Ben comic strip by Daniel Shelton

These two French compilation books are also available through your local bookstores. English versions hopefully coming soon.

BEN, Ed. Mille-Iles,
48 p., 12.95$
ISBN 2-920993-88-7

BEN ENCORE, Ed. Mille-Iles,
48 p., 12.95$
ISBN 2-920993-96-8

Last updated Jan. 18, 2001

THE SUN SHINES ON "BEN"
Jan. 18, 2001 - "BEN" is now appearing in Le Soleil du Québec, making this the 7th French newspaper in Canada to feature us daily.

SALUT BONJOUR

Jan. 4 , 2001 - Daniel appears on Salut Bonjour, the popular morning talk show Montreal, to promote his books.

"HULL-O" DANIEL!

Oct. 2 , 2000 - Daniel will be attending the very first international comics rendevous in Hull, Qc from Oct. 26 - 29, 2000 as well as giving a lecture at Hull University.

BEN IN LA PRESSE

Sept. 24 , 2000 - After much time and effort, we are proud to announce that "BEN" will now be published daily in North America's largest french newspaper.

iGRANDPARENTS.COM

Sept. 18, 2000 - More good news as surfers will now be able to find their favourite comic on one of America's top senior websites: iGrandparents.com. It will be featured there daily along with a hotlink back to our site. Welcome all you iGrandparents.com members!

TWO MAGAZINES PUBLISH BEN

Sept. 15 , 2000 - Jumping out of newsprint and onto magazines, "BEN" wil now be featured in "Delire", a humour magazine and in full-colour in "Le Bel-Age", a monthly lifestyle magazine.

ALL NEW WEBSITE!

June 29, 2000 - After a year and a half we've decided to change the look of our site. We've acquired our own domain name and designed a more user-friendly site that features faster downloads, more archives and a direct link to today's strip.

FESTIVAL DE BANDE DESSINEE DE QUEBEC

May 5 , 2000 - Daniel will be spending three days at the international festival signing books and speakin with fans in beautiful Quebec City.

TWO NEW NEWSPAPERS!

April 18 , 2000 - Two French dailies have now joined the ranks of BEN readers. These are Le Nouvelliste in Trois Rivières and Le Droit d'Ottawa.Thanks and welcome to our readership.

BEN ON TQS

March 19 , 2000 - Following the visit of a tv crew to Daniel's studio, a short interview will be broadcast on "Le Petit Journal" and other related shows. To be repeated throughout the summer.

OFF TO FRANCE ENCORE

Jan. 3, 2000 - Daniel was selected to be part of the official 2000 delegation of cartoonists to represent the province of Quebec in Angouleme, France, Jan. 27 - 30 at the Festival de la Bande Dessinee d'Angouleme.

INTERVIEW ON RADIO NOON

Dec. 15, 1999 - Daniel was interviewed on CBC's Radio Noon with host Nancy Wood, answering questions on Charles Schulz's retirement. The program also included (among others) Lynn Johnston and a representative of the National Cartoonist's Society.

A SECOND FRENCH COMPILATION

Dec. 12, 1999 - The second book of "BEN" compilations will be coming out at the end of January 2000. Check out your local bookstores!

SALON DU LIVRE DE MONTREAL

Nov. 18, 1999 - Daniel will be signing books during the book convention, the largest French language book convention in North America

CBC NATIONAL INTERVIEW

April 12, 1999 - Daniel Shelton will be interviewed on CBC Radio One's "This Morning" show on Thursday, April 15th at approximately 9:30 AM Eastern Standard Time. Ckeck your local listing to find out where on the dial.

AWARD WINNER

March 29, 1999 - "BEN"'s first compilation in French was awarded the "Prix de l'Espoir Quebecois" award at the International Comic Art Festival in Quebec City on March 28th, 1999.

PAST NEWS BRIEFS

MORE BOOK SIGNINGS

March 23, 1999 - Daniel Shelton will be attending a book convention in Hull on Thursday and Friday (March 25 & 26) and the Quebec International Comic Art Festival in Quebec City on Saturday and Sunday (March 27 & 28) to further promote his first book of compilations.

"BEN" IN ASIA

April 2 , 1999 - Starting April 5, 1999, The Philippine Daily Inquirer (the largest newspaper in the Philippines) will be publishing "BEN" as part of its comics line-up.

OFF TO FRANCE

Jan. 22 , 1999 - Following the success of his first BEN book in French, Daniel Shelton will be attending the largest comic art convention in Europe in Angouleme, France, from January 27th thru January 31st. Hopefully this will open doors to book sales in Europe.

BEN POLLS FIRST AMONG NEW COMICS

Montreal, QC.

June 16 , 1998 - BEN was one of 6 new comic strips included in the Montreal Gazette's latest comic survey. Almost three thousand readers voted in and BEN won first place by an overwhelming percentage. We were promptly picked up by that paper and BEN has made its home there ever since.

BOOK DEAL FOR BEN
Laval, QC.

Oct. 19, 1998 - After having been translated and published in French for only six months, a book company in Quebec offered to publish a collection of BEN strips. Les Editions Mille-Iles came out with the full-color book of compilations last spring and Daniel Shelton has been busy doing book signing sessions this fall at both Sherbrooke and Montreal book conventions.

MUSEUM DISPLAYS BEN COMIC STRIPS

Sherbrooke, Qc.

The Museum of Fine Arts of Sherbrooke held an exhibit on comic art this past spring. BEN as well as Daniel Shelton's other illustrations were featured along with the work of six other cartoonists.

The exhibit's organizer, Richard Langlois, said BEN proved popular among audiences there as both the local French and English newspapers publish the strip daily.

VANCOUVER SUN GETS BEN
Vancouver, BC

A three week trial period in which BEN replaced CATHY on the comics page of the Vancouver Sun has resulted in that paper being one of the latest to pick up our popular strip. Readers were asked to vote and make their opinions known. And they did, with over a thousand phone calls and hundreds of e-mails and faxes. Judging from the enthusiastic response, editors then decided to sign BEN on full-time.

Comments include:

"YES! BEN is definitely a keeper!"
"He reminds me so much of my father."
"Finally a comic strip for and about guys my age -- my wife and I can really identify with the characters."
"I am a 15 year old kid and I think it is one of the best comics around."

DANIEL SHELTON SPEAKS AT ROTARY CLUBS

Pointe-Claire, QC.

Daniel Shelton, the creator of BEN, was invited by different Rotary Clubs this past fall to give short lectures on the ins and outs of writing and drawing a daily comic strip.

Daniel shared anecdotes with his audience and brought original artwork as well as some accompanying sketches showing the various stages of his creative process. Original sketches were then auctioned off at club events.

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