Today, kids, we talk about romanticism. Calm down. No flowers and sonnets. Today we talk about true romantics. Those so passionate about their work and ambitions, that they sacrifice their relationships and well-being. There’s a glorified, endear…

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Mayday: A Graphic History of Protest is the title of a new comic produced by the Graphic History collective. It traces the history of Mayday from its beginning in the late 1800s to its expression in Canada today. Writer Robin Folvik and illustrator Sam…

It has been pointed out to me, on occasion, that I spend many of my blog posts (here and elsewhere) complaining about things that frustrate me and irritate me about comics. This is, to some extent, a fair criticism; I do spend more time talking about the things that I want to stop than the [...]

Listen in from the 2012 LeftWords Festival of Books and Ideas as Sean Carleton, Jeet Heer and Franke James discuss comics and social change with moderator Chris Cavanagh. Sean Carleton is a member of the Graphic History Collective, creators of May…

You would think at this point, people would know better than to draw down in the presence of Rex the motherfucking Wonder Dog. Sadly, however, this is not the case.

Not pictured: Rex operating the rifle with his paws to kill three people with a single…

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Free Comics Day has changed a lot for me since my daughter came into my life. It used to be something I almost casually ignored; after all, I was already shopping at my local comics store. I didn’t need a neat holiday to get me through the doors, and whenever the folks at Mind’s Eye [...]

Saturday morning, the perfect time to grab a cup of coffee and enjoy some cartoons! Can you relate? Childhood is full of pressure these days. Cory Graham is married to his university sweetheart and father of two children; (one bossy little girl and a n…

Okay, so before the nerd hordes charge with their bat’leths held high (or Mjolnir replicas, or whatever), I’m not going to say I didn’t enjoy watching The Avengers. Indeed, I came out of it feeling truly entertained1. On that score, let us be clear: The Avengers is quite successful. I would particularly mention that the [...]

If you’ve always wondered but never been, here’s your introduction to the annual indie comics fest.

Toronto Comic Arts Festival Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street) Saturday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. FREE This weekend, happy nerds will descend on the Toronto Reference Library for the fourth annual Toronto Comic Arts Festival. The free convention takes up residence at the Toronto Reference Library and hopes to give the public [...]

…is this. Not the article. The pictures. It really does seem, based on not just this but all the publicity pictures I’ve seen, that everyone in the Nu52 has only one expression, and it’s “perpetual grimace”. Seriously, you could make an animated gif of nothing but DC characters making inadvertently hilarious facial expression, and it [...]

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For reasons unbeknownst to me, I have not been able to get excited about Avengers Vs. X-Men. I mean, I dig The Phoenix. I like fighting. You’d think I’d be sold, right? But I’m not. At all. But I still read Avengers vs. X-men: VS #1 …

Black Mage: Does Thomas Mulcair have a good shot of winning the next Canadian election? Is it a better/worse shot than any of the other NDP contenders? I would say yes and I don’t know, respectively. I think Mulcair is perhaps better positioned to leech votes from the centre than any other of the NDP [...]

(previously, slightly less previously) supergp: What game would you use to introduce a young kid to boardgames, and at what age? Start them early (and this isn’t just me espousing the hobby, incidentally – any childhood dev expert can tell you that the problem-solving and analytical skills kids can pick up by playing boardgames will [...]

Of course, realistically speaking, this post should really be titled, “Empirical Reasons Why The Silver Age Was More To My Personal Taste”, or perhaps if I wanted to come on strong, “Empirical Reasons Why The Silver Age Catered Better To A Mass Audience”. But this is the Internet, and we have proud traditions here. Stating [...]

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