Woodstock Art Gallery: The Kodansha Manga Gallery showcases the art of Japanese comics

From the Woodstock Art Gallery website: Exhibition Run: Oct. 12, 2024 – Apr. 5, 2025 The Kodansha Manga Gallery showcases the intricacy and detail of the art of Japanese comics (manga) through full-page pen-and-ink story pages and full-color paintings and digital illustrations, courtesy of Kodansha Advanced Media. This exhibition addresses the range of both art styles andContinueContinue reading “Woodstock Art Gallery: The Kodansha Manga Gallery showcases the art of Japanese comics”

Mattea Roach Interviews Charles Burns on CBC Books

From the article on CBC Books: A flicker of a memory from Charles Burns’ teenage years was enough to pull him out of writers’ block and into a new book, Final Cut. In this memory, he is stoned at a house party, sitting in the kitchen and drawing, hoping that someone incredible will walk in,ContinueContinue reading “Mattea Roach Interviews Charles Burns on CBC Books”

Canculture Mag writes about the Toronto Comic Jam

A very nice – and detailed – article about the Toronto Comic Jam by Luis Ramirez-Libertato. Many thanks for taking the time to get so many details! https://canculturemag.com/arts/the-toronto-comic-jam-torontos-third-place-for-cartoonists/

Ben Katchor’s New York Comics & Picture-story Emposium

Acclaimed cartoonist Ben Katchor hosts an amazing, free, online “weekly lecture series about comics, picture-stories, animation and other text-image work.” Definitely worth checking out and becoming a part of. According to Wikipedia:  “A Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, Katchor was described by author Michael Chabon as “the creator of the last great American comicContinueContinue reading “Ben Katchor’s New York Comics & Picture-story Emposium”