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Lancement de Veena et les spectres du temps avec Eric Theriault  Co: Eric Theriault "Hello friends! It is my pleasure to invite you to the launch of my new book Friday, October 23 at librairie Planete BD. I am glad to see this new Veena comic finished, a compilation of 3 older stories and a new novel, all in full-color and for the first time in French! The book is published by les editions 400 Coups in the Rotor collection, edited by Michel Viau. Ca me fait plaisir de vous inviter au lancement de mon nouveau livre, ce vendredi 23 octobre a la librairie Planete BD. Je suis bien content de voir termine ce nouveau livre de Veena et les Spectres du Temps qui est une compilation de 3 histoires classiques et une nouvelle inedite, tout en couleur et pour la premiere fois, en francais. Le livre est edite par les editions 400 Coups dans la collection Rotor, dirigee par Michel Viau, cartonne a toute epreuve avec une belle couverture à vernis selectif!" Eric's home page Facebook event page Friday, 23 October 2009 17:30 - 21:00 Planète BD 3883 St-Denis Montreal, QC View Larger Map Labels: book launches, Montreal, new books, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments -   - we honor OpenID -
Friday, October 16, 2009 Tonite: Dolltopia Launch, Toronto  DOLLTOPIA by Abby Denson Book Launch Friday, October 16th, 2009, 6pm-8pm The Central, 603 Markham Street (Next to The Beguiling) FREE Labels: book launches, graphic novels - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, October 01, 2009 Booklaunch: Aplomb and Cote Nord, Montreal  2 new books from Colosse will launch in Montreal tonite at Fichtre bookstore. Aplomb, de Vincent Giard ISBN 987-2-923664-10-1 5,25" x 7,25" 132 pages noir et blanc reliure allemande septembre 2009 Cote nord, de Jimmy Beaulieu ISBN 978-2-923664-11-8 5,25" x 7,25" 94 pages noir et blanc reliure allemande septembre 2009 Labels: bd, book launches, graphic novels, Montreal - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Tonite: Back + Forth Booklaunch, Toronto  Marta Chudolinska Interview Marta Chudolinska is the artist behind the new linocut novel, Back + Forth, which launches tonight at Toronto's McNally Robinson Bookstore, 1090 Don Mills Road at Lawrence, 7PM to 8PM. The book is published by Porcupine's Quill and is part of their new graphic novel line. A recent grad of the Ontario College of Art and Design, and a student of woodcut artist George Walker, Marta was kind enough to answer a few questions for Sequential: Can you talk a bit about your OCAD experience, being taught by George Walker, his influence, and genesis of the book? Working and studying with George has always been an extreme pleasure. From the first lecture of the first class, I knew that he was special. Not many profs put sound effects into their presentations! That small example expresses a lot about George. He has an energy for art and books and life that is absolutely infectious. There are people who believe in life and are able to manifest their dreams and desires. George Walker is one of those people and he leads by example. He is also an extremely generous teacher. He gives so much of his time and care to his students. I think a lot of OCAD print students have benefited from his warmth. In that first class, which looked at the book as an art object, I created a wordless book of linocuts with 16 prints (In a way, Back + Forth picks up where this book left off). In my last year at OCAD, I asked George to be my advisor for an independent study course where we would determine the parameters of the course. I was very interesting in creating a graphic novel, but I imagined a more conventional style and format: a hand-inked comic featuring words. It was at this point that George introduced me to the idea of working with Tim Inkster of the Porcupine's Quill, who had just started to publish a series of wordless novels created in the tradition of 19th century printmaking. I made the novel over a period of eight months, starting slow and doing most of the work in the last two harrowing months. I would have occasional meetings with George to check in and get feedback on the story's development. The course itself was only a half credit but after preparing, cutting and printing 90 linocuts, it ended up being more work than the rest of my entire senior year! Work well worth doing, of course. Can you extrapolate on how the experience of moving between two cities suggested time travel to you and how this in turn became a theme in your book? Traveling has been a very important act in my life and the journeys I've taken have really shaped me as a person. When I moved to Vancouver in my first year of university, it was as if I had created a brand new life for myself. This new life had no connection to my life back home and I was free to create it, and the image of myself, as I pleased. While at first, this left me feeling exhilarated and liberated, it eventually wore me out. Trying to synthesize in my mind these two identities I had created left me feeling a bit crazy, to be honest! The stories from Back + Forth are loosely based on two periods of my life that were particularly important to my development. There was something that intrigued me about interweaving these two times together, in order to create a contrast and to use these (painful) experiences to learn something about myself. Though I was constantly diligent on how certain images may be interpreted, I made this book primarily for myself, as a way to understand. As my close friends may know, I am absolutely obsessed with the idea of time travel and time itself. Maybe I've had too much postmodern education, but it makes no sense to me to see time as a linear path. While things may seem to happen in a particular order, the way we experience or organize our memories about our past is closer to chaos. There's a link to a Frans Masereel site on your blog. Do you think that there is something about our current time that makes the creation of wordless picture novels particularly apt? Why this format? What's its appeal to you? While doing research for this project, I went to the Toronto Reference Library, which has an incredible art room where you can request to view items from their rare book collection. There I was able to handle and read beautiful old copies of wordless novels produced in the early 20th century, mostly by Frans Masereel and Lynd Ward. These books really spoke to me as a lover of visual narratives. Not depending on words, Masereel especially was able to produce characters and images that none the less screamed with meaning. He was tapping into a way of expressing emotion that is beyond language, something that does not need to be translated. There is a primal appeal to it. It also forces the reader to work harder to understand and to use their imagination to smooth out the parts that don't make sense. Words tend to pin things down more precisely. Not using them frees up the interpretation of the story, allowing readers to incorporate their own experiences. I have always loved comics in their every shape and form, from my brother's X-Men to the sexist tales of Archie and friends, to instructional comics in my school textbooks. I have read just about every graphic novel at my local library, on just about any subject, in just about any style. I have such a hunger for this stuff, and I've been really happy to see in recent years that the market and demand for graphic novels has ballooned and there is more out there for me to savour. I think as we become more sophisticated at reading images, we can handle more complex and non-traditional presentations of narrative. Labels: book launches, events, graphic novels, interviews, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, August 21, 2009 Comics and Graphic Novels @ The Word On The Street  Link- The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is proud to once-again be partnering with Canada's national book festival, The Word On The Street, to provide a full day of programming for fans and practitioners of comics and graphic novels. Designed to provide material for the comics neophyte AND the comics hardcore, the comics and graphic novel tent will feature something for everyone! I've got a bit more reading up to do myself to bone up for this. Also wanted to post my own reading list soon and make sure I've read all the panelists work myself! There's a really full list of events centered around this blog's favorite bound media, the full WOTS event schedule is on the site here. But Chris from The Bugiling has fuller descriptions posted for the comic's events here, if i may highlight two of them in particular.... 