26.3.05
Speakeasy’s Comic Book Show in Toronto April 7th
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Everyone loves comics, right? Maybe you get your fix through a daily newspaper strip. Or maybe your tastes run to the more highbrow art comics from Europe. However you choose to look at them, comics offer a different, and often a fun way to look at life and art.
Well for anyone who has ever loved (or still loves) comics, it may come as a surprise to learn that Toronto is home to some of the best known comics artists in North America. We have an active and vibrant community putting out some of the highest quality comics to be found anywhere. The SpeakEasy Comics Show features an eclectic mix of Toronto's talented comics artists - from those who do newspaper strips and political cartoons, to underground comix and mainstream superhero comic books! The event promises to display an exciting cross-section of the comics community here in Toronto, as well as a glimpse into how good comics are made. As the old cliché goes, there really will be something for everyone.
Time & Space:
Thursday April 7th, 8pm-Midnight
The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen West
This month's Featured Artists
Cameron Stewart
Paul Rivoche
Chip Zdarsky
Steve Manale
Attila Adorjany
Eric Kim
Ramon Perez
Tom Fowler
Willow Dawson
Tyrone McCarthy
Sean Ward
Jeremy Tankard
Cover:
Pay What You Can ($4.00 Donation Suggested)
For more information contact:
David Brown
email: david@blttogo.com telephone: 416.533.1374
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25.3.05
Cartoon conjurer
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Co:montrealmirror.com
Celebrated comics artist Kim Deitch talks about time out of joint, the joys of junk lit and those crazy animated cats
by MATTHEW HAYS
In the last few years, as they did in the late '60s and '80s, comics have once again busted out of their relegated spot in the cultural margins. Art Spiegelman, R. Crumb and Harvey Pekar have all become household names due to the growing popularity of the medium.
New York City's Kim Deitch is rapidly becoming the next big comics discovery. The only problem with the word "discovery" is that he's been working in the comics trenches since the '60s. Spiegelman himself has declared Deitch "one of the best-kept secrets in comics for the past 35 years."-->>
Kim Deitch will conduct a five-hour master class in comics creation at the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival on Saturday and Sunday, April 2–3, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., $45 (registration: adrian.turner@ blue-met-bleu.com), and joins Michael Kupperman, Lauren Weinstein, Nicolas Mahler, Billy Mavreas with Sam Shalabi, Sherwin Tjia and Rupert Bottenberg at Comix: A Blue View, at Salle Alfred-Rouleau B, Hyatt Regency Montreal (Complexe Desjardins) on Saturday, April 2, 3 p.m., $5
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23.3.05
Back on line | Rockingraven Studios is almost too busy these days
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Co: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
We are just completing a series of almost 250 illustrations for an English Second Language textbook- The authors are off to Texas in April to show the book potential to educators and publishers.
The Ratavinagus project contract is now ready for signing and we understand that Chinese and Korean artists are beginning their sections this week. Haida will begin next week.
We will be on main stage at EXPO 2005 in May painting Haida manga on 8 foot high canvases alongside Japanese mangaka.
Here in our studio the walls are filled with advanced work ups for the big mural book project. This is a 2 meter square image that breaks down into a book. A long time in the development stage we will be continuing our discussions with a Korean publishing house which has persistently requested some new Haida manwha for a 100 page full colour publication. It seems that our War of the Blink will move ahead of the Carpenter’s Fin. War of the Blink is an account of a battle between a Haida town and Raiders from Canada.
Finally if you ever have had read GEIST magazine they printed some excerpts from our “A Lousy Tale.”Please visit http://www.geist.com/ and thank them for making room for the Indigenous voice.
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22.3.05
This week at www.snubdom.com | Rick Trembles' MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY & RANDOM BLATHER
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[16/03/2005 6:31 PM]
 Rick Trembles' MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY
A comic-strip review of NAPOLEON DYNAMITE:
“Happy-go-unlucky!”
 Plus in the latest installment of RANDOM BLATHER:
MONTREAL “THE NEXT BIG THING”!?
RICK TREMBLES’ BAND AMERICAN DEVICES LIVE AT LE DIVAN ORANGE TODAY March 22nd!
