Mark Laliberte launches ANGRY BLACK BANG

Angry Black Bang — Toronto Book Launch! Sat Jul 27, 12-2pm @ 99 Gallery (99 Sudbury St) Held in association with THE NOISE PROJECT, come out to the afternoon launch of CAROUSEL managing editor’s new artist book Angry Black Bang, a 28pg risograph book where graphic design, sound poetry and experimental comics are jaggedly blended into a new hybrid literary form. In ABB, speech bubbles and thought clouds (the mechanisms used to express language in

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CAROUSEL’s 4PANEL gets Honourary Mention at 2013 Wright Awards

Even though we didn’t win, CAROUSEL was honoured to have its 4PANEL section receive a nomination for a 2013 Doug Wright Award! We received an Honourary Mention for the ‘Pigskin Peters Award’, which recognizes the best in experimental or avant-garde comics. Congrats to cartoonist David Collier, who won for his book Hamilton Illustrated (published by Wolsak and Wynn). This short clip captures funnyman Scott Thompson struggling to name all the nominated 4PANEL contributors, and then

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LARRY EISENSTEIN – Negative Capability exhibition

Larry Eisenstein Negative Capability May 25 – Jun 16, 2013 (opening Sat May 25, 2-5pm) @ Loop Gallery (1273 Dundas St W, Toronto) Toronto artist and 4PANEL participant Larry Eisenstein (whose work was prominently featured back in CAROUSEL 27) has a new exhibit opening in Toronto, Negative Capability. Romantic poet John Keats used the term “negative capability” to describe an artist’s receptiveness to the world and its natural marvel, and the struggle of human beings

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CAROUSEL NOMINATED FOR A 2013 DOUG WRIGHT AWARD!

We’re happy to announce that CAROUSEL’s 4PANEL section has been nominated for a DOUG WRIGHT AWARD! We’re a nominee for the ‘2013 Pigskin Peters Award’, which recognizes the best in experimental or avant-garde comics. Other 2013 Wright Awards nominees include industry stalwarts such as Michel Rabagliati, David Collier, Ethan Rilly and Michael DeForge. The 2013 Doug Wright Awards ceremony — Canada’s biggest night in comics — will take place on Saturday, May 11 (a feature

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MARK LALIBERTE — New Exhibition

Mark Laliberte — CUT PROGRAM Apr 11 – May 05, 2013 (opening Thu Apr 11, 6-9pm) @ MONASTIRAKI (5478 St-Laurent, Montreal) Toronto artist and CAROUSEL Managing Editor/ Designer Mark Laliberte has a new exhibit at in Montreal. A retrospective look at more than 10 years of production, this exhibition offers a ‘collage view’ of several different collage projects I have created over the years, providing a sutured sampling of paper-based works spanning back to 2000.

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KAZOO! Print Expo (Guelph, ON)

The 6th annual Kazoo! Festival –  happening in Guelph, ON — includes the KAZOO! PRINT EXPO this Sat Apr 06 from 11am-3pm … come join us @ 99 Woolwich St, Mitchell Hall, (Beside St. George’s Church) in sunny downtown Guelph! The event is also an advance public launch of CAROUSEL 31, our brand new issue (it’ll be out in stores and sent to subscribers in mid-May). This year’s Print Expo includes: Marc Bell / Nathan Campangaro

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CAROUSEL 31 Release Party Apr 04!

In association with National Poetry Month and in collaboration with the Livewords reading series, please join us for the Toronto advance launch of CAROUSEL 31 —a free event taking place on Thu Apr 04, 2013 beginning at 7:30pm at Black Swan Tavern (154 Danforth Ave, 2nd floor) Featured Readers: Colin Brush, Louise Carson, Sonia Di Placido, Nico Mara-McKay, David Reibetanz, Mary Rykov, Lizzy Violet, Liz Worth, Catriona Wright SPECIAL EVENT OFFER — support our fine

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3rd ANNUAL MINI-COMICS Day!

