conundrum press montreal (212 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Who are the Hermoddities? They look and look. Why not challenge them, confuse them? Are thesecreatures medieval or futuristic, children or old men? Hermetic oddities, hermaphrodites. Sometimescute, sometimes cruel. Hermoddities is a lively collection of comics and oil paintings created byToronto based artist Temple Bates. This collection of work spans over ten years and includes two collaborative stories drawn with Winnipeg artist Drue Langlois, formerly of The Royal Art Lodge. Withinthese pages exists an extraordinary world made up of furry oddities, anthropomorphs and omnipotentcreatures. Why not pay them a visit? There will be no unpleasantness about it at all. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Volume 1 and 2 available as Arcs.West Coast connection especially Seattle.Price point excellent. Volume 1 and 2 available as Arcs.West Coast connection especially Seattle.Price point excellent. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In The Adventures of Drippy the Newsboy, the na-ve Drippy gets pulled into the world of the Forbidden Zone by Harry and his alcoholic pals. His papers do not get delivered and his mother is concerned. But, after his darling mother grows ill, Drippy sees the error of his ways. Harking back to adventure serials like Tintin, complete with nostalgia and epic storytelling, but with much more drinking, gags and carrying on. Will those papers ever be delivered on time? Based on the novel George's mother by Stephen Crane. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Armstrong, Jade (illustratore). Paperback. "Funny and informative, Jade effortlessly hits the sweet spot between silly and sincere to deliver a delightful treat despite its heavy topic. Grab a snack, a drink and definitely grabFood School!" Hana Chatani, author ofGive Her Back To MeA twenty-something college dropout enrols in a full-time outpatient program for eating disorder recovery. As they change their relationship with food, their relationships with people change, too.Olive's post-secondary education isn't what they'd planned. Instead of college, they spend five days a week, eight hours a day at what Olive calls "Food School": a full-time outpatient program for eating disorder recovery where they learn, talk, and cry about eating disorders as part of a survivor support group.Intensely committed to recovery, Olive confronts the secretive, self-destructive, and sometimes tragically comedic nature of their illness, while struggling with the complexities of modern mental health care. With support and perspective from their roommate, a fellow patient, and their partner, Olive learns to open up about their abusive relationship with food and exercise-and finds ways to cope with the reality of living in a society that actively encourages disordered eating.In this fictional slice of life comic, Jade Armstrong (Scout Is Not a Band Kid) explores the ways our relationships with food impact our connections with the people we love. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This graphic novel is a fascinating historical drama about a pioneering Russian immigrant in the 1920s. Lillian Alling gets off the boat at Ellis Island then works as a seamstress in the factories of New York. Homesick and determined she sets out on an epic journey to get back to Russia with nothing but an iron bar for protection. She walks the Telegraph Trail to Dawson City, Yukon, and eventually floats down the Yukon River to the Bering Sea where her fate becomes shrouded in mystery. Byrne's historical narrative in comics form can be compared to David Collier or Chester Brown's Louis Riel. She renders Alling's journey in meticulous inks, from sweeping landscapes to the tiniest detail, without missing a beat. Also included in this artist's first book are reproductions of her mini-books featuring other Northern tall tales and stories about various odd jobs. On cover: "Plus a collection of other short stories." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Set in a generic Fredericton suburb called Skyline Acres, this is the fictional biography of Martin Peters, a teenager with type one diabetes. The story revolves around Martin's relationship with his on-againoff-again high school girlfriend, and how, desperate to fit in, he begins neglecting his health. His condition deteriorates until, eventually, he finds himself fighting for his life in the hospital. But how much of the story is true? Set in a generic Fredericton suburb called Skyline Acres, this is the fictional biography of Martin Peters, a teenager with Type 1 diabetes. Desperate to fit in, Martin begins neglecting his health until, eventually, he finds himself fighting for his life in the hospital. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. First book of comics from legendary underground artist, artist is son of renowned comic artist Jack Tremblay, who's been inducted in the Canadian Comics Hall of Fame. