Montreal: 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...

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ON 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...

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Chester 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 WOR...

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Hey, Brooklyn! Michael DeForge will be at Bergen Street Comics tonight!

This is it, Brooklyn. Tomorrow, Saturday February 15th, at 8:00 pm, Michael DeForge's Ant Colony tour will conclude at Bergen Street Comics . Has the award-winning cartoonist survived two weeks on the wild road? Will he turn back into a pumpkin? You can only find out if you show up. Michael will present a slideshow with a signing and question period...

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Hey, Philly! Michael DeForge will be at Locust Moon tonight

Philly! Michael DeForge is in town tonight, Wednesday February 12th, for his amazing Ant Colony. He'll be at Locust Moon at 7pm. Michael will be presenting a slideshow with a signing and question period to follow. This isthe second last date on the Ant Colony tour, and every event has been terrific so far. But you should show 'em who's best, Philadelphia....

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Hey Baltimore! Michael DeForge is at Atomic Books tonight!

Hey, Baltimore! Michael DeForge continues his tour for Ant Colony tonight, Tuesday February 11th, at Atomic Books - this time with special guest Yumi Sakugawa! The event begins at 7:00 pm. Michael will be presenting a slideshow with a signing and question period to follow. Yumi Sakugawa will be presenting her new graphic novel, I Think I Am In Friend-Love...

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In stores today: MOOMIN'S DESERT ISLAND and MOOMIN'S GOLDEN TAIL

We've got a double dose of Moomin in stores today to cure your February blahs. Moomin's Desert Island and Moomin's Golden Tail are the latest titles in our collection of full-colour Moomin books, which are a kid-friendly size, price, and format, but fun for everyone!Here's Desert Island: in which the entire Moomin family takes a disastrous helicopter...

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Hey, St. Louis! Michael DeForge will be at Star Clipper this afternoon!

Alright, St. Louis, it's your turn! Michael DeForge will be at Star Clipper this afternoon, Sunday February 9th, at 4pm! Michael will be presenting a slideshow, answering your questions, and signing copies of Ant Colony. If you're lucky, you might even get a trading card. I think it's a perfect way to spend a Sunday winter afternoon - RSVP on Facebook...

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Berkeley! Anders Nilsen and Michael DeForge are at Pegasus Books tonight!

Berkeley, we've got one helluva cartooning double bill for you. Michael DeForge and Anders Nilsen will be at Pegasus Books Downtown tonight, Thursday February 6th, at 7:30 pm! That's the 2349 Shattuck Avenue location, people! Michael Deforge, continuing his North American tour, will be presenting Ant Colony with a slideshow and signing to follow....

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Hey, Stanford! Anders Nilsen talks Rage of Poseidon tonight!

Hey, Stanford-and-environs! Just a friendly reminder that Anders Nilsen will be talking Rage of Poseidon and other works tonight, Wednesday February 5th, at 6pm, in the Board Room of the Stanford University Humanities Center (424 Santa Teresa Street). Anders will present work from Rage of Poseidon and discuss the role of mythology and religious...

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The Prodigal Son Returns!

So this weekend, Tom and I found ourselves in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Square to be exact, aka Tom's old stomping grounds of the Million Year Picnic, where they have Tom's Pippi comic in the window. If only a young Tom Devlin could have seen 15 years into the future... And who was working there, but the sweetest man in comics, Tony Davis,...

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Congratulations to Rutu Modan!

What a great way to start a winter Monday! Congratulations to Rutu Modan on her winning the "Prix du Jury" at the Angouleme festival yesterday in France. The Property is published in France by the fine folks at Actes S...

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