Canadian Comix News & Culture

   Thursday, March 13, 2008  
Expozine Gala, 2008

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/13/2008 01:47:00 AM

The winners of the 2008 Prix Expozine were announced at a ceremony in Montreal on Monday night. The prize is given to publications featured at Expozine, the annual small-press fair.

ENGLISH WINNERS

COMIC: Oola Dug by Malcom Sutherland

BOOK: Extraction! edited by Frederic Dubois, Marc Tessier and David Widgington, Cumulus Press

ZINE: The Bedrooms of the Nation by Michelle Sterling

FRENCH WINNERS

COMIC: Comment le dictionnaire fut-il invente by Zviane & Charles Menard, Grafigne.com Editions

BOOK: Kaspar by OBOM

ZINE: Victor by Adrien Sanchez Valero

For full details, including information on the judges, links, and the judges' comments, see the Expozine website.

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   Tuesday, March 11, 2008  
OWL Magazine Comics Issue

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/11/2008 02:39:00 AM


It's Owl Magazine's annual Comics Issue, featuring strips and profiles by Jean Chin, Steve Manale, Willow Dawson, Michael Cho, Charlene Chua, Eric Kim, Claude Bordelau, Brian McLachlan, & Scott Chantler.

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   Thursday, February 21, 2008  
Tonite: Sleazy Slice Launch, Vancouver

:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/21/2008 06:00:00 AM


Feb 21
Fox Porn Theatre, Vancouver

Robin Bougie is launching a trio of projects tonight, including the second issue of the adults only Sleazy Slice comics anthology, featuring work by Bougie, S.H.K, David Paleo, S.C.A.R, Putrid, and more. Also on offer is the latest issue of Cinema Sewer, the Bougie-edited zine devoted to adult film.

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   Thursday, October 25, 2007  
Canzine 2007: Things are about to get Scary!

:: Posted by max @ 10/25/2007 09:51:00 PM
Almost Missed this one...But I'll be there, not square!

Toronto

Hotel Canzine
Sunday, October 28, 2007
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. West
(Queen just East of Dufferin)
1pm - 7pm


$5 at the door gets you the new Horror Issue of Broken Pencil Magazine and access to hundreds of zines, all-day horror screenings, DIY Gore workshops, readings, and all sorts of other madness.

Canzine is an annual event organized by Broken Pencil, the Magazine of Zine Culture and the Independent Arts.

Contact Broken Pencil, PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S7, email: editor@brokenpencil.com, phone 416-204-1700

Hotel Canzine
Giant Zine Fair!

Over 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! Be amazed at the creativity, ingenuity, and sheer weirdness! (Those interested in booking tables can register online at www.brokenpencil.com.)
Launch of the New Issue of Broken Pencil "Indie Horror"

Featuring Ghost Stories at the Canzine Camp Fire, all day Indie Horror Videos, and our Cheap Thrills Special Effects exhibit In celebration of the brand new Horror Issue that will launch at Canzine, we feature six great indie writers telling ghost stories in front of the Canzine Campfire. The fake log will be glowing weakly, the marshmallows will be room temperature straight from the bag, but that shiver up your spine will be real! Also: Canzine Gorefest! Take the Canzine workshop on do-it-yourself gore, then ham up your fake black eye, bloody lip and severed hand at our "Cheap Thrills Special Effects Exhibit". Plus: All day indie horror movies in the Canzine screening room.

The Canzine Whodunit

Help! Someone's killing local zinesters, picking them off one by one like ripe grapes plucked from the vine! Can you solve the crime and stop the serial destruction of our indie culture? This year, for the first time ever, Canzine will present an all day murder mystery game going on all over the Gladstone! Join the game and solve the crime or just watch the antics.
Hotel Room Installations

Canada's brightest and weirdest will be creating one day unique environments to explore. Including: Tara Bursey's Haunted Room of worry bead diet pills and baby rat bedsheets. Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People's room of scary music and tortured puppets. Shannon Gerard's room of crocheted cancer prevention. The Special's room of mystery featuring the amazing Mysterion.

