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Explore Michael DeForge's Strange Nature In 'Sticks Angelica'
Explore Michael DeForge's Strange Nature In 'Sticks Angelica'
Explore Michael DeForge's Strange Nature In 'Sticks Angelica'
Who is Sticks Angelica? According to no less an authority than Stick Angelica herself, she is a 49-year-old former Olympian, poet, scholar, sculptor, minister, activist, and all-around hyphenate celebrity who has left the public eye after a scandal involving her politician father, and moved into the Monterey National Park in Ontario. She is also the title character of Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero, a comic strip-turned-graphic novel by Michael DeForge.
Sweet Gigs: Best Band Posters by Comic Artists Ever
Sweet Gigs: Best Band Posters by Comic Artists Ever
Sweet Gigs: Best Band Posters by Comic Artists Ever
Gig posters have a long and beautiful history. Moving from simple block lettering in the '50s and psychedelic text in the '60s, modern gig posters are often gorgeous pieces of illustration and places to experiment with the weird and wonderful. In this gallery, we've pulled together a collection of gig posters by a variety of comic artists, from small indie artists such as Inés Estrada and Maré Odomo to some big names like DeForge and Adrian Tomine. Feast your eyes!
Drawn & Quarterly Dominates 2016 Doug Wright Awards Nominees
Drawn & Quarterly Dominates 2016 Doug Wright Awards Nominees
Drawn & Quarterly Dominates 2016 Doug Wright Awards Nominees
This morning the nominees for the 2016 Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning were announced. Presented each year at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, the Doug Wright Awards honor Canadian citizens or permanent residents who have published work in cartooning in the past year. (Sorry, French Canadians, only work in English are included, although translations are eligible.)
Weekender: Stela, Webcomics, Vampires and NSFW Bible Stories
Weekender: Stela, Webcomics, Vampires and NSFW Bible Stories
Weekender: Stela, Webcomics, Vampires and NSFW Bible Stories
The weekend is here! Put down your paperwork, throw your stationery out of the window, and do a victory spin in your office chair, because it’s time to catch up on that greatest of all media: comics! What’s been going on this week? There’s so much comics that there’s no way anybody can keep up with all of it — so Weekender is here to catch you up on some of the stories you may have missed, and some of the best writing about comics from the past few days.
Weekender: Art on Titan, Rabbit Thoughts, Million Dollar Tintin
Weekender: Art on Titan, Rabbit Thoughts, Million Dollar Tintin
Weekender: Art on Titan, Rabbit Thoughts, Million Dollar Tintin
The weekend is here! Put down your paperwork, throw your stationery out of the window, and do a victory spin in your office chair --- it's time to catch up on that greatest of all mediums: comics! What's been going on this week? NYCC has fallen upon us all like a giant comfy pillow filled with news, so Weekender is here to catch you up on some of the stories you may have missed, and some of the best writing about comics from the past few days.
ComicsAlliance's Guide to San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Friday
ComicsAlliance's Guide to San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Friday
ComicsAlliance's Guide to San Diego Comic-Con 2015: Friday
San Diego Comic-Con is underway, bringing over 130,000 people to enjoy the pop culture extravaganza taking place inside and outside the convention center. There is a lot to see and do every day during SDCC. More likely than not, if you don't go in with a plan for experiencing the things that you most want to check out, you'll miss them!
Youth in Decline's 'Frontier' Is A Comic You Should Be Reading
Youth in Decline's 'Frontier' Is A Comic You Should Be Reading
Youth in Decline's 'Frontier' Is A Comic You Should Be Reading
If you haven't been following it, Youth in Decline's Frontier is a comic that you should buy every single issue of --- and you can start anywhere. Frontier is created by a different cartoonist every issue, and the only real through-line is that it highlights talented creators. For that reason alone, it's worth checking out. Each one also offers the opportunity to see those creators do an interesting story that maybe they don't have another space to publish. Some of the great creators that have told stories in Frontier include Emily Carroll, Sam Alden, Jillian Tamaki, and Hellen Jo --- with creators like Michael DeForge and Becca Tobin to come.
Tamaki and DeForge's Guide to the Butter Tarts of Toronto
Tamaki and DeForge's Guide to the Butter Tarts of Toronto
Tamaki and DeForge's Guide to the Butter Tarts of Toronto
The butter tart is one of Canada's great cultural contribtutions to the world. The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) also fits squarely in that category. So it's apt that these two juggernauts of the North have come together this weekend --- the very weekend of TCAF --- in the form of a handy map of Toronto's finest butter tarts created by two of TCAF's critically acclaimed guests; Super Mutant Magic Academy author Jillian Tamaki, and Ant Colony author Michael DeForge. If you're hitting up the festival this weekend, you may want to set aside a little time for a butter tart pilgrimage.
Image Expo 2015: New Titles From McFarlane, Liu, Canete & More
Image Expo 2015: New Titles From McFarlane, Liu, Canete & More
Image Expo 2015: New Titles From McFarlane, Liu, Canete & More
Image held the latest in its series of one-day Image Expo events in San Francisco on Thursday, putting a spotlight on a slate of new titles for 2015, and introducing some new creators to the Image family. In concert with the expo, Image also released a new Humble Indie Bundle that includes an Image Expo Preview book containing art from the newly announced titles, plus some forthcoming books that were previously announced. Titles featured in the preview include Savior by Brian Holguin, Todd McFarlane, and Clayton Crain; Injection, by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, and Jordie Bellaire; No Mercy, by Alex De Campi, Carla Speed McNeil, and Jenn Manley Lee; Island, by Brandon Graham and a whole host of artists; RunLoveKill, by Eric Canete, Jonathan Tsuei, Leonardo Olea, and Manu Fernandez; and Starve, by Brian Wood and Danijel Zezelj; the book also includes a one-page ad for Marjorie Liu's new book with Sana Takeda, Monstress, and an ad for the second season of Pretty Deadly, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Rios.

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