The following items are scheduled to ship to The Beguiling from Diamond Comics Distributors on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013. All prices should be accurate, but in the case of a dispute between a listed price here and in store, we always defer to the in-store price.
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You may or may not know, but this year we produced a whole bunch of awesome stuff for TCAF 2013! Purchase of these items supports TCAF and all the good work we do (especially the posters), so we hope you’ll consider buying something pretty and/or useful for your life AND supporting TCAF at the same time.
The full range of items is now available, and we’ll even ship some of the items to you out there in the world! Here’s a quick run-down:
The Beguiling 25th Anniversary Tote Bag – $10
This sturdy tote is emblazoned with The Beguiling’s 25th Anniversary logo in front, and TCAF logo on the back. It measures 12″ tall x 14″x wide x 6″ deep, is water resistant, features two interior pockets, and is basically the best tote you will ever own. Also available in TCAF 2011 Yellow, and TCAF 2012 Black.
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TCAF 2013 T-Shirt – $20
We have a very limited number of these shirts left, sported by TCAF 2013′s amazing volunteers. American Apparel T, neon green lettering. Available in a variety of Men’s and Womens’ sizes.
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TCAF 10th Anniversary Poster by Maurice Vellekoop – $10
TCAF 2013 Poster by Taiyo Matsumoto – $10
Want to own a little piece of history and keep TCAF going strong? Check out our amazing new posters for 2013! The stunning, detailed 10th Anniversary Poster by Toronto’s own Maurice Vellekoop, and our lovel 2013 poster by Tokyo’s Taiyo Matsumoto. Both posters measure approximately 16″ x 26″, printed on a thick, bright white matte stock. Available in-store and online at http://www.beguiling.com/artproductlist.asp?ID=59
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Gengoroh Tagame – “TORNADO” Risograph Print – $10
TCAF 2013 Featured Guest Gengoroh Tagame created this outstanding original image for us at TCAF, and we’ve turned it into a very limited edition risograph print (11″x17″) with the help of Color Code Printing. Less than 50 of these are left! (Please note, the image shown is a photograph of a framed print, and there are some reflections in the glass.) Available in-store and on-line at http://www.beguiling.com/artproductlist.asp?ID=59.
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TCAF 10th Anniversary Dojinshi Booklet – $10
Produced for TCAF’s exhibition at Kaigai Manga Festa in Japan, the 10th Anniversary book is a wonderful souvenir of the festival! It includes all of the poster-art for TCAF 2003-2012, but it also includes rare and otherwise-unavailable images from Evan Dorkin, Usamaru Furuya, Konami Kanata, Jim Mahfood, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Natsume Ono, Peter Thompson, Noel Tuazon, and Maurice Vellekoop! English/Japanese text.
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If you’re a diehard TCAF fan and need us to ship something to you, e-mail mail@beguiling.com and we’ll see what we can do!
- Chris
Thanks to: Model Andrew Townsend (photos 1 & 2), Dustin Harbin for The Beguiling 25th Anniversary Logo Design, Poster/Print artists Matsumoto, Tagame, and Vellekoop, KT for bag & shirt design.
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Muse
Words: Denis-Pierre Filippi
Art: Terry Dodson
Publisher: Humanoids
In Store Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Review by John Anderson
Muse chronicles the sexy reveries of Coraline, who is the new nanny for an insufferable rich kid who is obsessed with inventing elaborate steampunk contraptions. Coraline’s exact job is never defined, but it might have something to do with lying around in revealing attire for the benefit of the peeping tom groundskeeper. To make things more interesting, every night Coraline has titillating dreams where she finds herself on a pirate ship, a desert island, or in a fairy tale – and she wakes up missing her underwear.
I’m reminded of Little Ego, Vittorio Gardino’s erotic parody of Little Nemo. Like the character in Little Ego, Coraline has erotic dreams in exotic locales, although Coraline doesn’t attempt any psychoanalysis. Also like Little Ego, the plot of Muse is very light, and at times this book seems like nothing more than an excuse for illustrations of exotic set pieces featuring well-endowed ladies in a selection of ripped dresses. And there’s nothing wrong with that, if that’s what you’re looking for – especially when the illustrations are done by U.S. comics superstar Terry Dodson. His jaw-droppingly beautiful artwork is what makes this book worth reading.
In fact, Filippo’s story and Dodson’s art were made for each other. The story is light and leisurely, giving the art time to fill in the spaces with lots of detail. The detail is more than just titillation, although there is some nudity and plenty of scanty clothing. I love how a lot of the texture is defined by colour rather than lines, and I love the use of shadows. Every panel contains a beautiful interplay of light and shadow, which combined with the slow-moving story gives the book a lazy, summery feeling. It’s slick and stylish without looking computer coloured. Dodson’s superhero work is great, but none of it looks as beautiful as Muse. And this edition shows off the art in the same size as the original French edition (9.5 x 12.5 inches).
