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Riotous bodies abound in these deeply honest comics that will get you through it (or at least help)“When you order CBD gummies for your anxiety but forget to consider your eating disorder.” Known for her buzzing colors, delightful patterns, sharp humor, and unflinching vulnerability, Tara Booth does not miss any mark in this exquisitely woven…
Everybody’s favorite party girl Wendy is so back When Wendy is nominated for the coveted National FoodHut Contemporary Art Prize alongside her friend Winona, all of her millennial dreams seem to be coming true. She lives a post-pandemic, polyamorous fine artist’s lifestyle in the big city and basks in the glory of national attention with…
In this volume, Mira Falardeau looks at the work of great women artists and their experiences in the industry to reveal advice and positive encouragement for future cartoonists. Heavily illustrated with cartoons and artwork from many of the best in the field, the book also asks serious questions about why there have been so few…
“This is a truly beautiful and special book.”–Emily Oster, author of Expecting Better and Cribsheet “Searching, honest, funny, and beautiful.” –Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch “I laugh-sobbed my way through The Mother, so loudly my children came to check on me.” –Angela Garbes, author of Essential Labor and Like a Mother In this hilarious and…
D. Boyd takes an unflinching look back at a 1970s childhood plagued by insecurity, bullying, and family dysfunction. A shy only child, Dawn struggles to fit in. After starting a small town fried chicken franchise her war-vet father becomes even more emotionally inaccessible at home, and nothing Dawn does is ever good enough for her…
When Joan Steacy graduated from High School in 1974, she left her small town behind to embark on a lifelong quest for education. In Aurora Borealice, Steacy explores her personal journey through alter-ego Alice, a functional illiterate with a creative mind and an astonishing amount of artistic skill. The book is a lesson in perseverance…
“This beautifully woven series of vignettes from the brilliant Aimee De Jongh are a necessary and poignant reminder of our common humanity.” –Joe Sacco “One of the great young cartoonists in the world.” –Comic Book Resources Aimée de Jongh, one of the brightest new talents in Europe, creates her first autobiographic work, focusing on taxi…
This debut graphic novel tells the story of the 2015 European “migrant crisis” in Budapest, Hungary through the perspective of Langosh and Peppi, a vagabond and his faithful dog. The pair brings to mind an older, down-on-their-luck Tintin and Snowy with adventures to match. A semi-autobiographical work based on Post’s own experiences, Langosh and Peppi…
Runner-up at the 2021 Expozine Awards: Best English Comic category Catherine Ocelot wonders about her place as an artist, digging into the layers of what it means to live this Art Life. In her search for answers, she talks with seven artists from different disciplines who express their doubts, their struggles, their ambitions and their…
As Lina steps into adulthood, she turns to the work of Virginia Woolf and Patricia Highsmith for insight into who she–and her friends–will become It’s a typically sticky Toronto summer and Lina’s spending her first couple of weeks after graduation reading and hanging out with her best friend Cara. Everything’s calm–until she finds out that…
Nina Bunjevac’s brilliant debut graphic novel returns in this expanded 10th Anniversary edition. “Powered by an expressive black and white drawing style, reminiscent of Robert Crumb and the meticulous pointillist technique of Drew Friedman, the dark undertone of Bunjevac’s humour brings into light the range of socio-political issues her comics deal with, such as gender,…
A young artist reunites with her beloved cousin and his husband in the small town where they spent formative summers, unearthing pieces of the past and upending their lives. In this debut graphic novel from Nova Scotian cartoonist Kyle Vingoe-Cram, a woman visits her estranged cousin in a town on the muddy banks of the…
“Ivana’s line is masterfully fluid, as are her dialogues. This book feels like a mild psychedelic trip – I loved every minute of it!” –Nina Bunjevac, Heartless A soapy crime drama unfolds between the stalls of North America’s largest night market Eva and Mia couldn’t be more different. Where Mia is insecure and image-obsessed, Eva…
A story about a newly realized lesbian woman in her 40s, hellbent on reaching spiritual enlightenment. Even if it kills her. Cheryl just came out and she’s been doing just fine, thanks for asking!!!! She just broke up with her dog, quit gluten, cut contact with her father, and is just really trying to focus…
“Funny and informative, Jade effortlessly hits the sweet spot between silly and sincere to deliver a delightful treat despite its heavy topic. Grab a snack, a drink and definitely grab Food School!” – Hana Chatani, author of Give Her Back To Me A twenty-something college dropout enrols in a full-time outpatient program for eating disorder…
A first collection of graphic stories about climate change and eco-anxiety. Coined by Elizabeth Rush, “endsickness” is a term that describes our modern malaise and severe anxiety over the end of the world. For Alarcon, It’s also a shorthand way of describing our culture’s current obsession with all things dystopian and apocalyptic. Climate change is…
