Hey folks!
Jim Zub will be at Ryerson University on Monday, rapping about the nature of “All Ages” comic books. If you’re off work at 4, we recommend dropping by to check out what will surely be an informative event.
Can’t make it? Don’t stress! Zub will be at The Beguiling December 7th.
– Chris @ The Beguiling
Tonight! THE SPECTRAL ENGINE
Featuring author Ray Fawkes
Wednesday, November 20th, 6pm-9pm
@ The Central, 603 Markham St.
Facebook Event
FREE
The Spectral Engine is the unearthly entity that brings together thirteen historically documented ghost stories to tell a timeless narrative of life, death, and redemption.
The Beguiling and McClelland & Stewart invite you to join critically acclaimed DC Comics writer and graphic novelist Ray Fawkes to launch his newest book!
“To glimpse the Spectral Engine is to face the moment of your own death. In Ray Fawkes’ stunning new book, the Spectral Engine is the unearthly entity that brings together thirteen historically documented ghost stories–from across the country and throughout the centuries–to tell a timeless narrative of life, death and redemption.”
Hope to see you there!
– Chris @ The Beguiling
The Beguiling Presents:
SAMURAI JACK #1—EXCLUSIVE SIGNING!
Featuring series writer Jim Zub
12pm-3pm, Saturday, December 7th, 2013
@ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street
FREE TO ATTEND
“Writer Jim Zub and artist Andy Suriano work in perfect harmony to deliver a comic that captures the distinct tone of the series to the point where you might wonder if this is secretly a lost script from Tartakovsky himself.” – IGN Comics
SAMURAI JACK IS BACK! The beloved animated series has returned in a new monthly-comic book series written by Toronto’s own Jim Zub, and it’s already drawing rave reviews! In fact, the first issue has already completely sold out and is going to a second printing!
Now, what you might not know is that The Beguiling has commissioned an EXCLUSIVE cover to this first issue, by none other than Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky, available only at our store! So on December 7th, make your way down to The Beguiling to meet Jim Zub himself, and pick up a copy of The Beguiling’s EXCLUSIVE Samurai Jack #1 first printing cover!
Jim Zub will be signing and sketching Samurai Jack #1 and all of his various comics issues on the second floor of The Beguiling from 12pm to 3pm. Jim is also the writer and creator of the series’ Skullkickers and Makeshift Miracle, the writer of the monthly Pathfinder comics series, and recently wrote Shadowman #11, among other works!
Samurai Jack #1 – Beguiling Edition will be on sale for the special price of $3.99 at this event.
In Conversation With Jim Rugg
Thursday, November 14th, 4pm-5pm
@ University of Toronto
Mechanical Engineering Building, Room MC102
5 King’s College Road, North of College, East of St. George
Free, open to everyone
Join Professor Andrew Lesk as he converses with Jim Rugg, author of the graphic novel Afrodisiac at The University of Toronto.
Jim Rugg is a comic book artist, illustrator, and designer living in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the co-creator of SUPERMAG, Afrodisiac, Street Angel, The PLAIN Janes, and USApe. His work has appeared from Marvel Comics, DC Comics, New York Magazine, VH1, McSweeney’s, Smirnoff, Converse, and Capcom.
Thursday, December 5th, 7pm-9:30pm
@ The Central, 603 Markham St.
Facebook Event
FREE
“A beautiful, moving graphic novel.” – Wall Street Journal
Join artist and author Julie Maroh for a special evening featuring a discussion of her acclaimed graphic novel Blue is the Warmest Color, adapted into the award-winning feature film released this fall.
Julie Maroh is an author and illustrator originally from northern France. Visit her website at juliemaroh.com
Presented by Arsenal Pulp Press and The Beguiling, in partnership with the Consulate General of France in Toronto.
Wednesday, November 20th, 6pm-9pm
@ The Central, 603 Markham St.
Facebook Event
FREE
The Spectral Engine is the unearthly entity that brings together thirteen historically documented ghost stories to tell a timeless narrative of life, death, and redemption.
