TCAF 2019 In Pictures
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) was again held over the Mother’s Day Weekend this year, much to
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Celebrating Comics At The 2019 Doug Wright Awards At TCAF
The Doug Wright Awards, presented every year as part of the TCAF (the Toronto Comic Arts Festival) proceedings, are named after
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Thoughts On Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma
I saw Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma as part of an event for Latin Awareness Month, here in Toronto. I’d felt remiss,
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What Makes A Cover? Aargh!
Often when I look at the cover of Aargh! (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia!), I almost think it might have been
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From Hell Master Edition Volume Five: The Death Of Liz Stride And Kate Eddowes
The fifth part of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell‘s colourized From Hell consists of Chapter 8 – only one chapter
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‘The Beach Bum’ Is A Beat Nightmare
Despite the negative reviews trailing like a string of discarded beer empties behind Harmony Korine’s new film The Beach Bum,
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From Hell: Master Edition # 4 Shows Us Eerie Wormholes Through Time
The fourth installment of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell‘s From Hell: Master Edition contains chapters six and seven of the
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Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Reviewed
[*Spoilers for Us below!!] Jordan Peele’s new horror movie Us has garnered a fair amount of anticipation, largely due to
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Encountering Classic Creators And Comic Art At Toronto Comicon 2019
The 2019 Toronto Comicon ran between March 15th-17th. Despite the name, it’s not the BIG Toronto show (that would be
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What Makes A Cover? Superman # 199
Superman #199 has a cover date of August, 1967. It features a Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson image of a
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The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Tempest #4 Reviewed
The format for this issue of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill‘s League: Tempest reflects British annuals and weeklies such as
Read moreThe Favorite Reviewed
Yorgos Lanthimos‘ ‘The Favorite’ is up for something like ten Oscar nominations this year and I hope it wins Best Picture.
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Van Gogh Biopic ‘At Eternity’s Gate’ Reviewed
I recently watched Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate (starring Willem Dafoe as Vincent van Gogh) about van Gogh’s last years, focusing on
Read moreExcavating The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Tempest # 3
Okay, things are not so dire and momentous as I feared at the end of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill‘s
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What Makes A Cover? Batman: The Killing Joke
The cover of Batman: The Killing Joke is one of the most genuinely frightening comic book covers ever created. Along
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What Makes A Cover? Daredevil #231
Daredevil 231 has a cover-date of June 1986 and is both pencilled and inked by David Mazzuchelli. There are
Read moreReviewing From Hell Master Edition Volume # 3: The First Murder
There’s really no point in me (at this point) continuing to compare the differences in experience between reading the older
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What Makes A Cover? Zeck And Austin’s Secret Wars # 10
This is the first of what I hope will be a series of blogs devoted to iconic comic book covers
Read moreThe Trials Of Middle Age In Love And Rockets #6
The regular cover of the new issue of Love and Rockets features Luba (who I’m guessing is in her
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Edifice And Enslavement In From Hell: Master Edition Volume 2
The first chapter in the second volume of our colourized series, Chapter Three (named Blackmail or Mrs.
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Talking With The Canada Comics Open Library (CCOL) About Their Launch And Future Goals
(The above cartoon is from the group’s homepage and is by Ben Harvey and Anthony Armstrong) I live in Toronto
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Pondering The Punisher Then And Now
The recent congressional elections in the US made me think of The Punisher. Not that he’d ever make an effective
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From Hell…A New Beginning
It is perhaps no simple coincidence that this book should be reissued around Samhain. At a time when horror movies
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Going On The Road With James Vance And Dan Burr’s Kings In Disguise
I’m listening to a The Best of CCR CD as I write my blog about James Vance and Dan Burr‘s
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The Stakes Are Sky-High In The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Tempest # 2
In the second issue of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Tempest, our extraordinary creators continue
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Kindred Masters From Different Sides Of The Pond: The Artwork Of Mike Zeck And Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland and Mike Zeck are two of my all-time favourite artists working in comics. You’ll find them at
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The Striking Power And Misgivings Of Frank Miller’s Xerxes # 5
Issue #5 (the final issue) of Frank Miller’s Xerxes begins, like the others in the series, without much context. Time
Read moreLooking At The Genre With Fresh Eyes: On Re-Reading Alan Moore’s Marvelman
I’ve been re-reading Marvelman (reprinted as Miracleman in the U.S. but in the interest of consistency, I’ll use ‘Marvelman’) issues
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Leaping Toward Alexander The Great In Frank Miller’s Xerxes #4
With Xerxes #4, now beyond the halfway point in Frank Miller’s saga about the Peloponnesian Wars, it’s become clear that
Read moreThe Puzzling Fever Dream Of Frank Miller’s Xerxes #3
I really have no idea what to make of Frank Miller‘s Xerxes #3. I spent my reviews of issues #1
Read moreClement Baloup’s Vietnamese Memories, Book 1: Leaving Saigon
Humanoids‘ translation of Clement Baloup‘s anthology about Vietnamese people displaced during the twentieth century begins with an account of him
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