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Conundrum Press Spring 2013

Conundrum Press Spring 2013

Spring 2013

“Based in , Andy Brown’s Conundrum Press has quietly become a major force in alt- publishing.” — The Library Chihoi

Graphic Novel ISBN 1-894994-72-8 978-1-894994-72-9 7x9.5 inches, 160 pages, black and white hardcover, $20 Conundrum International May 2013

Introduction by Christian Gasser

eading the short stories included in this volume is like reading someone else’s Conundrum International Rdreams. “The Library” or “Father” reminds one Imprint of Kafka; “I’m with my Saint” feels Gaugin- esque. All the stories feel like smudged emo- tions, they speak to regular hurt and depri- vation, strength in silence and loneliness in numbers. Questions are asked without ques- tion marks and are left unanswered even as the stories end. The Library is book of beautiful lines, written to illustrate the tales we know in our heart but have never witnessed.

Chihoi is a poet of the quotidian, of life’s mi- nutia, of little gestures, of silences. He is also the poet of the invisible, invoking the spirit of a dead person or a lost love, and rendering him/her real. He offers us his stories with a little melancholy at the corner of his smile and he illuminates them with a warm spark. He imbues them with a rhythm, like a conversa- To debut our new imprint for tion, by the pauses. His stories are more com- non-Canadian artists plicated than they appear, they are open and we have chosen the stories of complex and full of little contradictions and Chihoi, a young Hong Kong art- they resonate long after we turn the last page. ist, who has had books published They are like the calm after a storm, when the in Chinese, Italian and French. wind finally dies down and the landscape is The Library is the first English revealed anew. edition of his work. 2 Chihoi: from “The Library” 3 4 Chihoi: from “Father” 5 6 7 Paul Joins the Scouts

Translation by Helge Dascher ISBN 1-894994-69-8 978-1-894994-69-9 172 pages, 7.5x10 inches black and white, trade , $20 May 2013

ollowing on the heels of the The Song of Ro- land, Montrealer Michel Rabagliati returns to Fthe childhood story of his famous semi-autobi- ographical character. It’s 1970 and Paul’s family watches the news with anxiety as bombs are going off around . But Paul is more interested in flying his kite, comics, and his first kiss. Soon Paul joins the scouts and heads off to camp. Away from his parents and extended family he discovers self worth in a troop of like-minded and enthusiastic boys. Things take a turn, however, when the troop gets mixed up in the terrifying events of the FLQ crisis. Paul Joins the Scouts is a coming of age story which takes an historical approach to both the Baden Powell scouting movement and the October Crisis, but humanizes these incidents for both a YA and adult audience. It is original, sincere, captivating, and a little bit retro. The French edition, Paul au Parc, sold incredibly well and was critically hailed, nominated for the youth award at the Angouleme Festival 2012, a Shuster Award, and for a Friends of the Library Award in Montreal. Michel Rabagliati: from Paul Joins the Scouts