3:00 - 4:00 :: Sequential Presents: Oh, Canada. Surveying the Landscape of Canadian Comics What does it mean to be a Canadian graphic novelist? Join Bryan Munn and Salgood Sam, editors of Sequential, the Canadian comics, news and culture blog as they discusses the state of Canadian comics. Joining them will be representatives of Canada's dual national cartooning awards, Brad Mackay and Jeet Heer from The Doug Wright Awards and Kevin Boyd from The Joe Shuster Awards, as well as a few as yet unnamed award-winning Canadian comics creators. Sure to be a lively discussion! *{ed: probably taking the middle two Q: more seriously as topics - lots there to discuss - and have a laugh at the other two topic's expense, yeah?}
Following the discussion of the state of Canadian graphic novels, Sequential - who thinks repeating full tittles get's a bit winded :) - will be presenting readings featuring three new graphic novels set in Canada! New books, woot! One story is published on the Internet, one published by an American publisher and even one published in Canada! Uh...yeah...psst, what's that mean exactly guys? Anyways i do know these folks and we're talking about some great work. Top drawer panelologists, paneling about their panels, they is! I've been watching too much Mighty Boosh this summer.... Willow Dawson, 100 Mile House; Jeff Lemire, Essex County; and Evan Munday, Quarter-Life Crisis. All three will be giving readings of their work and if there's time talk a bit about it. Should be a nice round. That's really just a small part of what's planed for the day, there are 8 presentations for the whole. Here's hoping i don't play the total burk. :) Bryan and I will be moderating these two. I'll attempt to record them as well for posting here the same day if i can. For the other WOTS events it seems not as much had been planed specifically for Comics, The Halifax WOTS Graphic Novel listing's are not up yet but they say "We promise to entertain adults and youth alike with panel discussions by graphic novelists. Aimed primarily at 12 years and older."So that sounds promising. I'll check up with some folks i know there and see what's happening. In BC the Vancover fest will be holding the comix portion of the events undergrount, at The Word Under The Street. "Local alternative comic book artists and 'zines. Including exhibitors, events, readings, and presentations. Inside the Library, Alice McKay Room downstairs" Labels: aperances, book launches, events, events links, reading, Sequential, tcaf, wots - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, August 06, 2009 Anticipation 09 starts today  The 2009 Worldcon is being held in Montreal this week, from August 6th to 10th. They have some cool sounding stuff programed, read more about it all here. Guests of Honour are Neil Gaiman, Elisabeth Vonarburg, David Hartwell, Taral Wayne, Tom Doherty and Master of Ceremonies, Julie Czerneda. 2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics Professor Paul Krugman will also be in attendance, as will be Melissa Auf der Maur, presenting her new project, "Out of Our Minds" [a multimedia concept album featuring a CD, a fantasy film, and a comic]. Labels: book launches, conventions, events, Montreal, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - - we honor OpenID -
Sunday, July 19, 2009 Rick Trembles' Motion Picture Purgatory Vol. Two  Devices Tonight @Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival! Rick will be out in full zombie makeup doing his thing on the stage tonight, with his band the American Devices, billing with Futensil & Yamantaka Sonic Titan July 19 @ Bar Le Saphir (3699 boul. St-Laurent). He's also produced this 3 minute ' TV ad' for the show staring Nikki Godless as an interrogator; warning, not 'safe for the office' in most places probably. ;) If you dig this you for sure will find the show impressive. He'll also be playing with Nomeansno & Grand Trine, Suono per il Popolo Music Festival, Friday, June 26th @ La Sala Rossa (4848 boul. St-Laurent) Learn more about the awesome Fantasia fest here, Pre-order Motion Picture Purgatory Volume Two from FAB Press HERE. Labels: art show, book launches, events, events links, festivals, Montreal, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, May 22, 2009 This Weekend: 3 x Booklaunch and Art Show, Vancouver  The fine folks at Lucky's Comics are hosting a comic launch extravaganza! Three books will be making their Vancouver debut: Jan's Atomic Heart and True Loves 2 from New Reliable Press and Funday Sunnies from Cloudscape Comics. Creators will be on hand to sign books! Original artwork from all three books will be on display! Lucky's Comics 3972 Main Street Vancouver, BC Saturday, May 23rd 8pm-11pm Labels: art show, book launches, events, Vancouver - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Tonite: Wowee Zonk Booklaunch, Toronto  WOWEE ZONK 2 BOOK LAUNCH PARTY Wednesday May 6th, 6pm-10pm Keep 6 Contemporary, 938 Bathurst St, Toronto Free An anthology featuring work from 8 Toronto cartoonists. The launch is a gallery show with new work from Patrick Kyle, Chris Kuzma, and Ginette Lapalme. Labels: anthologies, book launches, events, Ontario, TCAF09, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, May 04, 2009 Pope Hats / Laff Depot launch  Labels: awards, book launches, new books, Ontario, tcaf, TCAF09, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, March 20, 2009 Tonite: Pohadky Launch, Vancouver  Marek Colek and Pat Shewchuk's Pohadky will get a West Coast booklaunch at Lucky's Comics in Vancouver. Lucky's Friday, March 20th, 5 pm - 8 pm, 3972 Main street, Vancouver Labels: book launches, events, Vancouver - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Angora Napkin' Book Signing and Preview  IDW artist / writer Troy Little will be visiting Strange Adventures to sign copies of his new graphic novel "Angora Napkin" and showing previews of the upcoming animated pilot that will be airing on Teletoon this spring!Strange Adventures is also holding a sale that day! Go Green for St. Patrick Day and save 20%!! Links Labels: book launches, events, events links, Halifax, new books, Nova Scotia - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Launch for Pascal Blanchet's new book: Baloney! Following White Rapids -- named "Best Comic of 2007" by The Onion -- Pascal Blanchet brings us Baloney. Winds swirl and darkness reigns over a hamlet perched atop a craggy peak. Russian fatalism sets the tone as Blanchet orchestrates the tale of a village butcher, his disabled daughter, and her tutor, in their doomed uprising against the swaggering Duke Shostakov, local governor and owner of the only heating company in town. Curvy, retro lines and atmospheric, full-page