Intrtjit Deogun interviews Cassandra Calin on her bestselling YA book “The New Girl”: Cassandra Calin, best known for her semi-autobiographical web-comic series Cassandra Comics, made her graphic novel debut in June 2024 with The New Girl. Published by Scholastic imprint Graphix, the title returned to the bestsellers list this year. It follows Lia, who hasContinueContinue reading “Quill & Quire Interviews ‘The New Girl’ Creator Cassandra Calin on fulfilling a lifelong dream”
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The Walrus: Book Banning in Canada Is Quiet, Systemic, and More Effective than Ever
The Walrus’ Ira Wells writes of the alarming trend of book banning that is happening in communities all across Canada: My job now involves teaching novels and short stories to enthusiastic university students, many of whom are budding bibliophiles; at home, I’ve read aloud to my own children almost every night for more than aContinueContinue reading “The Walrus: Book Banning in Canada Is Quiet, Systemic, and More Effective than Ever”
Three ‘Must Read’ Memoirs Recommended by CBC Radio 1 Producer Ashly July
CBC Radio 1 producer Ashly July has three ‘must read’ graphic novel memoir recommendations for us to read, on CBC Books. They are: Something, Not Nothing by Sarah Levitt All Our Ordinary Stories by Teresa Wong The Lonliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine There are so many graphic novels being published today, recommendationsContinueContinue reading “Three ‘Must Read’ Memoirs Recommended by CBC Radio 1 Producer Ashly July”
D&Q’s Tom Devlin Interviews Marc Bell and Ron Regé Jr. for The Comics Journal
From the article: Tom Devlin interviews Marc Bell and Ron Regé, Jr. about Raw Sewage Science Fiction and Shell Collection, collecting shorter works into books, cartoonist rituals, and negative reviews – “[Ron Regé, Jr.:] I really like thinking of these book-bound comics we make as time capsules. Books get shuffled around and shoved in closets and corners so easily. Picked upContinueContinue reading “D&Q’s Tom Devlin Interviews Marc Bell and Ron Regé Jr. for The Comics Journal”
Jean-Dominic Leduc and Marc Tessier Cover Quebec Representation at Angoulême for The Comics Journal
On the dark side, a record of corruption and serious toxicity from the festival managment. On the hopeful side, Quebec cartoonists are getting their due. From the article: Our talks in Angoulême with various movers and shakers (publishers, authors, journalists and festival goers) led us to conclude that the local Quebec output of graphic novelsContinueContinue reading “Jean-Dominic Leduc and Marc Tessier Cover Quebec Representation at Angoulême for The Comics Journal”
NY Comics & Picture Story Symposium on James “Jimmy” Swinnerton
“Drawing With Gabrielle Bell” Hosts Marc Bell!
Fun Youtube show “Drawing With Gabrielle Bell” features indie cartoonists who draw with super popular American indie artist Gabrielle Bell, and just chat in a relaxed, meandering way. This month her guest is super popular Canadian indie artist Marc Bell! Much fun, check it out! https://youtu.be/JYaxz4Uty3A?feature=shared
Art Spiegelman and the Inescapable Shadow of Facism: Jeet Heer Commemtary in The Nation
Respected Canadian commentator Jeet Heer weighs in on Art Spiegelman: Disaster is My Muse, the new documentary about Art Spiegelman, the cartoonist behind Maus, the 1986 Pulizer Prize winning graphic novel of his parents’ experiences during the Holocaust of Nazi Germany. From the article in The Nation: What finally brought Spiegelman some peace as the creatorContinueContinue reading “Art Spiegelman and the Inescapable Shadow of Facism: Jeet Heer Commemtary in The Nation”
NY Comics & Picture Story Symposium Remembers Jules Feiffer, March 6, 7pm EST
The Comics Journal Writes on the Making of Paying For It, with Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown
William Schwartz talks with Chester Brown and Sook-Yin Lee on the making of the movie version of Chester Brown’s graphic novel Paying For It, for The Comics Journal. From the intoduction to the interview: Sex work isn’t any less of a hot button issue now than it was ten or twenty years ago. But Paying ForContinueContinue reading “The Comics Journal Writes on the Making of Paying For It, with Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown”
The Toronto Comic Jam 