Graphic Novel
Roaming accurately portrays the messy and exciting navigation of young adulthood
October 24, 2023By: Alex Ileto, Peak Associate As a fourth-year university student, I still hesitate when referring to myself as an adult. All my peers and I appear to be at drastically different phases of lives, even though we’re the same age. This is the age when you’re either taking your first driving lessons, backpacking across Europe, or getting married and having two kids — it’s a confusing time, to say the least. For the longest time, I felt like a teenager trapped in the body of a young adult, and thought I was the only one who felt this way. Roaming,…
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Graphic novel combats racism in the publishing industry with humour
June 23, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer A Career in Books: A Novel about Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun by Kate Gavino exemplifies all the reasons a writer and book-lover might strive to work in the world of publishing —…
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Jewish Book Festival presents a collection of vivid graphic novels
January 26, 2023By: Aditi Dwivedi, News Writer Every year, the shelves of the Cherie Smith Jewish Community Centre’s Jewish Book Festival, one of Vancouver’s “leading cultural and literary events,” are filled with powerful narratives, knitting together a community of prominent and emerging…
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True to his name, Karemaker weaves empathy throughout Feast of Fields
July 15, 2018Written by: Kate Olivares At the most basic level, Feast of Fields is graphic novelist Sean Karemaker’s love letter to the protagonist’s mother, Hanne. After a bad day at school, timid and lonely Sean finds comfort in listening to his…
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The Dregs: a graphic novel set in the Downtown Eastside
October 16, 2017By: Yelin Gemma Lee The Dregs is a graphic novel about a homeless detective at the heart of the opioid-crisis-ridden Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, where behind the scenes the homeless are being made into meat to be served at high-end…
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Comic Connoisseur: Hobo Mom will leave you heartbroken and wanting more
November 30, 2015At a slim 66 pages, Hobo Mom can seem a little underwhelming as a graphic novel, given that most mainstream comics are about twice the size. However, as the old adage goes, one should never judge a book by its…
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Comic Connoisseur: Annihilator is an outlandish and peculiar odyssey
November 23, 2015Ray Spass is a Hollywood screenwriter with a penchant for hard narcotics, wild parties, and black magic. Tasked with writing the most important screenplay of his career, Spass comes face to face with two bitter realizations in the process of…
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Nimona is an uproariously heart-wrenching epic of friendship
November 9, 2015Contrary to popular belief, a sidekick is not a flamboyantly dressed crime-fighting assistant confidently sporting emerald fish-scale panties. Although I can see where you might have drawn that conclusion. No, a sidekick is much more than just embarrassing fashion choices…
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Comic Connoisseur: Long Red Hair is an insightful graphic memoir
November 2, 2015Meags Fitzgerald sits cross legged in front of her archaic television set beguiled by the classic motion picture Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Coming across a particularly provocative scene in the film, Fitzgerald began to rewind and play her cassette tape…
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Comic Connoisseur: Wytches is a top-notch father-daughter thriller
October 26, 2015There was a time when the simple idea of a witch existing was enough to send a chill up your spine. Long before the bubbling cauldrons, the broomsticks, and the poorly exfoliated green complexions, a witch was the most terrifying…
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