The 2010 Toronto Comic Arts Festival was a crapload of Awesome
Posted by theashcan in comics, Toronto on 13. May, 2010 | 2 Comments
(Friend of the blog Krystle Tabujara does a lot of random cool stuff, like making hats and acting and learning how to stab people. She also works at The Beguiling comic shop in Toronto and worked behind the scenes at this year’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival. I asked her to guest post about the event and her favourite artists, [...]
So wait, Jughead isn’t gay?
Posted by Jef in comics, Pop Culture on 22. Apr, 2010 | 3 Comments
It’s true, Archie Comics is continuing its progressive transformation of late with the introduction of an openly gay character. Which is awesome, but wouldn’t it have been extra progressive though if they just outed Jughead already? Because Jughead — dude’s gay, right? Look how sad he is that Archie is getting married.
Dave Eggers would kick Ziggy’s ass
Posted by jessekg in comics, media, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on 16. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
For some reason I’ve always had this hate on for Dave Eggers. Well, I guess there is a reason, just as much as their is a reason to hate Bono’s face – it’s everywhere, or at least was for the most part of the aughts (for the record, that is the first time I have [...]
“Why should I read Girl Comics?”
Posted by Jef in comics, Pop Culture on 09. Mar, 2010 | 2 Comments
Because they’re good comics, that’s why. In keeping with the atmosphere of progress following Kathryn Bigelow’s two big wins at the Academy Awards and the spotlight of International Women’s Day, let’s take a look at two prescient Marvel comic books that came out last week: the first issue of the 3-part anthology series, Girl Comics [...]
Bill Watterson talks Calvin & Hobbes for first time in 20 years
Posted by Simon in comics, media on 03. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
It might not be a stretch to call Bill Watterson my favourite artist of all time. If pictures are worth a thousand words, Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes were tiny microcosmic epics — each three panel strip having the wit, imagination, verve and poignancy of any an English lit curriculum novel. With Calvin & Hobbes commemorative [...]
