Pressed Between the Pages
As soon as I start reading Alan Lastufka’s perzine, I can see why his writing would be considered controversial enough […]
Reviews
Taking the Rest of the Week Off
Old men wrapped in brown thoughts and dun-coloured trench coats, butterflies dying from wine-stained kisses, those are the images […]
Scenes from an Impending Marriage: a prenuptial memoir
In his new graphic memoir Scenes from an Impending Marriage, Adrian Tomine grows up, gets married and remains, against the […]
Mid-Life
Mid-Life opens with the following disclaimer: “This is largely a work of fiction. Except where it isn’t.” With this, writer-illustrator […]
The Listener
The Listener is a graphic novel brimming with subtle ideas about life, art, creativity and politics. It’s the work of […]
Bigfoot
This is the poignant story of high schooler Jimmy, who finds himself a celebrity in his small town when a […]
Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas
“If you don’t learn history, and I mean learn it like the way you learn to love music, poetry and […]
Coming and Crying
I first came across Coming and Crying in its nascent days as an upstart Internet project. Back then, editors Melissa […]
Spaz
In Spaz, a Toronto shoe store manager with a love for women’s feet takes on crafting the perfect shoe. Walter […]
Rememberer
In a world where the Filofax day planner is all but obsolete, Rememberer is unforgettable. Somehow this book manages to […]
Machine of Death
Five years in the making, Machine of Death is an anthology of short stories all emerging from a single premise: […]
Light Lifting
Despite its title, there is nothing easy about Light Lifting, the first collection of short stories from acclaimed Nova Scotian […]