REMINDER: Matt Forsythe Book Launches and More this Sunday!

Creator Matt Forsythe In Toronto!
For his new books Jinchalo, Comics Class, and My Name Is Elizabeth!
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
@ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst Street, 3pm-4pm
and The Central, 603 Markham Street, 6pm-8pm
Free To Attend

http://www.facebook.com/events/168896026556518

Matt Forsythe is the Doug Wright Award-winning, Eisner nominated author of Ojingogo, a wonderful wordless graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly Books. Forsythe is also one of the founing editors of the incredibly popular art + inspiration website Drawn: The Illustration Weblog at Drawn.ca, and has done countless illustrations for magazines, websites, and other outlets across the world.

Now Matt is coming to Toronto to celebrate the releases of a trio of excellent new books for all ages and interests!

Little Island @ 3pm: Join Matt as he signs and sketches for young fans and their parents at Little Island Comics from 3pm-4:30pm, in support of his first children’s picture book My Name Is Elizabeth. A fun read for parents and grown-ups alike who’ve always hated getting stuck with a nick-name, My Name Is Elizabeth is a New York Times Notable picture book. UPDATE: We’ve been informed that Annika Dunklee, the writer of My Name Is Elizabeth will be in attendance at this event, and that Matt will be doing a workshop for the kids in attendance! Show up at 3 sharp!

Little Island will have a variety of original paintings by Forsythe from My Name is Elizabeth on display during this event, a rare opportunity to see some of the beautiful originals he’s created, so don’t miss out!

The Central @ 6pm: Then in the evening, join us for the launch of Jinchalo, Matt Forsythe’s new full-length wordless graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly, and for his brand new comic book about teaching comics, Comics Class, from Koyama Press! Forsythe will be on stage at The Central (just next door to The Beguiling), and he has put together a great presentation about his new project(s)! Forsythe will be interviewed on stage about creating comics, teaching kids, travelling and more! Plus a signing session will follow.

It’s gonna be a full, awesome day of great comics, graphic novels, and picture books for all ages. Come on out and enjoy!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

What time is it? ADVENTURE TIME!

Adventure Time #1 Comic Book Signing and Party!
With Ryan North and Steve Wolfhard!
@ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst Street

Saturday February 11th, 3pm-4:30pm
Free to attend!

http://www.facebook.com/events/174667029303202/

This Wednesday BOOM Studios released the first issue of the Adventure Time comic book series! It’s written by Toronto’s own Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics)! And did you know that awesome Toronto comic book maker Steve Wolfhard works on the Adventure Time with Finn + Jake cartoon series? There’s a whole lot of Adventure Time going on in Toronto, and we’re going to throw a party to celebrate!

Kids and Adults alike are welcomed to Little Island Comics on Saturday, February 11th from 3pm to 4:30pm for our Adventure Time party! You can meet Ryan North and Steve Wolfhard, get your Adventure Time comic books signed, get original drawings, do fun Adventure Time activities and crafts, and so much more! MATHEMATICAL!

Copies of the comic, including all variant covers, will be available at the event!


– Chris @ The Beguiling

Reminder: Matt Forsythe in Toronto Next Weekend!

Matt Forsythe sent along this gorgeous silk-screened poster for his new book, Jinchalo, which he’ll be launching in Toronto on February 19th. These posters will be available for sale at the event!

Creator Matt Forsythe In Toronto!
For his new books Jinchalo, Comics Class, and My Name Is Elizabeth!
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
@ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst Street, 3pm-4pm
and The Central, 603 Markham Street, 6pm-8pm
Free To Attend

http://www.facebook.com/events/168896026556518 

Matt Forsythe is the Doug Wright Award-winning, Eisner nominated author of Ojingogo, a wonderful wordless graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly Books. Forsythe is also one of the founing editors of the incredibly popular art + inspiration website Drawn: The Illustration Weblog at Drawn.ca, and has done countless illustrations for magazines, websites, and other outlets across the world.

Now Matt is coming to Toronto to celebrate the releases of a trio of excellent new books for all ages and interests!

Little Island @ 3pm: Join Matt as he signs and sketches for young fans and their parents at Little Island Comics from 3pm-4:30pm, in support of his first children’s picture book My Name Is Elizabeth. A fun read for parents and grown-ups alike who’ve always hated getting stuck with a nick-name, My Name Is Elizabeth is a New York Times Notable picture book.

Little Island will have a variety of original paintings by Forsythe from My Name is Elizabeth on display during this event, a rare opportunity to see some of the beautiful originals he’s created, so don’t miss out!

The Central @ 6pm: Then in the evening, join us for the launch of Jinchalo, Matt Forsythe’s new full-length wordless graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly, and for his brand new comic book about teaching comics, Comics Class, from Koyama Press! Forsythe will be on stage at The Central (just next door to The Beguiling), and he has put together a great presentation about his new project(s)! Forsythe will be interviewed on stage about creating comics, teaching kids, travelling and more! Plus a signing session will follow.

