Search Results by tag: Chester Brown

Chester Brown went to church to launch a new graphic novel reinterpreting the role of prostitution in the Bible

The Church of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields is a brick structure located to the east of Toronto’s Little Italy. The original architecture of its current building dates back to 1865, though various renovations and reconstructions have left ... Read More »

May 25, 2016 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

80 years of Q&Q: comics & graphica, from Captain Canuck to D&Q

By Q&Q Staff

Canadian comics get a second chance The mid- to late 1970s brought a wave of nostalgia to comics, and with it, Canada’s Silver Age. These comics, consistent in their production values with most mainstream (i.e., ... Read More »

April 14, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Book culture, People, Writing life

Q&A: Chester Brown on the 10th anniversary of Louis Riel

By Sue Carter

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Chester Brown's graphic novel Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography (Drawn & Quarterly). In celebration of the award-winning book, which helped popularize historical biographies in graphica form, D&Q has ... Read More »

November 12, 2013 | Filed under: Authors

D&Q dominates Doug Wright Award nominations

By Sue Carter

Montreal comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly has secured five out of six nominations for the 2012 Doug Wright Award for Best Book, with veteran D&Q artists Joe Ollman, Chester Brown, and Seth competing against popular ... Read More »

March 27, 2012 | Filed under: Awards

Slideshow: Toronto comics artists pay homage to Tintin

By Natalie Samson

Roughly 70 comics artists and illustrators will participate in an art show this month that honours French Belgian comic book creator Hergé and his intrepid reporter. Toronto Draws Tintin, a "celebration of all things Tintin ... Read More »

November 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events

Chester Brown gets busy at Comic-Con 2011

By Jason Spencer

Chester Brown is making a big splash at this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, which runs until Sunday. Today, Brown is performing his "acclaimed slideshow," reading from his controversial graphic novel Paying for ... Read More »

July 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

New York Times lauds Chester Brown’s new graphic memoir

By Steven W. Beattie

Paying for It, Chester Brown's new graphic memoir about his experience patronizing prostitutes, published in May by Drawn & Quarterly, has received a fairly high-profile endorsement from The New York Times. None other than famed ... Read More »

July 4, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Writers’ Trust turns spotlight on political books

By Natalie Samson

Spurred by the recent federal election, The Writers' Trust of Canada has partnered with Samara, a non-profit organization that seeks to strengthen citizen engagement in Canada's democratic system, to launch a project called The Best ... Read More »

June 8, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Book links round-up: Google’s eBookstore, e-mail woes, Q&A with Chester Brown, and more

By Jason Spencer

Chasing the story behind the story: exploring literary journalism The nominees for the inaugural Independent Booksellers' Choice Awards Is the eBookstore worth it for Google? Crime writer Robert Rotenberg goes to town on e-mail Graphic ... Read More »

May 25, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Yann Martel finally hears from the PMO

By Suzanne Gardner

For over two years, Life of Pi author Yann Martel has been sending books that have "been known to expand stillness" to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Beginning with Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich ... Read More »

June 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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