I last interviewed David Collier in August, when he drew the liner notes for Luke Doucet’s Steel City Trawler. This time, I spoke to Collier about his own project, Chimo, a graphic memoir that chronicles his second tour-of-duty in the Canadian Forces.
You don’t have to be a regular reader of MAD magazine to recognize the work of Sergio Aragonés: he’s contributed more cartoons and comics to the satirical magazine than just about any other artist in the world. His work is collected in a new book, Sergio Aragonés: Five Decades of His Finest Work, and I recently spoke to him about it.
In Friday’s National Post I chat with Charles Burns about his new graphic novel, X’ed Out.
In Wednesday’s National Post, I report on the winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards, and talk with Douglas & McIntyre art director Peter Cocking about his cover design for The Sentimentalists.
Gaspereau Press and Douglas & McIntyre have reached a deal, which means copies of Johanna Skibsrud’s Giller Prize-winning novel The Sentimentalists will be in stores by next week. I also preview the Governor General’s Literary Awards.
A ton of things in Saturday’s National Post: I take a look at the conflict of interest question arising from this year’s Giller Prize; talk to Claudie Dey about her sex guide How To Be A Bush Pilot; visit George A. Walker’s studio to discuss his new wordless novel, Book of Hours; and check into the Royal York for a chat with author (and hotel resident) Christopher Heard.
In today’s National Post, I sit down with Giller Prize finalist Sarah Selecky to talk about This Cake Is for the Party, and chat with Leanne Shapton about The Native Trees of Canada.
In Wednesday’s National Post, I chat with Rhode Island cartoonist Chuck Forsman about his Indiana Jones/Popeye mash-up, and report on the winners of the Writers’ Trust Awards.
A handful of things in today’s paper, including: a profile of Sheila Heti; where can you buy books by Mario Vargas Llosa, recent winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature; a look at Canadian Railroad Trilogy, a new illustrated book based on the classic song by Gordon Lightfoot; and, in honour of Thanksgiving, what in Toronto are we thankful for.
Just a short story in Tuesday’s paper about Sanaugavut, an exhibition of Inuit art about to open in New Delhi.