panels evoke plaintive melodies, staccato passages and soaring solos. In a graphic novel about love and despair that is also a homage to the music of the 1930s and 40s, double bassists and trombonists lean into the frame, striking up a score that blends vaudeville with Kurt Weill and Russia's great modern composers. Rendered in two-color, red and black chiaroscuro, light struggles to emerge from darkness and endurance makes way for heroism, all to no avail. Read Baloney as a reverie composed to the melodies of Prokofiev and Shostakovich: a beautiful conjuring of moods, or a call to arms against the exorbitant rates charged by utilities. Praise for White Rapids:Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:00pm - 10:00pm 211 Bernard O. Montreal, QC 5142792224 rory@drawnandquarterly.com Labels: book launches, events, events links, Montreal, new books, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, February 20, 2009 Denis Rodier launches L'Ordre des Dragons chez Planete BD  Co: FacebookDenis Rodier will be appearing at to launch the second volume of his series L'Ordre des Dragons, "Mount Moses" (with Jean-Luc Istin on Sunday). Denis Rodier revient nous visiter nous visiter pour dedicacer le deuxieme volume de son excellente serie L'Ordre des Dragons, "Le Mont Moïse" (avec Jean-Luc Istin, chez Soleil). Labels: bd, book launches, Montreal, new books, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, February 16, 2009 5th annual Doug Wright Awards at TCAF '09 - the Jury   Toronto, ON - The 2009 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning will be handed out Saturday, May 9th at the Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall in Toronto, Ontario, as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival (TCAF). Now in its fifth year, The Wright Awards are Canada's premier awards event celebrating the best in English-language cartooning, from renowned cartoonists to the best in emerging talent and experimental comics. This year's ceremony will also serve as the official launch party for The Collected Doug Wright: Canada's Master Cartoonist, the first of a two-volume retrospective to be published by Drawn and Quarterly. The launch will feature an on-stage discussion of the life and career of the seminal Canadian cartoonist between Seth, the book's co-editor and designer, co-editor and writer Brad Mackay and Chris Oliveros, the book's publisher. As usual, the 2009 DWA jury will be comprised of representatives from a wide swath of Canadian society, from arts and culture to politics and the media. The jury for the 5th annual awards is impressive. They are as follows:Andrew Coyne, the national editor for Maclean's magazine and regular political panellist on CBC Television's The National. Martin Levin, the books editor of The Globe and Mail and a contributor to several anthologies, including What I Meant to Say. Joe Ollmann, a Montreal-based cartoonist and author of This Will All End in Tears, winner of the 2007 Doug Wright Award for Best Book. Bob Rae, the Liberal Party of Canada's foreign affairs critic and the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre. Rae served as the 21st premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995. Diana Tamblyn, an Ignatz-nominated Canadian cartoonist and author of several mini-comics, including The Rosie Stories and There You Were. The Doug Wright Awards recognize the finest in Canadian comics in three categories: Best Book, Best Emerging Talent and the Pigskin Peters Award (which acknowledges the best in non-narrative or experimental comics). Over the past five years, The Wright Awards have proudly featured a Who's Who of Canada's fertile comics scene at its podium, including Seth, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Michel Rabigliati, Lorenz Peter, Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, Joe Ollmann, Rebecca Kraatz, Ann Marie Fleming, Jeff Lemire and Julie Morstad. Labels: awards, book launches, events, events links, festivals, tcaf - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, February 05, 2009 Pohadky book launch and talk Marek Colek & Pat Shewchuk of Tin Can Forest talk about their work Shot Friday, November 28th 2008 @ the Drawn & Quarterly Store by Salgood Sam. http://tincanforest.com http://www.drawnandquarterly.com http://www.salgoodsam.com/m Labels: book launches, drawings, events, events links, Montreal, Quebec, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Publishing: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe  The fifth volume of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series drops today. O'Malley is in New York getting ready for the NY Comicon this weekend. THe book had a special midnight release at Jim Hanley's Universe shop earlier today and there is a signing and art show at Brooklyn's Rocketship store at 7PM. If there is an English-language comics phenomenon in North America today, it is the Scott Pilgrim series. Scott Pilgrim 5: Scott Pilgrim vs The Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley Oni Press $11.95 ISBN: 978-1-934964-10-1 Diamond Code: DEC08 4184 Labels: book launches, graphic novels, international, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, February 02, 2009 D+Q book launch | Kaspar by Diane Obomsawin Feb 3rd  D+Q presents a book launch for Diane Obomsawin's Kasparfacebook event page Tuesday February 3rd 7:00pm - 10:00pm 211 Bernard O. Bernard West Montreal, QC Kaspar is the story of a young man who appeared mysteriously in the streets of Nuremberg and died of knife wounds five years later under equally mysterious circumstances. The significance of his life has been disputed ever since.  In Kaspar, Quebec cartoonist Diane Obomsawin draws on Hauser's own writings, and contemporary accounts, to tell the foundling's strange story. Minimalist grayscale panels and the simplest of line work register the wonder and bewilderment of a trusting and sensitive soul emerging into a fickle society. Gentle and poetic, naïve and profound, Obomsawin's first book to appear in English translation is a quiet and compelling charm. ***** 2. Mardi 3 Fevrier 2009 a 19h - Lancement de l'edition anglaise par Drawn & Quarterly de Kaspar d'Obom Dans Kaspar, Obomsawin raconte l'histoire vraie de Kaspar Hauser, un jeune homme apparu mysterieusement dans les rues de Nuremberg apres avoir passe les seize premieres annees de sa vie enferme dans une chambre obscure. Cinq ans plus tard, il meurt d'une facon tout aussi mysterieuse apres de multiples coups de couteau assenes par un inconnu. L'artiste quebecoise Diane Obomsawin dessine sur les mots de Hauser lui-meme, ainsi que sur des temoignages contemporains. Ses cases epurees en degrades de gris et son trait simple et delicat mettent en scène l'emerveillement et l'ahurissement d'une ame sensible et naive face à une societe des plus volage. D'une poesie douce-amere, le premier livre d'Obomsawin est d'un charme envoutant. Diane Obomsawin Wins on thefrozenmammoth Diane Obomsawin profile on the NFB Labels: book launches, Montreal, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Monday, January 26, 2009 Tonite: Kill Your Boss Booklaunch, Toronto  Mon Jan 26, 7:30 (doors 7pm) $5 Cover (Book Rebate) Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St West (a This is Not a Reading Series event) Graham Roumieu launches his 101 Ways to Kill Your Boss A celebrity panel, including cartoonist Evan Munday, will help Roumieu illustrate scenes from his book at this event. Labels: book launches, humour, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Tonight: Mysterius Booklaunch, Toronto  Mysterius the Unfathomable Comic Book Launch artist Tom Fowler will sign copies of this new