Here’s my chat with Megan Kearney. Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts.
Megan is a sequential artist and writer. In addition to her award-winning adaptation of Beauty and The Beast, Megan is a regular contributor to the Disney Princess series. Megan wrote Hit Reblog: Comics That Caught Fire for Comixology. She also manages the Toronto-based Comic Book Embassy, an energetic co-work studio that is home to some of the city’s top indie talent.
During our chat, Megan spoke about options for new comers to the comic book industry including the Internet, ‘zines, anthologies and local library publications. She suggested that small shows such as those at libraries might return a better profit than larger conventions. Megan also discussed the new location of Comic Book Embassy.
You can discover more about Megan at thequietly.com and follow her on Twitter at @SpookyMeggie
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Here’s some of the current news about Canadian comic book creators and supporters.
GoombaStomp recently interviewed comics editor Allison O’Toole about her current project Wayward Kindred. The new anthology from TO Comix Press was just funded through Kickstarter. When asked about her affinity to monster-type stories, Allison said: “I’m interested in monsters’ versatility as metaphor. They can stand in for any taboo you can think of, for any kind of outcast figure, for any kind of cultural anxiety—there are so many rich opportunities for storytelling! Werewolves are my favourite, I just think they’re very cool. For more specific monster stories, I love Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, an early example of a sympathetic monster. I enjoy scary monsters, but I love a sad monster the most—that’s probably part of why I love werewolves, too.”
You can read more at Goombastomp.com
https://goombastomp.com/comics-editor-allison-otoole-talks-kickstarter-for-wayward-kindred/
CBC Books published their list of the 20 best Canadian comics of 2019. The list includes:
– Clyde Fans by Seth
– The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Renee Nault
– When I Arrived At The Castle by Emily Carroll
– The Blue Road by Wayde Compton, illustrated by April dela Noche Milne
– Leaving Richard’s Valley by Michael DeForge
– This Woman’s Work by Julie Delporte
– If I Go Missing by Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose, art by Nshannacappo
– Agnes, Murderess by Sarah Leavitt
– Frogcatchers by Jeff Lemire
– Creation by Sylvia Nickerson
– Dakwäkãda Warriors by Cole Pauls
– Try Not to Get Too Attached by Robin Richardson
– Death Threat by Vivek Shraya and Ness lee
– Pass Me By by Kyle Simmers and Ryan Danny Owen
– Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
– Plummet by Sherwin Tjia
– Dear Scarlet by Teresa Wong
– Carpe Fin by Michael Nicholl Yahgulanaas
– This Place: 150 Years Retold
– This is Serious: Canadian Indie Comics
You can read more at CBC.ca/Books
https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-best-canadian-comics-of-2019-1.5382861
And if that wasn’t enough Comics Beat publisher their article listing their ‘100 Best Comics of the Decade’. Here’s some notable entries from Canadians:
– Big Kids by Michael DeForge
– Bitch Planet by Valentine De Landro and Kelly Sue Deconnick
– Black Hammer by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston
– Clyde Fans by Seth
– Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles by Mike Feehan and Mark Russell
– Frontier #7 by Jillian Tamaki
– Hark A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
– Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
– Lumberjanes by Faith Erin Hicks and many others
– Ms. Marvel by Adrian Alphona, Ian Herring, Jim Zub and many others
– Saga by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan
– Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O’Malley
– Sex Criminals by Chip Zdarsky and Matt Fraction
– This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
– Through The Woods by Emily Carroll
– The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson
– Young Frances by Hartley Lin
You can read more at ComicsBeat.com
https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-100-best-comics-of-the-decade/
Bleeding Cool reported on a new book written and illustrated by Ray Fawkes called In The Flood. To be published by ComiXology, the graphic novel tells the story of a couple trying to keep their marriage together while separated by a mysterious flood. According to Ray: “In the Flood is a labor of love – a project that I was determined to do and I hope readers enjoy the set-up, the mystery, and the payoff. This is a unique and nonlinear book, full of metaphor and symbolism, grounded by a very human, very emotional tale of love and loss.”
You can read more at BleedingCool.com
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/12/12/in-the-flood-by-ray-fawkes-joins-comixology-originals-next-week/
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