INKSTUDS X BENT
Robin McConnell Interviews Dave Cooper
Sunday, November 28th, 3pm-6pm
@ The Central, 603 Markham Street
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122348711160147
FREE

Presented by The Beguiling, Conundrum Press, and Fantagraphics Books

Toronto! Get ready for a fantastic comics event as Robin McConnell, host of the INKSTUDS podcast and author of the new book of the same name, will interview Canada’s own Dave Cooper, who has recently released his own new artbook BENT! Following the interview will be a moderated Q&A with the audience, and a signing.

The event is going down on Sunday, November 28th, from 3pm-6pm next door to The Beguiling at The Central. Both the INKSTUDS book and Cooper’s BENT (as well as other fine graphic novels) will be available for sale.

This is pretty amazing as the INKSTUDS book is great, and anyone with a deeper interest in comics will get a lot out of it. And Dave Cooper hasn’t been at a comics-related event in Toronto for almost 10 years, at this point, and I’m totally psyched that he’s travelling down from Ottawa. This is going to be really cool, we hope you can make it out.

Brian Chippendale & C.F. in Toronto
In support of their new works If’N’Oof and Powr Mastrs v3
Thursday, December 2nd, 6:30pm-7:30pm
@ RESISTOR GALLERY, 284 College Street, Second Floor, Near Spadina
FREE
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108007345929552

Event sponsored by PictureBox Inc. and The Beguiling, with special thanks to Resistor Gallery, Tin Can Forest, and Steve Wilson.

UPDATE: The Beguiling is proud to welcome Brian Chippendale (NINJA, MAGGOTS) and C.F. (POWR MASTRS) to Toronto, on tour in support their brand-new books! Chippendale is presenting the new graphic novel IF ‘N’ OOF, and C.F. will have the third highly-anticipated volume of the POWR MASTRS series! The duo will each give a presentation in support of their new works, and a signing session will follow.

This event will now take place at RESISTOR GALLERY, at 284 College near Spadina, 2nd floor, from 6:30pm-7:30pm. Both books will be available at the event, and copies of work by both artists are currently available at The Beguiling.

It will be followed in the same space by the gallery opening for KRAMPUSNACHT, an amazing art-show of Krampus-themed work by top Canadian illustrators, comics creators, and artists, and curated by Tin Can Forest and Steve Wilson. This is a completely separate event however, and we strongly encourage guests to RSVP for that event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161517740552315.

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ABOUT IF ‘N’ OOF:
Three years in the making, If ‘n Oof is Brian Chippendale’s most ambitious, yet accessible, work to date. If ‘n’ Oof focuses on the misadventures of the mismatched eponymous duo Chippendale’s very own Laurel and Hardy. Chippendale allows the two to explore his landscapes and alien beings. Comedy, horror, and out-and-out adventure in a story-driven, manga-style adventure, replete with the frenetic linework and concise, witty dialogue for which he has become known.

Brian Chippendale, who also performs in Lightning Bolt and Black Pus lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island. His previous graphic novels include Maggots (2007) and Ninja (2006).

IF ‘N’ OOF
800 Pages, SC, US$30
Published by PictureBox Inc.

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ABOUT POWR MASTRS 3:
This latest installment continues C.F.’s Dune-like science fiction/fantasy epic featuring a misguided scientist and the race of beings he has created, who inhabit a surreal world called New China. The narrative follows the ever-shifting power relations of these mystical warriors who transform their physical and psychological identities each time the tide of power turns.

Powr Mastrs Vol. 2 hit over a dozen “top-ten graphic novels of 2008” lists, both volumes 1 and 2 have been described by Vice Magazine as “dark doors into the stunningly fantastic,” and The Village Voice has noted that “the homemade arcane dominates in C.F.’s sexy danger world.” This third installment is no exception: it overflows with graphic innovation, from the intricately designed costumes each character wears to the exactingly drawn architectural detail, all rendered in C.F.’s distinctive pencil line. In this volume, C.F. firmly takes the reins both as a visual and comics artist, making a book as essential to the practice of drawing as to the graphic novel.

C.F., a contributor to Kramers Ergot, among other books, also performs under the monikers Kites and Daily Life. He lives in Providence, RI.