series Wednesday, January 21 5-7pm The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street, Toronto Labels: book launches, events, floppies, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, December 04, 2008 Tonite: C-Ton Book Launch  Clayton Hamner's Christmas Party and Book Launch! Featuring C-Ton's Super A-Maze-Ing Year Of Crazy Comics, from Owlkids. Thursday December 4, 6pm to 9:30pm @ Reactor Art & Design, 51 Camden St., Main Floor http://cton.ca Owl Magazine's Clayton Hamner launches his new kids collection "C-Ton's Super A-Maze-Ing Year Of Crazy Comics" at a Christmas Party, . Labels: book launches - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Saturday, November 29, 2008 Chester Brown interviews Dave Lapp for Lapp's launch for "Drop-In"  Dave Lapp's DROP-IN Book LaunchFeaturing Dave Lapp in conversation with Chester Brown Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 @ 7PM The Central, 603 Markham Street (Next to The Beguiling) FREE The Beguiling is proud to present the official launch for cartoonist Dave Lapp's new graphic novel, DROP-IN. A surprising, insightful look at some of Toronto's most economically disadvantaged communities, DROP-IN chronicles Lapp's experiences as a teacher at a drop-in art centre, and the children he meets there. The book launch event will see Dave Lapp perform a multimedia reading from DROP-IN, and following that Lapp will be interviewed on stage by long time friend and colleague Chester Brown (Louis Riel) about his career in comics, and the specific challenges of creating DROP-IN. A signing will follow. DROP-IN is currently available for sale at The Beguiling, and will be available for sale at the event. Labels: book launches, graphic novels, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, November 27, 2008 Friday: Pohadky Launch, MontrealLaunch of Pohadky by Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek 7 pm, Friday, November 28th Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Book Store 211 Bernard Ouest, Montreal (514) 279-2224 (an exhibit of work by the duo is also coming up at Resistor Gallery in Toronto!)  Labels: book launches, publishing, Quebec, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, November 21, 2008 Saturday: Matt Forsythe in Vancouver  OJINGOGO'S MATTHEW FORSYTHE IN VANCOUVER Join D+Q and Lucky's Comics in launching Matt Forsythe's Ojingogo this Saturday! 5 pm, Saturday, November 22nd 2008 Lucky's Comics 3972 Main St, Vancouver (604) 875-9858 www.luckys.ca Labels: book launches, British Columbia, events, graphic novels, Vancouver - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Things going on in Toronto this weekend  Lynda Barry at IFOA in Toronto!: Lynda Barry presents What it is and is interviewed by Peter Birkemoe. @ Queens Quay West. CanzineOver 150 zines from across Canada on display and for sale! The heart of the event, indie publishers both in print and online come from across the country and the continent to show their wares! Canzine, the festival of zine culture and the independent arts, is Canada's largest zine fair and only festival of underground culture. The event features over 150 zines from across Canada, as well as all day underground film and video open screening, panel discussions, readings and more. Canzine is an annual one day event put on by broken pencil magazine. Be amazed at the creativity, ingenuity, and sheer weirdness! $5 includes a copy of Broken Pencil Magazine Sunday @ the Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto [view map] 1 pm - 7 pm Labels: book launches, Canzine, cartoonists, comics on stage, events, events links, interviews, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, October 17, 2008 This Weekend: Jobnik Book Launch, Vancouver  The launch for Miriam Libicki's graphic novel about time spent as an Israeli soldier takes place this Sunday, October 19, at RX Comics, 2418 main street, (off Broadway) in Vancouver --6 PM.Labels: book launches, British Columbia, events, graphic novels, Vancouver - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 Guests and Events for the 9th Rendez-vous international de la BD de GatineauOk, got the press kit, so here's what's going down and who will be there for the 9th Rendez-vous international de la BD de Gatineau! SPECIAL EVENTS  Opening ceremonies at the Canadian Museum of CivilizationThursday, October 23rd at 6:30 pm This year, the opening ceremony will be held at the same venue as the Rendez-vous itself, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. This will be a unique occasion for visitors to celebrate in the company of guest authors, exhibitors and the organizers of the 9th Rendez-vous. Meet and Greet at the EMI (UQO) Thrusday, October 23rd Again this year, the Ecole multidisciplinaire de l'image (EMI) is proud to welcome some of the guest artists of the RVIBDG for stimulating discussions about the 9th art. An exceptional event that is open to all! VENUES 1. Canadian Museum of Civilization Level 2 / Foyer of the Museaum's Theatre 100 Laurier Street in Gatineau 2. Art Gallery of the Alliance francaise 352 MacLaren Street in Ottawa 3. Universite du Quebec en Outaouais ecole multidisciplinaire de l'image (eMI) Lucien-Brault Pavilion 101 St-Jean-Bosco Street in Gatineau Program: 1:30 p.m.: Meet and Greet with Taillefer (Ontario) and the duo Delaf and Dubuc (Quebec) 2:45 p.m.: Meet and Greet with Aymond and Johanna (France) This activity is open to the public. For more information, please visit http://www.uqo.ca/emi. Unveiling at the Alliance francaise Friday, October 24th, at 6:00 pm L'Alliance francaise d'Ottawa is pleased to host the exhibit Philippe Aymond, du reel a la BD, which includes approximately 30 of the thousands of comic strips produced by the illustrator since 1989. LAUNCH : TOUT SPIROUZ Saturday, October 25th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Spirou and his gang find a permanent home at the UQO library! The UQO library and the Ecole multidisciplinaire de l'image (EMI) invite you to a special celebration in honour of the famous Belgian bellhop who, to mark his 70th birthday, will be setting up residence in the UQO library, thanks to the generosity of the Journal de Spirou. An evening not to be missed! A reception will be held. Information: (819) 595-3900, ext. 1628 Animations - ON THE STAGE Action... Reaction ! For every action there is a reaction; that's how the ideas that take shape in an illustrator's head become a comic strip. The audience is invited to react to the zany ideas of the activity leader and provide inspiration. Comics Action Whether as an observer or a participant, don't miss this activity, which involves the impromptu creation of a storyboard in the form of comic strip sketches. Comics to the Highest Bidder An extraordinary auction! For sale: speech bubbles! The currency: words! May the best phrase win! Live Illustration During the festival, the guest artists will improvise a drawing before the eyes of the audience. Accompanied by an interview that will shed light on the author and his or her work, the activity will end with a draw for the signed illustration. Be there! Express Yourself Comic art professionals reveal the importance of expression in creating comic art characters and stories. Discussion: Serie BD, la clef du succes? Is the publication of a comic series a determining factor in a comic artist's success? Along with the guest artists of the 9th RVIBDG, discover what motivates artists to choose this route, and the hopes and disappointment that come along the way. New Releases Each year, the Rendez-vous de la BD offers comic fans the chance to discover recent newcomers to the comic art world. For the 9th edition of the RVIBDG, Kan-J and