March 24th, 2013 is the date for the third annual Mini-Comics Day, celebrating the art of cartooning and creating hand-made comic books (the first event was held April 9th, 2011). On Mini-Comics Day, participating cartoonists from around the world will write, draw, and print copies of a mini-comic, completing the entire process from start to finish in a day or less. Anyone in the world can participate.

derek beaulieu’s ‘How to Read’ exhibition

Canadian poet, publisher & anthologist derek beaulieu is a writer obsessed w/ the upscaling of lowercase gestures; we interviewed him about the state of his practice back in CAROUSEL 27. beaulieu’ first major solo exhibition, ‘How To Read’, is opening this Fri Mar 22 at Niagara Artists Centre in St. Catharine’s, ON — it runs in the Showroom space until May 10, 2013. ‘How To Read’ moves beaulieu’s work from print into the gallery, where

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JEN MANN in CAROUSEL 30

Jen Mann is an artist from Toronto, ON, whose work is profiled in CAROUSEL 30, our current issue. She attended OCAD U from 2005–09, receiving her BFA in printmaking. Since then she has focused on painting and developed a large body of work, which explores the subconscious, and focuses on ideas of freedom, perceived beauty, identity and home. Mann’s latest Toronto exhibit, Strange Beauties, is running from Feb 20 – Mar 23, 2013 at Neubacher

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FIONA SMYTH – new exhibition

Fiona Smyth Feb 07 – Mar 09, 2013 (opening Sat Feb 09, 4-8pm) @ Robert Kananaj Gallery (1267 Bloor St W, Toronto) Toronto artist and 4PANEL participant Fiona Smyth (who we profiled/interviewed back in CAROUSEL 25 — our Spring-Summer 2010 issue) has a new exhibit at in Toronto. A retrospective look at 10 years of production, the exhibited works include paintings and drawings from the series Bride of Gene (2002) and The Virtuous – Rise of the

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CAROUSEL 30 Toronto launch: Jan 12!

Please join us for the Toronto launch of CAROUSEL 30, a free event taking place this Sat Jan 12, 2013 from 1-4pm at O’Born Contemporary — 131 Ossington Ave. An 80 page bi-annual hybrid literary/arts magazine representing new and established Canadian artists (with a selection of international contributors), CAROUSEL highlights a comfortable merging of textual and visual content, presenting work across many genres … if it is original and engaging, we aim to see it

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CANZINE Toronto 2012

On Sun Oct 21 CAROUSEL will be participating in Canzine Toronto, Canada’s largest festival of zine culture and independent arts, hosted by Broken Pencil Magazine. Canzine is a prime opportunity to mingle with talented writers, artists, publishers and performers from across North America and search out new local (and non-local) gems; it features hundreds of zines, small presses, comics and more. 918 Bathurst Arts/Culture Centre, 918 Bathurst St. 1-7pm $5 entry includes the fall issue

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CAROUSEL at Nuit Blanche!

Drop by RM #204 of the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St. W) on Sat Sep 29 and behold the vibrant and bustling “12 HR Zine Machine” presented by The Madeleine Collective, Madeleine Collective: www.madeleinecollective.comas ten featured Toronto artist groups are challenged to create a handmade zine art book every hour, all night long! Note that the CAROUSEL zine team — made up of artists Larry Eisenstein, Mark Laliberte, Aaron Linton and Drazen Kozjan — will take

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2012 The Word On The Street Toronto Festival!

CAROUSEL magazine will be present at The Word on the Street Toronto Festival (Queen’s Park) this Sunday September 23 from 11am-6pm — we’d love it if you stopped by! We’ll be located at booth MM6 (in the Magazine Mews section, east side of the park) What will be offering? – select back issues (for the amazing price of $5 each) will allow you to delve into the past! – extremely discounted subscription packages will point you

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Livewords hosts the CAROUSEL 29 Launch Party!

Thu Jul 05, 2012 / @ The Black Swan — 154 Danforth Ave (2nd floor) / Toronto, ON Doors at 7:30 pm — Readings from 8pm The evening will feature readings by contributors: Claire Caldwell / Robert Dayton / Emily Gordon / Katie Jordon / Josh Stewart / Elana Wolff / Talia Zajac SPECIAL EVENT OFFER — please note that since we did not host a public launch in Toronto of CAROUSEL #28, we hope

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WNDW5: Magda Trzaski — opening June 15

WNDW5: Magda Trzaski — Pulled Apart By Horses @ *QUEENSPECIFIC (787 Queen St W) Jun 14 – Jul 27, 2012 RECEPTION> Fri Jun 15, 6pm >>> About the Project: wndw-s.ca/ >>> About the Venue: queenspecific.com/ >>> About the Artist: magdatrzaski.com/ Nature, mortality, still life composition and fairytale culture inform and inspire Canadian artist Magda Trzaski’s mixed media work. For her *Queenspecific window exhibit, Pulled Apart By Horses, Trzaski will create one of her stylized, anthropomorphic figurative

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