Maurice Vellekoop’s PIN-UPS Book Launch
Featuring Maurice Vellekoop!
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 @ 6:30PM
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
FREE, 18+

The Beguiling is teaming up with the fierce folks at Green Candy Press to present Maurice Vellekoop’s PIN-UPS! It’s a cross between his most recent collection, “A Nut At The Opera,” and his most infamous collection, “ABC: A Homoerotic Primer,” featuring tributes to hundreds of years of gay imagery from film to fashion to fantasy, all rendered in Maurice’s lush trademark style.

The event will feature a gallery show, presentation from the book, and some fantastic music courtesy of DJ Johnny Wacker… Maurice himself will be on hand to sign copies of the work, and in addition to book sales we’ll have a selection of original art, prints, and more, on hand.

If you’ve ever thought about coming out to one of our events, this one guarantees to be the most fabulous.

MAURICE VELLEKOOP’S PIN-UPS is now available in store! All of Maurice Vellekoop’s other backlist including Vellevision, ABC, A Nut At The Opera, and more, is also in stock.The Beguiling proudly represents original art sales for Maurice online at: http://www.beguiling.com/artproductlist.asp?ID=18.

Hey folks! Sorry for the lateness here, it’s been a kind of a busy week. For the sake of consistency I figured I’d post it anyway. These are the books that arrived at the store on Wednesday November 19th, 2008.

Click Here to view the list: /081119-shipping.txt

Thanks,

– Chris

What do The RZA, Jay Z, Busta Rhymes, and ICE T have in common? They’re all over Kagan McLeod’s completely, completely awesome HISTORY OF RAP poster, and Kagan’s been getting pics with all of them and the poster over at his Facebook page.

ICE T with Kagan McLeod’s History of Rap print. Photo by X-man from Disconnexions.com

RZA with Kagan’s History of Rap. Photo by X-man from Disconnexions.

We’ve still got copies available. They make great Christmas gifts. They’re only 20 bucks. Congrats, Kagan!

– Chris @ The Beguiling
Top Photo of Kagan McLeod at the Source magazine offices, by X-Man of Disconnexions.com.

An Evening with Igort and David B.
Discussing the international Ignatz publishing line
Rocco’s Plum Tomato, Plum Room
585 Bloor Street West (Enter off of Markham Street)
Saturday November 15th @ 7PM (doors open at 6:30pm)
FREE

Please join us in welcoming internationally acclaimed graphic novelists Igort (Italy) and David B (France) on the occasion of the release of their newest works, Baobab and Nocturnal Conspiracies. The evening will include a slide presentation of the authors works, an on-stage discussion and a question and answer session moderated by The Beguiling’s Owner Peter Birkemoe beginning at 7:00pm. Following the presentation the authors will be available to sign their books.

Their new titles, and many books from their backlist in both English and French are available now at The Beguiling and will be available for sale at the event (Cash and Credit Card only, no Debit at the event).

IGORT is the creator of the international publishing effort known as “Ignatz”, which simultaneously releases new comics and graphic novels in numerous languages and countries around the world. His own work for the line, Baobab, is a sprawling epic that will eventually amount to over 600 pages. With a career spanning nearly 30 years, he has created a wealth of notable comics albums. His works published in English include the first 3 installments of Baobab and the graphic novel 5 Is The Perfect Number.

DAVID B. is a founding member of L’Association, a group of French cartoonists who banded together as publishers in 1990 and have revolutionized European comics with their groundbreaking approach to format, subject matter, and style. He has received many awards, including the French Alph’ Art award for comics excellence in 2000, and he was cited as European Cartoonist of the Year in 1998 by The Comics Journal. His works published in North America include Epileptic, Babel, and several stories in the anthology Mome. He lives in France.

This event is generously supported by the Italian Cultural Institute, the cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and the French Consulate of Toronto.

Between Blogger and myself, we kinda did a number on the shipping list we posted yesterday. Sorry about that. Here’s the fixed version, with the correct uploaded text file. – Chris

The following books are scheduled to ship to The Beguiling in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday November 12th, 2008. Click here to see the list: /081112-shipping.txt

Please note: All prices are listed in U.S. funds, which is not necessarily how they’ll be priced in store. See in-store for details.

The Beguiling Recommends:

Fables Covers By James Jean HC 39.99

What else do you need to know? Seriously.

All images ganked from James Jean’s marvelous site, http://www.jamesjean.com/.

