tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53731182856192165252024-03-14T06:36:17.499-07:00drawn quarterlyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2924125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-34214652498986677812014-07-28T12:24:00.001-07:002014-07-28T12:24:55.094-07:00Rutu Modan, Mimi Pond, Gilbert Hernandez bring home the gold! It's Monday, and Comic-Con 2014 is already over. Montreal is rainy and cold to welcome Tracy, Jade, and Julia home-- this ain't California, that's for sure. I'd be bummed, but I'm too darn proud of RUTU MODAN, MIMI POND, and GILBERT HERNANDEZ to be unhappy. Rutu Modan scooped up a 'Best Graphic Album- New' Eisner Award for her stunning book, The Property. Above is a panel from the book I am Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-9736604832761015662014-07-18T07:35:00.001-07:002014-07-18T07:35:41.858-07:00Let's all just go back to TCAF for a minute…. Here's Kate Beaton, Lynn Johnston, and Raina Telgemeier's kick-off talk for this year's TCAF, in all its almost two hours of glory. Need I really say more??? Happy Friday, y'all. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-77263188929316070312014-07-11T08:34:00.001-07:002014-07-11T08:34:56.739-07:00Mimi Pond and Vanessa Davis host ICON8! And NEW Mimi Pond event in Chattanooga, TN! Portland's ICON8 Illustration Conference is in full swing! Like always, ICON8 is bringing together top illustrators, designers, and publishers from around the globe for a weekend of panels, workshops, and presentations. But this year is going to be way more fun than any other, because Mimi Pond and Vanessa Davis are hosting the whole she-bang! These two are hilarious, and full of good storiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-4459225686806789772014-07-07T12:50:00.001-07:002014-07-07T12:50:59.642-07:00Hey Guelph! Have you seen Seth hangin' downtown? This banner of Seth and his artwork, that is! The city of Guelph has decided to honour its local artists by hanging their portraits alongside their works from the streetlights on downtown Quebec Street. Amazing! I hope to see initiatives like this in more towns. If you're in Guelph or planning to visit, these artists will be smiling down on you until October. And while we're appreciating Seth,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-55598118314424250062014-07-07T11:19:00.001-07:002014-07-07T11:19:32.502-07:00Asphalt Watches on Demand We've mentioned it before but remember that odd amazing little book we did a couple of years ago called Stooge Pile? Of course you do. Well, Seth Scriver, the inspired hoser behind that book, recently made a full-length cartoon movie with his friend Shayne Ehman called Asphalt Watches and it is finally on Vimeo On Demand and you should git on over there and watch it. $5 for a movie in yer Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-79726839524088927412014-06-27T09:20:00.001-07:002014-06-27T09:20:28.409-07:00Art Spiegelman curates a piece in the latest Artforum! Folks, the latest issue of Artforum is unreal, and is specially catered to you, comics fans. For this special cartooning issue, Artforum asked none other than the master himself, Art Spiegelman, to curate a selection of his favourite comics. His piece, "Eye of Doom, Hand of Glory" opens with the announcement that "the future of comics is in its past" and goes on to explore his varied Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-9678191883410800442014-06-13T07:06:00.001-07:002014-06-13T07:06:53.754-07:00Hey, Norway: Oslo Comics Expo is this weekend! OCX 2014 poster by Peter Bagge It seems as though we're all over the globe these days! In addition to attending our usual, much-loved North American shows, we were in Sweden last month for Stockholms Internationella Seriefestival, and we're in the UK this weekend for ELCAF. Also this weekend is Oslo Comics Expo , and although D+Q won't be there as such, you'll have the chance to meet Peter Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-91089355044397338492014-06-12T09:50:00.001-07:002014-06-12T09:50:31.658-07:00In stores now: BENSON's CUCKOOS by Anouk Ricard I don't think I've ever met anyone, young or old, who doesn't fall in love at first sight with Anouk Ricard's smart-alecky Anna and Froga series. And while those books are technically for children, we've got good news for adult fans- Anouk Ricard's latest, Benson's Cuckoos, is just for you and in stores now! Benson's Cuckoos is both a whodunnit and office comedy, set at a cuckoo-clock Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-12052572652151089402014-06-10T11:33:00.001-07:002014-06-10T11:33:09.912-07:00Brooklyn: You've got three