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The Beguiling Presents:

SAMURAI JACK #1—EXCLUSIVE SIGNING!
Featuring series writer Jim Zub
12pm-3pm, Saturday, December 7^th, 2013
@ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street
FREE TO ATTEND

“Writer Jim Zub and artist Andy Suriano work in perfect harmony to deliver a comic that captures the distinct tone of the series to the point where you might wonder if this is secretly a lost script from Tartakovsky himself.” - IGN Comics

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SAMURAI JACK IS BACK! The beloved animated series has returned in a new monthly-comic book series written by Toronto’s own Jim Zub, and it’s already drawing rave reviews! In fact, the first issue has already completely sold out and is going to a second printing!

Now, what you might not know is that The Beguiling has commissioned an EXCLUSIVE cover to this first issue, by none other than Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky, available only at our store! So on December 7^th, make your way down to The Beguiling to meet Jim Zub himself, and pick up a copy of The Beguiling’s EXCLUSIVE Samurai Jack #1 first printing cover!

Jim Zub will be signing and sketching Samurai Jack #1 and all of his various comics issues on the second floor of The Beguiling from 12pm to 3pm. Jim is also the writer and creator of the series’ Skullkickers and Makeshift Miracle, the writer of the monthly Pathfinder comics series, and recently wrote Shadowman #11, among other works!

Samurai Jack #1 – Beguiling Edition will be on sale for the special price of $3.99 at this event.

Jim Zub’s recent work includes: 

Makeshift Miracle (Graphic Novel)
Pathfinder #1-11 & Special
Pathfinder V1
Samurai Jack #1-2
Shadowman #11
Skullkickers #1-24
Skullickers V1-4
Skullkickers Treasure Trove V1-2
Street Fighter Legends: Ibuki #1-4 & Collection

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The (fourth annual) Beguiling, Dinosaur Comics, Midas Flesh, Hark, A Vagrant!, A Softer World, Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors, HOLIDAY PARTY 2013!
Featuring Ryan North! With special guests Kate Beaton and Joey Comeau! Plus Surprise Guests!
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
7:30pm-10pm, doors at 7pm
@ Pauper’s Pub, 539 Bloor St. W., 2nd Floor
FREE TO ATTEND

Woo-hoo! We’re thrilled to announce the 3rd Annual Dinosaur Comics & The Beguiling Holiday PARTY and Book Launch, featuring our good friend Ryan North! This year we’ll be celebrating the release of his new comic book series THE MIDAS FLESH (as well as his work on Adventure Time and Dinosaur Comics), and our cartooning friends Joey Comeau (A Softer World, Bravest Warriors) and Kate Beaton (Hark, A Vagrant!) will be on hand for fun and shenanigans! It’s the Wednesday night you’ve been waiting for all year!

Ryan, Kate, Joey, and Surprise Mystery Buddies will be getting together this year for some holiday cheer, there will be interviews and possible a game, and I hear they might sign some books too. Nothing better than signed books for special Holiday-time gifts! The Beguiling will be on hand with all sorts of stuff available for sale at the event, including comics, books, and more!

Oh, and we’re doing Secret Santa again this year, keep reading for details!

All of this is happening Wednesday, December 18th, at Pauper’s Pub (539 Bloor St. W., near Bathurst TTC), on the second floor. We hope we’ll see you there!

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SECRET SANTA RULES:

We’re holding a SECRET SANTA at this event! Everyone is welcome to participate, but no one has to if they don’t want to because choice is important!

If you would like to participate:
- Please bring a wrapped gift with a monetary value of no more than $5.
- Go to the book sales table and trade your gift for a numbered ticket.
- At 8:30pm, we’ll call out the numbers, and when your number is called you’ll have your choice of the available gifts!
- Please mark on the outside of the gift if your item contains food and especially if it contains common allergens including peanuts, gluten, etc., so that people with allergies will be able to make an informed Secret Santa Selection.

ABOUT

The Beguiling is Canada’s premier retailer of comics, graphic novels, manga and more, and has been for for 25 years! You are on their site right now!

Kate Beaton is the creator of the webcomic Hark, A Vagrant!, which has a book collection of the same name which spent a whole lot of time on the New York Times Bestseller List. Beaton has also done work for The Walrus, The New Yorker, and many other outlets.
http://www.harkavagrant.com/

Joey Comeau is the author of many fine prose books including Lockpick Pornography and One Bloody Thing After Another. He is half of the team who creates the webcomic A Softer World, and is currently writing the comic book series Bravest Warriors, based on the cartoon by Pendleton Ward.
http://www.asofterworld.com/

Ryan North is a cool dude. He creates the comic strip Dinosaur Comics, writes the comic Adventure Time based on the cartoon series by Pendleton Ward, runs the internet advertising company Project Wonderful, and had the most successful publishing Kickstarter of ALL TIME. He will be launching his new comic book series, The Midas Flesh, at this event!
http://qwantz.com

Hey folks!

Jim Zub will be at Ryerson University on Monday, rapping about the nature of “All Ages” comic books. If you’re off work at 4, we recommend dropping by to check out what will surely be an informative event.

Can’t make it? Don’t stress! Zub will be at The Beguiling December 7th.

- Chris @ The Beguiling

In Conversation With Jim Rugg
Thursday, November 14th, 4pm-5pm
@ University of Toronto
Mechanical Engineering Building, Room MC102
5 King’s College Road, North of College, East of St. George
Free, open to everyone

Join Professor Andrew Lesk as he converses with Jim Rugg, author of the graphic novel Afrodisiac at The University of Toronto.

Jim Rugg is a comic book artist, illustrator, and designer living in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the co-creator of SUPERMAG, Afrodisiac, Street Angel, The PLAIN Janes, and USApe. His work has appeared from Marvel Comics, DC Comics, New York Magazine, VH1, McSweeney’s, Smirnoff, Converse, and Capcom.

Wordplay
A free one-day festival celebrating the most interesting uses of writing and words in contemporary games.
Saturday, Nov. 16th from 12-5pm
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge St. at Bloor

Presented by The Toronto Hand-Eye Society
and Toronto Public Library

What do writerly videogames look like? Come check out our showcase and play 20+ examples. Sometimes they’re mostly text on a screen, like Anna Anthropy’s twisted And the Robot Horse You Rode in On. Sometimes they’re gorgeously illustrated with prose inspired by magical realism and Flannery O’Connor, like Kentucky Route Zero. In Actual Sunlight, you battle depression as an RPG character. In Forumwarz, you can get into a war of words with virtual trolls on the web. In The Yawhg you decide what to do in the brief time before your town meets its doom. In Cart Life you have to remember when to pick up your kid from school after slinging coffee all day.

• Explore the intersection between books and games at a panel featuring webcomic creator Ryan North (To Be or Not to Be), Hugo-award winner Peter Watts (Crysis 2 novel), and By Crom! creator Rachel Kahn, and Sir Reginald’s Logbook author/illustrator and Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime co-creator Matt Hammill.
• Engage in a bookclub-style in-person discussion with the Chicago-based creators of Independent Games Festival winner Kentucky Route Zero.
• Learn how to make interactive fiction in a workshop for beginners led by game creator Christine Love.

For full details, visit http://handeyesociety.com/wordplay/.

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- Chris @ The Beguiling