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Cinema Sewer # 25 launch

Cinema Sewer # 25 launch on Feb 24 Issue number 25 of Robin Bougie‘s long-running comic/magazine Cinema Sewer is out this month. On Feb 24, Pulp Fiction Books on Main will host the launch party of the latest issue of.

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Vancouver artists come to Ghost Rider creator’s aid

Plus: Emily Carroll gets naughty; Kate Beaton defends comic shops; and more. read more

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Garfunkel and Oates at the Vancouver ComedyFest

Plus: win two tickets to the opening night gala Feb 16! read more

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Preview – Camilla d’Errico statue unveiled

The Vancouver artist’s No Ordinary Love painting inspires a limited edition figurine. read more

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Sweet Tooth: Endangered Species review

The fourth collection of Jeff Lemire’s post-apocalyptic road story comic. read more

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Which webcomics should follow Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant?

Eric Buckler looks at three webcomics that deserve collections of their own. read more

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Comics we’re looking forward to in 2012

Alan Moore explores 2009! Watchmen babies! More great reprints, and Y the Last Man’s Brian K Vaughn tackles Conan. read more

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Comics – the year’s best

Selected by Vancouver comics artists, illustrators and retailers. read more

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Henry and Glenn Forever – the Rollins/Danzig comic

Plus: Camilla d’Errico, Jim Henson and more in our Weekly Comics News Update. read more

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In Jason Reitman's Young Adult, Charlize Theron ably demonstrates that the Oscar she won for playing a believably loathsome serial killer in Monster had little to do with prosthetics and make-up. She's just really good at playing really mean.

Charlize Theron makes a great mean girl

Rachel Fox reviews the new movie Young Adult, written by Diablo Cody and starring Charlize Theron. read more

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The triumph of Canadian rock

Erin Hanson reviews the Canadian rock history Have Not Been the Same. read more

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Milo Manara art inspired by Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita

Langley film director’s Manara encounter

Plus: Alan Moore vs. Frank Miller, Harvey Pekar, Emily Carroll, and a big reason to visit your neighbourhood comic shop this week. read more

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Pia Guerra’s Vancouver comics workshop

And more in our weekly comics news round-up. read more

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Vancouver artist Steve Rolston on Occupy Comics

And more in our weekly comics news & reviews round-up. read more

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Cover art by Jack Kirby for New Gods #1 (DC Comics).

1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die – book review

A new book celebrates the great diversity of comic books, graphic novels and daily strips from around the world. read more

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Kurt Cobain with Nirvana in Vancouver, BC. Charles Peterson photo.

Everybody Loves Our Town – Mark Yarm

The author of a new oral history of grunge on Courtney Love, the sad end of Layne Staley and how Candlebox never got a fair shake. read more

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All Hallow’s Read – spooky Halloween comics

Daybreak and Green River Killer, as well a new Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror and Alan Moore, comic make our list of great Halloween comics reads. read more

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Kate Beaton at the Vancouver International Writers Festival

The Hark! A Vagrant cartoonist in conversation with Bill Richardson at the 2011 Vancouver International Writers Festival. read more

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The Magician King – Lev Grossman interview

Author Lev Grossman on the return of plot, Alan Moore’s groundbreaking Miracle Man and why we need Stephanie Meyer. read more

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Cinema Sewer book launch

Robin Bougie launches the third in his series of books about the good, the bad and the sleazy in movies. read more

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MetaMaus, Camilla d’Errico, Kate Beaton and more – comics news digest

Ryan Ingram on the latest in comics news. read more

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Pure Pajamas – a collection of comics by Marc Bell

A new collection of strips from Canadian cartoonist, and creator of Shrimpy and Paul. read more

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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil’s Christie Laing

The Vancouver actress on her role in the new movie Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. read more

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Indie comics news digest – Seth, Satrapi, Beaton and more

What’s new in indie comics this week, by Eric Buckler. read more

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Five new comics you need to read

Plus: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, SVK, Wolves and more. read more

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Indie comics news – Golgo 13, Spandexless and Dylan Williams (RIP)

This week’s news – Dylan Williams RIP. Plus: Criminal Records closes, Spandexless launches, more. read more

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David Lester’s The Listener graphic novel

The Mecca Normal guitarist showcases his graphic novel at Word On the Street. read more

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Vancouver literary events at a glance

Scotiabank Giller Prize nominees long list released, the troubles with publishing, D&M turns 40 and resistance fighter/author Carmen Aguirre. read more

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Indie comics news digest: indie cartoonists going mainstream

Plus: BPRD after the fall of Hellboy, Little Island Comics and the last installment of the Mome series. read more

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Just who is Holden Catfield?

Plus: the return of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Small Press Expo goes legit and more from our weekly comics correspondent Eric Buckler. read more

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Hotties of the 2011 Vancouver Writers Festival

An earthquake in Victoria, Byron and Shelley in a comic strip, Baby Boomers and magicians – some of the subject matter from our picks for this year’s Vancouver writers festival. read more

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Grant Morrison and Deepak Chopra panel at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con

The comics writer and spiritual leader discuss superheroes in the modern age. read more

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Fight Club author on ‘Damned’ tour

The Fight Club author stops in Vancouver as part of his Damned tour. read more

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Walt Kelly’s Pogo goes to print

Pogo, one of the greatest comic strips ever printed, is on its way to bookshelves. read more

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Michael Moore in Vancouver

The filmmaker is in town to talk about his new memoir. read more

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Patti Smith going Hollywood?

Who should play the singer in a movie adaptation of her early years? read more

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Brandon Graham’s Fantastic Four remake

Indie comics artists like Chester Brown and Brandon Graham re-imagine Fantastic Four # 9. Plus: Womanthology: Heroic, and news about a couple of comic book stores. read more

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Vancouver Comic Arts Festival announced

Plus: Glenn Beck rants about Spider-Man, Marvel introduces Miles Morales, Jack Kirby’s estate goes to trial and more in this week’s Comic Round-Up. read more

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Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes

Barks’ duck is back!

We kick off a new column, Adventures in Indie Comics, with news about Carl Barks’ Donald Duck, Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant, and a new line of pulp fiction comics. read more

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Ian Boothby – Vancouver’s Simpsons connection

Comic book writer Ian Boothby talks Ryan Ingram about Comic-Con, writing the Simpsons/Futurama crossover and his upcoming project involving a drunken vampire. read more

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