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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Rising Stars of Canadian Graphic Novel: Quill & Quire's Top 5
:: Posted by Bryan @ 6/24/2008 01:15:00 AM The latest issue of Quill & Quire ("Canada's Magazine of Book News and Reviews") includes an article titled Graphica: the next generation: Five young creators who are making a mark on the Canadian scene. The cartoonists, Jeff Lemire, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Hope Larson, Scott Chantler, and Pascal Blanchet, are briefly profiled by writer Scott MacDonald who notes that "Canada has always seemed to punch above its weight in the realm of graphic novels." This is certainly true and, while it might be easy to name several other quintets that are equally talented (say, Jillian Tamaki, Joe Ollman, Jimmy Beaulieu, Lorenz Peter, and Genevieve Castree, for instance), there's no denying that the Q&Q list represents some of the best-reviewed and successful crop of relative newcomers to grab our attention over the past year.
Also reviewed in the issue: the new Bigfoot book by Graham Roumieu, Hall of Best Knowledge by Ray Fenwick (also interviewed in Mome Summer 2008), and the KRAZY! catalogue).Labels: cartoonists, graphic novels
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