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
Sat Nov 16 is a big day: while we’re vending at ‘Expozine’ in Montreal, CAROUSEL will simultaneously be appearing at the 2013 Indie Literary Market in Toronto presented by the Meet the Presses collective. 2013 Indie Literary Market Sat Nov 16, 12-4:30pm @ The Tranzac (292 Brunswick St, Toronto) Free Admission! Featured Presses: Apt 9 Press / Baseline Press / BookThug / CAROUSEL / Coach House Books / Exile Editions / Ferno House / Gesture Press
Mark Connery is a Toronto artist and cartoonist whose strange little pieces frequently appear in the 4PANEL experimental comics showcase. We’re pleased to let you know about Might Match The Couch, an exhibition of new paintings and collages opening this month at Weird Things (998 Bathurst St, Toronto) on Thu Nov 14, 7-10pm. The exhibition runs from Nov 14 – Dec 11, 2013. Also on the horizon for Mr. Connery: a compilation of his notorious ‘Rudy’ mini-comix will