Dominic Bercier
writer | artist | designer | author | publisher | musician
founder, principal and publisher at Mirror Comics Studios
Dominic Bercier is a classically trained illustrator and designer who has delved into visual storytelling his entire life, from ages 3, onward. His biggest decision as a child was between animation and comics, choosing comic books in the end.
He was an award-winning Franco-Ontarian
student of the arts, was published in grade 1, first
comics story in grade 5, winner of Best Bande Dessinée
of the Salon du Livre de l'Outaouais, and first published comic
in grade 7, Super Ninja, in Jongles et Ris III, from Éditions du Vermillon.
Bercier makes, publishes, promotes
and talks about graphic novels, comics, music, art,
and non-fiction meant to inspire young cartoonists
and artists the world over. He is also a mental health advocate.
He has worked on books nominated in
the Prix Aurora Awards, the Joe Shuster Awards,
and in the Gene Day Award.
Dominic Bercier is the founder, owner, principal creator
and publisher of Mirror Comics Studios.
Learn more by exploring
www.mirrorcomics.com.
He was an award-winning Franco-Ontarian
student of the arts, was published in grade 1, first
comics story in grade 5, winner of Best Bande Dessinée
of the Salon du Livre de l'Outaouais, and first published comic
in grade 7, Super Ninja, in Jongles et Ris III, from Éditions du Vermillon.
Bercier makes, publishes, promotes
and talks about graphic novels, comics, music, art,
and non-fiction meant to inspire young cartoonists
and artists the world over. He is also a mental health advocate.
He has worked on books nominated in
the Prix Aurora Awards, the Joe Shuster Awards,
and in the Gene Day Award.
Dominic Bercier is the founder, owner, principal creator
and publisher of Mirror Comics Studios.
Learn more by exploring
www.mirrorcomics.com.
Bio of Dominic Bercier
Classically-trained artist Dominic Bercier is the author-cartoonist-writer-illustrator-designer and publisher-principal behind Mirror Comics Studios, a boutique comic book and graphic novel production and publishing entity from Ottawa, Canada, where he produces stories of young heroes losing, longing, striving for and restoring the things they’ve lost... be they love or lives or souls, plunging characters into emotionally charged magical initiations that test their wits and their hearts to the core.
Bercier’s art and design has been featured in books, comic books, graphic novels, CD art, websites, newspapers, magazines, menus, videos, film productions, ads, zines, children’s books, bandes dessinées, animation, television, commercials and more.
Attending Ottawa’s De La Salle HS in an advanced visual arts program, and making his mark as an artist among artists, his contributions to school culture and local cultural groups earns him the Visual Arts Medal in 1994 and the Artistic Excellence Award, the school’s highest artistic honor, in 1996. He even creates a coinciding semester and trimester class schedule for DLS which is now used by school boards across Canada. During his art school years in Toronto, studying drawing and painting and illustration at Ontario College of Art & Design [OCAD], Dominic is an assistant-penciler on comic books for Top Cow Entertainment, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and more.
From 2010 to 2015, Dominic is co-founder of Mirror Comics where he serves as president and publisher and releases his solo efforts Ghost King: A Book of Changes [based on the Chinese Book of Changes or I Ching], as well as Like Never Before & Like Never Again [a comic book written and drawn in 24 hours], and Treadwell [a deeply personal journey into a dream], the latter being nominated in the 2015 Aurora Awards [for Best SpecFic Graphic Novel by a Canadian] and also nominated in the 2015 Gene Day Award [for Best Self-Published Comic by a Canadian].
Bercier collaborates on several other projects, like the children’s book Please Daddy Hold My Hand, and graphic novels Mission Arizona and The Bird Caller, and oversees projects by a number of emerging writers and artists, including Zomkeys, Big Box Apocalypse, and a comic book adaptation of the Evanescence hit song Bring Me To Life.
Mirror Comics is re-branded as Mirror Comics Studios [#MCSbooks] in 2015, where Bercier freelances with Canadian publishers and cultural groups, and is creating and releasing his epic graphic novel series opus, SIGNAL Saga, through MCS, with SIGNAL Saga #1 : Overture, published in 2020, and #1-4 available now.
Recently, Chapterhouse Publishing’s digital-first comic book series, True Patriot Presents [which features his collaborative effort ‘Dominion Jack: Mob Mentality’ with writer Jack Briglio], was nominated for best webcomic in the 2018 Joe Shuster Awards.
