Update: The Dirty Diamonds kickstarter has now been funded! This is very exciting news and I’m looking forward to reading everyone’s contributions. A sincere thank you to everyone who shared or backed the campaign; you have my most sincere gratitude❤ Also, I want to give huge thanks to editors Kelly & Claire for all their …
Be sure to check out kuš! komiksi’s š! #16 issue, Villages, which takes you all around the world to places such as Julloville, Kugti and Alt-Marzahn. Featuring the work of 18 artists, including my own story (shown after the cut)!
Speak French. Hint: it’s easier if you get out of the downtown core. See the aboriginal people’s fashion exhibit and whatever is showing at the Musée Mccord Check out some comic book stores and discover some Francophone comics/BD (bandes dessinées). I found these two walking about Rue St. Denis/Rue Rachel E Don’t forget Librairie D+Q, … Continue reading
This was my first time tabling at Zine Dream. It was a tight affair, smaller and thereby more relaxed than TCAF or Canzine, but I had the sense that the people who came out were really into zines. There’s also something about the venue, The Great Hall on Queen, that lent an air of DIY-chill … Continue reading
Ricepaper Magazine published my essay about Canadian Born Chinese identity: Dispatches from Nowhere. Check out older articles on their website or your public library! You can find us at the Vancouver Public Library Central branch, on the 2nd floor with other cool literary magazines ! A photo posted by @ricepapermag on Oct 20, 2012 at … Continue reading
New zines coming your way at Zine Dream 9 include Graze Magazine, Milkweed, some outtakes, annotated comic interviews and postcards. I’ll also have: Suburban Mystic; Kawai’s Guide to Falling in Love with Inappropriate Persons (last copies!); Dirty Diamonds #6; Everylasting Dérive; assorted mini/microzines and more. See you this Saturday! Continue reading
Posting all the comic interviews I’ve done so far. If the text is too small to read, try this link. Also, I’ve posted the first half of an interview with Anne Ishii to my Tumblr; I’ll repost to this blog soon when the whole interview is up. GINA WYNBRANDT PETER BIRKEMOE TYRELL CANNON AARON MANCYZK Continue reading
Last week, I interviewed Peter Birkemoe, owner of The Beguiling. This enlightening exchange includes Mr. Birkemoe’s thoughts on running a business, Tom Ford and the oddest thing he’s ever put in his mouth. Read the whole thing here. Continue reading
Read a funny interview I did with the lovely Gina Wynbrandt over text❤ If it makes you laugh, you should definitely check out her new book, Someone Please Have Sex With Me, published by 2d cloud. Or get it with a bunch of other great comics through 2d cloud’s kickstarter. Continue reading
Last week, I spoke with Tim Young who produces the Deconstructing Comics podcast. Tim contacted me after reading my post about representing the internet in comics so we chat about that a little more. We also talk about what I’m working on now, TCAF, tabling tips for introverts, finding funding for making comics and more. … Continue reading
Lately, I’ve been reading comics that represent the internet as a part of contemporary daily life. Frequent depictions of the internet might be something we’d expect from popular culture when being online has become so omnipresent, especially with the spread of smartphones. Yet if you consider how internet use is represented in other mediums like … Continue reading
This post is more personal than what I usually write but I’m sharing in honour of everyone supporting someone with a chronic illness. Whether you’re a friend or family member, a health care professional, social worker, what have you – this one’s for you. It’s been roughly a year since someone very close to me, … Continue reading