Campfire Ghost Story Readings

Sit around the Canzine campfire and enjoy 10 minute ghost stories throughout the day by great indie writers like Tony Burgess, Kate Story (an up-and-comer featured in our new horror issue), Maggie MacDonald and more! Free marshmallows!
All Day Underground Video Screening

Open Screening and Curated program by James King. Special horror program. All are welcome to bring videos (VHS or DVD only, 10 minutes and under) to show to the world. Register in advance by emailing canzinevideo@brokenpencil.com. Or just show up with your video.


Workshops

Do It Yourself GoreFest:
Special Effects on the Cheap

Indie Artist, Promote Yourself:
A How-to Guide to DIY Promotion lead by indie promoter extraordinaire Trevor Coleman.


Hotel Canzine is made possible by grants from the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council. Hotel Canzine also is supported by the following most excellent sponsors: Magazines Canada, The Toronto Reference Library, Open Book, Eye Weekly, CIUT 89.5, Torontoist.com, BookShorts, Mint Records, and The Gladstone Hotel.

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   Monday, October 15, 2007  
Billy Mavreas' Monster Island Three & Nog A Dod in Tom Spurgeon's Basket

:: Posted by max @ 10/15/2007 12:43:00 AM
Tom tries to get on top of the Review pile with a big catchup and thanks post - Conundrum [mtl] got two hits from their recent line up of Graphic lit.

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   Saturday, September 29, 2007  
Oct: 5 le prochain Fanzine Bidon - Lancement!

:: Posted by max @ 9/29/2007 12:24:00 AM
Co:pishier.blogspot.com

Bonjour a tous le 5 octobre prochain, dans le cadre du festival Atenne_a, lancement du prochain fanzine bidon accompagne d'un cd du groupe (swedish) death polka. et une merveilleuse couverture realisee par Valerie Morency. 5a 7 plus spectale a 19hr a la chapelle de l'amerique francaise a Quebec. histoire ecrite par samuel murdock basee sur le premier effondrement du pont de quebec 2, cote de la Fabrique. merci et au plaisirs http://www.swedishdeathpolka.com/ http://www.antenne-a.com/ http://pishier.blogspot.com/ http://kabochenook01.blogspot.com/


Translated i think it says, this October 5th at the Atenne festival, they will be launching the latest issue of their zine, 'fanzine bidon', along side a new CD from swedish death polka

The event is being held at la chapelle de l'amerique francaise, Musee de l'Amerique francaise Pavillon d'accueil 2, cote de la Fabrique, Quebec City.

Cool looking zine. Check out the links.

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   Friday, September 28, 2007  
EXPOZINE 2007 | MONTREAL'S SIXTH ANNUAL SMALL PRESS, COMIC AND ZINE FAIR!

:: Posted by max @ 9/28/2007 11:12:00 PM
Co:expozine.ca


Expozine, Montreal's annual small press, comic and zine fair, will take place on Saturday, November 24 and Sunday, November 25, 2007, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Eglise Saint-Enfant Jesus, between St-Joseph and Laurier, near Laurier Metro) MAP. Free admission!

This incredible event brings together over 250 creators of all kinds of printed matter - from books to zines to visual art and comics - in both English and French.

In the past six 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!

It is one of the city's cultural success stories, and due to its ever-increasing growth, this year's edition will be expanded to two days.

Expozine brings together a multitude of publications and printed works that are often difficult to find in the first place, much less altogether in the same room! The result is a rare opportunity to peruse the work of hundreds of young and emerging authors, publishers and artists, and to see what the winners of last year's Expozine Alternative Press Awards are up to. Not to be missed!

To reserve a table at Expozine, fill out the registration form here before November 12, 2007, or mail the printed form to Archive Montreal, box 1232, Place d'Armes, Montreal Que. H2Y 3K2.

We're also looking for sponsors!!! For information on becoming a sponsor, contact us at expozine@archivemontreal.org, or call 514-282-0146.