Paul Roux present their most recent publications to comic fans from the Outaouais. Strip... teaser Armed with sheets of paper, pencils and markers, spectators become illustrators during this activity. A super-effective method for discovering the various aspects of comic art, from scripting to creating a frame, and the search for expressions and angles. Round table : La vie apres le bac BD Several graduates of the comic art program at UQO will discuss the various professional avenues that have opened up to them since they finished their studies, and talk about their plans. Animations IN THE FOYER OF THE MUSEUM'S THEATRE (Salon Marius-Barbeau) Masters at Work - Presented by Desjardins As visitors look on, the guest authors will take turns creating a giant comic strip based on a particular theme. Comic fans can watch the images take shape, plucked from the imagination of these comic art wizards! Tele-Quebec's Little Library In partnership with publishers of books for young people, Tele-Quebec is offering the youngest visitors of the Rendez-vous de la BD a selection of illustrated books and albums to read on site in a playful atmosphere and safe environment. An excellent occasion for young readers to lose themselves in the passionate adventures of the characters from the series for children aired on Tele-Quebec, such as Kaboum, Toupie et Binou, Toc Toc Toc and more! BDmix Reading Room Intended mainly for teenagers and adults, the BDmix reading room feeds into the BDmix activity by offering visitors a selection of approximately 50 albums to read on site. EXHIBITIONS BDmix - Presented by the French Embassy Visit the BDmix exhibit and retrace the steps that have marked a century of French-language comics. Through the magic of the screen, BDmix will present 35 comic strips from original collections. Then, settle in and immerse yourself in the world of French-language comics by flipping through a collection of some 50 albums at your disposal. Gilles Villeneuve... Le champion du peuple! - Presented by Desjardins Formula 1 superstar Gilles Villeneuve not only left his mark on his era and on an entire generation of adrenaline junkies, but he was also immortalized in a comic strip! To tie this publication in with the 30th anniversary of his first win, the Musee Gilles Villeneuve will be presenting a collection of objects and images that will revive memories of this "people's champion". Reality and the Fantastic: The Magic of the mundane Craig A. Taillefer's "savoir-faire" is best revealed through his illustrations, which focus on ordinary people in extraordinary situations, slices of life taken from fiction or reality. This exhibit will provide you with the opportunity to get to know the illustrator, for whom the magic of fantasy goes hand-in-hand with the equally fascinating magic of the mundane. Philippe Aymond, du reel a la BD At the Alliance francaise d'Ottawa From October 24 to 31, the walls of the Alliance francaise d'Ottawa will be adorned with an exhibit of approximately 30 original comic strips by Philippe Aymond. This selection, which represents only a fraction of the French illustrator's work, is taken from two decisive periods in his career. The first, from 1989 to 1999, looks at his collaboration with scriptwriter Pierre Christin, and the second, from 1999 to the present, looks at the creation of the series ApocalypseMania and Lady S. Contest | Invente-moi un Schtroumpf! To mark the 50th anniversary of the world-famous Smurfs, the Rendez-vous de la BD is teaming up with Radio-Canada's Premiere Chaine (90.7 FM) and LeDroit to present the contest Invente-moi un Schtroumpf! From October 14 to 17, between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., listen to Le monde selon Mathieu on 90.7 FM and discover the invented Smurf of the day. Write the Smurf's name on the entry ballot published daily in LeDroit for your chance to win one of five prizes, including the complete collection of albums featuring those odd little blue men created half a century ago by the illustrator Peyo.  GUESTS shown in order in the pictures >> Barely two years after Philippe Aymond finished his studies in the plastic arts, Les Humanoides Associes charged him with the task of creating illustrations for the Canal Choc series, based on scripts by Pierre Christin. This collaboration continued with the album L'Homme qui fait le tour du monde (1994) and the adventure series Les 4 x 4 (1997 a 2000). A second series, ApocalypseMania, written by Bollee, followed in 2000. In 2003, Jean Van Hamme, who was drawn in by the elegance and simplicity of Aymond's work, asked him to illustrate Lady S, a series in which action, suspense and modern adventures come together in a perfectly controlled geopolitical environment. An architect by trade, Daniel Bosshart always had a strong penchant for comics. After publishing several illustrations, he produced his first solo work, Geteilter Traum (Shared Dream), in the late 90s. This album, which relies completely on the strength of the illustrations and contains no text, was awared the prize for Best Germanic Publication at the Erlangen Salon in 2000. Because he communicates through images, Daniel Bosshard has presented his readers with a new challenge in the form of Alberto, a work without text whose grandiose and detailed vignettes are open to endless interpretation. Sandra Breault spent most of her childhood and adolescence poring over comic books. She began with French and Belgian comics, with a brief stop at alternative comic art, before moving over to manga. After studying plastic arts at college in her home region, Lanaudiere, she began her BA in comic art at the University of Quebec at Ouaouais (UQO). She graduated in the spring of 2008 with high honours; this achievement highlights the esthetics and lyricism of her final project. In her comic art, our talented next-generation ambassador draws inspiration from fairy tales and legends to show her readers the poetry that resides in the human spirit. Thierry Coppee, a teacher originally from Brussels who studied illustration at the Ecole de Recherches Graphiques, spent four years teaching elementary school before dedicating himself to his art. Following a brief collaboration with Spirou magazine, he began working on Les Blagues de Toto for Editions Delcourt. In 2004, he created a humourous world full of teasing tenderness in which the situations and characters are centered around Toto, an impish little boy who possesses an extraordinary gift for witty retorts. With nearly 200 jokes under his belt, Thierry Coppee is currently putting the finishing touches on the 7th Blagues de Toto album while keeping a close eye on the production of the first Toto cartoons. Johanna (Schipper) was born in Taiwan in 1967 and now lives in Bordeaux, France. After Chinese and Dutch, she learned French by reading Tintin! After finishing high school, she moved to Angoulême to study comic art at the Ecole Superieure de l'Image. She has worked as a colorist and as an organizer of exhibitions on French-language comics, and has also taught master classes to young authors in Vietnam. After publishing several short stories and illustrations, she again began working on the stories of Nana, the young heroine of Les Phosfees, and presented the series in colour to Editions Delcourt in 1999. Her most recent publication, a comic for adults entitled Nos âmes sauvages and published by Futuropolis, earned her the Artemisia award in January 2008. Based in Montreal, Maxim Douglas - a.k.a. Salgood Sam - has always drawn, just like his parents. Even before leaving school, this self-taught artist began creating his own comics and selling them through specialty shops. At the age of 18, he left