Just a quick update: Tickets for Richard McGuire’s talk at U of T are now available at http://www.eventbrite.
HERE, by Richard McGuire, is currently in stock at The Beguiling and The TCAF Shop. It’s one of our favourite books of the year!
– Chris @ The Beguiling
The following items are scheduled to ship to The Beguiling from Diamond Comics Distributors on January 21st, 2015. All prices should be accurate, but in the case of a dispute between a listed price here and in store, we always defer to the in-store price. The US dollar is worth $1.20 to 1 Canadian dollar, however, we will still be selling a majority of this week’s new product at the US cover price. Manga is now being sold at the Canadian cover price.
Please see in-store for details. No variant prices are listed this week, so please check in-store prices.
Hey Toronto! There’s a new webseries by Jim Munroe and the rest of the folks behind the film “Ghosts With Shit Jobs,” launching NEXT THURSDAY, JANUARY 22ND! It’s called HAPHEAD, and if you’re in Toronto you can win passes to an exclusive screening of all 8 episodes!
ABOUT HAPHEAD
Haphead is the story of a girl who’s literally empowered by videogames.
Ten years from now, a new haptic peripheral makes videogames so immersive that people learn skills just by playing. Maxine makes less than minimum wage at the factory where they make them, so she decides to become an unofficial beta tester by stealing one for herself. At home, her favorite rabbit-ninja game gets a whole lot more punishing, with the haptic feedback loop beating lethal skills into her muscle memory. Which is good: she needs to level up quick once her employer discovers her on-the-job theft.
Luckily, she’s not alone. There are other hapheads out there, with a variety of game-trained abilities. But while some of them are kindreds, one of them brings death…
More at http://haphead.com/
Haphead is a new webseries, but you can win one of three double-passes to an exclusive screening of the whole thing on the big screen at The Royal on Wednesday, January 22nd, at 7pm. Keep reading…
WIN 1 of 3 DOUBLE-PASSES TO AN EXCLUSIVE SCREENING OF ALL 8 EPISODES OF HAPHEAD!
To enter to win one of three double passes to see HAPHEAD at The Royal, all you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-left corner of thebeguilingbooksandart.com), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “NOMEDIAKINGS” to beguilingcontests@gmail.com
RULES & REGULATIONS:
Good luck!
– Chris @ The Beguiling
We’re quite happy to announce that Richard McGuire, graphic novelist and creator of one of 2014’s greatest books, “HERE”, will be in Toronto on Thursday, February 12th, as part of the Daniels Fora, in a program called @home: Architecture Inside Out, in an event by The University of Toronto and Random House Canada.
Tickets to the event are free, and must be acquired via Eventbrite in order to attend. You can get’em here: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/home-architecture-inside-out-tickets-15403644716
Daniels Fora – @home: Architecture Inside Out
Thursday, February 12, 2015 – 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West
Free (Tickets Required)
On Thursday, February 12th graphic novelist Richard McGuire, author of the acclaimed book HERE will join Danielle Aubert, co-creator of the book: Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: Lafayette, Detroit, to discuss the architecture of domesticity, depictions of the home, and how they frame our understanding of the changing ways that our private and public lives play out in the space of the city. Part of the Daniels Fora series, the event — @home: Architecture Inside Out — will explore how the architecture and urbanism that we inhabit is not just the setting for but the narrative subject of human life.
Richard Sommer, Dean and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, and Associate Professor Robert Levit, director of the Daniels Faculty’s Master of Architecture program will moderate.
While conceptions of domestic life and our everyday experiences have been an established focus of modern literature, modern architecture and urbanism have, with few exceptions, remained steadfastly committed to an abstract and conceptual aesthetic. Nevertheless, the sometimes-idiosyncratic way that we occupy our homes and other domesticated spaces can not only inform representations of the built environment, but also influence the way in which we design buildings and cities.
Architects are just beginning to imagine buildings and cities by populating them with people, ephemera, and stories that were deliberately absent a generation ago. Drawing directly on modes of visual description associated with photography, comics, graphic novels, film, painting and historical modes of architecture, the most pioneering work in this area can be found at the boundaries of conventional architectural drawings, narrative description, storytelling, and an expanding repertoire of other media (including digital models, computational language, net-based sound and image archives).