“Rabagliati captures the sadness of “Rabagliati’s one-degree-from-autobiography Paul books The Song of Roland Roland’s death, but more than that, comprise nothing less than an ongoing social history of Michel Rabagliati he captures the weight of Roland’s modern in microcosm, all the more effective for life, making the tragedy even more being so unassuming. If you’re looking for a cross-discipline poignant. Despite the heaviness parallel, think of Michel Tremblay’s Plateau Mont-Royal he Song of Roland focuses on the life and death of of the subject, there are sublime cycle; the domestic scenes in Jean-Marc Vallee’s C.R.A.Z.Y. the father-in-law of Rabagliati’s alter-ego Paul, who moments of light and triumph and are also in the same orbit. Ultimately, though, Rabagliati’s hasT been called “the Tintin of Quebec” by Le Devoir. The even laughter.” — Booklist work stands on its own, using a European-style visual aes- French edition, Paul à Québec, was critically hailed, win- thetic and a telescopic eye for the illuminating detail to tell ning the FNAC Audience Award at France’s Angoulême a uniquely new-world story.” — festival, a Shuster Award for Outstanding , and was nominated for the City of Montreal’s Grand Michel Rabagliati was born in 1961 in Montreal, where he grew up in the Rosemont neighbour- Prize, and the Audience Award at Montreal’s Salon du hood. Having developed an interest in typography, he studied graphic design and in 1988 moved into Livre. As the family stands vigil over Roland in his hos- freelance illustration. Since 1998, his graphic novels have revolutionized the comic-book art form in Translation by Helge Dascher pital bed, Rabagliati weaves a story of one man’s journey Quebec. In April 2005, he was awarded the Grand Prix de la ville de Québec, care of the Festival de Graphic Novel through life and the legacy he leaves behind. The Song of BD de Québec. Rabagliati’s body of work to date earned a Special Mention from the Prix des librai- ISBN 978-1-894994-61-3 Roland is a mid-career masterpiece from one of Quebec’s res du Québec. His other award-winning books in English include Paul Goes Fishing, Paul Moves Out, and Paul Has a Summer Job. 192 pages, 7.5x10 inches, $20 finest draftsmen. 8 9 Not anymore! Listen to the Everything is Hold on, officer! As news, buddy! It’s the War so different Yes… and far as I know, you Measures Act! here… so so weird! still need a warrant to arrest somebody in Jeezus, you strange… don’t need to this country! handcuff me! Don’t make , kid, we’ve got a big evening ahead!...

But, Sir, what Oh! Great!! “Just Let’s go, did he do? Member watch me!” So move! of the that’s it, huh? Yeah?

You’re under Right here! SHUDDUP! Can’t you arrest! What’s going see we’re in And follow us! on?? the middle of…

10 Michel Rabagliati: from Paul Joins the Scouts 11 Obituary Man Philippe Girard And although he had only a frag- He, an ordinary civil servant, had ment of existence left to his name, become the champion of words, Translation by KerryAnn Cochrane he would live it to the fullest. eternity’s poet. Graphic Novel ISBN 1-894994-70-1 978-1-894994-70-5 6.5x8.5 inches, 84 pages, black and white trade paperback, $15 May 2013

ehold: Obituary Man! A nondescript Other books by Philippe Girard: man who gains indescribable energy Bfrom reciting the eulogy at the funerals of Ruts & Gullies: strangers. He has never felt so alive! Nine Days in Saint Petersburg Maurice Petit is the unremarkable type, unaware of his own loneliness until, one Translation by KerryAnn morning, on his way to work he feels the Cochrane crowds in the street press on him. He Graphic Novel chokes on the weight of his routine. At ISBN 978-1-894994-46-0 work he consults his horoscope, which 160 pages, b&w, tp, $17 says that some great threat is close at When he went to speak, hand. This warning seems the harbinger Killing Velazquez he let inspiration be his of some great end, the death he assumes guide, and the words to be imminent. Next to the horoscopes “This graphic novel is took shape within him. he finds the obituary section and the as important as it is name of a classmate from his elemen- disturbing, it’s a shock- tary school. Maurice Petit has reached ing confession of his that age when peers die of heart attacks, first-hand encounter with a priest sexually and his own heart races. As he flees the abusing teenage boys in office he tells the secretary, “I have an the 1980s in Quebec. In appointment with a dead man.” At the Translation by sparse, haunting panels of funeral something compels Maurice Pe- KerryAnn Cochrane unsettling silence, Girard tit to stand tall and speak. For a moment Graphic Novel, ISBN perfectly imparts the ter- Philippe Girard: from Obituary Man he is Obituary Man and has a voice for 978-1-894994-54-5 ror he faced.” 216 pages, b&w — Telegraph-Journal the dead. But will his newfound power Philippe Girard is the author of a dozen books in French for which he has won a Bedelys Prize tp, $20 rejuvenate him or get him mixed up with and the prestigious Award. Obituary Man is his third Conundrum title in English and will the wrong crowd? debut in at TCAF 2013. 12 13 Each speech was crowned with an ovation.