[ed:sorry for the late notice],
Also: BRAND NEW KICKASS MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY BOOK & GOOPY SPASMS FILM REVIEWS, PLUS PET LIZARD "RAPEY"!
http://www.snubdom.com/
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Comix-to-Flix #5
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Co: JoBlo.com - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
COMIX-TO-FLIX is a JoBlo.com column featuring reviews of comic book graphic novels that have been optioned to be made into motion pictures [ed:there are a few of these out there, i've started picking this post up becuse it's a Canadian source so it falls under this meta blog's mandate]. Seeing as the universe of comic books and movies is becoming more and more connected, we figured that we may as well jump right into them as well, especially since we love both mediums to begin with. We hope that you enjoy this new addition to the site and be sure to email us with your thoughts.
This installment talks about WATCHMEN, previous installments [ther are 5 so far] cover HELLBLAZER: DANGEROUS HABITS, THE BIG FAT KILL: A TALE FROM SIN CITY, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT & SIN CITY: THE HARD GOODBYE.
If your into this you might also want to check out Rick Trembles' MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY comic-strip reviews.
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Glenn Rodgers: Cartoonist extraordinaire
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Co: Whistler Question - Whistler,British Columbia,Canada
By Judy Szabo
There are many, many adjectives that could describe Glenn Rodgers. Original, funny, artistic, clever, optimistic, happy, charming and above all brimming with the skill and talent of not only being able to draw cartoons but to be able to accompany them with witty and timely words… not an easy thing to do!
I met Rodgers nearly eight years ago when I first came to Whistler and started working for The Question. His irreverent, timely and always thought-provoking cartoons that appeared weekly in the Question immediately had me turning to his page first. I was hooked.-->>
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19.3.05
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14.3.05
Liste des BéDénautes 2005-10 du 13 mars 2005
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Hello les BéDénautes . . .
Nouvelles
Coincé par le temps, le BéDénaute-en-chef y va avec un bulletin succinct : d'autres informations suivront cette semaine et on parlera de la librairie Millenium, de Mécanique Générale et des nouvelles de l'Outaouais transmises par Christ Oliver.
Smog sur Montréal
Le Dr Smog envahit Montréal avec un André-Philippe Côté qui sera présent au micro de Robert Laplante (CINQ-FM) lundi, puis à celui de Jean Frigault (CIBL-FM) mardi, pour aller ensuite dédicacer à la Librairie Monet de 17 :30 à 19 :30 le même soir. VoRo se signale également sur les ondes : après une entrevue téléphonique en direct du Bic avec M-C Trottier vendredi dernier à la Première Chaîne de R-C, il sera aussi au micro de CIBL-FM ce mardi.
Nouvelles des prix Bédélys!
À l'approche de la remise des prix, le site Internet de Promo 9e art s'est refait une toilette : http://www.promo9a.org/
À surveiller cette semaine (voir l'Agenda pour l'heure et l'endroit):
Lundi :
« Au Pays des bulles » à CINQ-FM Robert Laplante reçoit André-Philippe Côté, à 13 :00h
« M'as-tu lu? » en soirée. http://www.telequebec.tv/mastulu/
Mardi : Jean Frigault (CIBL-FM) reçoit André-Philippe Coté à 07:15, et VoRo à 08:40
André-Philippe Côté dédicace à la Librairie Monet, de 17 :30 à 19 :30
Mercredi :
Jeudi :
Vendredi :
Samedi :
Dimanche :
Woilà, bonnes bulles chez vous ...
Le BéDénaute-en-chef
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12.3.05
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Drawn! : a new art blog
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Drawn! site is a multi-author blog devoted to illustration, art, cartooning and drawing. Its purpose is to inspire creativity by sharing links and resources.
Albert Einstein said, “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources,” but what the hell did he know anyway?
Very nice, this was founded by John Martz, and includes some impressive names in the masthead.
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9.3.05
excal.on.ca: Tiempos buenos: Sam Hiti's work a combo of Hellboy, Kill Bill, and yes, Clint Eastwood
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8.3.05
Sponsor me going bald for Children's Cancer Research!!
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 from:Leanne Franson
4323 Parthenais, Montreal, QC
inkspotsATvideotronDOTca
Howdi!!
This March, I'm adding a twist to my St. Patrick's Day celebration by shaving my head at the local barbershop to raise money for a cure forchild hood cancer through an event called St. Baldrick's Day.