Continue reading EVENT: Richard McGuire, author of HERE, in Toronto FEB 12
Hi folks! Happy/sad to report that The Beguiling is now sold out of its allotment of tickets for the Art Spiegelman event on the 26th. Tickets may still be available at http://kofflerarts.org or other vendors. Looks like it’s going to be a busy event!
– Chris @ The Beguiling
The following items are scheduled to ship to The Beguiling from Diamond Comics Distributors on January 14th, 2015. All prices should be accurate, but in the case of a dispute between a listed price here and in store, we always defer to the in-store price. The US dollar is worth $1.18 to 1 Canadian dollar, however, we will still be selling a majority of this week’s new product at the US cover price. Please see in-store for details. No variant prices are listed this week, so please check in-store prices.
This Sunday, there will be a ‘rally in solidarity’ at Nathan Phillips Square, for the cartoonists, journalists, and police, killed in the recent terror attacks in France. While this is not our event, we feel it is important to pass along the information. Hopefully it will provide catharsis for a community still very much reeling from a devastating attack. Facebook event is here.
NOT AFRAID! Come to stand up for freedom – freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of conscience.
A condolence book will be available on site and officially delivered to the Consulate of France in Toronto
Two minutes of silence will be observed for the French victims of terrorism and hate crimes, killed for being journalists, cartoonists, policemen, Jewish or ordinary citizens.
Don’t hesitate to bring pens, candles, flowers (and music
instruments)MEME PAS PEUR. Venez défendre les libertés – liberté d’expression, liberté de la presse, liberté de conscience.
Deux minutes de silence seront observées en l’honneur des victimes françaises du terrorisme et de la haine – journalistes, dessinateurs, policiers, juifs ou simples
citoyens.N’hésitez pas à apporter crayons, bougies, fleurs (et
instruments de musique). Un registre de condoléances sera disponible
sur place.When: Sunday January 11 @ 2pm
Where: Nathan Philips Square, City Hall (100 Queen Street West)
The following items are scheduled to ship to The Beguiling from Diamond Comics Distributors on January 7th, 2015. All prices should be accurate, but in the case of a dispute between a listed price here and in store, we always defer to the in-store price. The US dollar is worth $1.18 to 1 Canadian dollar, however, we will still be selling a majority of this week’s new product at the US cover price. Please see in-store for details. No variant prices are listed this week, so please check in-store prices.
The Beguiling & Little Island Comics proudly present
A signing with LUMBERJANES writer Grace Ellis!
Saturday, January 10th, 2015, 2pm-4pm
@ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst Street
Free to attend
The Beguiling and Little Island Comics cordially invite you to meet Grace Ellis, writer and co-creator of The Lumberjanes, one of our bestselling titles and one of the greatest new series of 2014! Ellis will be on hand to sign copies of The Lumberjanes at Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst, on Saturday, January 10th, at 2pm. Copies of The Lumberjanes are currently available for sale at Little Island Comics.
What’s The Lumberjanes all about?
Five best friends spending the summer at Lumberjane scout camp…defeating yetis, three-eyed wolves, and giant falcons! Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five best pals determined to have an awesome summer together…and they’re not gonna let any insane quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way!
It’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Gravity Falls and features five butt-kicking, rad teenage girls wailing on monsters and solving a mystery with the whole world at stake.
We sincerely love this series, and we’re thrilled to welcome Grace Ellis to Toronto! Hooray!
– Chris
The Beguiling & Little Island Comics proudly present
A signing with LUMBERJANES writer Grace Ellis!
Saturday, January 10th, 2015, 2pm-4pm
@ Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst Street
Free to attend
The Beguiling and Little Island Comics cordially invite you to meet Grace Ellis, writer and co-creator of The Lumberjanes, one of our bestselling titles and one of the greatest new series of 2014! Ellis will be on hand to sign copies of The Lumberjanes at Little Island Comics, 742 Bathurst, on Saturday, January 10th, at 2pm. Copies of The Lumberjanes are currently available for sale at Little Island Comics.
What’s The Lumberjanes all about?
Five best friends spending the summer at Lumberjane scout camp…defeating yetis, three-eyed wolves, and giant falcons! Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five best pals determined to have an awesome summer together…and they’re not gonna let any insane quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way!
It’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Gravity Falls and features five butt-kicking, rad teenage girls wailing on monsters and solving a mystery with the whole world at stake.
We sincerely love this series, and we’re thrilled to welcome Grace Ellis to Toronto! Hooray!
– Chris