chances to catch R. Sikoryak's carousel this month! Hey Brooklyn, don't miss your (three!) opportunities to catch R. Sikoryak's multimedia extravaganza, Carousel , this June! The show is an adaptation of his Masterpiece Comics and is an incredible performance, including projections, music, and a rotating cast of voice actors. Here's the full list of shows and who'll be participating at each: Saturday, June 14th, 8:15 pm: R. Sikoryak with Ryan Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-85995791691686229472014-06-02T08:05:00.001-07:002014-06-02T08:05:35.262-07:00R. Sikoryak Covers the THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW! R. Sikoryak covers the Summer Reading issue of the New York Times Book Review and is as funny and sharp as always! \ And as part of the Summer Reading special, check out this slide show where Douglas Wolk includes Beautiful Darkness in his seasonal graphic novel round-up.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-1258279753839116552014-05-29T08:45:00.001-07:002014-05-29T08:45:00.674-07:00In stores now: PETTY THEFT by Pascal Girard and EVERYWHERE ANTENNAS by Julie Delporte! This week we're welcoming a beautiful pair of titles from two of our hometown heroes: Petty Theft by Pascal Girard and Everywhere Antennas by Julie Delporte! Because Pascal and Julie are French speakers, we felt their books absolutely needed French flaps. Petty Theft is set in Montreal's Mile End, and more specifically in a fictionalized version of our very own Librairie Drawn and Quarterly. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-31399134121941293282014-05-26T11:50:00.001-07:002014-05-26T11:50:30.676-07:00Chester Brown covers Maggie McNeill's new book! Chester rarely takes on any freelancer art, so when he does it is a treat! Here is his cover to the book LADIES OF THE NIGHT by Honest Courtesan, Maggie McNeill.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-40837950582193720752014-05-12T10:34:00.001-07:002014-05-12T10:34:44.445-07:00Hey, NYC! Catch Mimi Pond tonight at McNally Jackson Hey there, New York! The amazing Mimi Pond is heading straight from TCAF to you, or rather, to McNally Jackson, where you should be tonight. That's right: Mimi Pond will be at McNally Jackson for Over Easy tonight, Monday, May 12th, at 7 pm.Mimi will be joined in conversation by Lisa Birnbach (True Prep), and will present a slideshow with a signing to follow. You could definitely use some MimiUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-8423774646381832432014-04-17T12:35:00.001-07:002014-04-17T12:35:34.459-07:00D+Q Titles Nominated for Eisner and Doug Wright Awards!Awards season has begun. Perhaps you didn't know that comics is a glitzy and glamorous business, but we've got trophies and medals too, okay? And we're very proud to announce that a whole bunch of Drawn and Quarterly titles have been nominated for Eisner and Doug Wright awards! Woo-hoo! (Hot tip: purple books get nominated for awards) The Doug Wright Awards take place at our beloved Canadian Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-33405398782753297912014-03-20T09:05:00.001-07:002014-03-20T09:05:05.551-07:00Hooray! Lisa Hanawalt nominated for James Beard Award- again! Lisa Hanawalt's work is hilarious, and the critics know it: she's been nominated for the James Beard Award in Humor for the second straight year! This time, the nomination is for "On the Trail with Wylie", her regular column for Lucky Peach .From the Washington Post : “I’m honored to be nominated and recognized for my skills as a chef!” Hanawalt wryly tells The Post’s Comic Riffs. “Stay tuned Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-22981902937908101392014-03-13T12:28:00.001-07:002014-03-13T12:28:00.737-07:00Brecht Vandenbroucke has a new gallery show opening in Paris, FranceParis: Brecht Vandenbroucke has a new show opening at Galerie Martel , with paintings from his new book, White Cube. The vernissage is next Thursday, March 20th, starting at 6:30 pm, and the exhibit will run until May 10th. The book is lush and bright and hilarious and you should seize the opportunity to see these pieces in person! Galerie Martel is located at 17 rue Martel. We've all been Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-17034064365068885412014-03-13T08:27:00.001-07:002014-03-13T08:27:56.549-07:00Toronto: Seth and Michael DeForge are at the Pages Festival this weekendToronto: The 2014 Pages Festival and Conference kicks off today, with great programming in music, art, books, and movies. Among these fine events is a graphic novel talk with Seth, Michael DeForge, and Fiona Smyth, hosted by Jeet Heer! Here are Michael DeForge and Seth all the way back in October, sandwiched between Chester Brown and Peter Bagge Seth will discuss his work as a book designer, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-7936156627677311162014-03-07T11:21:00.001-08:002014-03-07T11:21:22.476-08:00Free Comic Book Day, 2014!Oh Joy! Our brand new FREE COMIC BOOK DAY issue is in! This lil' beaut features an excerpt from Shigeru Mizuki's second volume of Showa: A History of Japan, covering the period from 1944 to 1956. And talk about coincidence, it's Mizuki's 92nd birthday today! