on to the links.

How Iron Man should have ended – I love HISHE and I love Iron Man… Make sure you check out some of their past ones including how Superman should have ended. It’s classic. (Youtube)

The 20 Hottest Redheads in Comics – Someday Dru from Celtic Shaman will make this list…. someday… (Topless Robot)

Boy with cancer turns into a superhero for a day – If this story doesn’t make you smile and cry at the same time then you are not human… you’re some kind of… non smiling, non crying robot. There, I said it. (The Seattle Times)

5 Pop Culture Classics Created Out of Laziness – We should all be so lazy… am I right? (Cracked.com)

Gritty Superhero Reboot – Hmmm… maybe the reboot is the right thing to do after all. (College Humor)

Have a great weekend guys. Remember if you have a cool link please send it my way.

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