June is Pride Month, and this year we’re raising money for the LGBT Youth Line. If you buy a copy of Love is Love from The Beguiling, or Little Heart from Page & Panel, all proceeds will be donated to the LGBT Youth Line. We’ll also be accepting cash donations at each location.
The LGBT Youth Line is a youth to youth phone, email and instant message support service for queer, trans and questioning folks 26 and under in Ontario. For more information, visit youthline.ca!
June is Pride Month, and this year we’re raising money for the LGBT Youth Line. If you buy a copy of Love is Love from The Beguiling, or Little Heart from Page & Panel, all proceeds will be donated to the LGBT Youth Line. We’ll also be accepting cash donations at each location.
The LGBT Youth Line is a youth to youth phone, email and instant message support service for queer, trans and questioning folks 26 and under in Ontario. For more information, visit youthline.ca!
Hey there, we’ve got 2 big updates for FCBD!
First up, we’re happy to announce that actor/comedian/writer Jay Baruchel and writer/artist Kalman Andrasofszky will be signing at Page & Panel from 2pm-4pm! Jay and Kalman have the lead story in Chapterhouse’s Captain Canuck Free Comic Book Day issue! You may also know Jay Baruchel from his many film and television appearances, including Knocked Up, Tropic Thunder, and This is the End, among many others. So that’s pretty cool! Again, that’s just at P&P, not The Beguiling (this time around…).
Speaking of signed books, Chip Zdarsky, the writer of the all new Spectacular Spider-Man, came in to both shops and signed all of our copies of his story in the Marvel SECRET EMPIRE/SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN free comic book day title! Chip was nice enough to come sign all of our copies even though he’ll be outta town, whatta champ! Thanks, Chip!
We’ve also had some other awesome additions, with Jenn Woodall and Ally Rom Colthoff joining our signings. See you Friday! The full schedule and list of available books is here: https://www.beguilingbooksandart.com/sat-may-6-free-comic-book-day/
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
Free comics, great creator signings, and more!
Saturday, May 6th, 2017, 11am-6pm
@ The Beguiling, 319 College Street
@ Page & Panel, 789 Yonge Street
Free to attend – Limit 5 Comics Per Person
Update! Page & Panel will now welcome Jay Baruchel (Movies! Captain Canuck!) and Kalman Andrasofszky (Captain Canuck!) signing from 2pm-4pm!
The Beguiling and Page & Panel are happy to announce that they will be participating in FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, a day where you can come to either shop and grab a few free comic books, from a special selection of titles that we’ll have available on the day of (list below). And remember, this event is all about introducing new readers to comics, so if you can, bring a friend out, check out the new stores, make a day of it. 🙂
But wait, there’s more! We’re also super lucky to have some great creators who will be signing at both shops on Saturday, doing free sketches for folks and with their own books for sale (and some giveaways too!). Here’s the schedule:
The Beguiling
Page & Panel:
See you Saturday, May 6th!
FCBD Header image from Bad Machinery, by John Allison.
Check under the cut to see the list of comics available at both stores for Free Comic Book Day. While supplies last, of course…! This selection may not be available all day…!
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
Free comics, great creator signings, and more!
Saturday, May 6th, 2017, 11am-6pm
@ The Beguiling, 319 College Street
@ Page & Panel, 789 Yonge Street
Free to attend – Limit 5 Comics Per Person
Update! Page & Panel will now welcome Jay Baruchel (Movies! Captain Canuck!) and Kalman Andrasofszky (Captain Canuck!) signing from 2pm-4pm!
The Beguiling and Page & Panel are happy to announce that they will be participating in FREE COMIC BOOK DAY, a day where you can come to either shop and grab a few free comic books, from a special selection of titles that we’ll have available on the day of (list below). And remember, this event is all about introducing new readers to comics, so if you can, bring a friend out, check out the new stores, make a day of it. 🙂
But wait, there’s more! We’re also super lucky to have some great creators who will be signing at both shops on Saturday, doing free sketches for folks and with their own books for sale (and some giveaways too!). Here’s the schedule:
The Beguiling
Page & Panel:
See you Saturday, May 6th!
FCBD Header image from Bad Machinery, by John Allison.
Check under the cut to see the list of comics available at both stores for Free Comic Book Day. While supplies last, of course…! This selection may not be available all day…!
Continue reading Sat May 6: FREE COMIC BOOK DAY @ THE BEGUILING + PAGE & PANEL!
Authors for Indies
Featuring Brian McLachalan and Claudio Ghirardo
Saturday, April 29th, 2017, 11am-4pm
@ The Beguiling, 319 College Street
Free to attend
The Beguiling Books & Art is joining in for its first Authors for Indies Day at the new shop location! Authors for Indies is an event where selected authors come hang out at independent book stores, and volunteer their time as store clerks, recommending great reads! We think The Beguiling is the first comics-focused book store to take part, and hopefully it’s something we’ll be able to do for years to come.
Participating authors:
Brian McLachlan, 11am-3pm: Brian is the author of the young-person-oriented Draw Out The Story: Ten Secrets to Creating Your Own Comics, and What Noise Do I Make?, a children’s picture book, both published by Owlkids. Brian has a wide range of taste in comics, and is just as happy suggesting great graphic novels for grownups as he is some of the best comics out there for younger readers.