The Beguiling and McClelland & Stewart invite you to join critically acclaimed DC Comics writer and graphic novelist Ray Fawkes to launch his newest book.
Wordplay
A free one-day festival celebrating the most interesting uses of writing and words in contemporary games.
Saturday, Nov. 16th from 12-5pm
Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge St. at Bloor
Presented by The Toronto Hand-Eye Society
and Toronto Public Library
What do writerly videogames look like? Come check out our showcase and play 20+ examples. Sometimes they’re mostly text on a screen, like Anna Anthropy’s twisted And the Robot Horse You Rode in On. Sometimes they’re gorgeously illustrated with prose inspired by magical realism and Flannery O’Connor, like Kentucky Route Zero. In Actual Sunlight, you battle depression as an RPG character. In Forumwarz, you can get into a war of words with virtual trolls on the web. In The Yawhg you decide what to do in the brief time before your town meets its doom. In Cart Life you have to remember when to pick up your kid from school after slinging coffee all day.
For full details, visit http://handeyesociety.com/wordplay/.
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– Chris @ The Beguiling
Cameron Stewart signs SIN TITULO
Wednesday, October 23rd, 6pm-8pm
@ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street
FREE
The Beguiling is proud to welcome Cameron Stewart back to Toronto, in support of his graphic novel SIN TITULO.
SIN TITULO is a dark noir crime fable originally serialized online, and now collected into a very handsome hardcover for the first time. Though it has a contemporary setting, we think this off-kilter thriller will appeal to fans of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ FATALE, as well as fans of Cameron’s past work on series like SEAGUY, CATWOMAN, THE OTHER SIDE, and APOCALIPSTIX.
Cameron Stewart called Toronto home until a few years back, when he up and moved to Montreal and eventually to Berlin. We’re thrilled to see him return to North America for this tour, and we hope you’ll come out and pick up a copy of the book!
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McCready Lecture on Canadian Art: Chester Brown
Wednesday November 13
7pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm
Jackman Hall @ AGO
BUY TICKETS
For over two decades, Chester Brown has been one of Canada’s leading cartoonists, known nationally and internationally for such works as Yummy Fur, Ed the Happy Clown, I Never Liked You, and Paying for It. 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of his innovative and highly influential Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography, published to widespread critical acclaim. For this year’s McCready Lecture, Chester Brown will present an illustrated talk. This will compliment the AGO’s presentation in the Canadian galleries of a selection of the original drawings created for Louis Riel and will launch the new anniversary edition of the book, to be published by Drawn & Quarterly, which will be available for signing following the lecture.
Introducing Chester Brown will be Andrew Hunter (Frederik S. Eaton Curator, Canadian Art, AGO) and Seth, the cartoonist behind the series Pallookaville and Clyde Fans as well as such books as Wimbledon Green, George Sprott and The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists. Seth’s comics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics and McSweeneys Quarterly. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the cover of the New Yorker, the Walrus, and Canadian Notes & Queries. He is also Lemony Snicket’s partner for the new Young Readers series, All the Wrong Questions.
This talk is happening in association with: http://www.ago.net/chester-brown-and-louis-riel
* Unclaimed reservations will be released to standby customers ten minutes prior to the start of the program. We recommend that you arrive early.
Chester Brown and Louis Riel
Opens October 12, 2013
@ Max and Madeleine Clarkson Studio and Georgia Ridley Salon
Art Gallery of Ontario
For more than two decades, Chester Brown has been one of Canada’s leading cartoonists. His innovative and influential Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography, which expanded the audience for Canadian cartooning, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2013. A selection of original drawings from the publication is now on view at the AGO. The works feature the Manitoba politician and Métis leader Louis David Riel fleeing from Fort Garry (now Winnipeg), and his subsequent hanging for treason. Brown’s work combines bold imagery, stark compositions and simple texts to convey a complex Canadian tragedy that remains, for many, controversial and unresolved.
Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario.
