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Mike Parsons

Hey Apathy!

Mike is a Toronto based comic book creator and fine artist who uses black and white graphic novels, ink drawings, wall murals, animations and live painting performances to express an optimistic warning towards future days.“HEY APATHY!” is an ongoing artistic investigation into the city, people, the imagination and the absurdities of existence in general. Since 2006 Mike has self published 6 books and shown corresponding artworks in over 35 major gallery exhibitions winning numerous awards including honors from the A.G.O., the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Toronto and the M.O.C.C.A.

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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 Aesthetics: A Memoir unearths a trove of previously unpublished materials, including working drawings, sketches for cartoons, book covers, personal photographs, and items from the artist’s collection of toys …read more

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Paul Joins the Scouts

Following on the heels of the The Song of Roland, Montrealer Michel Rabagliati returns to the childhood story of his famous semi-autobiographical character. It’s 1970 and Paul’s family watches the news with anxiety as bombs are going off around Montreal. But Paul is more interested in flying his kite, comics, and …read more

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SUPERMAG

SUPERMAG is Jim Rugg’s latest print project… a glossy, magazine-format collection of “narrative collapse.” It showcases his interests in genre, irreverent humor, graphic design, drawing, and typography. SUPERMAG features new work as well as collecting the best of his recent anthology contributions.

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When David Lost His Voice

The doctor’s report is final: David has cancer. Now the whole family is under the same terrible verdict. David’s wife becomes progressively consumed by the looming shadow of death while his daughters struggle to be as helpful as possible. Meanwhile, David soldiers on, not wanting the tumor to rob him …read more

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Tibonom

“There are so many things that I love about Tibonom that continue to reveal themselves with repeated readings; the Charlie Brown motif on his cauldron, the inexplicable expressiveness of the featureless face of Lifeform and the beautiful, detailed pencil-shade and smudge drawings, littered with “incidental” ephemera that you can lose …read more

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Journal

Koyama Press is publishing the first English translation of Montreal-based artist Julie Delporte’s autobiographical comics called Journal. Delporte is a fellow of the renowned Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) in White River Junction, Vermont. She co-organizes Montreal’s annual “48 Heures” comics festival and newsprint anthology, runs and co-hosts the comics-centric radio …read more

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Crying in Front of Your Dog and Other Stories

New and collected stories about life, death, love, ghosts, cats, time travel, humans, literature, fear, magic, evil organizations, happiness, television, secrets, dogs, loneliness, house plants, ancient dark rituals, pizza, failure, power, money, nature, government conspiracies, regret, the internet, horrifying monsters, awful jobs, wizards, the ocean, aliens, dads, kissing, crying and …read more

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Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life

Back in 1984, a rebellious,17-year-old, punked-out Ulli Lust set out for a wild hitchhiking trip across Italy, from Naples through Verona and Rome and ending up in Sicily. Twenty-five years later, this talented Austrian cartoonist has looked back at that tumultuous summer and delivered a long, dense, sensitive, and minutely …read more

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3 New Stories

This stand-alone work will feature three all-new, full-color short stories that explore varied dystopian societies. From a Sherlock Holmes-style investigator who must complete his high school degree to filmed “voluntary” nudity to prison camps full of jaded children, Shaw pens each story with his signature style and unique spin, all …read more

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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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