POWR MASTRS V3
112 Pages, SC, US$18
Published by PictureBox Inc.

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– Chris @ The Beguling

We’ve just been informed that long time friend of The Beguiling Fiona Smyth will be teaching a class on comics this winter at OCAD, The Ontario College of Art and Design. It sounds like a great class for aspiring comics creators and creative people, check out the details below:

Comics and Graphic Novels
CSLW 1N11, 6 Weeks
Instructor: Fiona Smyth
Tuesdays, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Jan 25-Mar 1, 2011
Prerequisite: some art, design, craft training, or equivalent experience.
In this interdisciplinary workshop series for writers, artists, and designers, students will experiment with the comic medium as they explore the interplay between image and text, form and content. Drawing cues from historical and contemporary examples of textual/graphic work, students will conceptualize comic projects in various forms, constructing compelling narratives through dialogue and visual representations. By the end of the series students will have produced short and longer form comics or graphic works.
Cost: $325 + HST
For more information or to register, please visit http://www.ocad.ca/programs/continuing_studies

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– Chris @ The Beguiling

We’re pleased to announce that the awesome MEATHAUS folks have sent us copies of their most recent sketchbooks, GO FOR THE GOLD 2 & 3. Available on both floors, here are the deets:

Go For The Gold 2 – 200+ Pages – $22
Amazing sketchbook collection featuring a stunning collection of sketchbook pages and art from the likes of Farel Dalrymple, James Jean, Thomas Herpich, Tomer Hanuka, Brandon Graham, John Kricfalusi, Ralph Bakshi, and many more. Super awesome!

Go For The Gold 3 – 242 Pages – $25
Your favourite group of Meathaus Dudes and Ladies return for another round of awesome sketchbook and illustration previews. Dash Shaw, Farel Dalrymple, Nathan Fox, Nick Bertozzi, Peter Chung, Tomer Hanuka, James Jean, Brandon Graham, Al Columbia, over 35 artists in all!

Both books are now available on both floors.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Congratulations to our friend Jeff Lemire, whose Essex County was just selected as a Top 5 finalist in The CBC’s Canada Reads competition and event!

For those not in the know Canada Reads is the CBC’s annual literature contest, where hundreds of Canadian novels are nominated by people across the country, and then that list is whittled down until only 5 books remain. Each of those 5 books is then defended by a Canadian celebrity, and all of Canada is encouraged to read along with all 5 of the books that were chosen. Finally, one winner is chosen… and it could be Essex County!

This is the first time that a graphic novel has been chosen as contender , which is important enough on its own, but that it’s an excellent graphic novel like Jeff Lemire’s Essex County is really phenomenal, and we couldn’t be more happy for him. Between this and the success of his Vertigo series Sweet Tooth (volume 2 trade paperback out December 8th!), it’s been an amazing year for Jeff and we couldn’t be happier for him.

We also want to give a shout-out to Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, whose groundbreaking graphic novel SKIM made it to the first-round shortlist, an excellent achievement for a really wonderful book.

Jeff Lemire’s Essex County is currently in stock in hard cover on the main floor, and we should be restocked on soft covers in the next week or two. For more information on Canada Reads, check out http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/.

– Chris @ The Beguiling

The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.

Click here for the complete list: http://www.beguiling.com/101124shipping.txt

– Chris @ The Beguiling

Impossibly Funky Presents: CRIME WAVE
Featuring writer Mike White and Director John Paiz!

@ Toronto Underground Cinema
Saturday December 11, 2010 (12/11/10)
186 Spadina Ave (at the back of the mall)
9:30PM – 11:30PM – Doors open 9PM
Admission $8, or $30 for Screening + a copy of IMPOSSIBLY FUNKY!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175304082480171

Presented by Cashiers du Cinemart, Toronto Underground Cinema, and The Beguiling

Join us for an impossibly funky evening at the Toronto Underground Cinema. Mike White, cinematic provocateur and author of Impossibly Funky: A Cashiers du Cinemart Collection will discuss his new book!

For 14 years, White’s movie zine championed offbeat and obscure movies like John Paizs’s Canadian classic Crime Wave. A Q&A with Crime Wave director and star John Paiz will follow the screening!