St. Baldrick's was dreamt up by a group of business executives in NewYork City in 2000, who had been observing St. Patrick's Day in the traditional way---pints at their favorite pub, with music and laughter in great supply. They decided to give their celebration a little twist and help young children diagnosed with cancer by recruiting volunteers to have their heads shaved in public in return for pledges of financial support.
What began with a goal of "$17,000 on the 17th of March," in five years raised nearly $7,000,000! The primary beneficiary of the event is CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation, the only organization of its kind focused solely on supporting life-saving research and treatment of childhood cancer.
Unlike many of these children who face an uncertain future, I am lucky enough to know that my hair will grow back in just a couple of months. So, if a little off the top will help save the life of a child, it's a small price to pay.
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation (not sure about in Canada) to the St. Baldrick's Foundation by sponsoring me to shave my head. To learn more about the event and the cause, visit http://www.StBaldricks.org, and to submit a donation in my name go Here, or call 888-899-BALD to donate by phone. I will also be collecting pledges if you want to phone or email me. (514) 526-4236, inkspotsATvideotronDOTca
Join me at the barbershop ( 2191 Marie-Anne E. at Parthenais) on March 17, 2005 at 5pm to watch as I help shave the way to Conquer Kids' Cancer!
Sincerely,
Leanne
http://liliane.keenspace.com
... a new page of bi-dyke comics daily
http://leannefranson.com
... children's illustration
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6.3.05
Dstrbo.com Update
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 four dead in Alberta 03/06/05
Usually I couldn't give a rat's ass about pot politics. I agree that it should be decriminalized, but other than that I just can't get that worked up over it. This is different.
Last week four young RCMP officers, younger than me, were ambushed by a psychotic child-molester and murdered. The killer also happened to be guarding a pot grow-op, apparently. This became a big issue at the 2005 Biennial Liberal Convention in Ottawa that ended today, with folks on both sides of the legalization/decriminalization issue working themselves up into a lather seeking to stake political claim to the four dead mounties. One of the more contemptible quotes goes like this, from RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli:
"Drugs are illegal and they're extremely dangerous and people have to understand that. And when you have people who are promoting the issue of safe drugs or [that] there are harmless drugs, I think that is something that we better understand is not the right way to go. We don't solve anything in society by legalizing things or by pretending they're not harmful to society."
Spoken like a true politician in today's world. Ambitious, dogmatic, callous, and barely literate. I'm sure there were plenty of equally insulting quotes from folks on the other side, but I couldn't find any.
Dan @ Dstrbo.com
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Liste des BéDénautes 2005-09 du 26 mars 2005
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CO: Denis Giguere [bedenaute@videotron.ca]
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Hello les BéDénautes . . .
Nouvelles
Fournier (Bizu, spirou, Les CrannibalesŠ) en Outaouais
Le Salon du livre de l'Outaouais se tiendra du 16 au 20 mars prochains. Jean-Claude Fournier - à qui Franquin avait confié la reprise de Spirou et Fantasio - et qui s'investit maintenant dans la série les Crannibales avec Zidrou, sera présent au SLO. « Notons également la présence d'une cohorte de finissants du baccalauréat BD de l'Université du Québec en Outaouais ainsi que celle de quelques auteurs de la région ou de passage, dont Jocelyn Jalette, Michèle Laframboise, Christian Quesnel et Paul Roux. À noter également que Plantu, le célèbre caricaturiste du journal Le Monde, sera des nôtres le dimanche 20 mars pour en découdre sur scène en compagnie de Bado, son homologue du journal Le Droit. Entrevues, discussions, dessins en direct, jeux et concours sont au menu de cette grande fête des bulles et des images » nous assure Sylvie Gravel, responsable des communications du 26e Salon du livre de l'Outaouais. Pour l'horaire des dédicaces, voir le site du SLO : http://www.slo.qc.ca
D'autre part, les éditions Premières lignes « vont faire le lancement du nouveau livre de Christian Quesnel pendant le Salon et le troisième numéro de Plan B sera lancé la semaine suivante. L'UQO n'ayant pas de kiosque au SLO, cet album ne pourra être vendu sur place » nous dit Sylvain Lemay, professeur au Programme de BD de l'UQO. Enfin, Christ Oliver nous confirme la présence de Karine Church, qui y lancera son nouveau « Wallaby »
Festival de Québec
Suite à un appel à Daniel Bilodeau, directeur du Festival de BD francophone de Québec, voici une liste des auteurs qui devraient être présents au FBDF de Québec :
Tronchet
Anne Sibran
Miguelanxo Prado
Turf
Olivier Pont
Philippe Wurm
Émile Bravo
Les noms de Gérald Parel, Guzo et de Jean-Louis Tripp circulent aussi, mais il n'y aurait rien d'officiel encore. Du côté québécois, les auteurs suivants sont annoncés :
Jean-Sébastien Bérubé
Thierry Labrosse
Paule Boisvert
Jimmy Beaulieu
François Lapierre
Phlp Grrd
Luc Thibault
Jocelyn Houde
Leif Tande
Michel Grant
VoRo
Jean-Paul Eid
Simon Bossé
André-Philippe Côté
Line Arsenault
Michel Rabagliati y sera, et c'est lui qui signe l'affiche du FBDF de Québec. Chez Mille-îles / 400 coups, on annonce la présence de Line Gamache et de Steph D. Prendre note que le site Internet du festival n'est pas à jour et que son directeur n'a pas d'adresse courriel.