Expozine is made possible through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.


Links
Expozine.ca
Expozine on Youtube!
Expozine photos on Flickr!

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   Thursday, September 06, 2007  
Thursday Links

:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/06/2007 12:01:00 AM

News concerning comics in Canada:

1. Von Allan's The Road to God Knows... is reviewed by Leigh Dragoon at Sequential Tart.

2. Satrapi and Saul Steinberg at Ottawa Animation festival: Persepolis, based on the graphic novel by France's Marjane Satrapi, and a retrospective devoted to U.S. cartoonist Saul Steinberg are two of the featured comics-related events at the Ottawa International Animation Festival:

An exclusive program dedicated to animation influenced by the New Yorker Magazine illustrator Saul Steinberg. Best known for his "View of the World from 9th Avenue,". Steinberg's elevated self-consciousness, reduced design to its essentials; freely melded the naive with the modern, and more than any other 20 century artist obliterated the wall between media and art. Animators as varied as Stefan Schabenbeck, Candy Kugel, Mo Williams and the "modernistic" designs from UPA and Zagreb owe much to Steinberg. The influence goes beyond the surface to include an abstract view of space, identity, and language. Curated by New York animator George Griffin.


3. Lynn Johnston's For Better of For Worse began it's new format Sept. 3 with a rerun some old strips framed by a journey through an old photo album. The strip is online here.

4. Toronto comics blogger and Beguiling employee is visiting Japan and already has a selection of manga retailing-related photos online.

5. Mike Aragona is a writer and the man responsible for keeping alive the long-running Canadian APA/zine Comicopia. He is currently going through some tough times concerning the health of his youngest child, as you will see from the updates from his livejournal page. If you know Mike or can identify with his situation, I'm sure his family would appreciate a note of encouragement or support.

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   Wednesday, September 05, 2007  
Have You Seen This Zine?

:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/05/2007 12:01:00 AM
Have you seen me? I am Canazine, a fanzine advertised in The Buyer's Guide in 1971, and published by Ralph Alphonso of Montreal. Persons with information about my whereabouts should contact this blog.

(image courtesy the yahoo canadiancomics group)

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   Wednesday, August 01, 2007  
Mensuhell #92

:: Posted by Bryan @ 8/01/2007 06:00:00 AM

via Michel Viau:


the venerable comix zine has only 8 more issues until #100!

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   Friday, March 09, 2007  
and the winners are...Expozine Awards 2007

:: Posted by max @ 3/09/2007 11:08:00 AM
The 2007 Expozine alternative press awards were held two days ago, so the posts are starting to pop up.

First of all, who won?

Feat stomping in the stands please, for the best of the independent press...

Best English Comic:
Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

Best English Zine:
A Queersafe Zine by Mary Potter, Leah Newbold, Adriana. Drawings by Sarah Mangle

Best English Book:
The Theory of the Loser Class by Jon Paul Fiorentino, Coach House Press

Best French Comic:
Hasemeister (spécial Halloween) by Frédéric Mahieu

Best French Zine:
FAS: Non-apprivoisable et non-domesticable, by fas.mjack.net

Best French Book:
Cyclope opus #3 / Plan cartésien, éditions Les 400 coups


Ok, over on midnightpoutine.ca there is an interview with organiser Andy Brown and this lovely YouTube posting was found via them...



And here are my own photos from the night, you can see them all here on flickr...

expozineawards2007- 192

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   Wednesday, March 07, 2007  
Expozine Gala Tonite

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/07/2007 12:02:00 AM
Just a short reminder: the 2nd annual Expozine awards event is this evening.

Wednesday March 7, 2007
Mainline Theatre
3997 Boul. St-Laurent,
Montreal
9:00 pm

FREE admission!

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   Monday, February 26, 2007  
Announcing the 2nd Expozine Alternative Press Awards Gala!

