Category Archives: Quarter-Life Crisis

Talking Dead Kids and Dance Movies at My Summer Lair

The other week, I had the pleasure of meeting with my old friend Sammy Younan, a friend from my days when I tabled frequently at Toronto comic conventions. He’s got an interview radio show named My Summer Lair on Girth Radio, during which we discussed comic books, my Dead Kid Detective Agency book series, and [...]

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The Great Drakes in the new issue of The Pitiful Human-Lizard

Good friend Jason Loo has been outshining me for years in the world of comics. He’s an extremely talented comics artist, a nice fellow, and most importantly – probably the hardest working comics guy I know. Years ago, he, myself, and about a half-dozen other Toronto illustrators were part of a comics collective called SketchKrieg! [...]

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March 14 | Young Voices Comic Workshop at the North York Central Library

It’s an embarrassment of riches (or poverties, depending what you think of me) this March when it comes to chances to see me blab on about stuff! On Friday, March 14, as part of March Break activities at the Toronto Public Library, I’ll be leading a one-hour comic workshop for the Young Voices program at [...]

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March 12 | Pivot Reading Series with Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer and Robert Priest

Literally a day after I return from the Northwest Territories, I’ll be reading at one of Toronto’s best regular reading series – The Pivot Reading Series! I’m sharing the stage with fellow authors Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer (All the Broken Things) and Robert Priest (Previously Feared Darkness) at The Press Club (850 Dundas Street West). Come by, [...]

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