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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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More summer flowers!
My favourite flowers are now starting to appear in our wildgarden! Lavender, brown-eyed susan and queen anne’s lace, all roadside plants. I love them so much, reminding me of my hours and hours of time in nature when I was a kid. Apparently, yet again, research shows nature (paticularly biodiversity) is really good for us.
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Britain’s decline more about austerity economics than Brexit
https://boingboing.net/2024/06/25/john-oliver-britains-14-year-decline-more-about-austerity-economics-than-brexit-but-all-of-it-sucked.html It had been so, so long since I had seen the Boing Boing jackhammerer-in-pigtails icon – this time on Instagram – that I really had to stop for a moment and sort of re-set. What was I seeing? Boing Boing, one of the OG link-list blogs of pre-social-media internet fell way off my radar…
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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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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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