Infos : Daniel Bilodeau : +1 (418) 686 - 0770
Benoit Peeters au FIFA, du 10 au 20 mars 2005
C'est dans le cadre de « COMIX : la bande dessinée dans tous ses états » que seront projetés plusieurs films sur la BD, lors du Festival International du film sur l'Art (FIFA), à Montréal. Au programme :
Johan Sfar et associés
http://www.artfifa.com/fr/par-titre/view-150.html
Lorenzo Mattotti
http://www.artfifa.com/fr/par-titre/view-55.html
Profession Mangaka
http://www.artfifa.com/fr/par-titre/view-500.html
Art Spiegelman - le miroir de l'histoire
http://www.artfifa.com/fr/par-titre/view-40.html
Chris Ware - un art de la mémoire
http://www.artfifa.com/fr/par-titre/view-366.html
Ces trois derniers films sont de Benoît Peeters. On pourra également y voir :
Fred - derrière le miroir
http://www.artfifa.com/fr/par-titre/view-400.html
de Jérôme de Missolz
Les amateurs de BD peuvent également participer à « l'Événement 3 » pour la projection du film sur Spiegelman et de celui sur Fred, et assister ensuite à une table ronde sur le concept de « COMIX ». Celle-ci regroupera Benoît Peeters, Philippe Sohet (professeur à l'UQÀM) et Jimmy Beaulieu (auteur et éditeur) autour de l'animateur Olivier Charbonneau. C'est samedi 12 mars à 14 :00 à la Cinquième salle de la Place des Arts (admission 8,50 $)
Horaire des projections : http://www.artfifa.com/index.html
Nouvelles des prix Bédélys!
Selon l'organisme qui pilote l'attribution de ces prix, les travaux des trois jurys de lecture (Bédélys « Or », Bédélys « Jeunesse » et Bédélys « Québec ») sont presque terminés et la liste des albums en nomination devrait être rendue publique sous peu. Rappelons que les albums éligibles doivent être disponibles sur le territoire du Québec au cours de 2004, et que les rééditions d'albums sont exclues. La remise des prix Bédélys 2004 est retardée au 16 mai 2005 pour une bonne raison : la cérémonie se tiendra en effet dans les locaux fraîchement construits de la Grande Bibliothèque du Québec, sise dans le Quartier latin de Montréal (angle de Maisonneuve et de Berri - métro Berri-UQÀM).
Voir le site de Promo 9e Art à http://www.promo9a.org/
Voir le site de la Grande Bibliothèque du Québec http://passerelle1.bnquebec.ca--
RAPPEL : Ateliers de BD Š
La Librairie Monet offre aux jeunes (à partir de 11 ans) des ateliers de BD étalées sur trois samedis après-midi :
Session 2 : 05 - 12 - 19 mars 2005
Session 3 : 02 - 09- 16 avril 2005
Il y a des frais de 75$ par session. Il faut s'inscrire.
Info : Véronique Brissaud : (514) 337 - 4083
http://www.librairiemonet.com
À surveiller cette semaine (voir l'Agenda pour l'heure et l'endroit):
Lundi :
« Au Pays des bulles » à CINQ-FM avec Marc de Roussan et Robert Laplante
« M'as-tu lu? » en soirée. http://www.telequebec.tv/mastulu/
Mardi :
Mercredi :
Jeudi :
Vendredi : Entrevue avec Benoît Peeters à CIBL le vendredi, à 14:15
Samedi : Dédicace de VoRo, à l'Imaginaire (Place Laurier, Québec)
Dimanche :
Revue de presse
La Presse
Critique de l'album « Leonora » de David B. et P. Martin.