home and began his career as a professional illustrator. For almost 20 years, he has worked as a freelancer, producing a multitude of drawings for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Kitchen Sink and the Montreal Mirror. While putting the finishing touches on his album entitled Therefore Repent, he received a bursary from the Canada Council of the Arts in 2007 that allowed him to begin work on his next publication, Dream Life. When he was young, Marc Delafontaine dreamed of becoming a police officer. However, deciding that he was no good at swinging a baton, he instead opted for his first passion: illustrating. He began by illustrating educational brochures, then worked as an animator, and finally moved on to illustrating children's books and comics. In 2004, he and partner/scripwriter Maryse Dubuc gave birth to three hip and ruthless adolesencents who came screaming into the comic world with the series Les Nombrils, which has garnered acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. Maryse Dubuc developed a marked interest in school - and more particularly in writing - at a very young age. Her love of words soon developed into a true passion that lead her to study French literature at university. A colorist, author of books for young people and partner of illustrator Marc Delafontaine, she writes the adventures of Jenny, Vicky and Karine, the three young stars growing up in the sexy and cruelly hilarious world of the scathing series Les Nombrils. Born into a family of artists from the Bas St-Laurent region, Michel Falardeau completed his studies in the late 90s, first studying plastic arts in Sainte-Foy, then animation at Riviere-du-Loup. After spending a number of years creating video games, he turned to comic books. In 2005, Les Editions Paquet (Switzerland) discovered his talent as a comic artist and published Mertownville. In the form of an intimate narrative, this three-volume series focuses on Lydia, a heroine unlike any other, who invites the reader to discover the secret lives of superheroes. While Michel Falardeau may claim that his own life is boring, he certainly cannot say the same for his characters! As Craig A. Taillefer explains it, his diet as a young boy consisted of crayons, modeling clay and comic books. It is clear that his exposure at a very young age to the worlds of Asterix, Uncle Scrooge, Turok Son of Stone and others shaped his mind. Which is why, against the advice of those around him, he chose to pursue a career in the arts. For over two decades, Craig has earned a living as an illustrator. Whether in television animation, illustration or the creation of his comic series, Wahoo Morris, the artist divides his time between his obsession for illustration and his passion for old albums ...and hammocks! SURPRISE GUESTS! Each year, the Rendez-vous international de la bande dessinee de Gatineau has the pleasure of welcoming several comic artists who, in a few strokes of a pencil, add their talent to that of the guest artists. This years suprise guests are Tom Fowler and Kan-J. These two surprise guests will be joined by Paul Roux and the comic artist-hosts from Surpriz Comix. Timetable of Events Thursday, October 23rd 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm - Meet and Greet at the EMI with Taillefer and Delaf et Dubuc (venue 3.) 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm - Meet and Greet at the EMI with Aymond and Johanna (venue 3.) 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm - Masters at Work with Salgood Sam (venue 1.) 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm - Masters at Work with Delaf et Dubuc (venue 1.) 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm - Opening ceremonies (venue 1.) Friday, October 24th 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm - Masters at Work with Falardeau (venue 1.) 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm - Action... Reaction! (venue 1.) 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Masters at Work with Coppee (venue 1.) 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm - Express Yourself (venue 1.) 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm - Unveiling of the exhibit Philippe Aymond, du reel a la BD Saturday, October 25th 10:30 am to 11:30 am - Masters at Work with Bosshart (venue 1.) 11:00 am to 11:30 am - Live illustration with Salgood Sam (venue 1.) 11:30 am to 12:30 pm - Masters at Work with Aymond (venue 1.) 11:45 am to 12:30 pm - Comics Action (venue 1.) 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm - Live illustration with Taillefer (venue 1.) 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm - Round table: la vie apres le baccalaureat BD 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm - Paul Roux and Kan-J's new releases (venue 1.) 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Masters at Work with Johanna (venue 1.) 4:15 pm to 5:00 pm - Strip... teaser (venue 1.) 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm - Launch :Tout Spirou (venue 3.) Sunday, October 26th 10:30 am to 11:00 am - Live Illustration with Bosshart (venue 1.) 11:00 am to 12:00 pm - Masters at Work with Breault (venue 1.) 11:30 am to 12:15 pm - Action... Reaction! (venue 1.) 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm - Live Illustration with Coppee (venue 1.) 1:45 pm to 2:30 pm - Strip... teaser (venue 1.) 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Masters at Work with Taillefer (venue 1.) 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm - Discussion: Serie BD, la cle du succes? (venue 1.) 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm - Comics to the Highest Bidder (venue 1.) AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS AYMOND: Thu 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm Fri 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm Sat 10 :00 am to 11 :30 am and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Sun 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm BOSSHART: Thu 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Fri 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Sat 11:30 am to 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Sun 11: 00 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm BREAULT: Thu 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Fri 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Sat 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sun 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm COPPEE: Fri 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Sat 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sun 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm DELAF ET DUBUC: Fri 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sat 10:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Sun 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm FALARDEAU: Thu 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm Fri 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Sat 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm and 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sun 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm FOWLER: Sat 10:00 am to 11:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Sun 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm JOHANNA: Thu 11:00 am to 12:30 pm and 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Fri 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Sat 11 h 30 am to 1:30 pm Sun 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm KAN-J: Sat 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ROUX: Thu 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Fri 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Sat 