He arrived in families as a stranger and left as a son.

Finally he was being noticed. Now nothing, and espec- ially not death, would remove him from the limelight.

14 Philippe Girard: from Obituary Man 15 The Grey Museum Lorenz Peter

Graphic Novel ISBN 1-894994-71-X 978-1-894994-71-2 7x8.5 inches, 216 pages black and white, trade paperback $20 May 2013

et in the future, The Grey Museum is a Praise for Dark Adaptation: galactic romp, following a small group Sof survivors as they fend with mystic be- “This book is a creative leap forward for a tal- ings, interstellar parasites and themselves. ented artist. Lorenz’s storytelling is direct and Everything here is decided by narcissistic very readable and he’s developed a beautiful cartooning style. The depictions of the natural gods and goddesses, disturbed spirits, and world are particularly striking.” bored aliens. Our clueless captives are left — to wander, meandering their way among ruins, souvenirs, and impossible trails, and “An honest attempt to say something about the 300-year-old television station at- being alive. A cartoonist to watch.” — tempts to capture it all. The Greys, a cloned race of coffee-drinking pseudo-humanity, have created a machine to “contemplate” Praise for Chaos Mission: something from a distance and annihilate “His cartoony style and breezy narration make it by turning it into Awht. We experience a dark world light, rendering this community of death, rebirth and everything in between. misfits human and sympathetic. A self-taught The fate of all Earthly life is up to these artist, Peter’s detailed, ingénue art brings to eight hairy humans preserved in jelly, they mind the authentic sixties “comix” spirit, warts just don’t know it yet. and all.” — Quill & Quire

Lorenz Peter was born in Montreal in 1971 and spent his youth in northern in the 1980s. After a brief passage in art school there in 1990, Lorenz decided to apply his skill to comics full time. In 1997, he released his first self-published graphic novel, The Last Remaining Ancient Mellish Bird. He also produced Side Effect, a series of mini comics that was collected and published in 2007 by Pedlar Press. Pedlar also released the autobiographical graphic novels Chaos Mission (2003) and the award winning Dark Adaptation (2005). Lorenz now lives and works in Toronto, managing an artists co-op and record boutique. The Grey Museum is his return to fiction.

16 Lorenz Peter: excerpt from The Grey Museum 17 18 Lorenz Peter: from The Grey Museum Lorenz Peter: from The Grey Museum 19 Recent backlist

Heartless Nina Bunjevac

Graphic Novel ISBN 978-1-894994-64-4 7×9.25 inches, 128 pages black and white plus 16 pages colour hardcover $20

Introduction by

“Heartless is just amazing! I laughed out “The most vitally reinvigorating change in mod- loud a lot. It is chock full of great stuff and ern comics is the unstoppable rise of women, I’m hard to please! Nina Bunjevac’s art is a as creators, as readers, and as characters. In her pleasure to look at. The writing is seriously impressive debut collection, Nina Bunjevac demented, but in a totally brilliant, highly stuns as a distinctive, innovative voice, adept entertaining way. It is its own thing, imitat- at hyperdetailed cartooning and deliciously ing no one.” disturbing as she probes the darkest depths of — desire and despair.” — Paul Gravett