Lepage,J. : Leonara. La Presse, 6 mars 2005, p. L 5
Mirror
Non répertorié. Leur site Internet n'est plus à jour, et on ne peut plus allez lire le « Motion Picture Purgatory » de Rick Trembles en ligne.
VOIR
Éric Paquin a lu pour nous « Le moral des troupes » de Jimmy Beaulieu. Voir l'article en ligne, et aussi les commentaires des lecteurs et lectrices sur cet album.
http://www.voir.ca/livres/livres.aspx?iIDArticle=35110
et également « Louis Riel l'insurgé »
http://www.voir.ca/livres/livres.aspx?iIDArticle=35115
Agenda - Événements
10 - 20 mars 2005 : le Festival International des Films sur l'Art (FIFA) à Montréal. Horaire des projections : http://www.artfifa.com
12 mars à 14 :00 hrs : 5e Salle de la Place des Arts - Table ronde sur la BD avec Benoît Peeters, Jimmy Beaulieu, Philippe Sohet, animée par Olivier Charbonneau. Dans le cadre du FIFA.
12 mars 2005, 13 :00 à 16 :00 : Dédicaces de VoRo à l'Imaginaire (Place Laurier, Québec).
16 au 20 mars 2005 : Salon du livre de l'Outaouais
http://www.slo.qc.ca
6 au 10 avril 2005 : Festival de la BD francophone de Québec au Centre des congrès de Québec
7 mai 2005 : Free Comic Book Day
Chez tous les comic shops participants
Info : http://www.freecomicbookday.com/
7 - 22 mai 2005 : Cactus fête ses 10 ans
Centre culturel Jacques-Ferron à LongueuilVoir http://www.cactus.zviane.com/
Infos : Annie Harrisson mailto:emalieth_9@hotmail.com
19 au 23 octobre 2005 : 6e Rendez-vous International de la BD de Gatineau
http://www.slo.qc.ca
Événements réguliers
Toutes les semaines - "Les 5 à 7 BD" à Québec -
Tous les mardis à la Taverne urbaine MO. « Apportez vos BD, dessins, histoires, ami(es), sketchbooks et assez d'argent pour survivre toute la soirée... ». Dès 17 heures.
La Taverne Urbaine MO
810, boul. Charest Est Québec
Info : news@bede-ka.org ou
http://www.bedeka.org
« Comix Jam » à Montréal : l'événement se tiendra désormais sur une base ponctuelle. Contactez Jane Tremblay pour plus de détails : mailto:tremblayjb@yahoo.com
M'as-tu lu une BD?
La nouvelle émission littéraire de Télé-Québec, animée par Sylvie Lussier et Pierre Poirier (scénariste de 4 et demi, Jack Carter, l'Auberge du chien noir,...) a un chroniqueur BD attitré en la personne du comédien et musicien Stéphane Archambault.
Diffusion : lundi 19 h
Rediffusion : mardi 14 h, mercredi 23 h, vendredi 11 h 30, dimanche 14 h 30
http://www.telequebec.tv/mastulu/index.html
Émissions de radio qui parlent de BD...
Émissions entièrement consacrées à la BD diffusées simultanément et en direct sur les ondes et sur Internet :
" Au Pays des bulles "
Émission consacrée à toutes les facettes de la BD, et animée par Marc de Roussan et Robert Laplante.
Le lundi à 13:00 (GMT+5))
En ondes : CINQ-FM - Radio Centre-ville - sur 102,3 MHz, et captée au centre-ville de Montréal (Québec) et dans la banlieue rapprochée.
Sur Internet : http://www.radiocentreville.com/ et cliquez sur le petit haut-parleur (Lecteur Real Audio requis).
Contact : Marc de Roussan : deroussan@videotron.ca
" Bédés de BD "
Émission consacrée à la BD, aux auteurs, albums, biographies, approches artistiques et on y fait jouer tous les styles de musique. Animée par Bertrand Dugas.
Le dimanche à 16:00 heure locale (21 :00 GMT).
En ondes : CKIA - FM sur 88,3 MHz, et captée au centre-ville de Québec.
