January 2020 – The Canada Comics Open Library

Building a Community Comics Library (OLA Super Conference!)

January 31, 2020

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our session at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference this morning! Rebecca and myself (Rotem) spoke about the history of the comics library, the challenges of cataloguing comics and being a non-profit volunteer-run space, as well as provided a few comics resources which we hope will be helpful to other librarians! We are attaching a link to the slideshow here to share those resources. Please get in touch with us if…

Queer Comix Continuum: an artist talk with Eric Kostiuk WIlliams

January 23, 2020

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Comics Creator Residencies, Events, Presentations, Resource Guides

We are so excited to present an artist talk with our January Comics Creator in Residence Eric Kostiuk Williams on Saturday January 25th at 4pm. The talk will focus on a history of North American queer comics, a discussion of Eric’s work, along with a few readings. CW: Please note, the slideshow and accompanying talk will contain some sexual content and heavy subject matter related to comics and the queer community (for example, the AIDS crisis, suicide, and other material…

EKW’s Comic Picks!

January 21, 2020

Eric Kostiuk Williams

Comic Review, Comics Creator Residencies, Subject Displays

Hi, folks — this is Eric Kostiuk Williams, Creator in Residence for January! I’ve had a great couple weeks becoming more familiar with the library, and getting a chance to curate one of its shelves with some of my favourite comics, pictured below. I’d like to zero in on a couple of these, and get more into what they mean to me! Gaylord Phoenix by Edie Fake: For many queers in my age bracket, the collected Gaylord Phoenix book was something really…

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Building a Community Comics Library (OLA Super Conference!)

Queer Comix Continuum: an artist talk with Eric Kostiuk WIlliams

EKW’s Comic Picks!