“Powered by an expressive black and white “Her drawing chops are stunning, yet she’s no drawing style, reminiscent of mere illustrator, as she breathes life into her and the meticulous pointillist technique characters as they are the vessels of her bawdy of Drew Friedman, the dark undertone of but bone-dry and pitch-black sense of humor.” Bunjevac’s humour brings into light the range — The Comics Journal of socio-political issues her comics deal with, such as gender, nationalism or urban alien- ation, always from an ironic feminist perspec- “Her pages are darkly inked with few panels, de- tive. Her chain-smoking, slightly alcoholic picting dark humour and grotesque figures. All and manically depressed character Zorka may of Bunjevac’s female characters are confronted just be today’s ultimate antiheroine. A Balkan with harsh realities, but while they may be objec- immigrant in the Brave New World, working tified or mistreated by men, the stories are still in that same meat factory for the last twenty about them—their emotions and reactions— years, tormented by family constraints and while the men remain secondary characters. The her own secrete desires… we simply can’t get overall tone of Heartless is dark and grotesque, enough of her.” — BTurn but the art work and feminine perspective are thrilling and tantalizing.” — Geist 20 21 Recent backlist Recent backlist Serial Villain Also by Sherwin Tjia: Sherwin Tjia You Are a Cat! Graphic Novel / Fiction ISBN 978-1-894994-67-5 Graphic Novel / Fiction 4.25x5.5 inches, 360 pages ISBN 978-1-894994-56-9, 4.25x7 inches, 240 pages 80 black and white illustrations, trade paperback 100 black and white illustrations $17 trade paperback $17 Winner of an Expozine Award

fatales, and more plot twists than a Moe- bius strip. The first in the Cinder Block nspired by the gamebook fad of the late 80s — You Are a Books series, Serial Villain recalls the dark Cat! is both a parody and homage, focusing on a dysfunc- and stylish film posters of the 50s as well as Itional family, but told through the eyes of their cat. hypnotist uses his powers for evil in- reviving the brick-like Illustrated Classics books of the 70s and 80s. Hurtling along stead of good. A time-traveller goes “To catnap or not to catnap, that is often the life-or-death backA in time to kill Hitler as a baby. An in- in quick cuts and abbreviated action, these in Tjia’s latest creation – a skilfully illustrated graphic novel that is, ternational secret agent finally sleeps with 5-minute blockbuster movies up the ante in more ways than one, truly novel. You Are a Cat! is the first title in the wrong woman. In this parodic collec- with each diabolical development, practi- his bogus Pick-a-Plot!™ series, parodying the game books popular- tion of illustrated short stories, the award- cally with every paragraph. Immerse your- ized in the 1980s. The bottom of each page offers a list of options so winning and multi-talented Sherwin Tjia self in this perpetual dusk, where sex and that readers get to create their own ‘catventures’ through the eyes of concocts B-movie noir narratives filled violence party beyond redemption, where Holden Catfield. ‘If you want to continue outside, step to page 3,’ or with serial killers, mob bosses, cops and insignificant individuals take their revenge ‘if you decide that today is more of a ‘nap in a sunbeam’ sort of day, kidnappers encountering betrayal, femme upon the world entire. retreat to page 17.’ Either way, Tjia will lead you down some pretty twisted back alleys.” — Montreal Review of Books

“You Are a Cat! serves up quite the fancy feast of activities for a kitty to chew on: want to become a peeping tom, stop a suicide or oh, what the heck, kill a man? It’s all in this bizarre, yet highly addictive and enjoyable effort.” — The Hipless Boy

Graphic Novel, ISBN 978-1-894994-40-8, 6.75x8.25 inches 224 pages, duotone, trade paperback, $19.95

