Canada’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.
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 chat with Rhode Island cartoonist Chuck Forsman about his Indiana Jones/Popeye mash-up, and report on the winners of the Writers’ Trust Awards.
In Saturday’s National Post, I talk to author Sara Gruen about her new novel, Ape House, and then head to The Piston with UK author Dan Rhodes to talk about what makes a good bar. Also: a short piece on The Horror! The Horror!
In Tuesday’s National Post I sit down with Luke Doucet to talk about his new album Steel City Trawler, a collaboration with renowned cartoonist David Collier.
In Thursday’s National Post: The bite-sized Bard: Eric Kim distills Shakespeare’s plays their barest, two-panel essence.
Over on The Afterword, I’ve posted a short Q&A with humourist David Rees about his new business venture: sharpening pencils by hand.
On the day Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour hits stores, I profile of Bryan Lee O’Malley.