Batman Ego And Other Tails TP 17.99
This lovely softcover collects various Darwyn Cooke stories set in the DCU, including the Batman: Ego one-shot, the Catwoman: Selina’s Big Score graphic novel, and bunch of various Batman/Catwoman stories. We’ve also got the hardcover in stock, for those of you so inclined.

Batman Cacophony #1 (Of 3) 3.99
Batman Cacophony #1 (Of 3) 1 In 25 Var Ed PI
Batman Cacophony #1 (Of 3) 1 In 50 Sketch Cover Ed PI
You either love Kevin Smith or you hate him. If you love him? Congratulations! You get a brand new 3 issue Batman/Joker mini-series this week.

Powr Mastrs GN Vol 02 (Of 6) 18.00
There isn’t a ton of stuff out this week that fits into the indy/alt demographic, but one notable release is the second volume of POWR MASTRS. The first one was pretty neat, enjoyable. Here’s hoping the second continues the trend.

JSA Kingdom Come Special Superman #1 3.99
JSA Kingdom Come Special Superman #1 Var Ed 8.00
Apparently all kinds of crazy stuff is happening in JSA right now, with the Kingdom Come characters. Considering how many people love that mini-series, I can only imagine you might wanna start reading JSA sometime soon.

Wolverine #69 2.99
The long-awaited fourth part of Millar and McNiven’s “Old Man Logan” arc, because so many people have been asking.

– Christopher

THE GREAT OUTDOOR FIGHT SIGNING!
Feat. Chris Onstad, creator of Achewood
@ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008. 7pm
FREE

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=30518973349

The Beguiling will be welcoming Chris Onstad, creator of the online comic strip Achewood (http://achewood.com), to his exclusive Toronto tour stop in support of his new book The Great Outdoor Fight.

Since 2001, cult comic favorite Achewood has built a six-figure international following. Intelligent, hilarious, and for adults, it’s quickly become the favourite comic of tens of thousands of people around the world. Dark Horse has published the hardbound edition of Achewood’s most popular storyline, The Great Outdoor Fight: “Three Days, Three Acres, Three Thousand Men.”

Awards for Achewood:

• TIME Magazine’s #1 Graphic Novel of 2007.
• Ignatz Award, “Outstanding Online Comic,” 2007.

Praise for Achewood:

• “Onstad’s Achewood is a rare bird…” – Salon.com
• “…one of the best outcomes of this Internet blitz is the hilarious Web comic Achewood, by Chris Onstad.” – The New Yorker
• “Onstad is our greatest living cartoonist.” – Tony Millionaire (Maakies, Sock Monkey)
• “These things are hilarious! You have what the NY Times Book Review might call a ‘distinctive and most welcome voice’ in comics.” -Jim Woodring (Frank, Jim)
• “Achewood makes me laugh–in that confused, ‘what the hell was that??’ kind of way.” -Scott McCloud

The Beguiling is planning a few special surprises for this event, falling as it does on the evening of the U.S. Presidential Elections, so that everyone can follow along with the results while they’re at the event! Stay tuned for more…!

The Great Outdoor Fight is currently available in store and online.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Available exclusively at The Beguiling’s Chris Onstad signing tomorrow will be this little beauty, the only, official, ACHEWOOD: THE GREAT OUTDOOR FIGHT T-Shirt.

Printed on a lovely American Apparel Melange Brown Ringer, available in S-XXL. Only 100 of these shirts were printed. Only $20, and only available at the signing tomorrow.

– Chris

The following books are scheduled to ship to The Beguiling in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday November 5th, 2008. Click here to see the list: /081105-shipping.txt

Please note: All prices are listed in U.S. funds, which is not necessarily how they’ll be priced in store. See the next few posts, or in-store, for details.

The Beguiling Recommends:

Sandman Dream Hunters #1 (Of 4) 2.99
Sandman Dream Hunters #1 (Of 4) Var Ed 25.00
Absolute Sandman HC Vol 04 99.00

It’s like 1988 all over again, as this week sees the release of a new Sandman comic book! Sandman: The Dream Hunters #1 is P. Craig Russell’s adaptation of the illustrated prose story by Neil Gaiman and Yoshitaka Amano into comics format. Speaking as someone who really, really likes Russell’s work, I thought his recent adaptation of Gaiman’s novel Coraline missed the mark a little, stylistically, but Russell’s work here is ideally suited to the graceful, haunting ghost story that Gaiman wove in Dream Hunters. I rather enjoyed Amano’s near-impressionist take on the story, but I have a feeling that even with a huge, huge order on this one we didn’t order nearly enough! Also of note: The fourth and final omnibus collection of the original series, collecting issues 57-75 and the Sandman story from Vertigo Jam #1.