It’s gonna be a full, awesome day of great comics, graphic novels, and picture books for all ages. Come on out and enjoy!

THIEF OF THIEVES #1 MONEY BACK GUARANTEE

Out this week from Image Comics, Robert ‘The Walking Dead’ Kirkman and Nick ‘Morning Glories’ Spencer is Thief of Thieves #1, a brand new ongoing series! Image is getting behind this series in a big way, and we’ve decided to match them on that: If you buy Thief of Thieves #1 from The Beguiling, you can return it and get a full refund until the end of February.

We think that, especially considering how insanely popular The Walking Dead is (and this is by the same guy), this is going to blow up big. You’ll have wanted to get in on the ground floor. We’re taking away all of the risk of you trying it out and seeing if it’s for you.

Rules:
1. Offer valid February 8th to February 29th, 2012.
2. Must be accompanied by a receipt showing that you purchased it from The Beguiling, so please remember to ask for a receipt!
3. Book must be returned in salable condition.
4. One return per person.

Thief of Thieves #1 (MR)

Story by: Robert Kirkman & Nick Spencer
Art By: Shawn Martinbrough
Price:$2.99

Conrad Paulson lives a secret double life as master thief Redmond. There is nothing he can’t steal, nothing he can’t have… except for the life he left behind. Now, with a grown son he hardly knows, and an ex-wife he never stopped loving, Conrad must try to piece together what’s left of his life, before the FBI finally catch up to him… but it appears they are the least of his worries.

Matt Forsythe in Toronto! Jinchalo! Comics Class! My Name Is Elizabeth!

Creator Matt Forsythe In Toronto!
For his new books Jinchalo, Comics Class, and My Name Is Elizabeth!
Sunday, February 19th, 2012
@ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst Street, 3pm-4pm
and The Central, 603 Markham Street, 6pm-8pm
Free To Attend

http://www.facebook.com/events/168896026556518

Matt Forsythe is the Doug Wright Award-winning, Eisner nominated author of Ojingogo, a wonderful wordless graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly Books. Forsythe is also one of the founing editors of the incredibly popular art + inspiration website Drawn: The Illustration Weblog at Drawn.ca, and has done countless illustrations for magazines, websites, and other outlets across the world.

Now Matt is coming to Toronto to celebrate the releases of a trio of excellent new books for all ages and interests!

Little Island @ 3pm: Join Matt as he signs and sketches for young fans and their parents at Little Island Comics from 3pm-4:30pm, in support of his first children’s picture book My Name Is Elizabeth. A fun read for parents and grown-ups alike who’ve always hated getting stuck with a nick-name, My Name Is Elizabeth is a New York Times Notable picture book.

Little Island will have a variety of original paintings by Forsythe from My Name is Elizabeth on display during this event, a rare opportunity to see some of the beautiful originals he’s created, so don’t miss out!

The Central @ 6pm: Then in the evening, join us for the launch of Jinchalo, Matt Forsythe’s new full-length wordless graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly, and for his brand new comic book about teaching comics, Comics Class, from Koyama Press! Forsythe will be on stage at The Central (just next door to The Beguiling), and he has put together a great presentation about his new project(s)! Forsythe will be interviewed on stage about creating comics, teaching kids, travelling and more! Plus a signing session will follow.

It’s gonna be a full, awesome day of great comics, graphic novels, and picture books for all ages. Come on out and enjoy!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Shipping February 8th, 2012

The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books and Art on Wednesday February 8th, 2012. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate, but in any dispute between web price and in-store price we will defer to in-store price.

Click here for the complete list: http://www.beguiling.com/120208shipping.txt

The Beguiling Recommends:

DEC111048 Jinchalo GN 19.95
The new graphic novel from Matt Forsythe! We’re doing an event for this one on the 19th, details in a moment!

Thief Of Thieves #1 2.99
New from Robert Kirkman and Nick Spencer, the creators of The Walking Dead and Morning Glories. We’re offering a money-back guarantee on this one, check it out: http://thebeguilingat.blogspot.com/2012/02/weekly-deal-thief-of-thieves-1-money.html

DEC110939 Adventure Time #1 3.99
DEC110940 Adventure Time #1 20 Copy Incv 15.00
DEC110941 Adventure Time #1 30 Copy Incv 25.00
We’re having an event this week featuring Ryan North and Adventure Time cartoon animator Steve Wolfhard! This Saturday at 3pm! Details at http://thebeguilingat.blogspot.com/2012/01/announcing-adventure-time-party.html.

