The Beguiling Books & Art

JODOROWSKY’S DUNE: This fascinating documentary explores the genesis of one of cinema’s greatest epics that never was: cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s (EL TOPO) adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic Dune, whose cast would have included such icons as Salvador Dali, Orson Welles and Mick Jagger. Jodorowsky enlisted an elite group of artistic mercenaries, including French comic book artist Moebius, who illustrated the storyboards; screenwriter Dan O’Bannon (DARK STAR, ALIEN); artist H.R. Giger (ALIEN); and sci-fi paperback illustrator Chris Foss. The film was never made.

(As an aside: Many of the ideas that Jodorowski developed for this project ended up heavily informing his comics careeer, which came out of the ashes of DUNE. We have quite a few different Jodorowsky books in stock at The Beguiling now!)

A hit at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, JODOROWSKY’s DUNE is now returning to the TIFF Bell Lightbox for a limited run beginning April 4th… and we’ve got five run-of-engagement double passes to see it! Want to win one? Keep reading to find out how.

CONTEST: JODOROWSKY’S DUNE

To Enter to win one of five double passes to see “Jodorowsky’s Dune”,  all you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-right corner of this site), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “ELTOPO” to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Monday, March 31st, at11:00am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners by noon on that day. Film opens on Friday, April 4th.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “ELTOPO”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://www.beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
3. Entries must be received before Monday, March 31st, 2014, at 11:00am.
4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
5. One entry per person/phone number.
6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.

Good luck!

The Beguiling Books & Art is happy to support the graphic novel programming at the 2014 Pages Festival + Conference, a new literary conference in the city of Toronto. The Festival will be held this week, March 13th-15th, at the Tranzac and Randolph Academy.

There will be a plethora of interesting talks, readings, and presentations at the event, including two graphic novel presentations! Here’s one:

An Evening with Seth and Friends: the Art of the Graphic Novel
With Seth, Fiona Smyth and Michael DeForge, hosted by Jeet Heer.
Sat. March 15, 9 pm, Festival Event, Randolph Theatre
http://www.pagesfestival.com/program.html#Seth_and_Friends
Jeet Heer, hosts a special evening on the graphic novel with Seth, Fiona Smyth and Michael DeForge presenting their work on screen, followed by a lively conversation.

Tickets for this and all events can be purchased online at Eventbrite.

However, if you’re feeling lucky and you want to try your hand at winning one of 5 double-passes to the Saturday night event, keep reading…!

CONTEST:
To Enter to win a double pass to see The Art of the Graphic Novel: An Evening with Seth and Friends:

All you have to do is make sure you’re subscribed to The Beguiling mailing list (sign-up is in the upper-right corner of this page!), and send an email with your name, phone number, and “GRAPHICPAGES” to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Friday, March 14th, at 11:00am. We’ll draw and e-mail the winners by noon on that day.

RULES & REGULATIONS:

1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and “GRAPHICPAGES”, and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling’s mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://www.beguilingbooksandart.com. (Seriously, we check and we disqualify people not subscribed to the mailing list.)
3. Entries must be received before Friday, March 14th, at 11:00am.
4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
5. One entry per person/phone number.
6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, no cash value, odds of winning depend on total number of entries received, etc.

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For more information on all of the graphic novel and art-related events at The Pages Festival + Conference UNBOUND, click ‘Continue Reading’!

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Bitstrips: Democratizing Comics
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
@ Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street
Elizabeth Beeton Auditorium
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMEVT161478&R=EVT161478

(We were just passed info about a potentially very interesting event!)

Back to the Drawing Board: Graphic Novels on Film
Monday March 31, 2014, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
@ The Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave
$12 Ticket ($6 for Students and Toronto Jewish Film Society subscribers)

http://www.mnjcc.org/arts-culture/film/film-studies/334-back-to-the-drawing-board-graphic-novels-on-film

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