DOMINIQUE PÉTRIN in CAROUSEL 36

DOMINIQUE PÉTRIN in CAROUSEL 36

Shannon Anderson takes a fresh and intensive look at the work of installation artist Dominique Pétrin Montreal printmaker/installation artist Dominique Pétrin — whose practice is prominently featured in a 9-page section in CAROUSEL 36 — creates monumental, immersive art works that are unique, ephemeral and specifically conceived for their environment. With every new work she produces, the walls and floors of a gallery are wallpapered with hand silkscreened works on paper — featuring bold lines, jarring

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Apr/15 4PANEL Offerings

Apr/15 4PANEL Offerings

APRIL 2015 at http://4panel.ca 4 new 4PANEL strips appeared in the past month by Jessica Fortner Illustration, Ethan Rilly, Christopher Green and Anuj Shrestha … have you checked out these new works yet?   Also, we’d like to remind you that 4PANEL appears as a full-colour section in the pages of each new issue of CAROUSEL. : : : : Buy the latest issue of CAROUSEL now  

Jan/15 4PANEL Offerings

Jan/15 4PANEL Offerings

JANUARY 2015 at http://4panel.ca 7 new 4PANEL strips appeared this month … first off, we introduced EDIE FAKE (USA) to the project; we did an expanded 3-strip run focusing on DANIEL ZENDER (Brooklyn, NY), featuring works from his forthcoming Nope publication; JASON BRADSHAW (Toronto) returned to the site with the strip ‘Where I Come From’; MARK LALIBERTE (Toronto) took a stab at some Charlie Hebdo-influenced ‘grey commentary’; and finally, MARA STERNBERG (Toronto) delivered ‘Tasseomancy’, an

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8 new 4PANEL artists coming soon

8 new 4PANEL artists coming soon

Starting in November, and for the remainder of the year, the 4PANEL website will be debuting the first 4P strips created by 8 wonderful talents curated from across the globe: Michael Comeau (Canada); d.w. (USA); Dominic Kesterton (Scotland); Erik Nebel (Portland/USA); Antoine Orand (France); Grant Reynolds (Chicago/USA); Anna Sailamaa (Finland); Anuj Shrestha (NYC/USA) have all found inventive ways to apply their strip-skills to the four-panel challenge. Be sure to visit the site each and every

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DESCANT 164 focuses exclusively on comics culture

DESCANT 164 focuses exclusively on comics culture

Descant 164: Cartooning Degree Zero Launch Party Tue Apr 29, 7-10pm @ The Handlebar (159 Augusta Ave, Toronto) Descant is releasing its Spring 2014 issue, Cartooning Degree Zero. This issue explores the medium of comics, from its sense of play with text and image and the literary possibilities these games entail, to the great Canadian artists responsible for the popularity of visual storytelling today. Come for a light snack, drinks, raffle prizes and readings by leading lights in

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4PANEL.CA — now more than 75 posts!

4PANEL.CA — now more than 75 posts!

Have you been paying attention to our 4PANEL website? You should be … the website sees one strip released online each and every Monday, from epic talents such as Derik A Badman, Michael DeForge, Larry Eisenstein, Jesse Jacobs, Jim Johnstone, Mark Laliberte (editor), Andrei Molotiu, Marc Ngui, Ethan Rilly, Tin Can Forest and Magda Trzaski; and, we’re adding new talent to the project all the time — wonderful sequential experimentors like Tim Comrie, Mark Connery,

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