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Thursday, July 24, 2008
 Still setting up. Alison arrives and immediately calls high-hosey on a number of panels including the Steampunk meetup. Here's hoping she packed her aviator glasses. Brass!
 Dan Nadel and his underpaid charges get ready to talk about John Kricfalusi and not CF as everyone who approaches their booth says "is that a Ren and Stimpy cel?"
 Mini-flash. The first in a series.
 Worst Dr. Manhattan costume ever.
 Lynda Barry arrives. I swear to god she kissed Jamie Salomon six times!!!
 Keeping it real.
 This is for you, Covey.
 Jamie Salomon covets a book at the PictureBox.
 Here ya go. Lego Batman.
 Still setting up. Draped Bart.
Posted by Tom Devlin at 11:42 AM
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
 Welcome to Comic-con! The bestest comics show in the world. Jamie Salomon and I got in Tuesday afternoon and dodged giant Iron Men and the Owl's Owl Mobile or whatever that Watchmen thing is called (I will mention Watchmen in every single one of my posts, I promise.)
 Man, you just know that whatever goes in this spot will be awesome!
 Peanuts. I'm sure I will spend too much money at this booth (p.s. the colors are all wrong.)
 I bet when I find out what this means, I will give birth to LOL-kittens.
 Everyone should have to enter through this.
{Special note: Sushi Deli and Hong Kong Nite Club ARE CLOSED. Why?!?!?!}
Posted by Tom Devlin at 12:16 AM
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
When he's not busy charming the local media with Paul Goes Fishing, the most recent installment in his ongoing Paul series, D&Q artist Michel Rabagliati devotes his time to peace work—specifically, promoting harmony between residential and commercial neighbours in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal neighourhood. Rabagliati's beautiful illustrations bring a touch of class to this guide to good neighbourliness issued by the borough council.
Sadly, the D&Q staffers who can't read French will continue to offend and irritate their neighbours.
Posted by Rebecca at 5:24 PM
Posted by Peggy Burns at 11:32 AM
211's Claudia has been jet-setting around the US, and style.com has taken notice. Way to wow those New Yorkers with your je ne sais quoi, Claudia! She even made the home page.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 11:12 AM
There is nothing better than coming to work to find a brand spanking new shiny, oversized, Ron Rege Jr comic book on your desk. Against Pain collects all of Ron's comics from the past decade including my personal favorites: his Boys comic book, his "How to Hop a Freight Train" in the NY Times Magazine, "High School Analogy" from Coober Skeber, "We Must Know, We Will Know" from Drawn & Quarterly, ok ok, so before I go listing the complete table of contents,I'll admit that that every comic Ron creates is my favorite comic, I mean, how could they not be?
For more information on Ron's exciting french summer, visit the 211 blog.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 10:57 AM
Monday, July 21, 2008
Say what you will about San Diego, and everyone always has something to say, there is no other con that is better organized, directed and supporter of the comic book medium than Comic-Con International. How they put it all together boggles my mind. Every year the complaints are the same, "too big", "too Hollywood", "too cosplay", though there is yet to be any other annual festival in North America of this size and magnitude that goes out of its way to invite special guests like Adrian Tomine, Rutu Modan, Lynda Barry, Kim Dietch, Jim Woodring, not to mention Al Jaffee and Sergio Aragones at one show and makes sure that the show is affordable to independent publishers. The staff is incredibly helpful, emails and calls get answered. It's not just a job nor a new *hot* revenue stream, you can tell that the CCI staff actually like comics.
D+Q has its endcap booth #1529,and as you can see from the handy reference map that Dylan from Sparkplug made, I believe most indy companies are located near one another. This year D+Q will feature signings by James Sturm, Lynda Barry, Rutu Modan, and Adrian Tomine.
Thursday, July 24th:
11:00 AM-2:00 PM Rutu Modan Signing
1:00-4:00 PM Lynda Barry Signing
5:00-7:00 PM Adrian Tomine Signing
Friday, July 25th:
11:00 AM-1:00 PM Adrian Tomine and James Sturm Signings
2:00-3:00 PM Adrian Tomine and Rutu Modan on the International Voices Graphic Novel Panel ROOM 3
3:00-4:00 PM Spotlight on Lynda Barry, ROOM 7AB, Lynda will be presenting a slide show on What It Is and her class Writing the Unthinkable.
3:30-4:30 PM (Post Panel) Adrian Tomine & Rutu Modan Signings
4:00-7:00 PM (Post Panel) Lynda Barry Signing
3:30-4:30 PM (Post Panel) Adrian Tomine & Rutu Modan Signings
Saturday, July 26th:
11:00 AM-1:00 PM Lynda Barry Signing
12:30-1:30 PM Spotlight on Rutu Modan, ROOM 4, Rutu will present a slide show on her Exit Wounds and her new book Jamilti.
2:00-5:00 PM Adrian Tomine & Rutu Modan Signings
5:00-7:00 PM Lynda Barry Signing
5:30-6:30 PM Spotlight on Adrian Tomine, ROOM 10, Adrian will be interviewed by his first editor ever, Marc Weidenbaum, formerly of Tower Pulse Magazine and now EIC and VP at Viz Magazines.
Sunday, July 27th:
11:00 AM-1:00 PM Adrian Tomine and Lynda Barry Signings
Also, don't forget the Eisner Awards on Friday night, where D+Q artists are nominated for numerous awards.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 3:51 PM
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Woke up and had a few articles in my inbox. First up is a great local graphic novel story in the Montreal Gazette featuring 365 Days, White Rapids, and Paul Goes Fishing. Online at NPR.org is a feature on international graphic novels with quotes from our friends at Words Without Borders and a spotlight on Dupuy & Berberian. Lastly, the Booklist bookgroup has great taste in reading material citing Aya, Good-Bye and Exit Wounds on their list.
Posted by Peggy Burns at 8:50 AM
Thursday, July 17, 2008
 And if you're going to the aforementioned SF Zine Fest, you might be able to buy one cheap!! More here.
Posted by Tom Devlin at 9:00 AM
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Effective immediately, Drawn & Quarterly is pleased to announce the hiring of Kit Malo as the company's Director of Operations, it was announced by Chris Oliveros, EIC and Publisher. Malo will oversee all operations of the D+Q retail, event and workshop space at 211 Bernard Ouest, Montreal; expanding the venue's relationship with the public and publishing communities-at-large while directing its electronic and creative infrastructure.
"With a BFA, contacts within Montreal's creative community from time spent as a volunteer at the artist-run centres Articule and SKOL, a bookkeeping background, and most importantly, a love for comics, Kit is the natural candidate to take 211 Bernard Ouest into its second year with the public," said Oliveros.
Malo was formerly a bookkeeper for the 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy at Concordia University and the Quebec Public Interest Research Group at McGill University and holds a BFA in Film Animation from Concordia.
(Artwork by Peter Thompson)
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Posted by Peggy Burns at 11:45 AM
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