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Book Making: Rachel Richey on redefining Canada’s comic heroes

Rachel Richey is a comics historian and the owner and publisher of Comic Syrup Press, which specializes in reprinting Golden Age Canadian comic books, many of them unseen for decades. Using a panel from CSP’s ... Read More »

July 30, 2015 | Filed under: Book news

Nina Bunjevac, Meags Fizgerald, Connor Willumsen win 2015 Doug Wright Awards

By Becky Robertson

The 11th annual Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning were presented at a ceremony as part of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival on Sunday. Toronto artist Nina Bunjevac won the award for best book for Fatherland ... Read More »

May 11, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Q&A: Doug Wright Spotlight Award nominee Meags Fitzgerald

By Sue Carter

If you're heading to TCAF this weekend, stop by the Conundrum Press booth to congratulate Montreal comics artist Meags Fitzgerald, who is up for the Doug Wright Spotlight Award for her debut graphic novel Photobooth: ... Read More »

May 8, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture

Q&A: Pow Pow Press editor Luc Bossé on translating comics and successful crowdfunding

By Rachel Richey

In November, Montreal French-language comics publisher Pow Pow Press initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the translation of its books to English. The crowdfunding campaign was a success, and the resulting first four titles will ... Read More »

May 7, 2015 | Filed under: Book culture, Book news

Q&A: Comics publisher Alexander Finbow on Renegade Arts Entertainment’s move to Canada

By Becky Robertson

U.K.-based comic-book publisher Renegade Arts Entertainment relocated to Canmore, Alberta, in 2009, and remained relatively under the radar – until its Canadian history title, The Loxleys and the War of 1812, won the 2014 Alberta ... Read More »

May 7, 2015

Superhero illustrator Darwyn Cooke draws on 1980s Toronto for his Revengeance series

By Carsten Knox

You can tell by the way Darwyn Cooke raves about the design elements of an old Toronto coffee shop that he spent his early creative career as a magazine art director. The Lite Bite Coffee ... Read More »

May 6, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, People

French connections: how Canadian comics publishers are seeking out international talents

By Chris Randle

When the 42nd annual Angoulême International Comics Festival took over the namesake hilltop town this past January, attendees included France’s former prime minister Alain Juppé and current minister of culture, Fleur Pellerin. Their presence was ... Read More »

May 5, 2015

Jillian Tamaki

By Sue Carter

Jillian Tamaki: No ordinary magic

May 5, 2015

Graphic novel The Outside Circle aims to become a tool for aboriginal healing

By Alex Migdal

Racial prejudices continue to fester in Edmonton, home to Canada’s second-largest aboriginal population, and the setting for Patti LaBoucane-Benson and Kelly Mellings’ graphic novel The Outside Circle, published by House of Anansi Press. For the ... Read More »

April 28, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Nina Bunjevac, Michael DeForge, Tamakis among 2015 Doug Wright Awards finalists

By Becky Robertson

The nominees for the 11th annual Doug Wright Awards, recognizing the best Canadian comic books and cartooning from the previous year, have been revealed. A jury comprising cartoonist and teacher Fiona Smyth, Taddle Creek publisher ... Read More »

April 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Comics legend Art Spiegelman lands in Toronto

By Sue Carter

Thanks to the dense fog currently blanketing Toronto, comic-book legend Art Spiegelman's plane was re-routed from the downtown island airport to Pearson International Airport. Luckily, a fan recognized the New York comic-book legend and gave ... Read More »

December 17, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones take on Howard the Duck

By Sue Carter

Well before the stinker 1986 movie Howard the Duck (and its perennial appearances on "worst movies ever" lists), the private-investigator fowl was a subversive Marvel comics character, with his first appearance going back to 1973. Originally ... Read More »

November 21, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Michel Rabagliati wins Doug Wright Award best book

By Sue Carter

Michel Rabagliati's semi-autobiographical graphic novel Paul Joins the Scouts (Conundrum Press) has won the Doug Wright Award for best book of 2013. The Doug Wright Awards, which recognize the best English-language comics and graphic novels, were ... Read More »

May 14, 2014 | Filed under: Awards

Graphica’s next wave: Patrick Kyle

By Julie Baldassi

When Patrick Kyle was attending high school in his hometown of Whitby, Ontario, he says comics were his “main interest.” But it wasn’t until he began studying illustration at Toronto’s OCAD University in 2005 that ... Read More »

May 8, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Graphica’s next wave: Walter Scott

