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John Martz

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John Martz is a Toronto illustrator and cartoonist. His illustrations and comics appear regularly in chickaDEE Magazine and The Globe & Mail. As part of the jam comics collective Team Society League, he contributed to The Big Team Society League Book of Answers from Koyama Press in 2012. He is the illustrator of the picture books Dear Flyary (2012) from Kids Can Press, and Who’s on First? (2013) from Quirk Books, a comic adaptation of the famous comedy routine by Abbott & Costello. He has been twice nominated for a Doug Wright Award

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Look Straight Ahead

Jeremy Knowles is a 17-year-old outcast who dreams of being a great artist. But when he suffers a severe mental breakdown brought on by bullying and other pressures at school, his future is called into question, as is his very existence. Can he survive the experience through the healing power …read more

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Aesthetics: A Memoir

This eye-popping illustrated autobiography by Ivan Brunetti traces his artistic trajectory and output, from youthful doodles to his latest cover illustrations and comic strips. Aesthetics: A Memoir unearths a trove of previously unpublished materials, including working drawings, sketches for cartoons, book covers, personal photographs, and items from the artist’s collection of toys …read more

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Failure

The new book from the acclaimed author of Guilty, Whatever and The Lodger (2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist). FAILURE collects Karl Stevens’ beautifully rendered humorous comic strips from The Boston Phoenix; winner of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for Best Cartoon. His slice of life vignettes and …read more

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Science Fiction

What would you do if someone you trusted asked you to believe what you thought was impossible? When high school science teacher and pragmatic realist Mark is inexplicably drawn to renting a cheesy alien-abduction flick, it sets in motion a chain of events that makes him rethink everything he has …read more

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Alternative Comics #4

Alternative Comics’ flagship anthology returns as a twice-yearly comic with more pages, showcasing the best indie, web and zine artists of today’s underground. Cover art by Mike Bertino (Trigger). Comics by Theo Ellsworth (The Understanding Monster) & Craig Thompson (Blankets, Habibi), Sam Alden (Eighth Grade), James Kochalka (SuperF*ckers), Sam Henderson …read more

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New Comics

New Comics #1 collects three new stories by Toronto artist Patrick Kyle.

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Nobrow 8

Jam-packed with delirious drawings and crazed comics, Nobrow 8: HYSTERIA is finally available!. Featuring 128 pages of full spot colour artwork and covers by Max Capdevila and Karine Bernadou, Nobrow 8 is 2013’s definitive bible of contemporary graphic art. We can all agree what the prevalent mood seems to be …read more

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Obituary Man

Behold: Obituary Man! A nondescript man who gains indescribable energy from reciting the eulogy at the funerals of strangers. He has never felt so alive! Maurice Petit is the unremarkable type, unaware of his own loneliness until, one morning, on his way to work he feels the crowds in the …read more

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Machine Gum

A collection of wordless comic strips originally published on the artist’s blog. Machine Gum features the manic trials and mishaps of an unfortunate robot beset by a frenzy of transformation, mutation, and unsympathetic providence.

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Sunny Volume 1

The latest manga masterpiece from the Eisner Award-winning creator of Tekkonkinkreet. What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. Sunny is the story of an orphanage, the children who live …read more

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