Heartbreakingly blunt perzine ‘i don’t know how to translate this’

Jean MathewJune 11, 2019

i don’t know how to translate this Perzine, Tender Tita, 12 pgs, tendertita.bigcartel.com Tender Tita’s zine i don’t know how to translate this explores the...

‘Woman World’ is a deliciously funny read

Jean MathewOctober 9, 2018

Woman World Aminder Dhaliwal, 256 pgs, Drawn & Quarterly, drawnandquarterly.com, $29.95 Men have gone extinct. Now what? Aminder Dhaliwal fleshes ...

‘Welcome to the Daily Life of Tabistacs’ is an open invitation to revisit the ordinary

Jean MathewAugust 27, 2018

Welcome to the Daily Life of Tabistacs Comic zine, Stacy Lee Daily life is far from monotonous in Stacy Lee’s Welcome to the Daily Life of Tabistacs. Stacy ...

‘Panting’ zine is far from the traditionally published comics

Jean MathewAugust 15, 2018

Panting Hayley Dawn Muir, 75 pgs, DDOOGG, shop.ddoogg.ca, $25 From the textless front cover to the textless back cover, Hayley Dawn Muir’s Panting is a dis...

Feast of Fields represents the deftness of a great writer and illustrator

Jean MathewJuly 30, 2018

Mor: Feast of Fields Sean Karemaker, Cloudscape Comics, cloudscapecomics.com, $10 Autobiographical comics have never looked quite like Sean Karemaker’s Fea...

See past the nude form in Mechanics of a Gaze

Jean MathewJuly 15, 2018

Mechanics of a Gaze Branka Petrovic, 110 pgs, Mansfield Press, mansfieldpress.net, $17 In Mechanics of a Gaze, Branka Petrovic revisits the works of Gustav ...

Dazzle Ships poetry has funny bits and insightful–and we’re here for both

Jean MathewJuly 13, 2018

Dazzle Ships Jamie Sharpe, 80 pgs, ECW Press, ecwpress.com, $18.95 Named after a painting style used to camouflage WWI ships, Jamie Sharpe’s collection of ...

Zineswap: The return of the all-mail zine club

Jean MathewJune 3, 2018

ZINESWAP IS BACK! In case you hadn’t heard of it in its previous iteration, here’s the idea: You send three to 10 of your zines to Zineswap and, in return, ...

Getting Out of Hope is a rare gem of a comic that should not be missed

Jean MathewJune 1, 2018

Getting out of Hope James Cadelli, 208 pgs, Conundrum Press, conundrumpress.com, $18 As a proud British Columbian, I was thrilled to see a familiar town as ...

Poetry Review: Shut Up Slow Down Let Go Breathe

Jean MathewDecember 15, 2017

Shut Up Slow Down Let Go Breathe Marcus McCann, 96 pages, Invisible Publishing, invisiblepublishing.com, $16.95 Toronto is about as peaceful as my lac...

Comic Review: Hostage

Jean MathewOctober 22, 2017

Hostage Guy Delisle, 432 pgs, Drawn & Quarterly, drawnandquarterly.com, $32.95 If you’re looking for a high-octane, action-packed, hostage thrille...

One Week Left of The Zine Awards!

Jean MathewAugust 8, 2017

Zine Awards Deadline One Week Away! We have had so many amazing entries for the Zine Awards sent in over the past few weeks! Here are some of the latest ...