Claudio Ghirardo, 3pm-4pm: A graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art, Inc., Claudio Ghirardo contributed to small press zines before focusing on freelance illustration and then being a full time artist. He has his own monthly experimental webcomic, “UNTITLED” where he combines modern art with sequential storytelling. He publishes his own graphic novels/zines, and has contributed to numerous anthologies.
So we’ll see you this Saturday, April 29th! And we hope that wherever you are, you’ll stop by an Indie Bookstore, meet an author, and pick a book or two up!
Critical Crossroads with Douglas Rushkoff
Mon May 01, 2017, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
@ Toronto Reference Library, Bram and Bluma Appel Salon
Free to attend. Tickets Required
Presented by Toronto Public Library and the Canadian Film Centre
One of todays most critically acclaimed media critics and theorists, Rushkoff discusses his new book, Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus, which explores the rise of new companies like Facebook and Google and why their successes have not translated into more equitable prosperity.
Rushkoff is also well known to comics fans for his many works, including this past October’s Aleister & Adolf (with Michael Avon Oeming), and Testament, and A.D.D. Adolescent Demo Division, from Vertigo. This will be a great, free event! Page & Panel will be on-site doing book sales, and although we’re not actually hosting it, we encourage you to attend!
TCAF and Seneca College present:
BLACK DOG: The Dreams of Paul Nash, by Dave McKean
Friday, May 11th, 2017, Doors at 8:30pm, Performance at 9:00pm
@ The Masonic Temple, 888 Yonge St
Tickets: $10. Purchase at tcafblackdog.eventbrite.com
TCAF, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival and Seneca College are proud to present the incredible live performance of BLACK DOG: The Dreams of Paul Nash, by Dave McKean, as part of TCAF 2017. This special multimedia presentation will be performed by McKean, alongside Cellist and Barintone Matthew Sharp and Violinist Clare Haythornthwaite.
Traveling to Canada after its performances in England after being commissioned by the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Black Dog – The Dreams of Paul Nash is a multimedia performance and new graphic novel by illustrator, comic artist, filmmaker and musician Dave McKean. Part of 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary, McKean explores the work of Paul Nash, one of the most important British artists of the twentieth century, whose First World War experiences inspired him to create paintings of disturbing, lasting power.
Doors will open at 8:30pm, with the performance scheduled to begin at 9:00pm. A short Q&A will follow, but there will be no signing at this event. Autograph opportunties will take place at the main Festival on Saturday May 13 and Sunday May 14, see TorontoComics.com for details.
‘I’d like to explore Paul Nash’s role in the birth of modernism and surrealism, and how those movements were actually witnessed by Nash in the dream-/nightmare-like battlefields of the war. He used the landscape that he loved to try to deal with what he’d been through, and to try and find calm and solace beyond.’ Dave McKean
This performance is presented by Seneca College, and by LICAF: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, with special thanks to Dark Horse Comics.
This presentation is part of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, a citywide celebration of comics, graphic novels, and their authors. For more information and full festival programme, visit torontocomics.com.
TCAF Kick-Off: Celebrate 25 Years of Image Comics!
Friday, May 12th, Doors at 6pm, Event from 6:30pm-8:00pm
at Toronto Reference Library, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon
Free tickets required! See ticket link below!
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival returns for it’s 9th year to Toronto Reference Library, with a star-studded kick-off event! Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of premiere U.S. comic book publisher Image Comics, the event will see an amazing panel discussion about the history, impact, and future of Image by some of their most famous cartoonists. Featuring Governeor General’s Award nominee Jeff Lemire (Secret Path, Royal City), Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), Sana Takeda (Monstress), Emma Rios (Island), Brandon Graham (Island, King City), Chip Zdarsky (Sex Criminals, Kaptara), and more to be announced, in a rollicking discussion of where Image Comics has come from and where it’s going in the future! A signing will follow.
Tickets are required to attend. Tickets will be made available for FREE on Eventbrite starting Monday, April 17th, at 11:00am. Ticket link: https://tcaf2017.eventbrite.com. Limit 2 per person.
TCAF Kick-Off: Celebrate 25 Years of Image Comics!
Friday, May 12th, Doors at 6pm, Event from 6:30pm-8:00pm
at Toronto Reference Library, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon
Free tickets required! See ticket link below!
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival returns for it’s 9th year to Toronto Reference Library, with a star-studded kick-off event! Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of premiere U.S. comic book publisher Image Comics, the event will see an amazing panel discussion about the history, impact, and future of Image by some of their most famous cartoonists. Featuring Governeor General’s Award nominee Jeff Lemire (Secret Path, Royal City), Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), Sana Takeda (Monstress), Emma Rios (Island), Brandon Graham (Island, King City), Chip Zdarsky (Sex Criminals, Kaptara), and more to be announced, in a rollicking discussion of where Image Comics has come from and where it’s going in the future! A signing will follow.
Tickets are required to attend. Tickets will be made available for FREE on Eventbrite starting Monday, April 17th, at 11:00am. Ticket link: https://tcaf2017.eventbrite.com. Limit 2 per person.