:: Posted by max @ 2/26/2007 03:07:00 PM


The 2nd Expozine Alternative Press Awards Gala! Featuring as master of ceremonies perennial favourite Jean Giscagne, who will share the stage with musical/ lyrical entertainment by Montreal's Les Abdigradationnistes, plus special guests and surprises! You'll also have the chance to purchase copies of the nominated books, zines and comics!

Wednesday March 7, 2007
Mainline Theatre
3997 Boul. St-Laurent,
9:00 pm, FREE admission.

About the awards:

To reflect the wide diversity of printed matter that was represented last November at Expozine, Montreal's only annual small press, comic and zine fair, six prizes will be awarded: three prizes in English and three in French, for the following categories: Best book, Best comic, Best zine. Each of the more than 200 Expozine 2006 participants were asked to submit their best creation for consideration for the prizes. The shortlist was selected by an esteemed panel of judges, and are listed below.

SHORTLIST

  • Best English Comic
  • Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
  • Ojingogo (#2) by Matthew Forsythe
  • Revolver 2 by Salgood Sam with Jim Munroe
  • Screwed Ball by Bill Charbonneau
  • I Found It in My Urethra! by Robin Bougie
  • Best English Zine:
  • knoggin knowledge, a danger to themselves, and Rolling Man by Kerry Byrne.
  • A Queersafe Zine by Mary Potter, Leah Newbold, Adriana. Drawings by Sarah Mangle.
  • Welcome to Gayside by The Third Leg.
  • Wires by Jeff Otaku.
  • thanksgiving by Sarah Pinder.
  • Best English Book:
  • The Feast: A Collection of Art in Black and White by Permanent Marker Art Society / Shawn O'Keefe and Harley Smart
  • In Search of Divine Styler by Ryan Somers, a.k.a. Fritz tha Cat (MudScout Press)
  • Jugsaw Youth: Two New Stories by J.B. Staniforth
  • Monsters for Real (Loveletters #1 through 11) by Jim Holyoak
  • *Tattoo This Madness In by Daniel Allen Cox, Dusty Owl Press
  • *The Theory of the Loser Class by Jon Paul Fiorentino, Coach House Press
  • Meilleur Bande Dessinée:
  • Hasermeister (spécial Halloween) par Frédéric Mahieu
  • Le Bob #5 par collectif de Québec
  • Mélodie burlesque par Sylvie Rancourt et Jacques Boivin
  • Le commun des mortels par Louis Bouvier
  • Meilleur Zine:
  • FAS: Non-apprivoisable et non-domesticable, par fas.mjack.net
  • Sexyfall / shute nous, par Louise-Andrée Lapierre
  • Clémentine, par Vincent Couture
  • Fanzine bidon #13 spécial mouvement, par Pierre Bouchard
  • Take out / prêt-à-porter, par La Centrale
  • Meilleur Livre
  • (à venir)

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   Tuesday, February 06, 2007  
Le BOB

:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/06/2007 11:18:00 AM

An exposition devoted to the Quebec humour fanzine Le BOB begins on February 8th, in (I think) Saguenay, Quebec (courtesy, BDQ)

Feb 8-March 8, 2007

Cafe Cote-cour
4014, de la Fabrique, Jonquiere.

Le BOB

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   Tuesday, January 23, 2007  
TM Maple

:: Posted by Bryan @ 1/23/2007 03:00:00 PM

T.M. Maple was one of the most widely published comic book letter writers of the 1980s. His real name was Jim Burke and he was, of course, from Canada ("The Mad Maple" was his official name). He also published his own fanzines and contributed to many others: his column "The Canuck Stops Here" was a regular feature of Gene Kehoe's seminal It's a Fanzine. Sadly, T.M. died in 1994 of a heart attack. Over at The Comics Journal Message Board, older readers and fans share memories of him, including a comic strip.

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Other TM Maple links

Selection of Letters

T.M. Maple on Superman

Is the Simpsons' "Comic Book Guy" based on T.M.?

The Fallcon in St. Paul, Minnesota holds all of its guest panel presentations in the "TM Maple Edutorium"!

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