Alans War GN 24.00
This graphic novel by Emmanuel Guibert is a remarkable work, a memoir of a life spent in the trenches fighting Hitler during the second World War. I hesitate to place too many superlatives on this one, but you really oughtta read it. It’s the kind of graphic novel that you can love, and then share with your dad afterwards, and he’ll love it too. Doesn’t come around too often.

For more on Alan’s War and author Emmanuel Guibert check out this very emphatic review of the graphic novel by Cory Doctrow at BoingBoing, and last week’s most amazing internet video, a view of how Guibert creates the unique art for this series via the First Second Books weblog.

Oh! And also of note, Guibert’s series for young readers Sardine in Outer Space reaches its sixth volume this week as well!

Freakangels Tp Vol 01 19.99
This is a new series by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield, originally serialized online and now collected in a lovely book. Is it webcomics? Traditional comics serialized online? A bold new publishing idea? Who knows? from what I’ve read though, it’s quite good. http://www.freakangels.com/.

Watchmen HC 39.99
Watchmen The Absolute Edition HC (New Printing) 75.00
Watching The Watchmen: Previews Exclusive Hardcover 50.00

Speaking of 1988 all over again, that’s a lotta Watchmen. We’ve got the original Watchmen all gussied-up in a fancy hardcover edition, we’ve got a new printing of the even-fancier Absolute Edition, and the all-new retrospective book Watching The Watchmen, featuring hundreds of unseen drawings and illustrations by Dave Gibbons.

Essential Dykes To Watch Out For HC 25.00
For those who enjoyed Alison Bechdel’s recent extended autobiography Fun Home, we’re finally able to provide you with a nice collection of her earlier (and still ongoing!) work Dykes To Watch Out For. This hefty hardcover volume collects many of the series’ best-loved strips, and will definitely appeal to fans old and new.

Also of Note:

Ultimatum #1 (Of 5) 3.99 November 5-November 11, only 2 Bucks!
For the last 2 years Marvel has been teasing that they’re going to destroy the “Ultimate Universe”, the continuity-light version of the mainstream Marvel U ostensibly designed for “new readers”. This is the series that they say they’re going to do it in. Magneto gets Thor’s hammer and fucks shit up, in the modern vernacular. For the first week we’re offering the first issue of the mini for just $2.00, Canadian funds. It’s a pretty good deal, if you like that sort of thing.

Popeye HC Vol 03 Lets You And Him Fight 29.99
The third collection of classic Popeye comic strips, which are much better reads than you could possibly imagine.

48 More Ashley Wood Nudes SC 14.99
Dos Tarino Latest Art By Ashley Wood SC 35.00
Two new books from Ashley Wood, and not just ‘clever’ repackaging of existing books by Ashley Wood, which is a real rarity!

Sgt Rock The Lost Battalion #1 (Of 6) 2.99
A very personal story to creator Billy Tucci (yeah, I know, SHI, but bear with me here…) about a battalion of Japanese soldiers fighting for the allies during WWII, who encounter Sgt. Rock. On the one hand, it’s kind of sad that for DC to bother publishing a story like this the Sgt. Rock character needs to be involved… Alan’s War up top shows that need not be the case elsewhere. On the other hand, everything I’ve heard about this series leads me to believe it will be at least really interesting, and perhaps at best even a pretty good war story in the vein of Garth Ennis’ recent work.

Giant Robot #56 4.99
It’s almost like this magazine exists just for me, and my interests. This issue: “Folding art of Shin Tanaka, Homeless in Tokyo, Back in Beijing, Graphic artist Tadanori Yokoo, CSS’s Luisa Matsushita, Skater Daniel Castillo, Big Bamboo and much much more!” Whee! Image excerpt from Giant Robot #56 cover by “Kami”.

—

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Just in time for Halloween? We’ve just stocked a ton of fantastic new shirts based on the webcomics Dinosaur Comics, Dr. McNinja, and Wigu, as well as shirts from Canadian cartoonists Matt Forsythe and Kate Beaton. Granted, we already have a ton of different shirts from many of these fine folks in stock, but these new designs (and new designs for us) are awesome and we’ve been getting a ton of requests.

