Chris Ware: The Acme Novelty Library #20
Posted Thursday, October 28, 2010
The ACME Novelty Library Number 20 is now on sale at The Beguiling!
This volume, titled "Lint", is a further chapter in Chris Ware's ongoing graphic novel experiment "Rusty Brown."
Here's the official book description:
"Jordan Wellington Lint, 51, is Chief Executive Officer of Lint Financial Products, a company he began serving in 1985 as assistant and advisor before working his way up its corporate ladder to record-setting innovation in the fields of finance and high-yield investment. In his seven years as the head of Lint, Jordan has grown the company from a business lender and real estate speculator to a leading provider of network financial infrastructure services, all the while positioning Lint as a model of corporate integrity and high-yield, low-risk product. Lint's vision has made him one of the most influential and widely sought-after leaders in the complex Omaha securities industry, and his fresh approach to an understanding of local problems, leadership and determination have enabled Lint to grow, outdistance and outpace its competitors."
"Lint graduated from UNL in 1981 with a BA in Business and briefly studied music and recording in Los Angeles before returning to his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, where he has continued his life journey ever since. In his ongoing role as Chief Executive Officer and his dual roles as public servant and father, Lint continues to put his creative leadership and vision to work in a variety of challenging settings. He is married and is the father of two boys." - Drawn & Quarterly
The Acme Novelty Library 20 is the story of everything about Mr. Lint that isn't in that description. Which is pretty much everything.
Hardcover, 9.25 x 7 inches, color, 72 pages - Parrish
Win Guaranteed Passes to the Nov 5 Scott Pilgrim Screening!
Posted Monday, October 25, 2010
To celebrate the DVD and Blu-Ray Release of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World there will be free screening of the movie at the Bloor Cinema. It's Friday Nov 5th at 7pm and will feature a Q&A with Edgar Wright, Ellen Wong, & Bryan Lee O'Malley!
You want to see this great movie again and maybe ask some insightful questions about it but that lineup is going to be INSANE. So, does The Beguiling have a way for you to get a guaranteed double pass for you and a friend? Yes we do.
All you need to do is send an e-mail with your name, daytime telephone number, and SCOTT PILGRIM SPECIAL SCREENING NOV 5 in the subject line to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Monday, November 1st at 11:55pm. Winners will be drawn and contacted on November 2nd.
Oh, and you have to be a member of our mailing list to win. If you're not already on it then check out the signup box in the top right corner of this page.
RULES & REGULATIONS: 1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and "SCOTT PILGRIM SPECIAL SCREENING NOV 5", and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com. 2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling's mailing list. Signup on the front page of beguiling.com. 3. Entries must be received before Monday, November 1st at 11:55pm. 4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win. 5. One entry per phone number. 6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, etc.
CONTEST: Win an Aya Takano / Shu Uemura Make-up Gift Set!!!
Posted Thursday, October 21, 2010
Please note: The original closing date for this contest has been extended to October 25th.
Win an Aya Takano / Shu Uemura Make-up Gift Set
I know, I know, it’s a little weird but it’s also a little AWESOME. About once a year it seems that some savvy cosmetics producer teams up with an utterly amazing illustrator to do some very cool, collectable material. Well the latest collaboration is international cosmetics giants Shu Uemura teaming up with renown illustrator Aya Takano for a limited edition collection of branded/illustrated cosmetics—and we have one of the rare and somewhat expensive sets to give away!
You might remember Aya Takano from the several postcard sets of her work that have been produced, and her art is a major part of the ‘superflat’ movement championed by Takeshi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara. The art is pretty great is what I’m saying.
Well you can win this amazing gift-set of the co-branded makeup, which includes:
- Shopping Bag
- Branded Padded Purse/Carrying Bag
- “Bowwow!” Magic Queen Pallette (eye shadow)
- Skin Purifier
- Lip duo tint & gloss
- “Dream Coaster” false eyelashes
- Blush Tint
- Paint Crayon
- Kind of a cool press kit-thing
It’s like $300 worth of stuff, it’s a little insane. But also awesome? Also Christmas is coming up?