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Towerkind is an oblique end-of-the-world story as seen through the eyes of a diverse group of kids in Toronto's St James Town, a neighbourhood densely filled with high rise apartments. The kids in this towerhood' become aware of an impending catastrophe through their strange supernatural abilities.Something is revealing itself through cracks and crevices - and through the children in the neighbourhood. Towerkind was originally self-published by Kat Verhoeven as a series of mini comics. This edition collects all issues of her Ignatz Award-nominated series.' Towerkind is an oblique end-of-the-world story as seen through the eyes of a diverse group of kids in Toronto's St James Town, a neighbourhood densely filled with high rise apartments. The kids in this towerhood' become aware of an impending catastrophe through their strange supernatural abilities.Something is revealing itself through cracks and Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Living in Toronto has its challenges, especially when duct tape-wielding landlords and ever-encroaching developers are involved. For Lenny, the antidote to the chaos at home is the realization of a dream: opening a used record store with a carefully curated selection. He works hard, sneaking bites of cold noodles between customers, and politely tolerating even the most ridiculous requests. Unfortunately, Lenny's store isn't much more stable than his home life. Rent is sky-high, and sales are sporadic. Some days, he's run off his feet while other days, smashing unwanted records is the only way to pass the time. Hope arrives in the form of an old press release tucked away in the sleeve of a record. The discovery launches Lenny into his next quest: to track down the long-lost record collection of Hot Walter, an elusive and aging disco DJ. But will it be enough to save Lenny's Vinyl Boutique? On Vinyl is a love letter to vinyl and an exploration of the role nostalgia plays in the decisions we make. High Fidelity for a new generation. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Award-winning Indigenous artist. Up and coming. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Once a sharp, strong-willed and independent woman, Roher's grandmother's life took an unexpected turn when an accident left her with a brain injury, leading to early onset dementia. An unlikely protagonist, grandma was an elderly woman trapped by her deteriorating mind, aging body and the walls around her. This story illuminates the often overlooked narrative of a senior, her complicated history and inner life. Loveable and tragic, she is determined to get back to a familiar place, to be home again. Once a sharp, strong-willed and independent woman, Roher's grandmother's life took an unexpected turn when an accident left her with a brain injury, leading to early onset dementia. An unlikely protagonist, grandma was an elderly woman trapped by her deteriorating mind, aging body and the walls around her. This story illuminates the often overlooke Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Already published in Chinese and Italian, The Train is the follow up to Chihoi's successful book of stories The Library. In it Hong Kong artist Chihoi adapts a short story by Taiwanese writer Hung Hung about a surreal train ride. With dream-like logic one of the characters asks, Have you ever imagined the world outside the train?' The protagonist waits for someone, a woman perhaps, and observes with trepidation each time a new car is coupled to the train and the occupants spill out. Chihoi has done it again in this beautifully rendered pencilscape of a dream.' .".Hong Kong artist Chihoi adapts a short story by Taiwanese writer Hung Hung about a surreal train ride."--Amazon.com. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Like a Coen Brothers film by way of Roz Chast." -Publishers WeeklyIn Moon Boots, cartoonist Lorenz Peters uses gentle humour and expressive lines to explore the lifestyle of a travelling musician-and discovers that sometimes, home is the open road and family is the people you meet along the way.When Lester LaFleur's relationship is upended by a breakup with his girlfriend, he decides to leave the city for good. With his guitar on his back and cowboy boots on his feet, Lester heads west across Canada, playing his hurtin' songs in empty taverns and to anyone who cares to listen. As Lester travels across the country, he meets others who appreciate his music and share his experiences-and develops a deep kinship with his fellow drifters. As they ride together toward their unknown fortunes, adventures ensue. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "This beautifully woven series of vignettes from the brilliant Aimee De Jongh are a necessary and poignant reminder of our common humanity." -Joe Sacco"One of the great young cartoonists in the world." -Comic Book ResourcesAimee de Jongh, one of the brightest new talents in Europe, creates her first autobiographic work, focusing on taxi rides from four cities: Los Angeles, Paris, Jakarta, and Washington, DC.Despite the stunning and detailed streetscapes she passes, de Jongh discovers she's more interested in the cab drivers than the view from the backseat. As the drivers slowly open up about their personal lives, de Jongh does too-even when it means challenging her own ideas and prejudices. Through these vulnerable-and often humorous-moments, de Jongh finds common ground with the people driving her. Taxi is an ode to taxi drivers everywhere.Aimee de Jongh is a Dutch graphic novel author, animator, and illustrator. After creating comics for a daily newspaper for nearly five years, she left in 2017 to make graphic novels full time. Her debut, The Return of the Honey Buzzard, won the Prix St Michel and was adapted to a live-action film. Her second book, Blossoms in Autumn, written by the acclaimed Belgian writer Zidrou, was awarded the Prix Atomium. She works and lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. One of the brightest new talents in Europe creates her first autobiographical work, focusing on taxi rides from four cities: Los Angeles, Paris, Jakarta, and Washington, D.C. Despite the stunning streetscapes she passes, de Jongh finds herself more interested in the cab drivers than the view from the back seat. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Blackbird follows a band of skateboarding anarchists who are making a zine all about their lives. The problem is, in Maurel's dystopian near-future, self-publishing zines has become a crime. Through media stunts, thrilling chase scenes and some real political activism, Blackbird and its cast of characters reflects the social dynamics of a counterculture. It also gives readers a taste of the new French underground in comics. Blackbird follows a band of skateboarding anarchists who are making a zine all about their lives. The problem is, in Maurel's dystopian near-future, self-publishing zines has become a crime. Through media stunts, thrilling chase scenes and some real political activism, Blackbird and its cast of characters reflects the social dynamics of a countercu Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Ivana's line is masterfully fluid, as are her dialogues. This book feels like a mild psychedelic trip - I loved every minute of it!" -Nina Bunjevac, HeartlessA soapy crime drama unfolds between the stalls of North America's largest night marketEva and Mia couldn't be more different. Where Mia is insecure and image-obsessed, Eva is quiet and sensible. But the two women have one thing in common: their boyfriend, Max-a highly respected member of the city's criminal underground with a fearsome reputation. Over the course of a single dangerous evening at the night market, it quickly becomes clear that no one is in this relationship for love-instead, Mia, Eva, and Max are motivated by other complex social contracts: power, money, and fear.Inspired by the work of literary masters Anton Chekhov, Ingmar Bergman, and Tennessee Williams, and created in a style that's reminiscent of black-and-white European artist Blutch, What's Fear Got to Do With It peels back the layers of human relationships and reveals that everything is not as it seems. A stunning debut from a talented artist who is part of the new Balkan Renaissance in comics. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. One of NYPL's Best New Comics of 2023 for Adults.A poignant fable about a young woman who is captivated by a set of recently discovered notebooks and leaves her isolated community to search for their author-a journey that ultimately makes her question what she wants and what she's willing to leave behind.The residents of an isolated village in a dreamlike world scavenge for supplies in the surrounding forest, collecting scattered items left over from a time long past. No one strays far from this community, fearing what may lie beyond it. When they find a stack of notebooks by an unknown author, a young villager becomes obsessed with their contents. She sets out on a quest to find the writer. As she ventures into the unknown, she discovers a world both barren and increasingly complex. The closer she gets to her goal, the more she realizes that the encounter she's been seeking probably won't be what she wanted.In Adherent, Chris W. Kim (Herman by Trade, Strays) brings us a fabular tale that examines the ways we connect-and the ideas and places we value-in our own increasingly disconnected world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. On a typical autumn afternoon, Martha hosts a group of middle-aged women at her suburban home. The day takes a sudden turn when Elisabeth, an estranged friend, turns up unexpectedly-and she isn't the only unwanted guest at the tea party. Martha's sister, Maureen, shows up after years of radio silence, along some painful memories and a lot of confusion. Martha disappears after a simple trip to the backyard for herbs. Martha is the most beloved of the women--but will any of the others be able to look past their own problems long enough to search for her?A satirical portrayal of feminine archetypes in the social landscape of the 60s, Weeding is inspired by soap operas that use unexplained disappearances and repetitive character reanimations to liven up otherwise uneventful plot lines. As a verb, "weeding" means "to remove an inferior or unwanted component of a group or collection." In Weeding, Genevieve Lebleu takes this definition to the extreme with a fable about social exclusion in a world where women turn against one another. X-Files meets The Young and The Restless Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Chackowicz's great trick is making us think that he has merely drawn us comics and cartoons both surreal and laugh-out-loud hilarious, but at a closer glance we can see that he has also crafted honest-to-god poems-lyrical works of poignancy and depth. His art is unexpectedly wistful, and warm-heartedly wise." -Jonathan Goldstein (Heavyweight, This American Life, WireTap)True to form, Nothing to See Here's one-page gags convey narrative devices that take fans to strange places that exist well beyond joke territory. Like New Yorker gags gone terribly wrong Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. D. Boyd takes an unflinching look back at a 1970s childhood plagued by insecurity, bullying, and family dysfunction. A shy only child, Dawn struggles to fit in. After starting a small town fried chicken franchise her war-vet father becomes even more emotionally inaccessible at home, and nothing Dawn does is ever good enough for her mother. School isn't much better: filled with misinterpretation, false accusations, and constant social challenges. Dawn's a true underdog-and this is the story of how she learns to find the good in the bad, and that fitting in isn't all it's cracked up to be. A bittersweet, darkly funny graphic memoir of a social misfit. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Belliveau's story begins with a loss of innocence over ice skater Katarina Witt's fall from grace by posing in Playboy. It is told through both drawings and email text between friends. The story jumps between Canada and the United States and travels abroad navigating life after art school, marriage and divorce. It is a year in a life, but one that is pregnant with memory, meaning and desire. It is a post-modern coming of age story which quite literally crosses boundaries. Belliveau's story begins with a loss of innocence over ice skater Katarina Witt's fall from grace by posing in Playboy. It is told through both drawings and email text between friends. The story jumps between Canada and the United States and travels abroad navigating life after art school, marriage and divorce. It is a year in a life, but one that Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. In a quest to find your daughter that will take you through the seedy underbelly of London's Whitechapel district and up into the secret debauched heart of its richest denizens, You Are Alice in Wonderland's Mum! allows you to make the choices that will bring your dear daughter home, or lose her to Wonderland forever. Inspired by the game book fad of the 80s You Are Alice in Wonderland's Mum! is the gothic visionary 4th entry in the acclaimed Pick-A-Plot series of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style books. As Alice's mother in Victorian London, you have dark adventures searching for the missing Alice. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Drawn with guileful clarity and bite, The Unknown is a story of deceit, self-deception and the search for happiness.One day, Helen finds a newborn abandoned in a changing room in her boutique. She decides to keep it, nested in a cardboard box and hidden even from her husband.Vicky and Wanda are boarding school roommates. Wanda talks Vicky into turning tricks. Meanwhile, Vicky can't keep her secrets from Wanda - not her affair with their history teacher, and not the pregnancy she tries to sabotage and yet stubbornly carries out.As the two narratives converge, coincidences and secrets are revealed. Incisive, wicked and breezily unconcerned by taboos, Anna Sommer lets readers put together the pieces of her morally ambiguous fable. A morally ambiguous fable for the #MeToo movement. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Like R. Crumb, Richard Suicide's work combines social commentary with underground/art comics in a murk of densely inked urban anomie. He uses the local atmosphere of Centre Sud, the poorest neighbourhood in Montreal, as fodder for his stories. A writer and artist of savage wit, his humourous (and often absurd) comics are an amazing testimony of life in the East End. Much of his early work has only appeared in French in various international anthologies, including Comix 2000 (France), Stripburger (Slovenia), The Comics Journal (USA), Kekrapules (Switzerland), Ferraille (France) as well as anthologies in Japan and Macedonia. Locally he has appeared in the Quebec publications L'Enfance du Cyclopes, Monsieur Swiz, Guillotine, Matrix, Image Gun, and Fish Piss. There has never been a collection of his work in any language so it is an honour to be bringing out his first book which happens to be in English. Richard Bottenberg Suicide's work combines social commentary with underground/art comics in a murk of densely inked urban anomie. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Set in the future, The Grey Museum is a galactic romp, following a small group of survivors as they fend with mystic beings, interstellar parasites and themselves. Everything here is decided by narcissistic gods and goddesses, disturbed spirits and bored aliens. Our clueless captives are left to wander among ruins, souvenirs and impossible trails. We experience death, rebirth and everything in between. The fate of all Earthly life is up to these eight hairy humans preserved in jelly, they just don't know it yet. Set in the future, The Grey Museum is a galactic romp, following a small group of survivors as they fend with mystic beings, interstellar parasites and themselves. Everything here is decided by narcissistic gods and goddesses, disturbed spirits and bored aliens. Our clueless captives are left to wander among ruins, souvenirs and impossible trails. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Mannaert, Wauter (illustratore). Paperback. Weegee was a street photographer for New York's popular press in the 1940s. He was infamous for adjusting the position of dead bodies at crime scenes to make his photographs more pleasing to the eye. Wauter Mannaert and Max de Radigues have succeeded beautifully in capturing the contrasts in Weegee's life in pictures: the eternal doubt over whether to choose his violin or his photography; the streets and neighbourhoods of New York that he loves but also wants to escape; his photographs, which are printed in the popular press but should be on the walls of galleries. Their approach turns the creator of the book Naked City into a man of flesh and blood and makes you identify with him, so his rather tragic fate hits all the harder. The style in which Mannaert has drawn Weegee's hectic life is a perfect fit. His distinctive black-and-white drawings create the impression that you're walking with Weegee through New York's iconic Lower East Side of eighty years ago. A graphic biography of an American street photographer infamous for adjusting the position of dead bodies at crime scenes to make his photographs more artful. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. At the Inn, check-out is just part of the job. But what happens when you're not ready to say goodbye?After crashing her truck in the unfamiliar countryside, Selena agrees to help out at the nearby Inn in exchange for a room. Located on the edge of the world, the Inn attracts extraordinary customers from near and far.The most popular attraction is the complimentary ferry ride to the Great Unknown, a mysterious shore past the edge of the world. But when no one ever travels back, Selena begins to feel uneasy.Is the innkeeper Alice really as nice as she seems? What secret does the ferryman hold? And should Selena be packing her bags and hailing the nearest taxi?One thing's for sure: Selena's never had a job like this before. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A pandemic time capsule by a celebrated underground cartoonistWhen COVID-19 hit Montreal, cartoonist Rick Trembles started The Weakly Dispatch, a series of diary comics offering his personal perspective on pandemic life. Trembles' asthma put him at risk of a serious infection so, like many people, he took careful measures to avoid coming into contact with the virus. He self-isolated for months, surviving on grocery deliveries from friends, DIY workouts (to prevent muscle atrophy), and of course, comics.Leaving the apartment, however, turned out to be even harder than staying isolated. Initially foiled by stair-painters and coughing neighbours, Trembles quickly discovered a newly perilous world, populated by unmasked people and handshake enthusiasts.The Weakly Dispatch is a wry and vulnerable look at the day-to-day complexities of life during a global pandemic, by the creator of Represented Immobilized. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. As Lina steps into adulthood, she turns to the work of Virginia Woolf and Patricia Highsmith for insight into who she - and her friends - will becomeIt's a typically sticky Toronto summer and Lina's spending her first couple of weeks after graduation reading and hanging out with her best friend Cara. Everything's calm - until she finds out that her childhood friend Alicia has died.With her high school friends quickly drifting apart and her parents out of town, Lina tries to make sense of what has happened on her own. Hoping for answers, she turns to Virginia Woolf's To The Lighthouse and Patricia Highsmith's The Price of Salt. As Lina reunites with her friends for a final party on the shores of Lake Ontario, she finds herself wondering what it means to have known someone, and who they'll all become when they're no longer anchored to each other.Winner of the Expozine Awards, July Underwater is an early work of Tiohti:ke (Montreal) based artist Zoe Maeve, now available to widespread audiences for the first time.'A beautifully illustrated, poetic, at times impressionistic yet straightforward tale that is strongly evocative of the kind of reminiscences and reflections experienced during summer beachfront escapes.' - Juror comments, 2016 Expozine Awards Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Winner of Best Book and Best First Book at the Manitoba Book AwardsFractures form in a tight-knit Mennonite community, echoing the struggles experienced in small towns across North AmericaWhen a non-denominational megachurch opens on the edges of a rural Mennonite community, a quiet-but longstanding-battle begins to reveal itself. For years, the traditionalists in the community have held fast to the values and beliefs they grew up with, while other community members have begun raising important questions about LGBTQ+ inclusion, Indigenous land rights, and the Mennonite legacy of pacifism.Through a series of vignettes, Shelterbelts explores the perspectives, experiences and limitations of a wide range of characters who find themselves increasingly at odds with their surroundings. A pastor and his queer daughter learn that a family has left their church because of the "LGBT issue." Young activists butt heads with a farmer over the construction of a pipeline happening on his fields. A librarian leaves suggestive notes for readers inside popular library books.By pulling these threads together, artist Jonathan Dyck has woven a rich tapestry-one that depicts a close-knit community in the midst of defining its future as it reckons with its past. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.