11:00 am to 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Sun 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm SALGOOD: Thu 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Fri 11:00 am to 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Sat 10:00 am to 11:00 am and 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Sun 11:30 am to 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm TAILLEFER: Thu 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Fri 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Sat 11:30 am to 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Sun 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Labels: bd, book launches, can-con, cartoonists, conventions, events, events links, exhibits, festivals, Gatineau, Ottawa, profiles, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Sunday, October 12, 2008 It's on! | EXPOZINE 2008, MONTREAL'S SEVENTH ANNUAL SMALL PRESS, COMIC AND ZINE FAIR! Montreal's huge 2 day comic and zine orgy! Excuse me, Fair; will take place on Saturday, November 29 and Sunday, November 30, 2008, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ 5035 St-Dominique [map] (Eglise Saint-Enfant Jesus, between St-Joseph and Laurier, near Laurier Metro). Free admission! Creators of all kinds of printed matter and crafty DIY fun will be in attendance, in numbers! - from books to zines to posters and comics - in both English and French. In the past seven years, Expozine has become one of North America's largest small press fairs, attracting thousands of visitors as well as exhibitors from as far afield as Chicago, Toronto, Ottawa, and Quebec City! That's the PR, but it truly is a smorgasbord of cool stuff! Drop buy and discover multitudes of things that are often difficult to find anywhere else, much less all in one room! One very big, sometimes steamy room being a November [MTL winter] crowd so bring stuff you can peal off easy, and something to carry it and all the cool books and stuff you're bound to end up buying! Also there's usually some good eats sold on sight, and lots of prime spots for food or drinks in the area. Most of the Montreal art and DIY crowd show up on one side of the tables or the other, and there's usually some off site part time stuff going on too. To reserve a table at Expozine, you can fill out the online registration form before November 17, 2008, or mail the printed form to Archive Montreal, box 1232, Place d'Armes, Montreal Que. H2Y 3K2. They are also looking for sponsors folks, contact them at expozine@archivemontreal.org if your interested. www.expozine.ca Labels: book launches, conventions, events, events links, Expozine, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, small press, Toronto, zine fair, zines - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 Tonite: Idler's Glossary Launch, Toronto  A new book by philosopher and public intellectual Mark Kingwell, ex-Hermenaut Joshua Glenn, and cartoonist Seth. Toronto Booklaunch: The Idler's Glossary Hosted by This Is Not A Reading Series Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 Time: 7:30-10pm (Doors at 7) Location:1214 Queen Street West (The Gladstone Hotel Ballroom) From the press release: Can you admit that the desire to be idle has taken control of your life? Come to the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Society of the Indolent, where Mark Kingwell, Joshua Glenn and Seth will celebrate the release of The Idler's Glossary (Biblioasis) by outlining their "11 Step Program For Idlers" – A This Is Not A Reading Series event presented by Pages Books & Magazines, Biblioasis, and EYE WEEKLY. Contacts: Joshua Glenn/Mark Kingwell/Seth: Daniel Wells at 519-968-2206 or biblioasis@gmail.com This Is Not A Reading Series: Chris Reed at 416-598-1447 ext 221 or tinars@pagesbook.ca Labels: book launches, events, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, October 03, 2008 TODAY: Typhon Book Launch and Art Exhibit @ Monastiraki in MTL  Co:Facebook Legendary New York cartoonist, illustrator and man about town Danny Hellman will be launching & signing his new TYPHON comix anthology Monastiraki Gallery Friday the 3rd of October in conjunction with POP Montreal Festival's Art Pop series. Not to be missed ! Gracing the walls will be kick ass pervo comic art from 12 of the anthologies contributors including Danny Hellman, Fiona Smyth, R. Sikoryak, Victor Cayro, Rupert Bottenberg, Bruno Nadelin, Rick Trembles, Dalton Web, Nicolas Gazin, Tobias Tak, Lorenz Peter and others. Friday, October 3, 2008 7:00pm - 10:00pm Monastiraki 5478 Boul St-Laurent Montreal, QC Labels: anthologies, art show, book launches, Montreal, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, October 02, 2008 Thursday: Graphic Poetry or Poetry Comics? Toronto  Pages' This Is Not A Reading Series and Tightrope Books presents the highly anticipated launch of PAOLA POLETTO & JAKE KENNEDY, eds. — BOREDOM FIGHTERS! and SEAN STANLEY & KRISTI-LY GREEN — ETCETERA AND OTHERWISE What is "graphic poetry"? Does it combine words and images in a manner unlike its more familiar cousin, the graphic novel? Sandra Kasturi and David Clink will co-host "Graphic Language", a joint launch designed to shed light on such perennial aesthetic riddles. Paola Poletto and Jake Kennedy assembled a collection of graphic poetry, Boredom Fighters. Sean Stanley and Kristi-Ly Green collaborated on a graphic novel, Etcetera and Otherwise . After moderating a group discussion with these four creators, Kasturi and Clink will turn their microphones over to a "graphic poetry slam". The night will end with a "graphic" dance party. Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto Etcetera and Otherwise Boredom Fighters! Poetry/ ISBN 13: 978-0-9783351-5-1 /$21.95 For more information about this event or to request review copies, contact Halli Villegas at Tightrope Books, halli@tightropebooks.com. Labels: book launches, events, graphic novels, poetry, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Friday, September 26, 2008 Friday: You Ain't No Dancer Launch, Vancouver  Featuring the best use of a Beatles lyric in a comix or graphic novel title, the latest issue of this annual comics anthology features a high quality roster of Canadian and international cartooning. Date: Friday, September 26, 2008 Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm Location: Lucky's Comics, 3972 Main St, Vancouver, BC Come celebrate the release of New Reliable Press's latest anthology, You Ain't No Dancer Vol. 3! We're launching the book in style, with and art show of original artwork by several of YAND3's contributors that will be on display in Lucky's gallery. Artists on display: •Catia Chien •Colleen MacIsaac •Dalton Webb •Dorothy Gambrell •Graham Kahler •Grant Reynolds •Jason Turner •Jordyn Bochon •KC Green •Kim Hoang •Lars Brown •Phil McAndrew •Steve Rolston About The Book: Featuring a wrap-around cover by Kazimir Strzepek, You Ain't No Dancer Vol. 3 clocks in at 176 pages and contains 30 new stories from indy-comic favourites and up-and-comers. Vol. 3 Contributors: Kazimir Strzepek, Becky Dreistadt & Frank Gibson, Blaise Larmee, Catia Chien, Coleman Engle, Colleen MacIsaac, Dalton Sharp, Dalton Webb, Dorothy Gambrell, Graham Kahler, Grant Reynolds, Ira Marcks, Jason Turner, Jeff Bent, Jeremy Sorese, Jon Sukarangsan, Jordyn Bochon, KC Green, Kate Beaton, Ken Dahl, Kim Hoang, Lars Brown, Lucy Knisley, Mike Laughead, Mitch Clem & Jason Oberbichler, Patrick Murphy, Phil Barrett, Phil McAndrew and Steve Rolston & Sabina. More information on the book and New Reliable Press can be found at: www.newreliable.com Labels: anthologies, book launches, British Columbia, graphic novels, Vancouver - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Seen there : The ego and the squid : Ojingogo book launch @ the D&Q shop Labels: book launches, events, Montreal, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - - we honor OpenID -