Here’s all the new stuff we’ve received today, both designs and available sizes. If your size is not listed in a given design, it was probably back-ordered, and we will (hopefully) receive it about a month from now:

Dinosaur Comics

Mr Tusks MENS
S, M, L, XL, XXL

Mr Tusks WOMENS
S, M, L, XL

Because of the nature of the Dinosaur Comics comic strip, Mr. Tusks has never been visible until today. You see, he is a tiny elephant mayor, and his ship is sinking fast. Trust me, it’s great.

T-Rex’s Busy Day MENS
L, XL, XXL

T-Rex’s Busy Day WOMENS
S, L, XL

This is the newest design from Ryan North’s Dinosaur Comics. It’s pretty fantastic huh? You can visit Dinosaur Comics online at http://www.qwantz.com/. (T-Rex’s Busy Day shirt image above, right)

(Posterchild)

I’d Hit That MENS
S, M, L, XL, XXL

I’d Hit That WOMENS
S, M, L, XL

This was our most popular shirt at Anime North this year by a ratio of more than 2 to 1. Sometimes, a t-shirt just works. By Toronto’s own street-artist Posterchild. Fun-fact: This t-shirt inspired a crime, sort of?

Dr. McNinja

High Five MENS
S, M, L, XL, XXL

High Five WOMENS
S, M, L, XL

What could be more awesome than this? Nothing. Nothing could be more awesome than this.

Terror Shirt MENS
S, M, L, XL, XXL

Terror Shirt WOMENS
S, M, L, XL

What could possibly be scarier than this? Nothing. Nothing could be scarier than this. (Terror Shirt Image is at the top of this page.)

Visit Dr. McNinja at http://drmcninja.com/.

WIGU

New American Symbol MENS
S, M, L, XL, XXL

New American Symbol WOMENS
S, M, L, XL

If you get this shirt, then you REALLY get this shirt. If not? You will likely be angry at this shirt. Fair enough. Inspired by the true-life webcomics journal of Jeffrey Rowland, at Overcompensating. http://overcompensating.com/

Existentialists do it Pointlessly MENS
S, M, L, XL

Existentialists do it Pointlessly WOMENS
S, M, L, XL

Oh, Existentialists. Between this and the ‘Philosophers Do It Ponderously’ shirt, we’ve clothed a lot of very amused University students in the past few years.

Matt Forsythe’s Ojingogo

Ojingogo MENS
L, XL

Ojingogo WOMENS
S, M

We had a pretty awesome signing for Mr. Forsythe a few months back, and had I been thinking, I would have had these shirts available for sale at the store then. I was not thinking, though, and so I did not. Still! They’re available now, mostly! Sorry. Ojingogo online at http://comingupforair.net/

Kate Beaton

Reading is Crazy MENS
S, L, XL

Reading is Crazy WOMENS
S, M, XL

Have you been reading Katie Beaton’s History Comics? They’re pretty awesome. This one is not about history, it is about the joy of reading. The emphatic, emphatic joy of reading. Check out Kate Beaton’s awesome comics online at http://www.katebeaton.com,

—

Thanks to our good pals at TOPATO CO. for shipping everything to us in a timely fashion. If you can’t make it to The Beguiling to pick up any of these shirts, visit http://www.topatoco.com/ and place an order there. Oh, and if you ever require a shirt that we don’t have that is offered by Topato Co, just let us know and we’ll order it in for you.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Hello readers!

We’re happy to announce that two very cool books have shown up in store.

Also, we got a whole bunch of new Viz Manga ahead of the Diamond shipment, all of the Shonen Jump and Shojo Beat titles, it looks like:

B.O.D.Y. Vol 3
Black Cat Vol 17
Captive Hearts Vol 1
Claymore Vol 13
D.Gray-Man Vol 11
Dragon Ball Collector’s Ed. Hardcover Vol 1
Dragon Ball Z Collector’s Ed. Hardcover Vol 1
Fairy Cube Vol 3
Fun With Pokemon
Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden Vol 7
Gin Tama Vol 9
High School Debut Vol 6
Hunter x Hunter Vol 23
Kaze Hikaru Vol 11
Kurohime Vol 8
Love*Com Vol 9
Nana Vol 13
Naruto Vol 32
Naruto Chapterbook 3
Naruto Chapterbook 4
Naruto The Movie Ani-Manga Vol 2
Naruto The Movie Ani-Manga Vol 3
Ouran High School Host Club Vol 11
S.A. Vol 7
Shaman King Vol 19
Skip Beat! Vol 15
Sugar Princess Skating To Win Vol 2
The Prince of Tennis Vol 28
Ultimate Muscle Vol 21
We Were There Vol 1
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Vol 2