by Kim Jooha Alexis Beauclair and Kim Jooha have talked before. This was part of my interest in bringing them together– For years Alexis has been making some of the most inventive works in comics that both subvert and champion the form. At the same time, Kim is one of comic’s great insightful minds, able […]

by Kim Jooha Melek Zertal is an Algerian-French artist based between Paris and Oakland, California. Zertal’s art combines the best of French and North American independent comics, while distancing from both and making its own. Beautifully illustrated and juxtaposed with their own rhythm, Zertal’s comics talk about things that are unfortunately uncommon in both French […]

Fine Art Comics of Canada: Sixties to SeventiesHeart of London, Snore & More by Robert Dayton Part Two: Scraptures, Snore, and more The Canadian comic book history book Invaders From the North by archivist John Bell writes “However the first comic book of the period, Scraptures, originated not with the underground press, but rather, Toronto’s […]

Fine Art Comics of Canada: Sixties to Seventies Heart of London, Snore & More by Robert Dayton Part One: The Heart Of London There was a time where artists were making vast ripples away from Toronto and other outsized hubs. London, Ontario was such a place, all eyes were on it in the late 60’s […]