 | Drawn & Quarterly and Blue Metropolis presents: A Book Launch for Michel Rabagliati's latest offering, Paul has A Summer Job Event Time: Wednesday, April 2, 5:00pm Salle Le Floréal Hôtel Renaissance, 3625 Parc Ave. Michel Rabagliati won the 2000 Harvey Award for Best New Talent and now he's back to deliver on his promise. Paul has A Summer Job is an all new entirely original 160 page graphic novel about the summer of 1979, and it's his most accomplished book to date. Set in a summer camp in the Laurentians, this is a coming-of-age story with own distinctive Quebecois flavour.
Praise for Paul Has A Summer Job From Booklist: "Rabagliati's simple black-and-white line drawings and classic comics format are well-suited to this slacker-goes-to-summer camp tale, which has plenty teens can relate to--whether it's Paul's dissatisfaction with the authority figures at his school or a first love. The final act will ring true for older readers nostalgic about their own first overnight camp."
From Quill & Quire: "...the work of a skilled craftsman with a lot teach about the possibilities of the medium" |
Also at this years Blue Metropolis book festival in Montreal: Comix Comix Comix!!!
-A Comix Jam hosted by Rupert Bottenberg
-Montreal's Aislin Presents "Šand Drawing the World".
-Readings with slide shows - Billy Mavreas, Sherwin Tjia and Kid Koala.
-Panel discussion "Sampling Comes to Comix". Sampling is the recontextualization of previously existing "found" bits of information for a creative purpose, a process used to good (and occasionally problematic) effect in comics. Aislin, David Rees, Sherwin Tjia.
-COMICS AS INTELLIGENT DISSENT Presented by 'GET YOUR WAR ON*' creator David Rees *link
Festival starts April 2nd and runs to the 6th. Check the Festival Program for these and other events.
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