Comics
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Review: Works by Mario Doucette
Works by Mario Doucette Anna Leonowens Gallery 1891 Granville Street To Oct 7 If history is a set of lies agreed upon, as Napoleon Bonaparte once said, then artists have long been complicit in those lies. Acadian artist Mario Doucette paraphrases this quote in his artist statement: “History is a lie that no one ever […]
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Remembering Darwyn Cooke
Darwyn Cooke Days November 17-19 Strange Adventures, 5110 Prince Street Sometimes we’re in the company of a legend and most of us don’t even know it. So it was with comic artist, writer and designer Darwyn Cooke. His career started in his hometown of Toronto, working as an art director in magazines before moving into […]
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Jason Eisener will battle some New York City Outlaws
Five years after Hobo With A Shotgun blew us away, Dartmouth’s Jason Eisener is gearing up to deliver the New York City Outlaws to the big screen. Entertainment Weekly reports that Eisener will be directing the feature-length adaptation of the little-known ’80s comic book by Robert Hussar and Ken Landgraf. The five-issue series follows a […]
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Top 10 comics released in 2015
Astro City (Vertigo) Writer/creator Kurt Busiek has been scripting his masterpiece anthology series for two decades, and if you’ve never read it then you’ve been missing out on one of the best comic books of all time. I’ll say that again: of all time. Astro City explores every corner of its titular city and the […]
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Photos: 2015 Hal-Con Sci-Fi Convention
Today is the second day of Hal-Con Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Comic Convention at the Scotiabank and World Trade and Convention Centres and this year, Hal-Con is bigger and better than ever: the trade-show is located in the Scotiabank, there are gaming, pinball and arcade stations, there are panels and contests and tournaments and, of course, celebrity […]
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Versus union
Without conflict, there would be no stories worth telling. The Dart Gallery seeks to tell popular stories of conflict in fresh, contemporary ways with VERSUS, the downtown Dartmouth gallery’s latest group exhibition. VERSUS was initially dreamed up by Pierre Tabbiner and Dartmouth Clothing Company’s Eric Miller as a means to examine the relationships between classic […]
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DCAF is brewing
Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival Sunday, August 16, 11am-5pm Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney Street free Lacking the ticket price and Hollywood trappings of bigger conventions, this weekend’s Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival has both free admission and an emphasis on the east coast. “I wanted a show that focused on comics and the people who made them,” […]
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Holy comics reading, Halifax!
“Comics are the world’s most democratic art form,” says cartoonist Jonathan Rotsztain. “They are truly one of the best ways to communicate.” On Tuesday at The Khyber, Rotsztain presents Holy Comics Reading, Halifax!, an evening of cartoonists and writers sharing their creations one doodle at a time. A zine-maker since 2008, Rotsztain has been a […]
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Quantum Frontier’s leap across the street
Robie Street’s source for adventures, comic book and otherwise, Quantum Frontier (3087 Robie Street) is moving an incredibly short distance in the name of a larger space. After one last Saturday in its current location (that’s this Saturday, August 16) Quantum will set up shop across the street at 3132 Robie Street, with hopes to […]
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Cape and Cowl crusader
If you’re a nerd in Halifax, you’ve probably heard of Jay Aaron Roy. He’s the director of popular podcast and live comedy show Geeks versus Nerds. If you thought he couldn’t get any nerdier, think again: now he’s opening a comic book store. The shop, called Cape and Cowl, is slated to open this summer […]