Nominated for a , an Expozine Award, and 4 Ignatz Awards

“Sully’s skill as a writer as well as an artist is evident in every frame. It takes unique talent to discuss organizing a strip spelling bee, bowel movements as a mode of revenge, and suicide, all without losing the reader.” — McGill Tribune 22 23 Recent backlist Recent backlist Collier’s Popular Press Unspent Love David Collier or, Things I Wish I Told You Shannon Gerard Graphic Novel ISBN 978-1-894994-60-6 Graphic Novel 8×10 inches, 208 pages, black and white ISBN 978-1-894994-58-3 trade paperback, $20 8.5x5.5 inches, 160 pages, black and white, trade paperback, $20 Introduction by Jeet Heer Nominated for an Expozine Award his book collects Canadian cartoonist David Col- lier’s work published over the last 30 years in vari- riginally drawn and written as a series of online poetic vignettes, Unspent Love ad- ousT publications such as: The , The Nerve, dresses themes such as hope, fear, and human frailty. One chapter of this work won , The Star Phoenix, Geist, The Ofirst place in the graphic narrative category of This magazine’s Great Canadian Literary Comics Journal, and many more. With new introductions Hunt in 2010. This is the tradebook version of the project, complete with a letterpressed by the artist himself and plenty of added ephemera, this wraparound jacket printed at Gaspereau Press. Embracing a variety of genres, from poetry is the volume that Collier fans have been waiting for. to relational art to graphic novel, Unspent Love is as varied as the characters who populate its quintessentially human stories. This is a first solo book from a multitalented artist. “Collier’s writing and drawing are direct, candid, even ingenuous, but also complicated and grown up. As a writer/artist who sees unnoticeable things—obscure legislation, forgotten people, off-kilter monuments, odd bits of infrastructure—and who is still asking questions, he is truly a Britt Wilson’s Greatest national treasure.” — Geist Book on Earth CHIMO Britt Wilson David Collier Graphic Novel ISBN 978-1-894994-62-0 Graphic Novel 6×9 inches, 144 pages, black and white, trade paperback, $17 ISBN 978-1-894994-53-8, 7×10 inches, 136 pages “I was drawn to Britt Wilson’s work immediately. The liveliness, the black and white, trade paperback, $17 effortless polish, the humour — there was so much appeal, I ate it up, I looked through everything I could find. I was thrilled to hear Nominated for a Doug Wright Award and a about a whole book full of those drawings. I look forward to being Hamilton Literary Award jealous of Britt’s work for a long time to come, because there’s no Excerpted in 2012 edition of The Best American Comics way she won’t rise to the top.” — “This collection of the Canadian cartoonist’s short pieces, including four wonderfully absurd Pig “Chimo is an idiosyncratic, compelling and hilarious musing- Boy interludes, are funny in the same sort of random way that old Tom and Jerry are in-comics that I couldn’t put down. Seemingly a quirky memoir funny. From the opening ‘A Bus Stop Story,’ a wordless tale of a romantic encounter while waiting about soldiering, it’s really a quest for survival — both basic and for public transportation, to ‘The Pretty Ridiculous Adventures of A. Zimmerman, vol. 1’ where a artistic — and a on aging, family and the fight to walk home turns into an escalating epic involving dinosaurs, kung fu, and a ‘MacGyver Moment,’ simply try and understand oneself, all told by one of the most Wilson’s imagination gives forth a host of humor, snark, and silliness that’s irreverent and at times unpretentious in North America. There’s an eye unabashedly adolescent. The pacing feels very much like animated shorts, and the art varies from a for mundane detail and a sort of animal fear running through thick-lined comix style, to an almost Chuck Jonesian exaggeration, to the thin-lines and brushed it all that it leaves one shaken yet oddly refreshed. It’s unlike shading of the Pig Boy stories. Be warned, though, there are instances of violence and some anything I’ve read before. I loved it.” — 24 racy innuendo amid all the hilarity.” — Booklist 25 Recent backlist Recent backlist The Blaring House People Around Here Claire Seringhaus

Graphic Novel, ISBN 978-1-894994-59-0 Graphic Novel 6x9 inches, 160 pages, black and white 978-1-894994-66-8, 5x8 inches, 96 pages trade paperback, $17 black and white, trade paperback, $15 Excerpted in 2011 edition of The Best American Comics “Adept, antiquated draughtsmanship, atypical humour, “Dave Lapp’s People Around Here is an example of slice-of-life, Seringhaus is a Van Leeuwenhoek’s flask of broth comprised quotidian reportage, where every vignette is something that of the DNA from the dandruff of Glen Baxter, the fingernail Lapp either witnesses, overhears or participates in. Lapp has parings of Edward Gorey and the juice wrung from the socks an ear for the quirky, the gross, the crazy and the desperate of Monty Python. This is absurd, solid, funny stuff.” in his city of Toronto.... It’s an interesting way to do a diary — Joe Ollmann, author of Mid-Life or autobio strip, because the reader gets a sense of Lapp’s life as he hangs out with his friends in diners and teaches art to children. Interestingly, we gain a greater insight into his personality not through these personal strips, but rather through the observations he chooses to record. What he finds interesting is revealing in its own way, and it’s All Citizens clear that he has a certain degree of sympathy for those who choose to express their alienation in public.” — The Comics Journal Serena McCarroll Also by Dave Lapp:

