Canadian Comix News & Culture

   Friday, June 22, 2007  
Weekend Quick Links

:: Posted by Bryan @ 6/22/2007 05:07:00 AM

A short list of links to Canadian comics-related articles/news for the weekend:

-Robin Bougie's Cinema Sewer mag gets a mention in this Georgia Straight article about the cult film culture of Vancouver

-Tom Spurgeon reviews Hello, Me Pretty

-this University of Saskatoon exhibit on Dief the Chief contains some cartoon content

-Dominique Desbiens' Il manque aux humains un predateur was launched last night in Montreal

-editorial cartoonist Serge Chapleau has come under fire for alleged antisemitism in a caricature of Quebec politician Mario Dumont

-you can now read the Full Text of Jeet Heer's review of Invaders from the North --the article is a great short history of Canadian comic books and a criticism of superhero comics

-courtesy of Eric Theriault, Valium on Youtube

-the latest issue of the comic/fanzine Mensuhell is now on sale, including comics stories by EdLAB, Patrofskynoff, Jean-Marc Pacelli, Victor Brideau, 'El Quesnel, Nicolas Plamondon, Kurt Beaulieu, Jacques Boivin, Guert, Sirkowski, & Karl (link via BDQ Forums)

-one of my favourite things in the world are comics by young fans and Janet Hetherington (a comics fan from the 70s who has made a career in comics for herself as an adult) has just posted an old romance comic she created as a youngster on her new blog

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