Literary

With A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting, the trademark dry humor that pervades Guy Delisle's landmark and praised graphic travelogues takes center stage. Quick, light vignettes play on the worries and cares any young parent might have, and offer wry solutions to the petty frustrations of being a dad who works from home.      Readers familiar wi …

Jimmy is a teenager in a crummy little town. He's got a lousy best friend Simon, a porn habit and an uncle whose miserable existence is the embodiment of life stalled in its tracks. He's also got a tender soul, a pure-hearted crush and the makings of a budding artist. A horrible youtube video of Jimmy dancing in his living room becomes viral, court …

The scope, innovation and depth (down to the heart) of bpNichol’s writing makes him one of the most important writers in English of the 20th century. He is widely known for his research into genres as diverse as the lyric, the long poem, sound poetry, concrete poetry, critical theory and now, with the publication of bpNichol Comics, we can even a …

FAITH, TRUST, AND ALIEN ABDUCTIONSBURDEN follows the slow, often wry disintegration of a relationship. Mark and Susan have been together for five years, and, despite Mark's occasional bouts of depression, they have always had a strong bond, prompting envy and jealousy from their friends. A movie rental sets in motion events that test their relation …

From the author of PYONGYANG: A JOURNEY IN NORTH KOREA, SHENZHEN: A TRAVELOGUE FROM CHINA, IS BURMA CHRONICLES, an informative look at a country that uses concealment and isolation as social control. It is drawn with Delisle's minimal line while interspersed with wordless vignettes and moments of his distinctive slapstick humor.

Since publishing his first story in R. Crumb’s Weirdo magazine, David Collier has been known for his thoughtful comic essays, often biographies of endearing eccentrics like himself. With his strong feeling for rustic scenery, Collier has carved a niche drawing homely images of grain elevators and abandoned cabins for publications like The Globe a …