For a chance to win, send an e-mail with your name, daytime telephone number, and BEGUILING AYA TAKANO in the subject line to beguilingcontests@gmail.com before Monday, October 25th at 12pm (noon). Winners will be drawn and contacted on October 26th, and their first name will be announced on this website.
RULES & REGULATIONS:
1. Subject line MUST contain entrant’s name, phone number, and "BEGUILING AYA TAKANO", and must be sent to beguilingcontests@gmail.com.
2. Entries must be made from an e-mail address subscribed to The Beguiling's mailing list. Signup on the front page of http://beguiling.com.
3. Entries must be received before Monday, October 25th 2010 at 12pm (noon)
4. Employees and family members of The Beguiling are not eligible to win.
5. One entry per household/phone number.
6. No purchase necessary, void where prohibited, etc.
New Books Today From: Charles Burns, Lynda Barry, Sam Hiti, & Alan Moore
Charles Burns, acclaimed author of Black Hole, will be in Toronto this weekend for the International Festival of Authors and his new book X'ed Out has arrived just in time.
Picture This the newest work by Lynda Barry also arrived this morning. Her previous book What It Is was both wonderful and fantasticly popular here at The Beguiling and she will also a guest at the IFOA next weekend.
We also have Samuel Hiti's insane new war book Death-Day in regular, sketched, and super fancy sketched versions and we're offering a limited deal on it together with any of his previous works.
Finally, the 5th issue of Alan Moore's magazine oddity Dodgem Logic is now in stock featuring more comics, photography, fiction, non-fiction, and pull-out section! We also have all previous issues back in stock.
Canzine This Sunday
Posted Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The leaves are changing and that means zine fair time again in Toronto.
The Beguiling will not have tables this year but if you want to check out some new mini comics, especially if you want to check them out with their authors right there staring at you, you should head down to Canzine this Sunday afternoon.
It's always serious fun and you can find out all the details at the Canzine website
Sunday October 24, 2010. 1pm - 7pm. The Great Hall, 1087 Queen St. West (West of Ossington) $5 admission + free copy of the Fall issue of Broken Pencil Magazine
Shipping October 20th, 2010
Posted Monday, October 18, 2010
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, October 20th, 2010. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price.
2 weeks back, all of our copies of BATMAN: HIDDEN TREASURES by Bernie Wrightson, Kevin Nowlan, Ron Marz and Len Wein had severe printing damage to interior page(s). We are receiving replacement copies this week that _should_ be fixed. If your purchased copy has this printing damage, please bring it in and we will exchange it for you.
Lynd Ward: Six Novels In Woodcuts - Box Set Now In Stock
Just a quick note to say that the much-anticipated Lynd Ward box set containing six of his woodcut novels has just arrived at the store. It is, as hoped, a gorgeous reproduction of these works. First floor.
UPDATE: Brian Chippendale & C.F. Double Book Launch & Talk December 2nd
Brian Chippendale & C.F. in Toronto In support of their new works If'N'Oof and Powr Mastrs v3 Thursday, December 2nd, 6:30pm-7:30pm @ RESISTOR GALLERY, 284 College Street, Second Floor, Near Spadina FREE http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108007345929552
Event sponsored by PictureBox Inc. and The Beguiling, with special thanks to Resistor Gallery, Tin Can Forest, and Steve Wilson.
UPDATE: The Beguiling is proud to welcome Brian Chippendale (NINJA, MAGGOTS) and C.F. (POWR MASTRS) to Toronto, on tour in support their brand-new books! Chippendale is presenting the new graphic novel IF 'N' OOF, and C.F. will have the third highly-anticipated volume of the POWR MASTRS series! The duo will each give a presentation in support of their new works, and a signing session will follow.
This event will now take place at RESISTOR GALLERY, at 284 College near Spadina, 2nd floor, from 6:30pm-7:30pm. Both books will be available at the event, and copies of work by both artists are currently available at The Beguiling.
It will be followed in the same space by the gallery opening for KRAMPUSNACHT, an amazing art-show of Krampus-themed work by top Canadian illustrators, comics creators, and artists, and curated by Tin Can Forest and Steve Wilson. This is a completely separate event however, and we strongly encourage guests to RSVP for that event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161517740552315.
