Congratulations to Canadian Steve MacIsaac and his comic Shirtlifter, they managed to snag a Xeric Grant! Steve is, I believe, unofficially debuting the second issue ...

Lost in the crazy of one of my previous posts was the note that, in honour of Free Comic Book Day, we put the very ...

Pick up Buffy #3 this week (which is selling amazingly well for us) and flip to about half way through. See, we're seriously happy about these ...

...forgot to mention! Thanks to Greg McElhatton, the LJ feed for this blog is working again. If you want to read me on your LJ ...

We've done 3 or 4 events with Canada's own Svetlana Chmakova at The Beguiling, and she's always been a wonderful and gracious guest. In advance ...

Hey there. I just finished reading Midnighter #7 by Brian K. Vaughan and Darick Robertson, on the advice of my co-worker Kai. It's a really ...

Hey Chris, how you doing? Oh, not bad. A little stressed. Got a lot going on this weekend. Really? Like what? Well, Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, ...

So I really just posted the Scott McCloud notice because I thought having a 2-screen tall Scott McCloud on the site for a few days ...

Hi there folks. These are the comics that are scheduled to ship to The Beguiling Books & Art in Toronto, Canada this week. These books ...

...Scott McCloud is coming to Toronto next week, and we need to be prepared. Find out about this, and other Toronto events at http://www.torontocomics.com. - Christopher

...so I didn't think that little post of mine would have gotten quite as big as it did. My site stats are kind of ridiculous ...

PLEASE INCLUDE IN YOUR EVENT LISTINGS The Varsity – University of Toronto presents SCOTT McCLOUD IN TORONTO Understanding, Reinventing, and Making Comics Sunday, May 6th, 7PM OISE Theatre, 252 Bloor ...

Joseph By Nicolas Robel 64 pages, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, Partial Color $9.95 978-1-897299-31-9   JOSEPH is another fantastical tale from surrealist master Nicholas Robel. A little boy with enormous hands ...

Hi there folks. These are the comics that are scheduled to ship to The Beguiling Books & Art in Toronto, Canada this week. These books ...

Really well, actually! We had a turnout of about 40 people I think? We sold an absolute ton of books too, which was nice. Bryan's talk ...

Not me, of course, but take a trip around the internet lately and you'll find that the poor, put-upon fanboy is being subjected to higher-than-normal ...

Hi there folks. These are the comics that are scheduled to ship to The Beguiling Books & Art in Toronto, Canada this week. These books ...

My friend Rich Stevens (creator of Diesel Sweeties) posted some really sage words of advice over at his LiveJournal this week, about "The How and ...

Oh, oh man. It looks awesome. Two covers, 26 contributors, 32 pages of awesome comics. Look for it at only the very best comic book stores ...

A Conversation with Bryan Talbot In support of his new graphic novel ALICE IN SUNDERLAND Monday, April 16th, 2007, 6PM The Merril Collection (Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 ...

Since my last "Catching Up" post went over so very, very well, I figured it was time for another. Here's what the last 4 days ...

Hi there folks. These are the comics that are scheduled to ship to The Beguiling Books & Art in Toronto, Canada this week. These books ...

Thanks to the heads-up from Matt Fraction in the comments section, we now know that PING PONG the 2002 film adaptation of the Taiyo Matsumoto ...

So it occurs to me that my enthusiasm for Taiyo Matsumoto a few days back may have been met with blank, questioning stares from much ...