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Actor and “lifelong nerd” Jay Baruchel joins Chapterhouse Comics team

Actor, director, and screenwriter Jay Baruchel (This is the End, How to Train Your Dragon, Goon: Last of the Enforcers) has joined the team of Chapterhouse Publishing, the Toronto-based graphica house behind Captain Canuck. Founded in 2015, the company is the ... Read More »

June 22, 2017 | Filed under: Book news, People

2017 Doug Wright Awards name three first-time winners

By Becky Robertson

It was a year of firsts at this year's Doug Wright Awards, with all three winners being honoured by the Wrights for the first time. Toronto author Rebecca Roher won the Doug Wright Award for best ... Read More »

May 15, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Koyama Press donates original cartoon collection to Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

By Becky Robertson

Koyama Press publisher Annie Koyama has donated more than 250 pieces of original artwork to the Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in honour of the Toronto indie press's 10th anniversary. The ... Read More »

February 22, 2017 | Filed under: Book news

Justin Trudeau stars in forthcoming Marvel graphic novel

By Becky Robertson

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will up his cool factor even more this summer with a starring role in a new Marvel graphic novel written by Toronto cartoonist Chip Zdarsky and illustrated by Ramón Pérez. Issue ... Read More »

June 28, 2016 | Filed under: Book culture

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

By Conan Tobias

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

Awards: Tamaki, Beaton make Eisner list in record year for female artists

By Conan Tobias

Canadians Jillian Tamaki, Kate Beaton, and Ethan Rilly are among the nominees announced on April 19 for the 2016 Eisner Awards, highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels distributed in the United ... Read More »

April 20, 2016 | Filed under: Awards

Book Making: Ryan Heshka’s bad girls get the Risograph treatment

By Conan Tobias

Fans of Vancouver-based artist Ryan Heshka are familiar with his go-to subject matters. In 2014, he combined several of his campy passions in Mean Girls Club, an art installation and accompanying two-colour “Risographed” over-the-top comic-book ... Read More »

January 11, 2016 | Filed under: Bookselling

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

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

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Search Results by tag: graphica

Actor and “lifelong nerd” Jay Baruchel joins Chapterhouse Comics team

2017 Doug Wright Awards name three first-time winners

Koyama Press donates original cartoon collection to Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Justin Trudeau stars in forthcoming Marvel graphic novel

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

Awards: Tamaki, Beaton make Eisner list in record year for female artists

Book Making: Ryan Heshka’s bad girls get the Risograph treatment

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

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

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

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