Art 978-1-894994-63-7 7.5x9.5 inches, 160 pages full colour, hardcover $25

Includes Bonus CD Children of the Atom Daniel, Fred, and Julie live at All Citizens Graphic Novel ISBN 978-1-894994-47-7, 11×4.25 inches, 240 pages n 2006, two artists fled the high cost of living in and moved to a place where black and white, trade paperback, $17 they knew absolutely no one: Bruno, Saskatchewan, population 500. They set up a store- “Standing entirely on its own, Lapp’s hand- Ifront building in which they housed their own unique brand of café / art shop called All Drop-in some pen-and-ink art is gorgeous to behold: Citizens. McCarroll documented her travels and experiences moving and setting up shop it’s some of the most accomplished strip in a called Going Rural, which forms a significant part of this All Citizens book and Graphic Novel, ISBN 978-1-894994-33-0 artwork you’ll find, with a skill, delicacy, and serves as an introduction to Saara Liinamaa’s essay on rural interventions. McCarroll also 6×9 inches, 160 pages, black and white subtlety that compares to the best in the documents the lives of three local women. Other significant contributors include cartoonist trade paperback, $17 format’s history….Children of the Atom is the David Collier and artist McLean. But the heart of the All Citizens project was the truly distinctive creation: it breathes literary quality into what has predominantly been a store itself: a meeting place, shop, cultural centre, concept, music venue and all things in Nominated for a Doug Wright Award, between. It was the ultimate culmination of a DIY aesthetic forged onto a rural landscape. gag medium. And with its singular vision, it an , and excerpted in 2010 quietly moves and delights.” — See Magazine 26 edition of The Best American Comics 27 Discover Quebec’s Underground Comics BDANG IMPRINT in English for the First Time! BDANG IMPRINT

Fanny & Romeo Yves Pelletier, Pascal Girard My Life as a Foot Richard Suicide Translation by KerryAnn Cochrane Graphic Novel Translation by 978-1-894994-65-1, 6.5x9.25 inches, 136 pages Graphic Novel full colour, trade paperback, $20 ISBN 978-1-894994-26-2, 8×10 inches, 80 pages black and white, trade paperback, $15

t’s him or the cat in this charming collaboration “You’ll never see an intensity like the one embedded in his between first time author (and renown Quebec thick, inky lines and his stories of big-nosed paupers, whores and insurance company clerks. Suicide’s inimitable and enviable Icomic actor) Yves Pelletier and the established artist aesthetic reminds a little of Woodring, with a touch of Kim Pascal Girard (winner of the Doug Wright Award for Deitch and a smidgen of , but it’s so very Montreal.” Bigfoot). The story concerns a young couple, Fanny — HOUR wants to have children, and Fabien doesn’t feel ready. Then a cat called Romeo comes into their lives. She Poof! falls in love, but he’s allergic. Fanny becomes more Line Gamache and more attached to the cat, to the point where she actually rents a separate apartment for it. But it turns Translation by KerryAnn Cochrane out her Romeo has actually been two-timing her. Graphic Novel, ISBN 978-1-894994-43-9, 7×10 inches A perfect blend of Pelletier’s writing with Girard’s 96 pages, black and white, trade paperback, $15 beautiful watercolours, this story will warm the hearts of cat lovers and people lovers alike! hen Lili’s inspiration jumps out of her mouth and runs away she undergoes an epic -like jour- neyW to get it back. With the help of her dog she proceeds Suddenly Something Happened to chase the trickster. Whether by plane, train, balloon or automobile one strange character after another joins her. In Poof! is a story about the creative process itself.

