EXPOZINE!

D+Q will be at ExpoZine this weekend, peddling our wares and and hosting signings by Pat Shewchuk + Marek Colek (Pohadky)and Pascal Girard, whose brand new Petit Livre, Nicolas, we just received. Our schedule for the weekend is as follows:SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2912 pm- Fair Opens2-4 pm- Pat Shewchuk + Marek Colek signing6 pm- Fair ClosesSUNDAY, NOVEMBER...

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TONIGHT! (Montreal)

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Seth and Chris Ware in Waterloo

For those of you who were not able to make it out to Waterloo, Ontario this past weekend, we have pictures for you of the Seth/Chris Ware event. The occasion was the opening of an exhibition of Seth's Dominion City (a remarkable miniature city constructed by Seth in recent years). As well, Chris Ware presented Lost Buildings, his audiovisual account...

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It what may be a first for a D+Q book, there is now a promotional animated video up for the book Pohadky, courtesy of artists Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek. Pohadky launches at the Drawn & Quarterly store in Montreal this Friday at 7:00 ...

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APE 2008

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Writing the Unthinkable in Chicago!

Betty Bong wrote to say that Ms. Lynda Barry will be presenting her Writing the Unthinkable workshop in Chicago on Saturday, January 3rd and Sunday, January 4th, AND THERE ARE ONLY 12 SEATS LEFT! Be there or be squa...

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Noted cartoonist and children's book author Raymond Briggs was honored yesterday with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th Cartoon Art Trust Awards in London. Briggs wrote and drew seminal books like The Snowman, Gentleman Jim, and When The Wind Blows long before most people started using the term "graphic novel," so it's good to see him getting...

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Another Weekend Report

The Waterloo Record checks in with a write-up of Saturday's event with Chris Ware and Se...

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Montreal Pohadky Launch!

Join D+Q in launching Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek's Pohadky at 211 Bernard on Friday, November 28th. Details are as follows:Launch of Pohadky by Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek7 pm, Friday, November 28thLibrairie Drawn & Quarterly211 Bernard Ouest, Montreal(514) 279-2...

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Interns Are Awesome; Vancouver Report

Our Summer 2008 intern, Andrew Wilmot, attended Matthew Forsythe's Ojingogo event at Lucky's on Saturday and snapped a few pics for ye old blog. Thanks Andrew! Attn, Montrealers: Matt Forsythe will be at Expozine in Montreal this weeke...

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Chris Ware & Seth at U of Waterloo Tomorrow

Chris Ware and Seth will be in Waterloo tomorrow talking at the School of Architecture from 1:00-4:00 PM. According to the school's website, their conversation will be preceded by an "audiovisual presentation prepared by Ware and This American Life radio host Ira Glass entitled Lost Buildings concerning the demolition of Chicago architect Louis Sullivan's...

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Tangentially..the ultimate fan.

Pre-D+Q, Creative Director Tom Devlin was best known as the publisher of Highwater Books. Before Highwater, Tom had a series of Boston-area comics gigs, most notably as the manager of Million Year Picnic (like the new domain Tony!). As his wife, however, I can attest to the fact that his most interesting comics stories come from his stint at the Boston...

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CAPTION CONTEST

Come on guys, what's so funny about Joe Matt's Halloween costume, any way? Let me kn...

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Sturm and Lutes at Brown Tonight!

The Providence Journal has a nice write-up of a new exhibit opening up at Brown University tonight titled "Jews and American Comics: An Exhibition of Popular Art" at the John Nicholas Brown Center's Carriage House Gallery, 357 Benefit St. The show runs through December 19th.Tonight at 5 PM, James Sturm will deliver a keynote address, with RISD graduate...

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$50 Peter Thompson Drawings?!

Here's what Peter Thompson has to say about it on his Flickr page:"Well, I have all these drawings I did around 2002-03, and there's a bunch of them. And they're just sitting around, doing nothing. They're ink on paper, 5.5 inches by 8.5.(though a few have been slightly trimmed)And I figure, what am I going to do with them, just put them in a drawer...

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Vancouver! Ojingogo Launch

Join D+Q and Lucky's Comics in launching Matt Forsythe's Ojingogo this Saturday. Details are as follows:Launch of Ojingogo by Matt Forsythe5 pm, Saturday, November 22ndLucky's Comics3972 Main St, Vancouver(604) 875-9858Hey, and while you're at it, check out this nod in the Vancouver Sun from earlier this we...

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Skitzy!!

This book should be arriving in comic and book stores today. Don Freeman is one of those cartoonists who became more famous as a children's book illustrator (along with the likes of Dr. Seuss and Jack Kent). If the name's not familiar, he's the guy who did Corduroy, that little green-overall wearing, button-losing, stuffed bear that we all loved as...

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Mommy's Day Out

So due to birthin' babies and other life mid-life "achievements", I haven't traveled for the company in some time. In fact, I think my last out of town "con" was in 2006 when Tatsumiwas a special guest at Comic-Con International. So I jumped at the chance to go to Nashville, to seize upon a generous invitation from Francisca Goldsmith who was the...

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Trip to Vermont

I went down to the Center for Cartoon Studies yesterday to give a guest lecture to the freshman class. They seemed like a good bunch of kids (some aren't kids of course.) They were working on a cover design project (largely excellent work--I was very impressed) so I talked a little bit about how we make the choices we make at D+Q and then I did crits...

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