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIZUKI! Look at that smile, what a cutie! Now don't go thinking Showa is anything like a boring ol' history textbook, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-56686651647550103362014-03-07T08:06:00.001-08:002014-03-07T08:06:30.693-08:00Toronto: Diane Obomsawin will be at The Henhouse tonight for On Loving Women Hello, Toronto! Diane Obomsawin will be at The Henhouse tonight, Friday March 7th, for On Loving Women, her new collection of stories about coming out, first love, and sexual identity. Diane will present a slideshow and be interviewed by Town Dyke columnist Alex Tigchelaar for what promises to be an insightful, laughter-filled Friday night. Doors open at 9 pm!"All of us have struggled with the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-77817100556196045512014-03-04T13:21:00.001-08:002014-03-04T13:21:42.971-08:00Do you know Pippi? Of course you've heard of the red-haired, horse-lifting, freckle-faced Pippi Longstocking, but how well do you really know her? Now's your chance to get acquainted, Philadelphia: Do You Know Pippi Longstocking?, an original new exhibition, is coming to the American Swedish Historical Museum !The show sounds absolutely delightful, and true to Lingren's sense of humor. Kids will have the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-45638928766535260552014-03-04T11:06:00.001-08:002014-03-04T11:06:24.891-08:00In stores today: WHITE CUBE by Brecht Vandenbroucke Brightening my day/week/winter is Brecht Vandenbroucke's White Cube, in stores now! White Cube is wordlessly clever and lushly painted in beautiful bright colours; an art book that pokes fun at the art world. The book follows a pair of pink-faced twins as they visit galleries and attempt to understand the confusing, somewhat smug world of contemporary art. Their misadventures have them Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-63190673594739442412014-03-03T07:50:00.001-08:002014-03-03T07:50:22.093-08:00A Bump Bump, Thumpin' Bumpin', El Bumpo: Or, look what we have here, a very special new book from da one and only Gilbert Hernandez! Oh hey guys. We've been so busy getting this book ready for press that we forgot to brag endlessly about it. What in the world is wrong with us? And why are you reading this when you should still be admiring that cover up there? Perfect, non?A raw, disaffected, punk rock/glam rock/drunk rock/speed-freak rock coming-of-age story about growing up in America, seen through the eyes of Bobby, or Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-19298217663017005452014-02-20T08:51:00.001-08:002014-02-20T08:51:30.879-08:00Montreal: Diane Obomsawin launches On Loving Women tonight!It's a really beautiful day, isn't it, Montreal? I'm not being sarcastic. I know it's still negative degrees out there but it feels like paradise as much as February can allow. And to make this day even better, Diane Obomsawin will be launching On Loving Women tonight, Thursday February 20th, at our Librairie Drawn and Quarterly . 7pm! Diane will be presenting On Loving Women with a signing to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-91323892913681684792014-02-18T11:03:00.001-08:002014-02-18T11:03:48.674-08:00ON LOVING WOMEN by Diane Obomsawin: in stores and on tour Remember when we introduced you to Diane Obomsawin's intimate, charming On Loving Women last month? Well, it's now in stores everywhere and critics are love-struck! Diane's book is a series of vignettes about coming out, falling in love, and sexual identity, exploring personal accounts of women first finding love with another woman. Every story is a quiet triumph that's sure to leave you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5373118285619216525.post-87841163516689063632014-02-17T08:06:00.001-08:002014-02-17T08:06:15.031-08:00Chester Brown Changed the World. Well, the rest of the world now knows what we in comics have known for the past 25 years, all hail Chester Brown, one of the most idiosyncratic, gifted geniuses this medium has ever known. For more on this, check out Ken McGoogan's book 50 CANADIANS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0