The dynamic duo of Comic House and Little Blackstone have dreamed up CAMP CANUCK- a love letter to Canada and the world, that imagines Captain Canuck and his fiendish foe Mister Gold as camp counsellors to a group of young, almost superheroes from around the globe. It’s a summertime crash course in super-heroics, the great outdoors, campfires, and kids! What could possibly go wrong?… Many, oh so many things.
Also jumping in the Camp Canuck canoe creative are veteran writers and showrunners Doug Hadders and Adam Rotstein (Camp Lakebottom, Inspector Gadget, Bagel & Becky), Producers Fadi Hakim (Comic House), Jocelyne Meinert, and Tysen Potter (Little Blackstone) – all rubbing their hands together in anticipation of all the fun to come. To be clear, each rubbing their own hands together… rubbing each other’s hands would just be weird.
The 11-minute Animated Series skews to 8-12 year olds and cheeky adults alike and will feature a host of familiar characters along with some of Canada’s finest writing, voice, and musical talent – soon to be unmasked!
“The show incorporates many of Comic House’s characters and reimagines them as tweens. I’ve known and been a fan of these characters for years. Now we get to see these heroes’ fun super awkward selves as they begin to come into their own! I can’t wait to meet these kids!” – Fadi Hakim – Comic House Founder
“We were on board faster than you can say “Captain Canuck”. There’s nothing like a superhero on his way to save the day, who can’t remember if he turned off the stove.” = Joss Meinert – Little Blackstone
“Really amazing settings, fun and funny characters, a great production team – this is Canadian summer camp at its campiest.” – Tyson Potter – Little Blackstone
“We’ve been reading Captain Canuck for years. It’s a dream to be able to work on this property. Much better than our other reoccurring dream about cow-clowns that we’d rather not talk about. We can’t wait for you to join us as we combine camp-angst with comedy and Canadiana. You’ll come for the Canuck, but you’ll stay for the Can-everything else!” – Adam Rotstein – Writer / Showrunner
“I feel like we have too many quotes.” – Doug Hadders – Writer / Other Showrunner
Canadian superhero Captain Canuck, created by artist/writer Richard Comely and illustrator Ron Leishman, first appeared in Captain Canuck #1 in 1975 and sold over a million copies throughout North America. Since 2015, through Comic House, the Captain has enjoyed a resurgence with an award-winning Animated Series and over 150 new stories and reprints.
An Imprint of Lev Gleason Publishing- Comic House, founded by Fadi Hakim in 2015, is one of Canada’s largest comic book publishers with 16 monthly- quarterly titles to date in comic and book format, including Captain Canuck, Northguard, Freelance, Daredevil, Crimebuster, and The Silver Streak.
Lev Gleason Studios manages IPs from its imprints, Comic House and New Friday- and is home to many live-action and animated series and features, including the award-winning Captain Canuck Animated Series starring Kris-Holden Ried, Paul Amos, Laura Vandervoort, and Tatiana Maslany.
Little Blackstone Studios is an Emmy-nominated and Oscar-shortlisted studio based in Toronto, Canada with an international client base and a unique collection of directors, artists, and designers. With a reputation for original design, and fun (and fearless) storytelling, the studio continues to push creative and technical boundaries for each unique show they design and produce. Little Blackstone is always looking to work with creators and directors whose stories are underrepresented in the modern media landscape.
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