Sunday, September 21, 2008 Parental advisory : The Bear Stories Signing @ the Silver Snail  George Todorovski & Chris Hatzopoulos present The Bear StoriesGeorge and Chris will be appearing Friday, September 26th from 4 to 8:00pm. "For fans of Adult Swim, this comic is right up your alley. The Bear Stories is about a cute, rude, crude bear living in the city. He can say and do anything he wants because - well, he's a cute cartoon bear! But that doesn't mean that he doesn't get into trouble..." For more info, check out The Bear Stories official website. For Mature Audiences Only. www.thebearstories.com George and Chris will also be attending The Word on the Street inToronto. Sunday, September 28th, 11:00am-6:00pm Silver Snail 367 Queen St. W Toronto, Ont, M5V 2R4 (416)-593-0889 The Bear Stories Volume 1: Stupid Assholes 56 Pages in full color! Adult themes & course language! Irrelevant bonus story! Pinup by Christopher Shy! Labels: adults only, book launches, events, Ontario, Toronto - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
MiniKim Launch at Librairie Planete BD  I just checked out Librairie Planete BD for the first time the other week. It's a really cool BD shop on one of the more popular and fashionable parts of town in Montreal. It's also a few blocks from both Millenium and Fichtre, but closer to downtown which will work for them. Local Artist MiniKim is Lunching her newest book there in September, you can sign up for the events facebook page here. It's the second one in the all ages series, called Alta Donna! La jeune dessinatrice MiniKim vient nous presenter sa nouveaute, le deuxieme tome de Alta Donna, une serie haute en couleurs pour toute la famille ! Sunday, September 21, 2008 2:00pm - 4:00pm Planete BD 3883 St-Denis Montreal, QC Labels: bd, book launches, Montreal, new books, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Saturday, September 20, 2008 Saturday: Zine Fest & Graphic Novel Launch, GuelphKazoo! Zine Fair and Graphic Novel Launch Time: September 20, 2008 from 10am to 3pm Location: St. George's Square Street: intersection of Wyndham and Quebec streets, Guelph, ON. Contact Info: 519-400-1180 see also: Kazine (myspace) The Kazoo! zine fair is taking over downtown Guelph on September 20. Hal Niedzviecki is delivering a keynote talk on indie culture in Canada; tables will include Broken Pencil, Carousel, and a diverse range of local and regional initiatives. The zine fair is part of a larger festival, the Kazoo! festival, which will also showcase some of Canada's best independent musicians, as well as festivities for Car Free day, the launch of the Guelph Speaks! community anthology, and the inaugural performance of a unique multimedia project entitled Le Cyc, a projected narrative art sequence with musical accompaniment --billed as "An unusual project combining a bicycle-themed graphic novel presented in slide show form with a live band.." (@ Guelph Youth Music Center, 3:30 - 5:30, All Ages, $10).  Labels: book launches, comics with music, events, graphic novels, Ontario, zine fair, zines - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Tonite: Ojingogo Launch, MontrealMatt Forsythe launches his Ojingogo graphic novel through D+Q. Librairie Drawn & Quarterly Wednesday, August 27 7:30 p.m. http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/211bernard/uploaded_images/poster-772434.jpg Labels: book launches, graphic novels, Montreal, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Thursday, August 21, 2008 The ego and the squid : Ojingogo book launch @ the Drawn & Quarterly Store   Montrealer Matt Forsythe got the cover of this weeks Montreal Mirror and a nice big full page interview/profile inside by Rupert Bottenberg to announce the launch of his new D&Q book this coming weekend, Ojingogo."I feel like I'm just escorting this thing along, not driving it," says illustrator and comic artist Matt Forsythe of Ojingogo, his new graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly. "It's kinda weird seeing my name on the cover-that's how dissociated I feel from it." Ojingogo book launch at the Drawn & Quarterly Store on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m. Labels: book launches, Montreal, new books, Quebec - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Hell Passport Box Set, part of Comix and Stories at the Vancouver Art Gallery  Was sent this by Jo Cook:Perro Verlag has just put together a box set of 24 visual art chapbooks by 24 different Canadian artists. They we will be part of Comix and Stories at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday August 24th. "A day of alternative & small press comics, zines, artwork & culture" Sunday, August 24th, 11am to 5pm Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC Guest list is on the site here, Top Star Guest is Kim Deitch and there's some other pretty cool people on the list with him. The Hell Passport Project is a 24-volume series of visual art chapbooks by 24 artists riffing on hell, holes, holiday suicides, sewers, zombies, ghost tracks, acephalic vulva, evil eye families, premonition rip-offs, bone hounds, contamination, papists' passports, larva womb rat, scum, entrail readings & scabnose demons. The artists in this project come from across Canada and take a variety of approaches and styles, making this series a comprehensive survey of current contemporary drawing. Artists in the series: derek beaulieu, Lisa Cinar, Mark Connery, Rebecca Dolen, Brandy Fedoruk, Julie Feyrer, Emily Goodden, Roy Green, Sally Ireland, Ben L. Jacques, Collin Johanson, Donato Mancini, Billy Mavreas, Wesley Mulvin, Robert Pedersen, Guinevere Pencarrick, Owen Plummer, Terry Plummer, Fiona Smyth, Scheisse Wives, Colin Upton, Ed Varney, Julie Voyce and James Whitman. The sets were printed in a limited edition of 20 boxes: 10 in blue and 10 in red. The complete set sells for $150. Some individual books are also available, at $7 each. Inquiries: Jo Cook www.perroverlag.com Labels: art show, book launches, British Columbia, can-con, comic jams, drawings, ephemera, events, events links, illustration, mini-comics, social ink, Vancouver, zine fair, zines - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
Publishing: Von Allan's "Li'l Kids: road to god knows... adventures!"  Prolific blogger Von Allan, who has posted ceaselessly on his efforts to create and market his first graphic novel, "The Road to God Knows", has some exciting news: a companion volume to the book is finished and available in print. See the press release below: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (August 17, 2008) -- Comic books and graphic novels have, over the past twenty years, become a widely embraced medium in book publishing. Initially dismissed as children's entertainment, comics have now developed a maturity and range of vision that rivals other forms of art and literature. Graphic novels are read by people from all walks of life and have reached a level of critical acceptance that was unheard of decades ago. This resurgence has been led by a number of young artists who bring unique voices to the medium. Von Allan, an Ottawa-based artist and graphic novelist, joins this group with his recently published graphic novel "Li'l Kids: road to god knows ... adventures!" Labels: book launches, graphic novels, Ontario, Ottawa, profiles, publishing - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - - we honor OpenID -
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