Internet : http://www.meduse.org/ckiafm/default.html (Lecteur Windows Media requis)
Contact : Bertrand Dugas dugasbe@iquebec.com
Émissions culturelles ou de variétés contenant une chronique de BD :
" Les oranges pressées "
Chronique de bande dessinée de Jean Frigault pendant l'émission matinale " Les oranges pressées "
Le mardi vers 7:12 heure locale (GMT+5)
En ondes : CIBL-FM - Montréal sur 101.5 MHz captée au centre-ville de Montréal (Québec) et dans la banlieue rapprochée.
Sur Internet : http://www.cibl.cam.org/ et cliquez sur "CIBL en direct" (Lecteur Real Audio requis)
Contact : Jean Frigault oranges@cibl.cam.org ou jfrigault@b2b2c.ca
Woilà, bonnes bulles chez vous ...
Le BéDénaute-en-chef
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4.3.05
DC Lowers Canadian Comic Prices
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Canadian comic readers will have a little extra money to put in the bank this week. Beginning this week with all of their "May 2005" dated releases, DC Comics has significantly lowered Canadian prices on all their regular format titles. The new prices are as follows:
$2.25 US comics will now be $3.00 CAN, a drop of 50 cents.
$2.50 US comics will now be $3.50 CAN, a drop of 35 cents.
$2.99 US comics will now be $4.00 CAN, a drop of 50 cents.
The lower prices are expected to include higher priced one-shots, prestige format titles, and trade collections.
Notably, this folows Marvel's CND price point drop last October.
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3.3.05
TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL May 28th-29th 2005
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Official Press Release
TORONTO, Ontario - Premiere Canadian comic book retailer The Beguiling is proud to present the 2005 Toronto Comic Arts Festival, occurring on Saturday May 28th and Sunday May 29th 2005 in Toronto, Canada. This will be the second gathering of International independent cartoonists, comic artists and graphic novelists under the TCAF banner, and it's bigger and better than before!
Featuring a diverse array of Canadian cartoonists and graphic novelists from around the world, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) will showcase these talents through gallery presentations, lectures and discussions, readings, and direct interaction with the artists themselves through the sale of their comics and original artwork. With a 'boom' for graphic novels that has seen coverage and acclaim for many participating graphic novelists from the likes of The New Yorker, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, Time Magazine, and many many more, TCAF has expanded it's festival to include over 6,000 feet of floor space, more than 100 cartoonists, and 2 full days of programming and events right in the heart of Toronto's "Mirvish Village" shopping district!
Plans for the Festival were begun after seeing the remarkable interaction between the creative community and the public through comics festivals such as the MoCCA (Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art) Festival in New York (http://www.moccany.org/), and the more artist oriented European festivals Barcelona International Comic Festival (FICOMIC) or the Stripdagen festival in Haarlem, NL (http://www.stripdagenhaarlem.nl). There are many Canadian cartoonists recognized as among the best in the world, particularly in the field of alternative comics. TCAF is Canada's chance not only to promote its homegrown talent to visiting guests but bring many talents from the US and abroad to Toronto for the first time.
GUESTS
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is proud to welcome the following guests of honour:
Jeff Smith: Smith is the star creator of the immensely popular comic book series BONE, originally published by his creator-owned imprint Cartoon Books. 2005 saw the publishing rights to BONE acquired by Scholastic Books, who have made BONE the flagship of their new young-readers graphic novel line GRAPHIX. Jeff Smith appears at The Toronto Comic Arts Festival courtesy of Scholastic Books, who are proud sponsors of the "Scholastic Children's Reading Tent" at the Festival.
Chester Brown: Chester Brown's graphic retelling of the life of historical Canadian anti-hero Louis Riel in the series LOUIS RIEL has drawn critical acclaim from the international comics press, matched only by the controversy surrounding the pending re-release of his surreal graphic novel ED THE HAPPY CLOWN [currently in development for the screen by Bruce MacDonald].
Darwyn Cooke: Internationally acclaimed storyboard artist for numerous Warner Brothers animation projects (including BATMAN ADVENTURES and BATMAN: BEYOND), Cooke broke new ground with his illustration-influenced graphic novels CATWOMAN: SELINA'S BIG SCORE and DC: THE NEW FRONTIER. Darwyn will be presenting his new Children's graphic novel, as yet untitled, at TCAF.
