Charles Forsman was born in Pennsylvania in 1982. In 2008 he graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies and his comic book Snake Oil won two Ignatz Awards. He is runs a micro-press called Oily comics and will have 2 titles published by Fantagraphics Books in 2013.
In Christopher Adams’ Strong Eye Contact, the reader is led through a kaleidoscope of crystalline memory fragments. These fragments coalesce into one narrative track, guided by a quixotic, Buster Keaton-like figure. As this unnamed figure tries, with limited success, to be a typical American: using consumer products, failed vacations, fabricated …read more
[close]What would you do if you had a time machine? Bet on sporting events? Assassinate all the evildoers of history? Or maybe try to fix all the mistakes and regrets that have haunted you all these years? Join Jess as she travels back in time to share her wisdom with …read more
[close]This second collection of Scenes From A Multiverse comics is super-hilarious and pretty to look at. Come join Cornelius Snarlington, Horace Greenstein, Doctor Whoa, Sciencemaster Adler and a whole bunch of bunnies for an interdimensional taco party that’ll leave you pooping laughter for weeks.
[close]Culled from mini comics, online comics and anthology contributions, Very Casual collects notable short stories from DeForge’s prolific oeuvre. Included are stories about litter gangs, meat-filled snowmen, righteous cops, beagle/human hybrids, and forest-bound drag queens. Very Casual also collects Spotting Deer, which won the Pigskin Peters Award for best non-traditional, non-narrative or avant-garde work at …read more
[close]Barking long soliloquies in the vast hinterland stands a German Shepherd. The ever zealous breed, a brave specimen, particularly stubborn and stoical optimist. Murilo Martins’ second independent comic book is a tribute to working dogs. But, most of all, it is a fine piece of writing that is able to …read more
[close]Marble Season is the all-new semiautobiographical novel by acclaimed cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, author of the epic masterpiece Palomar, and cocreator of the groundbreaking Love and Rockets comic book series, along with his brothers Jaime and Mario. Marble Season is his first book with D&Q and one of the most anticipated …read more
[close]The wanderer is on journey across the lands of the subconscious. Travelling through the fantastic vistas of his imagination, our intrepid adventurer draws what he sees. Chronicles of a Wanderer is a record of his travels. Author and visual artist Frédéric Cordier imagines playful worlds where imaginaton, poetry and beauty …read more
[close]Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about …read more
[close]Using a grid of 9 panels over 40 wordless pages, Carlos Santos imagines multiple narratives driven by the power of the unconscious. With precise and accomplished images, Santos has created an experimental tour de force rarely seen in comics. “Carlos Santos creates strips in a manner that is essentially intuitive. …read more
[close]A collection of romantic tales set in that glorious time of youth when your heart can shatter as easily as your glasses. Featuring the original work of seven Canadian artists, themed around our favourite fashion accessory! Follow us to a workld fresh with magical girls, first loves and self-discovery. This …read more
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The Doug Wright Awards
TCAF Queer Mixer: Featuring Tagame & Vellekoop!
