Hooray! 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...

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Brecht Vandenbroucke has a new gallery show opening in Paris, France

Paris: 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...

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Toronto: Seth and Michael DeForge are at the Pages Festival this weekend

Toronto: 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...

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Free 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...

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Toronto: 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...

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Do 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...

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In 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...

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A 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...

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