James Jean: Although still in his mid 20's, this School of Visual Arts, New York graduate has received comics' most prestigious award, an Eisner as well as the Gold Metal from the Society of Illustrators LA. His groundbreaking illustration and design work for numerous comics projects for DC Comics and Marvel Enterprises belie his start as an alternative comics creator with New York's prestigious Meathaus collective. Jean will be debuting his first-ever illustration collection, Process Recess at TCAF.
Gary Panter: Oklahoma-born illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician, Gary Panter's fame began as the Emmy Award-wining head set designer for the successful kid/adult TV show Pee Wee's Playhouse, but his career as an underground cartoonist began much earlier. Gary Panter will be on hand at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival to officially launch his newest book, SATIROPLASTIC (Drawn & Quarterly), the first in a three-volume series of Gary Panter's sketchbooks (previewed in 2004's KRAMER'S ERGOT 5).
Seth: With his recent graphic novel CLYDE FANS being considered one of the ten best comics of 2004 by Time Magazine, Seth will be promoting the release of his new graphic novel WIMBLEDON GREEN at TCAF. In addition to his graphic novel work, Seth is an in-demand illustrator whose work regularly appears in The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal.
Some of the other cartoonists of note at the festival include:
- Several other young graphic novelists picked as producing the best comics of 2004 by Time Magazine, including Jeffrey Brown (BIGHEAD), Sammy Harkham (KRAMER'S ERGOT), and Paul Hornschemeier (MOTHER, COME HOME).
- Noted cartoonist Paige Braddock, creator of the syndicated comic strip Jane's World.
- Ho Che Anderson, author of the comics biography of Martin Luther King Jr. King.
- Contributors to McSweeney's #13: The Graphic Novel Issue including David Heatley (DEADPAN) and Julie Doucet (DIRTY PLOTTE).
- Numerous contributors to Image's Flight anthology, including co-editors Kazu Kibuishi (Daisy Kutter) and Kean Soo (Secret Friends Society), and contributors Vera Brosgol, Hope Larson, Amy Kim Ganter, and Johanne Matte.
Complete guest list, as of writing:
Adjournay, Atilla - Altergott, Rick - Anderson, Ho Che - Arora, Neelam - Aylard, Adam - Bell, Gabrielle - Bell, Marc - Blackett, Matthew - Bone, J - Bordeaux, Ariel - Braddock, Paige - Brosgol, Vera - Brown, Chester - Brown, Jeffrey - Castree, Genevieve - Chantler, Scott - Cloonan, Becky - Clugston, Chynna - Comeau, Michael - Cooke, Darwyn - Dawson, Willow - Dela Cruz, Arthur - Devlin, Tom - Doucet, Julie - Douglas, Max / Salgood Sam - Fawkes, Ray - Fish, Tim - Ganter, Amy Kim - Guldemonde, Marcel - Harkham, Sammy - Heatley, David - Hiti, Sam - Hornschemeier, Paul - Hutsul, Chris - Jean, James - Kibuishi, Kazu - Kim, Eric - Larson, Hope - Lewis, Corey - Lex, Jason - Lutes, Jason - Mahfood, Jim - Manale, Steve - Matte, Johane - McKenney, Craig - McLeod, Kagan - McNeil, Carla Speed - McPherson, Tara - McTigue, Maureen - Mejias, John - Ngui, Marc - Nilsen, Anders - Noonan, Michael - Oliveros, Chris - O'Malley, Bryan - Panter, Gary - PARTYKA-USA - Perez, Ramon - Perro, Florentine - Pitzer, Chris - Pohl-Weary, Emily - Pultz, Jason - Reynolds, Eric - Roman, Dave - Rugg, Jim - Runton, Andy - Seth - Shannon, Ben - Shaw, Dash - Smith, Jeff - Soo, Kean - Soto, Zack - Stall, Vincent - Stein, Leslie - Stewart, Cameron - Tamblyn, Diana - Telgemeier, Raina - Torres, J - Vellekoop, Maurice - Yount, Ryan - Zdarsky, Chip
For more information on all guests, please visit: http://www.torontocomics.com/tcaf/
SPONSORS
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival would not be possible without the assistance of our sponsors, including:
The Beguiling - The Ontario Arts Council - The Toronto Arts Council - Scholastic Books Canada - Ed Mirvish Productions
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