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ABOUT IF 'N' OOF:
Three years in the making, If ‘n Oof is Brian Chippendale’s most ambitious, yet accessible, work to date. If 'n' Oof focuses on the misadventures of the mismatched eponymous duo Chippendale's very own Laurel and Hardy. Chippendale allows the two to explore his landscapes and alien beings. Comedy, horror, and out-and-out adventure in a story-driven, manga-style adventure, replete with the frenetic linework and concise, witty dialogue for which he has become known.
Brian Chippendale, who also performs in Lightning Bolt and Black Pus lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island. His previous graphic novels include Maggots (2007) and Ninja (2006).
IF 'N' OOF
800 Pages, SC, US$30
Published by PictureBox Inc.
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ABOUT POWR MASTRS 3:
This latest installment continues C.F.'s Dune-like science fiction/fantasy epic featuring a misguided scientist and the race of beings he has created, who inhabit a surreal world called New China. The narrative follows the ever-shifting power relations of these mystical warriors who transform their physical and psychological identities each time the tide of power turns.
Powr Mastrs Vol. 2 hit over a dozen "top-ten graphic novels of 2008" lists, both volumes 1 and 2 have been described by Vice Magazine as "dark doors into the stunningly fantastic," and The Village Voice has noted that "the homemade arcane dominates in C.F.'s sexy danger world." This third installment is no exception: it overflows with graphic innovation, from the intricately designed costumes each character wears to the exactingly drawn architectural detail, all rendered in C.F.'s distinctive pencil line. In this volume, C.F. firmly takes the reins both as a visual and comics artist, making a book as essential to the practice of drawing as to the graphic novel.
C.F., a contributor to Kramers Ergot, among other books, also performs under the monikers Kites and Daily Life. He lives in Providence, RI.
POWR MASTRS V3
112 Pages, SC, US$18
Published by PictureBox Inc.
Kill Shakespeare – Book Talk and Signing With creators Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010 - 6:00pm-8:00pm Book Talk: 6:00pm at The Central, 603 Markham St (next to The Beguiling) Book Signing: 7:00pm at The Beguiling, 601 Markham St Free to attend
The Canadian creative team behind the comic book sensation
Kill Shakespeare are coming to do a book talk and signing at The Beguiling! We’d love to see you there…
Kill Shakespeare is a dark take on the Bard that pits his greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, Falstaff) against his most menacing villains (Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) in an epic adventure to find and kill a reclusive wizard named William Shakespeare. Previously only available as single-issues, Kill Shakespeare has been collected in a trade paperback edition, to be released this November. Come and visit The Beguiling to meet the authors and artist in an informative book-talk, and then purchase a signed copy of the first graphic novel!
The book talk will take place from 6pm-7pm at The Central, 603 Markham Street, next door to The Beguiling. Following the talk, the creators will head over to The Beguiling to sign copies from 7pm-8pm.
Shipping October 13th, 2010
Posted Wednesday, October 13, 2010
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices not listed, see in-store for details.
Speakeasy 2010 Comics Show: Call For Submissions
Posted Tuesday, October 12, 2010
SPEAKEASY COMICS SHOW - Call For Submissions
Hey folks! The "SPEAKEASY" is a monthly get-together at the Gladstone Hotel showcasing Toronto's creative community (it has nothing at all to do with the former publisher "Speakeasy Comics," I should note). Each get-together is also a themed art-show, and past shows have included illustration, fine arts, crafts, and more. We've been involved with the Speakeasy Comics Show that happens every fall for the past 5 years or so, and this year's is looking solid too.
If you're a comics creator in the Toronto area looking to participate in this year's Speakeasy Comics Show, read-on and contact the organizers IMMEDIATELY!
Cheers,
- Chris @ The Beguiling
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
We are still accepting submissions for our Fall 2010 SpeakEasy Shows. Don’t miss this opportunity to show off your work to Toronto’s creative community. SpeakEasy is a unique opportunity to display your work to an educated audience, meet artists and other creative professionals, and receive valuable feedback from your peers. Send us your submissions today.
SpeakEasy’s Comic Book Show
Show Date: Thursday November 4th, 2010
Participation Fee*: $20.00*
*Participation Fees are only paid if your work is selected to be part of the show.
Interested in showing your work?
Submitting work for consideration is easy. Show us what you got, and what you want to do.