“Steven Penny (director John Paizs) is a quiet man. So quiet, in fact, that he never says a word throughout the entire film. Steven is a filmmaker who is trying to write the script for his next film, titled CRIME WAVE, which he hopes will be “the best colour crime movie ever”. Aside from the fact that he is only able to write by streetlight, Steven also suffers from a writer’s block that allows him to write countless beginnings and endings to CRIME WAVE, but has trouble writing middles worth keeping.” – Skizz Cyzyk, “Tragically Obscure: John Paizs’ (The Big) Crimewave,”  Impossibly Funky, www.impossiblefunky.com

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– Chris @ The Beguiling

75 Years of DC Comics in its carrying case, as compared to Absolute All-Star Superman.

Well folks, the day we’ve all waited for, and feared, has arrived. 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking by Paul Levitz and published by Taschen has arrived in-store. It is a massive, heavy tome. It has an outstandingly high quality production, gorgeous reproduction of comics covers, rare art, unseen materials, and much more.

We’ve actually got an open/sample copy up here on the second floor, and flipping through it it’s kind of amazing how much it covers and includes. Foldouts! Foil pages! Crazy paper stock! It’s also really, really heavy. I don’t envy the poor delivery guy that dropped them off this afternoon. Heh.

75 Years of DC Comics has a suggested retail of CDN$225. We’re selling it for CDN$200, and as a bonus every sale includes a huge poster reproducing the cover art, signed by author Paul Levitz! You can check out a photo of the poster below.

We did order a hefty number of these, but we are expecting to sell out by Christmas. Also, in the event that these are still left over after Christmas, we are not planning on offering any discounts on this item for any future sales, just a heads-up.

Feel free to come by the store and check it out yourself!

– Chris @ The Beguiling

We have a bunch of new Cinebook English language editions of books from the French and Belgian comics markets:

Alpha 3 The List  –  Jigunov & Mythic
Belly Buttons 2 It’s Ugly Out There  –  Delaf & Dubuc
Betelgeuse 3 The Other  –  by Leo
Cinebook Presents Battle of Britain  –  Bergèse & Asso
City of Shifting Waters 1  –  Mézièes & Christin
Ducoboo 4 The Class Struggle  –  Godi & Zidrou
IR$ 4 The Corrupter  –  Vrancken & Desberg
Iznogoud 6 Iznogoud and the Magic Carpet  –  Goscinny & Tabary
Lady S. 2 Latitude 59 Degrees North  –  by Aymond & Van Hamme
Largo Winch 5 See Venice…  –  by Francq & Van Hamme
Largo Winch 6 …and Die  –  by Francq & Van Hamme
Lucky Luke 22 Emperor Smith  –  Morris
Lucky Luke 24 The Judge  –  Morris
Pandora’s Box 3 Gluttony  –  by Dupré & Alcante
Scorpion 3 The Holy Valley  –  Marini & Desberg
XIII 2 Where the Indian Walks  –  Vance & Van Hamme

– Parrish

Kill Shakespeare – Book Talk and Signing
With creators Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col


TONIGHT! Weds, Nov 17, 2010 – 6:00pm-8:00pm
Book Talk: 6:00pm at The Central, 603 Markham St (next to The Beguiling)
Book Signing: 7:00pm at The Beguiling, 601 Markham St
Free to attend

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110520799012125

The Canadian creative team behind the comic book sensation
Kill Shakespeare are coming to do a book talk and signing at The Beguiling! We’d love to see you there…

Kill Shakespeare is a dark take on the Bard that pits his greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, Falstaff) against his most menacing villains (Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) in an epic adventure to find and kill a reclusive wizard named William Shakespeare. Previously only available as single-issues, Kill Shakespeare has been collected in a trade paperback edition, to be released this November. Come and visit The Beguiling to meet the authors and artist in an informative book-talk, and then purchase a signed copy of the first graphic novel!

The book talk will take place from 6pm-7pm at The Central, 603 Markham Street, next door to The Beguiling. Following the talk, the creators will head over to The Beguiling to sign copies from 7pm-8pm.

See you there!

– Chris @ The Beguiling