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 was mostly drawn from Alice in Sunderland, meant to be heard by an audience who hadn’t yet read the book. Despite having already read it, I enjoyed it, and the book too. Afterwards Bryan was quite gracious and signed book after book for all who’d attended, though I don’t think he was sketching…? You can check out a further review of the event by Bob from the Four Realities Blog, as it looks like he had a good time as well.
Also of note, while Mr. Talbot was in town he gave an interview to SPACE (Canada’s answer to the Sci-Fi network, for those of you not in the know). SPACE head honcho Mark Askwith wrote to let me know that the interview is now online! Head over to http://www.spacecast.com/hypaspace.aspx and just look for Bryan Talbot’s name in the right-hand column.
What’s an event-report without pictures? Thanks to customer Andrew Specht for taking these for us.
Space’s Mark Askwith chats with Bryan Talbot during the short interview session that followed the lecture.
Me thanking Mr. Talbot, and announcing The Beguiling’s plans for Free Comic Book Day and our Scott McCloud event.
A small part of the line of folks waiting for Mr. Talbot’s signature.
Bryan Talbot chats with a couple of his fans.
Lorna Toolis from The Merill Collection, Bryan Talbot, and The Beguiling’s owner Peter Birkemoe.
Thanks to The Merill Collection at The Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library for hosting the event, and to Bryan and Mary Talbot for being wonderful guests.
– Christopher
(Photos Copyright 2007, Andrew Specht)
Another great Beguiling sponsored event. Bryan Talbot was refreshing as a speaker and gave real insight into his creative process for Alice in Sunderland. Standing room only was the order of the night and the Merrill Collections was a wonderful venue. A really good time.