Hey Montreal! It’s the conundrum press end of summer blowout!
Dave Lapp: Children of the Atom
Philippe Girard: Ruts & Gullies
Sat. Aug 28, Monastiraki, 5478 St-Laurent, 5-7 pm.
Signing and live interview hosted by Immediate Productions
Elisabeth Belliveau: don’t get lonely don’t get lost
Alisha Piercy: Auricle / Icebreaker
Fri. Sept. 3, Drawn and Quarterly Bookstore, 211 Bernard W., 7 pm.
Signing, Reading, and Animation screening
Read Kenton Smith’s awesome review of Children of the Atom in Edmonton’s See Magazine.
“Standing entirely on its own, Lapp’s handsome pen-and-ink art is gorgeous to behold: it’s some of the most accomplished strip artwork you’ll find, with a skill, delicacy, and subtlety that compares to the best in the format’s history….Children of the Atom is the truly distinctive creation: it breathes literary quality into what has predominantly been a gag medium. And with its singular vision, it quietly moves and delights.”
That’s right 4! count em 4 nominations for Sully’s The Hipless Boy. Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Anthology or Collection, Promising New Talent, Outstanding Story for Turd Place. OUTSTANDING! Voting takes place at SPX on Sept 11, so vote early and vote often. Is it just me or is it rather funny that the nomination for best story is about taking a dump on someone’s porch!
The gang has been touring out east this past couple of weeks. Alisha Piercy spent the week in Conundrum Towers on a short term residency. Then it was the launch at the Kyber in Halifax in a tag team match with Jeff Miller and Invisible Publishing. Thanks to Tap Root Farms for supplying the veggies and Bookmark for selling the books. It was pretty great to have Alisha’s first review appear in Halifax’s The Coast the night before. Then it was back to The Valley where the signing at the Box of Delights was mellow. Jeff gave an improvised reading on the street. Alisha signed books.The party at Conundrum Towers was out of control. We couldn’t keep back the hoards. The parking became an issue. Corey Frost came all the way from NYC to perform an old classic from The Worthwhile Flux. Corey was the reason I got into publishing in the first place. I saw how he ran ga press with Colin Christie back in the good old days (circa 1993, Montreal) and thought I could do it too. How hard could it be? Now I know. Highlight of the night was the photo op of all the publishers at the party. Check back soon for Montreal launch info!
Alisha reads at the Kyber
Jiff Miller reads from Ghost Pine at the Kyber
Signing at The Box of Delights
Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr Corey Frost!
Publishers from LtoR: Corey Frost, Andy Brown, Robbie MacGregor, Andrew Steeves. Notice the Ghost Pine t-shirt.
Just got back from a fun weekend in Sackville, NB for Sappyfest! Conundrum was there to launch Elisabeth Belliveau’s new book and DVD which was screened at the Vogue Theatre, and to launch Alisha Piercy’s Auricle / Icebreaker at the zine fair. Huge success all around. Zine fair was in a better ventilated space in the Legion and there was more room to move. Elisabeth sold tons of her silkscreened posters along with her books. Alisha stood on a chair in her flowing dress to give her reading. Lots of bands, lots of alt rock. Highlights were the Friday night roller derby, Fillet o’fish, Daniel, Fred and Julie in the church, the surprise Sloan concert on the Main stage, and meeting up at Mel’s to send off the New Canadian Pilgrimagers. Thanks to Lesley Johnson for once again being the hostess with the mostest. Thanks also to Sara for organizing the zine fair. And especially thanks to all the organizers of Sappyfest: Jon, Paul, Strutts, Julie, the town of Sackville, the list goes on… It was my third year and the festival just keeps getting bigger and bigger. Next week the East Coast tour comes to Halifax and Wolfville!
Alisha Piercy and our host Lesley Johnson
Andy also wears a hat.
Beautiful Sackville, NB
Elisabeth, Josh, and Alisha check out Ghost Pine
The Sappy mascot in church for a packed show...
Selling the books at the zine fair in the Legion...
Alisha reads while standing on a chair at the zine fair.