Email us samples of your work (max. 5 low resolution JPGs), along with a short bio and a description of the work you will be presenting. Do not send originals, Web links and PDFs WILL NOT be accepted.
Please include the following with your submission:
Your Name (and company name if you have one)
Contact Information (Phone, Cell, email)
Website (If you have one)
Email submissions to:
David Brown,
david@blttogo.com
First Thursday of the Month, 7pm-11pm
The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen West, Second Floor Lobby
Pay What you can at the door.
Want to attend a show?
SpeakEasy has an open door policy: students, creative pros, curious onlookers, everyone is welcome.
CARTOONIST MARC-ANTOINE MATHIEU The French comics genius, In Conversation Monday, October 18th, 2010, 6:30PM-9PM @ L’Alliance Francaise, 24 Spadina Road (north of Bloor) FREE TO ATTEND Presented by The Beguiling, The French Consulate, and L’Alliance Française
The Beguiling, Canada’s finest purveyor of comics and graphic novels, is proud to team with L’Alliance Francaise de Toronto to welcome cartooning genius Marc-Antoine Mathieu to Toronto. Mathieu is a much-celebrated and award-winning writer-artist who has given speeches and presentations around the world, at diverse locations including comics festivals, galleries, and even CERN, the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, located in Geneva, Switzerland. The complexity and the often elliptical structure of his work has led some to call him “The M.C. Escher of comics,” and the author will be in Toronto as part of a larger cultural exchange and speaking tour sponsored by the French Consulate, with support from l’Alliance Français de Toronto.
While Marc-Antoine Mathieu’s work available in English-language translation numbers just 2 graphic novels, they are influential and very well-regarded by those in the know… Mathieu’s Dead Memory is an evocative treatise on modern life—the literal and metaphorical walls that we put up to define ourselves and society, told in a dizzying and claustrophobic style. Mathieu’s most recent work in English is The Museum Vaults, a collaboration with the Louvre Museum (yes, that Louvre) that is no less a mediation on the nature of art and life itself. The Museum Vaults is a tour-de-force graphic novel, full of humour and wit, pointed observation and beautifully illustrated too. It’s a work that has drawn rave reviews, with Publishers Weekly calling it “A Kafkaesque catalogue of paradoxes,” and Booklist describing it as "Very droll, highly delightful."
“He’s a brilliant comics creator and storyteller,” enthuses Peter Birkemoe of The Beguiling, who will be hosting the event. “He’s one of the strongest and most inventive comics formalists. Nearly every book pushes not only at the boundaries of the comics medium but also the form of the book itself. It’s a true shame that more of his work is not available in English, but his ideas are so unique and thoroughly communicated in all of his work that I feel even his French-language graphic novels hold significant appeal for Anglophones.” Birkemoe added, “This is an event not to be missed.”
Mathieu will be interviewed on stage by The Beguiling’s Peter Birkemoe in French with simultaneous English translation. A moderated Q&A and signing/dédicace session will follow. A selection of French and English-language graphic novels by Marc-Antoine Mathieu are currently available at The Beguiling, and will be available for sale at the event.
ABOUT MARC-ANTOINE MATHIEU Marc-Antoine Mathieu was born close to Paris and raised in Angers. He made his comic debut in 1987, when French-publisher Futuropolis published his first album, Paris-Macon, which he had created with his brother Jean-Luc. During the 1990s he created his most popular series of albums, all featureing the character ‘Julius Corentin Acquefacques’, notable for their Kafkaesque style. He has since published various graphic albums for both L’Association and Delcourt in France, and Dark Horse Comics and NBM Books in English.
ABOUT THE BEGUILING Founded in 1987, The Beguiling has set a new standard in Canada for comics and graphic novel retail. Showcasing the largest selection of alternative, underground and avant-garde graphic story telling in the country, The Beguiling has a worldwide reputation for excellence. For more information please visit them online at http://beguiling.com/.
MEDIA QUERIES: For more information about this event or to conduct an interview with Mr. Mathieu, please contact Christopher Butcher, Manager of The Beguiling, 416-533-9168, or via e-mail at chris@beguiling.com. Mr. Mathieu is currently only giving interviews in French.