DEC110047 Conan The Barbarian #1 Carnevale Cvr 3.50
DEC110048 Conan The Barbarian #1 Cloonan Var Cvr 3.50
Becky Cloonan and Brian Wood on Conan! Looks tight as hell. Check it out.

NOV110730 Kevin Keller #1 2.99
NOV110731 Kevin Keller #1 Var Cvr 2.99

NOV110729 Kevin Keller HC Vol 01 19.99
Who would’ve thought Archie would’ve beat Marvel and DC in the “Gay character as the headliner in his own book” sweepstakes? Good on Archie.

NOV111115 Gto 14 Days In Shonan GN Vol 01 10.95
One of the most popular seinen manga in Japan and an all-new sequel to the bestselling manga series GTO.

SEP111102 Athos In America HC 24.99
New Jason!

OCT110058 Dotter Of Her Fathers Eyes HC 14.99
New from Mary Talbot and Bryan Talbot. Apparently quite excellent, looking forward to reading it.

NOV110232 Izombie TP Vol 03 Six Feet Under And Rising 14.99
Lotta buzz on this series, hadn’t read past the end of the first volume but looking forward to giving it a go.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Back In Stock: Pixel Socks!


Now available, it’s Pixel Socks! Spinning out of our friend R. Stevens’s DIESEL SWEETIES online comic strip, the man who gave you such awesome T-Shirts as “Jesus Helps Me Trick People” and “Bacon Is A Vegetable” is back with fun looking socks to keep your feet warm.

Available in both mens and ladies-knee-sock sizes, these are amongst the neatest things we stock. Stretchy, comfortable knitted socks patterned with all kinds of cool designs. We had a couple of trial pairs up for sale a few months back and sold out immediately, so be sure to come buy quick.

All socks are $7.50 a pair, and are available on the second floor.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Review: Following up on the new BEFORE THE INCAL Edition

Title: Before the Incal
Writer: Alexandro Jodorowsky
Artist: Zoran Janjetov
Publisher: Humanoids

Reviewed by John Anderson


I wrote my first review of this book after reading the recoloured version that Humanoids published a few years ago. Reading this new version, in its original colours and size, is like reading a whole new story, and it made me want to write another review.

The recoloured version used much darker computer colouring, because, Humanoids claimed, a darker colour scheme would appeal to new readers who weren’t already familiar with the dark world of the Incal. Comparing the two versions (you can see some images from both versions here), I notice that some shading and even character details were removed or sometimes added in the recoloured version, which make the art look extremely different from how it was originally intended. In general, the recoloured version, with its glossy computer gradations, seems to me like an amateurish attempt to be dark and adult, while the original, with its bright colours, adds a layer of irony to this bleak world. On the surface it looks like a happy and carefree world, but in reality it’s incredibly sad, and it’s even more sad because it looks so cheerful.

Towards the end of the book, the art gets much more detailed and the colouring correspondingly more complicated. It’s nothing like the slickness of Technopriests, the other book Janjetov has done for Jodorowsky, but you can see the beginnings of that style here. This edition includes a short black and white sketchbook section, where Janjetov talks a bit about his artistic process.

The scene where a man, dressed like a colourful clown, burns himself alive while telling jokes live on TV is one of my favourite scenes in the whole book. The horror of the event is undercut by Janjetov’s ludicrous characters and bright colours. In the recoloured version this scene is dark, but in the original, it’s heartbreaking. Then to top it off, Deepo (John’s concrete seagull pet) drops an exploding fish on the cops, and onlookers are relieved that a terrorist attack has broken up the monotony of the day. Can it get any darker than this?

Actually it can. John tries his hardest and goes to extremes in his pursuit of the truth, but nothing he can do can have any effect. Maybe Jodorowsky wrote himself into a corner by deciding to have this story lead into The Incal. I assume that he didn’t want to upset the continuity of the The Incal, so he had to give this book a less than satisfying ending. Really, it ends in the only way it could end.

This is the only chance you’ll have to read Before the Incal in its original size and colouring. If you’re curious about John’s life before the events of The Incal, or if you’re a fan of Jodorowsky’s mad storytelling style, Before the Incal is for you.

The Beguiling has several copies of the gorgeous, oversized “Before The Incal” in stock now.

Boxing Day Phase 03c: DC Comics Starts Today

BOXING DAY PHASE 03: OVERSTOCK CLEARANCE!

3. Boxing Day Phase 03c: DC Overstock $1
Sale Runs Thursday February 2nd to Tuesday February 7th!

– Single comics are still U.S. Cover Price, so buy lots!
– Only comics in marked bins are available for sale price.
– Back issues in selected boxes are $1 each when you buy 10 or more!*
– Buy 50 or more, and we’ll lower the price to 80 cents each!*

* Exempted books include December2011 and January 2012 releases, and all comics with a cover price of $5 or more.

– Chris