SIGNAL Saga #0 : PanGaea and the Key of Mirrari by Dominic Bercier and published by Mirror Comics Studios in 2017 was nominated in the Best Graphic Novel Category of the 2018 Aurora Awards.
In 2O2O, things get serious :
The Ballad of Jimmy and Rose, a new 24-hour comic book by Dominic Bercier, is released.
La Ballade de Jimmy et Rose, en français, est l'édition BD francophone simultanée, et traduite par l'auteur.
SIGNAL Saga #1 : Overture by Dominic Bercier with inker Craig S. Yeung, was released in the spring of 2020!
SIGNAL Saga #2 : Never Fall by Dominic Bercier with inker Craig S. Yeung is available as of Canada Day 2020!
SIGNAL Saga #3 : Dr. Mercury by Dominic Bercier with inker Craig S. Yeung is available as of July 2020!
SIGNAL Saga #4 : The Creation by Dominic Bercier with inker Craig S. Yeung is available as of July 2020!
More to come!
Bercier’s art and design has been featured in books, comic books, graphic novels, CD art, websites, newspapers, magazines, menus, videos, film productions, ads, zines, children’s books, bandes dessinées, animation, television, commercials and more.
Attending Ottawa’s De La Salle HS in an advanced visual arts program, and making his mark as an artist among artists, his contributions to school culture and local cultural groups earns him the Visual Arts Medal in 1994 and the Artistic Excellence Award, the school’s highest artistic honor, in 1996. He even creates a coinciding semester and trimester class schedule for DLS which is now used by school boards across Canada. During his art school years in Toronto, studying drawing and painting and illustration at Ontario College of Art & Design [OCAD], Dominic is an assistant-penciler on comic books for Top Cow Entertainment, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and more.
From 2010 to 2015, Dominic is co-founder of Mirror Comics where he serves as president and publisher and releases his solo efforts Ghost King: A Book of Changes [based on the Chinese Book of Changes or I Ching], as well as Like Never Before & Like Never Again [a comic book written and drawn in 24 hours], and Treadwell [a deeply personal journey into a dream], the latter being nominated in the 2015 Aurora Awards [for Best SpecFic Graphic Novel by a Canadian] and also nominated in the 2015 Gene Day Award [for Best Self-Published Comic by a Canadian].
Bercier collaborates on several other projects, like the children’s book Please Daddy Hold My Hand, and graphic novels Mission Arizona and The Bird Caller, and oversees projects by a number of emerging writers and artists, including Zomkeys, Big Box Apocalypse, and a comic book adaptation of the Evanescence hit song Bring Me To Life.
Mirror Comics is re-branded as Mirror Comics Studios [#MCSbooks] in 2015, where Bercier freelances with Canadian publishers and cultural groups, and is creating and releasing his epic graphic novel series opus, SIGNAL Saga, through MCS, with SIGNAL Saga #1 : Overture, published in 2020, and #1-4 available now.
Recently, Chapterhouse Publishing’s digital-first comic book series, True Patriot Presents [which features his collaborative effort ‘Dominion Jack: Mob Mentality’ with writer Jack Briglio], was nominated for best webcomic in the 2018 Joe Shuster Awards.
SIGNAL Saga #0 : PanGaea and the Key of Mirrari by Dominic Bercier and published by Mirror Comics Studios in 2017 was nominated in the Best Graphic Novel Category of the 2018 Aurora Awards.
In 2O2O, things get serious :
The Ballad of Jimmy and Rose, a new 24-hour comic book by Dominic Bercier, is released.
La Ballade de Jimmy et Rose, en français, est l'édition BD francophone simultanée, et traduite par l'auteur.
SIGNAL Saga #1 : Overture by Dominic Bercier with inker Craig S. Yeung, was released in the spring of 2020!
SIGNAL Saga #2 : Never Fall by Dominic Bercier with inker Craig S. Yeung is available as of Canada Day 2020!
SIGNAL Saga #3 : Dr. Mercury by Dominic Bercier with inker Craig S. Yeung is available as of July 2020!
SIGNAL Saga #4 : The Creation by Dominic Bercier with inker Craig S. Yeung is available as of July 2020!
More to come!
