Here’s my chat with Ami Moore at Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Podcast available on Apple Podcasts and player.FM


Ami is an illustrator and designer in Toronto. She makes comics, art and games featuring lighthearted stories… and cats. Her recently completed effort is the comic, Cats of Felicia.


During our chat, Ami talked about her recent work Cats of Felicia. She also provided information about her influences along her future projects.

You can discover more about Ami on Twitter at @amiillustration and online at http://amillustration.com/

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Here’s some of the current news about Canadian comic book creators and supporters.

CBC Books recently featured Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me. The article also included an audio interview with writer Mariko Tamaki who discussed why she wanted to write about boundaries and unhealthy relationships and why the message is relatable at any age. You can read more at CBC.ca/Books
https://www.cbc.ca/books/laura-dean-keeps-breaking-up-with-me-1.5160470

Barnes and Noble published a list of the ‘Best Comics & Graphic Novels for June 2019’. The list includes:
– Saga: Book Three by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
– Avengers: No Road Home by Jim Zub and others
– The Follies of Richard Wadsworth by Nick Maandag
– X-Force, Vol.1 : Sins of the Past by Ed Brisson and others
You can read more at BarnesAndNoble.com
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/the-best-comics-and-graphic-novels-of-june-2019/

 

The Winners of the 2019 Excellence in Graphic Literature were announced at the recent Denver Pop Culture Con. Crush by Svetlana Chmakova won for Best in Educational Comics: Middle-Grade, Fiction.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pop-culture-classroom-announces-category-finalists-for-the-2019-excellence-in-graphic-literature-awards-300831748.html

 

CBC Books published an article entitled ’10 Canadian books coming out in June we can’t wait to read’. The list includes:
– The Follies of Richard Wadsworth by Nick Maandag from Drawn & Quarterly
– Lunch Quest by Chris Kuzma from Koyama Press
You can read more at CBC.ca/Books
https://www.cbc.ca/books/10-canadian-books-coming-out-in-june-we-can-t-wait-to-read-1.5151577

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