This Weekend: Vancouver Comic Jam
From Ed Brisson: When: Saturday, August 16th, 2008. 8pm until midnight.Where: Clubhouse Japanese Restaurant255 West 2nd Avenue, VancouverWho: Anyone who is of legal drinking age is invited. How Much:...
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A Talk with Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas on art, memory, and the power of small
@ SFU Harbour CenterFletcher Challenge TheaterWednesday, August 27, 2008, at 7 pm Admission is free; Reservations are required. Please e-mailcstudies@sfu.ca or call 778.782.5100.Find out more...
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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...
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Sunday: Comics and Stories, Vancouver
The second of two big events featuring U.S. Underground and graphic novel master Kim Deitch in Vancouver. This iteration of the regular Vancouver Comicon features a “who’s who” of contemporary...
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Saturday: Kim Deitch Film Fest, Vancouver
One of the top five surviving members of the U.S. Underground comics movement of the 1960s, and one of the greatest living producers of graphic novels, period, Kim Deitch will be appearing this weekend...
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A few reports from this past weekend’s Comix and Stories event at the Vancouver Art Gallery/KRAZY! show: Derek Kirk Kim’s is the funniest Buying minis report Artist turfed Kim Dietch was there Here,...
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This Weekend: Vancouver Comicon
Vancouver ComiconSunday, September 7th, 200811am to 5pmHeritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver, BC Special Guests: * Steve Leialoha (Fables, Howard the Duck, Star Wars) * Diana Schutz (Darh Horse...
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A few links about comics in Canada: Procastination Comics: cartoonist Paul Mason helps a Carleton University professor illustrate the psychology of putting things off. Procastination Comics II: Jovan...
View ArticleSaturday: Vancouver Comics Jam
from Ed Brisson: When: Saturday, September 20th, 2008. 8pm until midnight.Where: Clubhouse Japanese Restaurant255 West 2nd Avenue, VancouverWho: Anyone who is of legal drinking age is invited.How Much:...
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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....
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Least I Could Do is Link
Some comics links for Tuesday: Jeet Heer on Harper’s pretend populism and the cultural minefield he seems to have stepped into. Walrus blogger Sean Rogers writes about the Chester Brown series of...
View ArticleSupposedly The State of the Canadian Comic Book Industry
Herve at the Bin is at it again. He’s posted an OP ED style piece on ‘The State of the Canadian Comic Book Industry’ which merits linking to, but I feel I should post a buyer beware notice. “I’ve been...
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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. Related...
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Ed Brisson writes: When: Saturday, October 18th, 2008. 8pm until midnight.Where: Clubhouse Japanese Restaurant255 West 2nd Avenue, VancouverWho: Anyone who is of legal drinking age is invited.How Much:...
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Saturday: 24 Hour Comics Day
This Saturday is 24 Hour Comics Day, the annual international comics creation marathon. Several sites across Canada are hosting groups of amateur and professional artists who will be attempting to...
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Edmonton comic shop owner goes missing in Mexico. Fiona Smyth ponders gender. Ben Wicks’ secret stash. Mariko Tamaki writes about the book festival circuit, from the gay comic-book-writer perspective....
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Quick comics-y links from the mainstream press: Miriam Libicki’s “jobnik!” in the Jerusalem Post New Brunswick cartoonist exhibits plaster faces Canadian copyright law The Vancouver Province tries to...
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For the Record
Missed It By This Much Skim did not win the Governor-General’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature yesterday. The book, a graphic novel by cousins Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, was beat out by...
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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 2008Lucky’s Comics3972 Main St, Vancouver(604)...
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Weekly Bestsellers: December 4
The Top 30 Graphic Novels in Canada, courtesy of BookManager. The full list is available here. The list is compiled by BookManager based on sales through over 400 independent bookstores. Sales through...
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