Selfie // eifles // Cute Juice Comics – Rotten Variety collab SELFIE shirts available next weekend at TCAF Zineland — ~limited quantities ~ reverse text on T 4 yur π₯ selfie picz π±πππ₯ #zineland #selfielove #tshirtdesigner #suprememarket A post shared by Gart Darley (@dart.garley) on May 7, 2018 at 6:13pm PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js Happy to announce … Continue reading
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Pre-TCAF Updates
I’m happy to announce that Rotten Variety and Cute Juice will be tabling together this year at the TCAF Zineland! Click below and enjoy some amazing collage art by RV’s Gart Darley π Gart and I have been working on a secret project together and we are really looking forward to sharing it with you … Continue reading
Recommended quickies: Mother, Twisted Romance, Valley
A few words on a few comics I’ve been reading lately… Continue reading
On comics and visual illiteracy
The filmmaker Peter Greenaway has often commented that cinema is a slave to literature. That the development of film, a medium with so much visual promise, became circumscribed by the logic and structure of words rather than images. For the most part, to Greenaway, the cinematic audience is visually illiterate one. TV also encourages visual … Continue reading
The basic business of tabling at zine fairs
I just tabled for my third year at Canzine. Instead of doing a typical show recap, I thought I might reflect upon what I’ve learned about $$$ doing all these fairs. [Edit: Youβll notice an obvious omission below and that is compensation for labour. Itβs because I donβt actually consider zine-making a business or a … Continue reading
Koyama Press book launches + analysis: I’m Not Here
Last week, I attended an event by Koyama Press at The Beguiling featuring presentations by cartoonists Patrick Kyle and GG and then a brief panel discussion moderated by Eric Kostiuk Williams. There was a good turnout and in addition to a couple readings by Kyle, both Kyle and GG spoke about their intentions and decisions … Continue reading
Recommended: Yes Roya
Yes Roya is a hardcore pornographic comic set in 1963 California featuring well developed characters. Our protagonist, Wylie Kogan, is a young cartoonist looking to break into the industry. In seeking professional advice from the cartoonist he most admires, Joe Ahlstrom, he becomes acquainted with Joe’s partner, Roya, who invites him into their D/s (Dominant/submissive) … Continue reading
LooseLeaf Magazine Launch
LooseLeaf Magazine is a Toronto-based journal focused on publishing pan-Asian.Canadian voices. I’m excited to announce that my fictional story about food, race and class in Toronto will run in its upcoming food issue! The launch party will be held on Saturday, Oct 14 in Chinatown and will feature readings, vendors and more. Full deets are … Continue reading
Recommended: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a recommendation because the comics I’ve been reading felt too off topic for this blog. However I recently came across two suitable ones, the first of which is Nagata Kabi’s My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. MLEWL is an autobio comic that lays bare the author’s history with depression and … Continue reading
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency List
Had to take this screenshot for posterity: my McSweeney’s Internet Tendency list on the same page as a list by Roxane Gay oh yeah. Read it and weep. Continue reading