Comics
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A nice article on The Toronto Comic Jam in CANCULTURE Mag
Thank you so much Luis Ramirez-Liberato for this detailed and thoughtful article!
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Finally picked up Canada Post’s Graphic Novelists stamp series
Four great, world-renowned Canadian cartoonists finally get some recognition here at home from Canada Post. The Graphic Novelists series was announced at TCAF earlier this year, which honour Chester Brown, Michel Rabagliati, Jillian Tamaki, and Seth, drawn by the artists themselves. I was really excited this set was being created, but I think I was…
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Jillian Tamaki on Ruth Aswana
Jillian Tamaki creates a wonderful comic for MOMA, remembering trailblazing American artist Ruth Aswana. https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/565 Read more of Jillian Tamaki’s wonderful short comics at her website below https://www.jilliantamaki.com/short-comics
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Fabulous Illustrations for Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
I follow Maria Popova’s blog The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings) and receive her newsletter every Sunday. Like all email newsletters, I don’t read every issue, but this one linked to a wonderful post on different illustators’ interpretations of Brothers Grimm fairy tales. I share it with you! https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/07/20/best-brothers-grimm-illustrations/Here you’ll find Edward Gory Maurice Sendak Lizbeth…
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Life Without Parole by Robb Mirsky
Mr. Robb Mirsky has a new book coming out, Life Without Parole, his new collection debuting at TCAF this year! It is published by the good people of Read More Comix (of which Mr. Mirsky is a founding member). via Life Without Parole
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Lucky by Gabrielle Bell
Originally posted on Lucky: It’s been almost a year since I’ve posted here, and even longer since I’ve posted a comic. but spring is here and it’s time to try again. Hello! But first, -This coming weekend, I’ll be at the MoCCA Festival. I’ll be on a panel with Nicole Georges, Gina Wynbrandt and Jennifer…
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An Interview with Jillian Tamaki
[Originally published in April 20 2011 for Sequential (Canadian Comics and Culture Blog). I’m posting it today, Dec 21 2022 but backdating the post date to coincide with the time of the interview] Graduating from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2003, Canadian ex-pat Jillian Tamaki has since become a hugely successful New…
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Jillian Tamaki is my new Superhero
Master master master comics artist (Skim), illustrator, artist, humourist, web-cartooist (SuperMutant Magic Acadamy) and blogger (Jillian Tamaki sketchblog), Jillian Tamaki’s art just lifts me up. I freaking love it. I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to interview her – and I can’t help feeing that every question I ask is just not going to measure up.
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Alan Bunce’s Funny Forest webcomic is fantastic
Somehow, Al’s comic Funny Forest captures so perfectly the joyousness and exuberance of spontaneous comic creation. I love all the visual gags, the irreverence for reality, for plot – smart in all the ways of all great meta-web-comics – it sort of reminds me of Krazy Kat in it’s way. It’s just so much damn fun. Read it…
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An Interview with Sonja Ahlers
[Sonja Alhers’ book The Selves was published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2010, and we had interviewed Sonja for books.toronotist.com in conjunction with that release. You can find The Selves here and you can find her newest book, Swan Song published 2021 by Conundrum Press here. I am posting this Dec 21 2022, but backdating…
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More Comics: Line Gamache’s Hello, Me Pretty
Line Gamache is a Quebec comics artist whose work is being reprinted in English by Conundrum Press – here’s a look at Hello, Me Pretty, her autobiographic work about growing up with a developmentally delayed sister – http://books.torontoist.com/2010/06/a-review-of-line-gamaches-hello-me-pretty/
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Hark! An Interview with Kate Beaton
I had the pleasure of interviewing the great Canadian Kate Beaton for books.torontoist.com in 2010. She is one of my very favourite cartoonists – very smart, very funny, unpretentious, literary, down to earth. At the time her webcomic Hark! A Vagrant was at the height of it’s popularity, and she was gaining wider fame, winning…
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Kevin Boyd talks Joe Shuster Awards
[Originally published May 29, 2010 for books.torontoist.com. I’ve posted this interview here today (Dec 21 2022) and backdated the post to the same date as the interview. Here’s Kevin’s Bio in 2010: Kevin Boyd is a cancer researcher and a long-standing comics promoter. Between 1986 and 1989 he was a founding member of Black Light…
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Interview with Canadian cartoonist Marc Bell
Here’s an interview with Marc Bell that originally appeared at books.torontoist.com (since defunct), about his new book Hot Potatoe, his style, and a bit about his move into fine art. [*Edit – this post originally appeared in May 2010 as a link to the interview on the books.torontoist.com site, but as of Oct 7 2019…
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An Interview with Dan Clowes
[Originally published May 13 2010 for books.torontoist.com. I’ve posted this Dec 21 2022 but backdated the post date to the original publication date.] Dan Clowes, screenwriter, the author of Wilson, and one of the handful of truly iconic figures in what was once called ‘alternative’ comics, spoke with me over the weekend at TCAF. Dave…
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An Interview with James Sturm
Here’s an interview with James Sturm that originally appeared at books.torontoist.com (since defunct) when he visited Toronto for TCAF. [*Edit – this post originally appeared in May 2010 as a link to the interview on the books.torontoist.com site, but as of Oct 26 2019 has been updated to include the interview itself] Originally Published: May…
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An Interview with Doug Wright Awards Nominee Adam Bourret
[Reposting this in Oct 2019, originally published in April 2010 for books.torontoist.com] By Dave Howard Published: April 22, 2010 Toronto cartoonist Adam Bourret was recently nominated for a Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent. He also won the 2009 Best Comic award at Expozine, Montreal’s popular small-press fair. His graphic novel, I’m Crazy, documents his experiences with obsessive…
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Interview with Jeff Lemire
[Originally published April 20 2010 through books.torontoist.com. I am posting it here on Dec 21 2022 but backdating the post to the original publication date. This was at the beginning of Jeff’s career, after having his first graphic novel, Essex County, published. He has since become very influential as both a prolific writer and an…
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