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Author: Koom Kankesan

Film 

Joker Is Odd! But Is It Art?

[**Spoilers below for Joker! Proceed with caution.] I don’t know if Todd Phillips‘ Joker was a good film, but it

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October 16, 2019October 15, 2019 Koom Kankesan 866 Views 0 Comment entertainment, film, Joachin Phoenix, The Joker
Comics Events 

Frank Miller And Tom Wheeler Discuss ‘Cursed’ At NYCC 2019

What a lovely way to end the show! The panel promoting Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler’s new YA novel Cursed

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October 8, 2019October 7, 2019 Koom Kankesan 779 Views 0 Comment Cursed, Frank Miller, NYCC 2019
Events TV 

NYCC 2019 – The Travel Channel Debuts Ghost Nation

Robert Frost wrote that the woods are lovely, dark, and deep and this somehow sums up America’s fascination with the

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October 6, 2019October 5, 2019 Koom Kankesan 795 Views 0 Comment Ghost Nation, NYCC, Travel Channel
Comics Events 

IDW Talks New Releases At NYCC 2019

Scott Dunbier and Dirk Wood were on hand at NYCC to talk about their upcoming Artist Editions and Artifact Editions.

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October 6, 2019October 5, 2019 Koom Kankesan 822 Views 0 Comment Dirk Wood, IDW, NYCC 2019, Scott Dunbier
Film 

NYCC 2019 – Advance Screening Of Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

Fairly late on Saturday night, I went where no man has gone before: the men’s washroom on the lower level

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October 6, 2019October 6, 2019 Koom Kankesan 888 Views 0 Comment Galaxy Quest, NYCC
Comics 

DC Black Label House Of Horrors Line Of Comic Books Announced At NYCC 2019

We all know that good, thoughtful horror movies are nothing to turn our noses up at and DC editor Joe

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October 6, 2019October 5, 2019 Koom Kankesan 795 Views 0 Comment DC Comics, NYCC 2019
Events TV 

HBO Screens First Episode Of New Watchmen Series at NYCC 2019

The lineup for this screening was huge. Showrunner Damon Lindelof and HBO appeared with cast members, director, and surprise guest

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October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Koom Kankesan 708 Views 0 Comment
Comics Events 

NYCC 2019 – The Current Crop From Berger Books

The panel on Berger Books, headed by editor Karen Berger, spoke today at NYCC. Six artists were present and they

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October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Koom Kankesan 662 Views 0 Comment
Comics 

Straight Outta Hamilton…A Review of Sylvia Nickerson’s ‘Creation’

When I went to Hamilton a few months ago to see the indie art show at the gallery there, a

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October 4, 2019September 30, 2019 Koom Kankesan 875 Views 0 Comment Creation, Drawn & Quarterly, graphic novels, Sylvia Nickerson
Film 

Ad Astra Is The Latest In A String Of Neo Sci-Fi Flicks To Hit The Screens

Ad Astra (‘to the stars’) is the new movie by director James Gray, starring Brad Pitt. I love James Gray’s

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September 23, 2019September 21, 2019 Koom Kankesan 791 Views 0 Comment Ad Astra, Brad Pitt, film, sci-fi
Comics Events 

Toronto Canzine 2019 In Pictures

Canzine Toronto came and went this past Saturday, September 14th, at the Art Gallery of Ontario. A long running event

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September 22, 2019September 21, 2019 Koom Kankesan 822 Views 0 Comment
Books Comics 

Do We Make Meaning? Reviewing King Of King Court By Travis Dandro

Travis Dandro‘s King of King Court: A Memoir (out now from Drawn and Quarterly) is a thick book but reads

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August 30, 2019August 29, 2019 Koom Kankesan 996 Views 0 Comment Drawn & Quarterly, King of King Court, Travis Dandro
Comics Events 

Fan Expo Toronto 2019 In Pictures

This is sort of an unusual write-up for me. I didn’t attend the Fan Expo in Toronto, Canada, this past

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August 27, 2019August 26, 2019 Koom Kankesan 980 Views 0 Comment comic art, comics, events, Fan Expo Toronto
Comics Events 