Kalinga Tattoo - Black & Grey Tattoo
Posted Thursday, October 07, 2010
Kalinga Tattoo: Ancient and Modern Expressions of the Tribal International photographers, fifty Kalinga elders, tattoo anthropologist Dr. Lars Krutak, and Whang-Od, the last Kalinga tattoo artist illuminate the story of a vanishing thousand year old art form. Over four hundred pages including 334 full color photographs wrapped in a gold embossed hardcovers.
...and as if that weren't enough
Black & Grey Tattoo 1-3 Its one thousand plus pages weighing in at 10kg (22 lbs) this may well be the largest tattoo book ever published. Three large-format hardcover volumes inside a solid slipcase explore the origins and history of monochrome body art from the prisons and streets of LA to Hollywood, heavy metal, Budapest, and Beijing.
I think it would fair to call all these books monumental in that they are large, weighty, and very very impressive.
We have an extremely limited number of these so if you're interested be sure to drop by soon!
Shipping October 6th, 2010
Posted Wednesday, October 06, 2010
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, October 6th, 2010. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices should be accurate, but in any dispute between listed prices and in-store prices, we will defer to the in-store, stickered price.
The Beguiling Recommends:
There's a ton of amazing books out this week! Don't miss any of the following:
AUG100301 Richard Starks Parker The Outfit HC 24.99
- The second book of Darwyn Cooke's adaptations of the pulp-noir books by Richard Stark!
AUG100034 Metalocalypse Dethklok #1 (of 3) Eric Powell Cvr 3.99
- Dethklok extend their master of earth to comics.
AUG100364 Strange Science Fantasy #4 3.99
- A fun, enjoyable series of one-shots and new ideas from Scott Morse
JUL100359 Blondie HC Vol 01 49.99
- I don't personally understand the attraction, but this has been eagerly anticipated.
JUN100044 BtVS Season 8 TP Vol 07 Twilight 16.99
- Who is TWILIGHT!? I'm going to be honest, early on I thought it was Whedon attacking the Twilight books, as a metaphor for vampire slaying. Shows what I know.
JUN100028 De Tales HC 19.99
- The out of print modern classic from Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, now back in print in a swanky hardcover edition.
APR100274 Fables Covers By James Jean HC New Ptg 49.99
- Finally!
AUG100915 Fish N Chips TP Vol 01 12.95
- This is a new all-ages graphic novel by Steve Hamaker, the colourist of the Bone graphic novels! Looks like a lot of fun.
AUG101046 Fluorescent Black GN 24.95
- Eagerly anticipated original graphic novel! Sort of, I guess it was serialized in Heavy metal?
JUL101089 Hopeless Savages Greatest Hits TP Vol 01 19.99
- Collecting all of the Hopeless Savages material printed to date!
JUN100987 Nipper TP Vol 01 1963-1964 16.95
JUN100988 Palooka Ville HC Vol 20 19.95
- These have been in stock for a few weeks now, but they're getting released through Diamond this week.
JUN100209 Starman Omnibus HC Vol 05 49.99
- Some of the better superhero material in print.
JUL100512 Stephen Kings N Prem HC 24.99
- Comics!
AUG100384 Walking Dead Covers HC Vol 01 24.99
- Reprinting all of the covers and bonus material, with commentary.
JUN101148 7 Billion Needles GN Vol 01 10.95
- A very cool new sci-fi manga series. I've read about half of this and it's really neat, sorta like "Parasyte". Nice art too.
Brecht Evens' The Wrong Place
Posted Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Accomplished Belgian illustrator and musician Brecht Evens' first English graphic novel The Wrong Place has just arrived from Drawn and Quarterly.
You can take a look at some of the gorgeously expressive watercolors from the book on his website: Brechtnieuws.
Also, you can pick up a copy right now on either floor of The Beguiling!
"Wrong Place revolves around oft-absent Robbie, a charismatic lothario of mysterious celebrity who has the run of a city as chaotic as it is resplendent. Robbie's sexual energy captivates the attention of men and women alike; his literal and figurative brightness is a startling foil to the dreariness of his childhood friend, Francis ... Wrong Place contrasts life as it is, angst-ridden and awkward, with life as it can be: spontaneous, uninhibited, and free." - D&Q
