And The Soldiers Sang
Friday, November 11th, 2011To commemorate Remembrance Day, I talk to the authors of a new illustrated book about the First World War, And The Soldiers Sang.
Daybreak
Monday, October 17th, 2011In Monday’s National Post I talk to Brian Ralph about his new graphic novel, Daybreak.
Chicken With Plums
Thursday, September 15th, 2011Earlier this week, I sat down with Marjane Satrapi and her co-director Vincent Paronnaud to talk about their new movie, Chicken With Plums, based on Satrapi’s graphic novel of the same name.
Cowboys & Aliens
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011There’s this new movie called Cowboys & Aliens that comes out Friday. You might have heard of it. It stars some guy named Harrison Ford. It was a comic book, first. I talk to its creator in today’s paper.
Infinite Kung Fu
Friday, July 22nd, 2011In Friday’s National Post I talk to Toronto illustrator Kagan McLeod about his debut graphic novel, Infinite Kung Fu.
TCAF; Kyung-sook Shin
Saturday, May 7th, 2011The Toronto Comic Arts Festival takes place this weekend; I preview it in Saturday’s National Post. Also: I sit down with South Korean novelist Kyung-sook Shin to talk about her new book Please Look After Mom.
Chester Brown; Elizabeth Hay
Saturday, April 30th, 2011I have a couple of things in today’s paper: First off, a profile of Chester Brown, whose new graphic memoir, Paying For It, chronicles his life as a john. Also, I sit down with Elizabeth Hay, to talk about her new novel, Alone in the Classroom.
Essex County
Thursday, February 17th, 2011Essex County was the first book voted-off Canada Reads last week; in this week’s Culture Club, I ask our distinguished panel what that means.
H.B. Fenn and Company; Sketchkrieg!
Friday, February 4th, 2011Canada’s largest book distributor, H.B. Fenn and Company, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday. The move caught most everyone in the Canadian publishing industry off-guard. I also spoke to members of the Toronto-based illustration collective Sketchkrieg! about their latest project, Paper Trail.
Chimo
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011I 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.