September 2019 – The Canada Comics Open Library

Monsters and Magic: a creature creation workshop with Lina Wu

September 12, 2019

Comics Creator Residencies, Events, Presentations

We are so excited to announce the following workshop on September 22nd, facilitated by our Comics Creator Residency: Monsters and Magic: a creature creation workshop with Lina Wu In this free workshop, participants will explore their relationships with magical creatures to develop and use monsters as a tool for storytelling. A presentation on the artist’s personal process as well as inspiration and techniques will be followed by time for participants to create their own Monster File to take home. Materials…

Under The Sun: science fiction comics about albinism in Africa

September 10, 2019

Rotem Diamant

Comic Review

In May, Under The Sun creator Austine Osas reached out to tell us a bit about the series, a pertinent and political science fiction story with crucial social justice themes. It was made with the aim to raise awareness about persons with albinism in Africa. Although we are a bit late in featuring Under The Sun on our blog, we think the comic is a great initiative and wanted to share it! The series was released in December of last…

My Comics Shelf

September 7, 2019

Lina Wu

Comic Review, Comics Creator Residencies, Subject Displays

I was so excited to peruse through CCOL’s wonderful selection of comics and zines to curate a shelf display during my residency. They had many of my old favourites, many books I’ve been meaning to read, and also many that felt like happy discoveries. Letting myself get lost in reading these books was such a pleasurable experience, and I’ve selected a few old and new favourites here. Required Reading “I read these books during formative years of my life, which…

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Monsters and Magic: a creature creation workshop with Lina Wu

Under The Sun: science fiction comics about albinism in Africa

My Comics Shelf