{"id":2012,"date":"2008-12-11T18:03:51","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T22:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/2008\/12\/11\/toronto-kramers-ergot-7-book-launch-tonight\/"},"modified":"2009-01-01T23:22:23","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T03:22:23","slug":"toronto-kramers-ergot-7-book-launch-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=2012","title":{"rendered":"Toronto: Kramers Ergot 7 Book Launch Tonight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"356\" width=\"560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/\/beguiling_kramers_600px.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"2\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/\/ke7_cover_250.jpg\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">KRAMERS ERGOT 7 TOURS TORONTO <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Presented by The Beguiling Books &#038; Art<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Featuring Shary Boyle, Sammy Harkham<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">, Kevin Huizenga, John Pham, Ron Rege Jr., Souther Salazer, and Seth!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><\/p>\n<p>Thursday December 11th, 2008, 7PM<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">-10PM<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><br \/>\n918 Bathurst Street (Former Buddhist Temple)<br \/>\n1 Block North of Bathurst TTC [<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?q=918+bathurst+st,+toronto,+canada&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;oe=utf-8&#038;client=firefox-a&#038;t=h&#038;z=16&#038;g=918+bathurst+st,+toronto,+canada&#038;iwloc=addr\">Google Map<\/a>] <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/event.php?eid=30811628299\">http:\/\/facebook.com\/event.php?eid=30811628299<\/a><br \/>\nFREE <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Kramers Ergot<\/span> is the name of the groundbreaking comix anthology that has taken up the tradition of Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s RAW MAGAZINE in bringing the most innovative, challenging, and beautiful comics work to the masses\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and volume 7 is the greatest yet! This massive new tome includes brand new comics from some of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s greatest living graphic novelists, and this December several of the contributors will be in Toronto to officially launch the new book!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Kramers Ergot Volume 7<\/span> is sure to top many critics\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Best Comics Of 2008 Lists, thanks to its all-star line-up of contributors including Seth, Chris Ware, Shary Boyle, Andrian Tomine, Dan Clowes, Ivan Brunetti, and Gabrielle Bell to name just a few. But equally as stunning is the book\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presentation: <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Kramers Ergot Volume 7<\/span> is a massive 16 inches by 21 inches in hardcover, with each contributor offering up an original double-page spread of brand new work for the book. <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Kramers Ergot Volume 7<\/span> will make its official debut at this launch event, and will not be available in stores before then. It is sure to be in short supply this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153People are focusing on the enormous size of this book, and with good reason,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Peter Birkemoe of The Beguiling. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But the sheer talent assembled into this volume, from established names and friends of The Beguiling like Seth and Shary Boyle, to relative newcomers including John Pham, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what will have people lining up for this one.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"385\" width=\"560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beguiling.com\/\/ke7_cover_excerpt_600.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/font><br \/>\nThe Kramers Ergot Volume 7 Tour will feature appearances by series Editor and contributor Sammy Harkham, as well as Shary Boyle (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Otherworld Uprising<\/span>), Kevin Huizenga (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Ganges, Curses<\/span>), John Pham (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Sublife<\/span>), Ron Reg\u00c3\u00a9 Jr. (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Skibber Bee Bye<\/span>), Souther Salazar (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Destined for Dizziness<\/span>), and Seth (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Palookaville, Clyde Fans<\/span>) and publisher Alvin Buenaventura. At 7:30PM the contributors will be interviewed on stage by The Beguiling\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Peter Birkemoe, and a signing will follow. Doors open at 7PM.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"map-large-vertical.jpg\" id=\"image2011\" src=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/map-large-vertical.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The event will be held at the beautiful new event space \u00e2\u20ac\u02dc918\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 located at 918 Bathurst. A former Buddhist Temple, the space is a classic A-frame building located just a block north of Bathurst Subway station and 3 blocks from The Beguiling.<font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&#8211; Chris<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KRAMERS ERGOT 7 TOURS TORONTO Presented by The Beguiling Books &#038; Art Featuring Shary Boyle, Sammy Harkham, Kevin Huizenga, John Pham, Ron Rege Jr., Souther Salazer, and Seth! Thursday December 11th, 2008, 7PM-10PM 918 Bathurst Street (Former Buddhist Temple) 1 Block North of Bathurst TTC [Google Map] http:\/\/facebook.com\/event.php?eid=30811628299 FREE Kramers Ergot is the name of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/comics212.net\/?p=2012\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Toronto: Kramers Ergot 7 Book Launch Tonight!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,15,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-the-beguiling","category-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2072,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions\/2072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comics212.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}