The First Ever Museum Exhibit of Canadian Indie Comic Art

        Hamilton is about an hour’s drive west of Toronto. The art gallery there has put on

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August 12, 2019August 11, 2019 Koom Kankesan 840 Views 0 Comment
Film 

Once Upon A Time in Tarantinoland: A Review Of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

[**Warning: Spoilers Ahead!!] Quentin Tarantino‘s latest technicolour toned fantasy, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad

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July 31, 2019July 29, 2019 Koom Kankesan 1247 Views 0 Comment Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino
Comics 

Superman Year One’s Not That Bad

From the hue and cry that went up on the internet against the first issue of Frank Miller and John

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July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 Koom Kankesan 997 Views 0 Comment Frank Miller, John Romita Jr., Superman: Year One
Comics 

The Unexpected Anatomies of Rick Parker’s Sketchbook

Mort Todd (of Cracked fame) introduces Rick Parker‘s sketchbook by saying that he (Todd) encouraged Parker to put it out

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July 26, 2019July 25, 2019 Koom Kankesan 926 Views 0 Comment comic art, Rick Parker
Comics 

Fantastic Fante Bukowski – A Review Of Volume 3: A Perfect Failure

Noah Van Sciver’s third volume of the Fante Bukowski series is up for the Eisner Award for humour at this

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July 17, 2019July 14, 2019 Koom Kankesan 1455 Views 0 Comment Fante Bukowski, Fante Bukowski Vol 3: A Perfect Failure
Film 

Ari Aster’s New Film Reviewed: Midsommar

[**WARNING: Spoilers Ahead!] I was eagerly anticipating the follow up film to Ari Aster’s outstanding horror family drama Hereditary (and

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July 8, 2019July 7, 2019 Koom Kankesan 909 Views 0 Comment Ari Aster, hereditary, Midsommar
Comics 

Getting Back To Childhood Roots In Craig Thompson’s Ginseng Roots #1

  I’m enthused to know that Craig Thompson has a new work out soon and that it’s autobiographical. The famed

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May 30, 2019May 29, 2019 Koom Kankesan 1748 Views 0 Comment autobio, Blankets, Craig Thompson, Ginseng Roots
Comics 

Nick Maandag’s Brand Of Satire In The Follies Of Richard Wadsworth

What kind of cartoonist is Nick Maandag? Is he a satirist, a humourist, a wry observer of human life, or

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May 23, 2019May 21, 2019 Koom Kankesan 945 Views 0 Comment Drawn & Quarterly, Nick Maandag, The Follies of Richard Wadsworth
Events 

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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May 18, 2019May 18, 2019 Koom Kankesan 1055 Views 0 Comment comics, events, TCAF
Comics Events 

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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May 16, 2019May 15, 2019 Koom Kankesan 1040 Views 0 Comment Doug Wright Awards, events, TCAF
Film 

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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May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 Koom Kankesan 862 Views 0 Comment Alfonso Cuaron, entertainment, film, ROMA
Comics 

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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April 29, 2019April 28, 2019 Koom Kankesan 1006 Views 0 Comment Aargh!, Alan Moore, Dave McKean, Mad Love
Comics 

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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April 17, 2019April 16, 2019 Koom Kankesan 966 Views 0 Comment Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell, From Hell Master Edition, horror, Top Shelf
Film 

‘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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April 9, 2019April 8, 2019 Koom Kankesan 952 Views 0 Comment film, The Beach Bum
Comics 

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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March 29, 2019March 28, 2019 Koom Kankesan 1091 Views 0 Comment Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell, From Hell, IDW, Top Shelf
Film 

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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March 28, 2019March 27, 2019 Koom Kankesan 2116 Views 0 Comment Get Out, horror, Jordan Peele, Us
Comics Events 

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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March 20, 2019March 19, 2019 Koom Kankesan 1074 Views 0 Comment comic art, Denny O'Neil, Toronto Comicon
Comics 

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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February 28, 2019February 27, 2019 Koom Kankesan 1293 Views 0 Comment Carmine Infantino, comics, cover art, Superman, The Flash
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