Translation by KerryAnn Cochrane Hello, Me Pretty Graphic Novel Line Gamache ISBN 978-1-894994-51-4, 7×9 inches, 256 pages black and white, trade paperback, $20 Translation by KerryAnn Cochrane Graphic Novel, ISBN 978-1-894994-23-1, 7×10 inches ollects the storylines from Quelques Pelures and Le 64 pages, black and white, trade paperback, $15 Moral des Troupes (which won the 2005 Prix de Cl’Espoir Québécois), as well as many new pages, to form “This humorous, touching and downright inspirational book the definitive edition of this autobiographical work. recounts the real life story of Gamache’s little sister Josée. Born mentally disabled in 1964, we follow Josée through the decades. “It’s a strong document in a small literature describing the subtle The prejudices and negativity she encounters are recorded, along ways in which we all quietly grow up.” with her happy, sometimes difficult and always innocent ap- 28 — Comics Reporter proach to life.” — Montreal Gazette 29 backlist backlist Monster Island Three Snaps edited by Billy Mavreas Rebecca Kraatz

Graphic Novel, ISBN 978-1-894994-27-9 Graphic Novel 7×8.5 inches, 144 pages, black & white, trade paperback, $15 ISBN 978-1-894994-55-2, 6.5×8.5 inches, 144 pages black & white, trade paperback, $15 “A clutch of terrific Montreal cartoonists in a compact page-turner. As an editor, Mavreas has a sweet tooth for the peculiar, and he’s “Tender and thought-provoking, Kraatz has a knack for subtle gathered a mittful of like-minded independents, most of them direly confessions, desire and quiet curiosities. Part dreamy, part pensive, underexposed.” — eye Kraatz’s dip into yesteryear portrays a time when war was ubiqui- Witness My Shame tous and loss inherent.” — Telegraph-Journal Shary Boyle So I’ve Been Told Maryanna Hardy Art, ISBN 1-894994-03-5, 6×8 inches, 160 pages black & white, trade paperback, $19.95 Art ISBN 978-1-894994-52-1, 5.5×7.75 inches, 96 pages “To describe her work is to gush. Looking at Boyle’s images is like 64 black & white illustrations, 16 colour, falling into murky puddles of memories… Boyle has captured both trade paperback, $17 the bliss and discomfort of childhood. She illustrates the nebulous sexuality of adolescence in dream-like landscapes.” — Toronto Star Nominated for a Doug Wright Award and an Expozine Award Gilded Lilies: Comics and Drawings Inkstuds Graphic Novel, ISBN 978-1-894994-19-4 Interviews with Cartoonists by Robin McConnell 6×8 inches, 160 pages, black & white, trade paperback, $20 CDN / $17 US, Nominated for a Doug Wright Award Non-Fiction / Art, ISBN 978-1-894994-49-1, 8x9.5 inches 296 pages, 90 b&w illustrations, trade paperback, The first book from the award-winning artist behind and Bibliography, $20, Introduction by Jeet Heer Indooor Voice. Contains illustration work and as well as a longer original scroll comic. These 30 interviews focus on the creative process and influ- ences of artists, from the older generation of underground don’t get lonely don’t get lost cartoonists to the new generation of the comics avant garde. Elisabeth Belliveau This book is an invaluable resource, not just for comic enthu- siasts but anyone interested in the artistic process. Art, ISBN 978-1-894994-50-7, 5.5x 7.5 inches, 144 pages full colour, trade paperback, $25 Hermoddities DVD of animations included Temple Bates

“The impression is of an artist’s diary, nearly unexpurgated. There’s Art, ISBN 978-1-894994-57-6, 6×6 inches something appealing about the immediacy and honesty of these pages. Elisabeth Belliveau’s drawings gently capture people in odd 192 pages, full colour, trade paperback, $20 moments, unsuspecting. Her perspective is detached, cautious, and Introduction by Andy Brown Nominated for a Doug Wright Award 30 spare, seeking out meaning in the mundane. Her moments of lyrical 31 clarity are lovely.” — Montreal Review of Books Ordering Information:

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