By Julie Baldassi

After graduating from Concordia University in 2009 with a bachelor of fine arts, Walter Scott spent a lot of time loafing around Montreal, underemployed, frequenting punk shows in dingy lofts, and living what he calls ... Read More »

May 8, 2014 | Filed under: Book news

Graphica’s next wave: Michael Cho

By Laura Tretheway

When Michael Cho received an offer to work with one of the biggest comics publishers in the world, he initially turned it down. DC Comics – home to Superman, Wonder Woman, and the Green Lantern ... Read More »

May 7, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Graphica’s next wave: Nina Bunjevac

By Laura Tretheway

The comics of Nina Bunjevac don’t always look like conventional comics – in a good way. The Serbian-raised, Toronto-based artist came up through the fine art world, studying painting at the Ontario College of Art ... Read More »

May 6, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Graphica’s next wave: Julie Delporte

By Julie Baldassi

In a culture that often seems to favour hyper-clever, narcissistic realism, it is surprising to encounter an artist as straightforwardly sincere and genuinely unaffected as Julie Delporte. This lack of pretention can perhaps be attributed ... Read More »

May 6, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Michael DeForge and his wickedly weird comics

By Carla Gillis

When I meet Michael DeForge at a Toronto diner during a mid-March snowstorm, he is tired and a bit anxious. His publisher, Koyama Press, is expecting the sixth issue of his award-winning comics series, Lose, ... Read More »

May 6, 2014 | Filed under: Authors

Archie Comics to kill off Archie

By Sue Carter

Riverdale's most famous redhead, Archie Andrews, will meet his demise in an upcoming issue this July. According to CNN, Archie Comics plans a bloody conclusion to its Life with Archie series, which imagines possible future ... Read More »

April 8, 2014 | Filed under: Book culture

Comic appeal: how Seth has become an in-demand book designer and illustrator

By Kelli Korducki

A line drawn by Seth is instantly recognizable as a line drawn by Seth. Over the past two decades, the 51-year-old cartoonist's name has become synonymous with the bold, dark strokes that dominate his nostalgic ... Read More »

December 30, 2013 | Filed under: Book culture

Drawing inspiration: how Montreal became a hotbed for children’s illustration

By Sue Carter

Consider Isabelle Arsenault's studio a visual metaphor for her kids' book illustrations. Tucked away in an isolated row of warehouses in Montreal's Mile End, the workspace is a reminder of the trendy neighbourhood's gritty industrial ... Read More »

December 23, 2013 | Filed under: Children's publishing

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

Swarm

By Lauren Carter

Set alternately in a city crumbling into cavernous disparity between rich and poor, and on an island characterized by hardscrabble sustenance, Lauren Carter’s debut novel tells the dystopic near-future story of everyperson Sandy Burch-Bailey. The ... Read More »

September 27, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ten years of TCAF

By Laura Godfrey

If you've attended the Toronto Comic Arts Festival in recent years, you may find it hard to believe that this thriving event began a decade ago in a modest church space, with about 70 artists ... Read More »

May 7, 2013 | Filed under: Events

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Search Results by tag: comics and graphica

Book Making: Rachel Richey on redefining Canada’s comic heroes

Nina Bunjevac, Meags Fizgerald, Connor Willumsen win 2015 Doug Wright Awards

Q&A: Doug Wright Spotlight Award nominee Meags Fitzgerald

Q&A: Pow Pow Press editor Luc Bossé on translating comics and successful crowdfunding

Q&A: Comics publisher Alexander Finbow on Renegade Arts Entertainment’s move to Canada

Superhero illustrator Darwyn Cooke draws on 1980s Toronto for his Revengeance series

French connections: how Canadian comics publishers are seeking out international talents

Jillian Tamaki

Graphic novel The Outside Circle aims to become a tool for aboriginal healing

Nina Bunjevac, Michael DeForge, Tamakis among 2015 Doug Wright Awards finalists

Comics legend Art Spiegelman lands in Toronto

Chip Zdarsky and Joe Quinones take on Howard the Duck

Michel Rabagliati wins Doug Wright Award best book

Graphica’s next wave: Patrick Kyle

Graphica’s next wave: Walter Scott

Graphica’s next wave: Michael Cho

Graphica’s next wave: Nina Bunjevac

Graphica’s next wave: Julie Delporte

Michael DeForge and his wickedly weird comics

Archie Comics to kill off Archie

Comic appeal: how Seth has become an in-demand book designer and illustrator

Drawing inspiration: how Montreal became a hotbed for children’s illustration

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

Swarm

Ten years of TCAF

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