Don’t expect an intricate plot or detailed characterization with Muse, but do expect a lazy, dreamy adventure, and some of the most gorgeous art you’ll ever see in comics.
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Title: Jihad
Words and art: Igor Baranko
Publisher: Humanoids
Released January 30th, 2013
Review by John Anderson
The year is 2040. Russia has a new dictator: former science fiction author Ivan Apelsinov, who has a plan to resurrect the spirit of Genghis Khan and create a new Mongol empire stretching across Europe and Asia. All the Chechen people have been eradicated except one: a dangerous mystical Muslim terrorist on a mission from god. All drugs are legal and sometimes mandatory, and the Ukraine is the only independent state in Europe. Meanwhile, Lenin’s corpse has been abducted by aliens. And finally a Buddhist monk meditating in Tuva is following the whole story in her visions. Oh – and there’s a clone of Isaac Newton.
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The fabulous Kaitlyn at Toronto-based XOXOAmore, “a website devoted to love, romance and sexuality,” has been reviewing a wide array of comics and graphic novels at that site over the past few months. We particularly love her sex-positive perspective shining a different light on works that might otherwise be reviewed more clinically. Her reading list is also incredibly diverse, incorporating self-published books and professionally-published materials, and books from across North America and beyond.
Kaitlyn has been choosing her books to be reviewed from amongst the offerings at The Beguiling as well, and we’re proud to be a part of it. So if you’ve ever wondered what sort of books might be hanging out in the smuttier sections of the store, we heartily encourage you to check out Kaitlyn’s reviews at XOXOAmore to see if any those titles might be for you. 
Site: http://www.xoxoamore.com
Book & Graphic Novel Reviews: http://www.xoxoamore.com/category/reviews/books-reviews/
- Chris @ The Beguiling
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Here’s the shipping list! Fixed version a little later:
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Diosamante
Story: Alexandro Jodorowsky
Art: Jean-Claude Gal
Publisher: Humanoids
Reviewed by John Anderson
Diosamante is the story of Queen Diosamante, the most beautiful woman in the world, and her spiritual journey to become worthy of the magical king Urbal. Her journey takes her to the depths of degradation and to the heights of enlightenment.
Jean-Claude Gal was an alumnus of Métal Hurlant; with Jean-Pierre Dionnet he created the sword-and-sorcery epics Conquering Armies and Arn. His art was incredibly detailed and realistic, depicting decaying ruins, beautiful cities, hordes of warriors. Diosamante was his first work in colour.
Sadly, it was never completed. Only the first volume was published before Gal passed away. This new collection is the first time the story has been published in English, and comprises about a volume and a third’s worth of what was intended to be a four-volume story. It includes all of Gal’s colour art, plus some black and white pencils and breakdowns. It begins with a short preface by Jodorowsky about how the project came to be.
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Hello customers and friends!
In the interests of getting with the times, at least a little bit, we’re in the process of upgrading our web presence.
The first step is we’re now running WordPress, which means the site looks about 20 times prettier than yesterday, and is going to be far more useful to you (and to us!). Because the information here can be better organized, better displayed, and more easily searched, we’re going to be updating more frequently with book reviews, new product announcements, and other cool content. You can see the beginnings of how we want it to work in the sidebar.
The site will be further customized, with upgrades to our online store likely to go live early in the new year (we’re beta-testing that now).
So, thanks for your continued patronage, and we hope to be able to bring you even more bang for your buck going forward.
Cheers,
- Chris @ The Beguiling
They go by different names — Subscriptions, Pull Files, Hold Boxes, Pulls etc — mostly names about pulling things, like comics.While we haven’t advertised the fact, we at The Beguiling run a fantastic subscription/pull file service for comics customers. If you’re unfamiliar with the idea, here’s how it works:
You just come to the counter, say your name, and we produce your comics. It’s like being in a magical secret club! If you’re addicted to the thrill of weekly comic purchases, the best way to get your fix is with a pull file at The Beguiling.
Many of our new pullfile customers have set up pullfiles because it’s getting harder and harder to find the comics that they want on the racks. While we’re committed to ordering wide and stocking deep on all of the different types of comics in the industry, a pullfile is a great way to guarantee you’re getting the comics that you want.
Sound like something you’re interested in? Keep reading:
Our thanks to the staff of Torontoist for nominating The Beguiling (and Little Island Comics and TCAF, by extension) for a 2012 Hero award. The nomination comes for “Supporting Independent Graphic Arts for 25 Years” which is a pretty accurate description of our jobs, most days.
Click over to see the full write-up by Chris Riddell and illustration by Brian McLachlan.
You can also vote for us to win the category, should you feel inclined to do so. That would be swell, but honestly Supporting Independent Graphic Arts for 25 Years is, more often than not, its own reward.
- Chris @ The Beguiling
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