For the third year in a row I'll be at the New York Comic Con, April 18-20. Actually, I'll be in New York from the ...

Customer interaction 1 minute ago. [Customer is a full-grown man(child) standing in front of one of the anime cases, jumping up and down. Ostensibly to see ...

I think it's important to point out that in the first issue of PiQ, the magazine calls its readership the following names: nerds, dorks, geeks, ...

Just a quick note that Michel Rabagliati got a very nice interview in The National Post today, in advance of his appearance in Toronto this ...

What's comics about this picture? Give up? It's James Jean, his illustrations bedecking the fabulous organza silk tunic and pant combo, inspiring the colours of ...

The Toronto event with Michel Rabagliati is coming up this weekend (Saturday March 15th at 5pm at the Lillian H. Smith Library). Rabagliati is the ...

This is a fanboy post, but I needed to get it off my chest: Simon Jones on the Icarus Comics blog posted news last week that ...

One of the greatest joys of my job is not hauling each week's shipment of new comics and graphic novels up to the second floor ...

+ Michael Cho just got out of the hospital after a fairly serious bout of illness. Cho is known around town for some great comics, ...

Odd: Going to a website and seeing a picture of yourself you've never seen before. Odder: Googling yourself to find out where that picture came from, ...

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/report-gary-gyg.html - Chris

In September 2007, my husband and I traveled to Japan for two weeks as the fulfillment of a dream of mine to visit the country. ...

At his Journal, Neil Gaiman has posted a letter from a retailer talking about how free downloads hurt independent retailers. The twist in this case? ...

I try not to do "wacky Japanese" posts, but... holy shit. Thanks for the heads-up, Peter. From Japanese retailer Mandarake's auction site. - Chris

The thing about Japan is, it's where I've always wanted to go, and having been there, part of me thinks that it's where I want ...

I got to work 3 hours early this morning, after arriving 4 hours late yesterday. My sleep schedule is a nightmare right now, and my ...

TORONTO, (Feb. 12, 2008) - Luminato, Toronto's Festival of Arts & Creativity, today unveiled its dynamic literary program for the 2008 Festival. Luminato's Curator of ...

Being a gay dude who is at least nominally interested in the bears (not the sports team) I'm pretty-much spoiled for choice when it comes ...

Happy Valentine's Day to those that care to celebrate it. For those who aren't with someone (and wouldn't mind it...) you never know: Cupid could ...

Hey! It's Kazu Kibuishi and Kean Soo! Last week's events as part of Keep Toronto Reading and at The Beguiling went quite well, with a ...

In Conversation with Michel Rabagliati Saturday, March 15th at 5pm Lillian H. Smith Library, 239 College St., Toronto (College just east of Spadina) FREE The Beguiling is happy to announce ...

Oh there's much more I could say But the words keep slipping away And I'm left with one point of view Mister Wonderful, that's you - Peggy Lee, Mister ...

http://www.popimage.com/industrial/071100gerberint.html Edit: http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/steve_gerber_1947_2008/ - Chris

Tokyo Is My Garden By Benoit Peeters and Frederik Boilet, with Jiro Taniguchi $18.99, 152 pages Published by Fanfare/Ponent Mon http://www.ponentmon.com/new_pages/english/princ.html Brigid at Mangablog called me out regarding my appreciation ...

Nakano Broadway Mall is pretty darned cool. Located at Nakano JR Station just a few stops from Shinjuku, Nakano is your typical Japanese mall, except ...