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Willow Dawson

Willow Dawson is an illustrator and writer whose books have received funding from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. Her latest graphic novel, No Girls Allowed with Susan Hughes (Kids Can Press) has been nominated for a Joe Shuster Comics for Kids Award. Willow is currently in development of a new graphic novel for Kids Can Press and is hard at work on more memoirs for 100 Mile House, her webcomic published online by Top Shelf Comics. In her spare time, Willow teaches comics to kids, travels to comicons and plays the saw in the band Pink Moth (myspace.com/pinkmothmusic).

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Related Scream Events

Comics to the Rescue: Comic Artists and Writers Save Literature

Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 7:00pm

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

12 Alexander Street (1 block east of Yonge Street)

Cost: $7

Featured Performers
Evan Munday
Kate Beaton
Willow Dawson & Mariko Tamaki
stef lenk
Angela Szczepaniak
Hope Larson
Clare Nobbs
Jeff Lemire
Matt Forsythe
Dave Lapp

Host:
Elvira Kurt

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Just when the book seemed beyond all hope, comic artists have arrived to save the day! Our heroes Willow Dawson, Evan Munday, Claire Nobbs, Mariko Tamaki and Angela Szczepaniak swallow their proton pills and attempt to revive, rescue, revisit, and reinterpret the literary industry. Accompanying them will be host Elvira Kurt and while including projections (but not readings) of comics from a team of mighty artists, including Hope Larson, Steve Rolston, Kate Beaton, stef lenk, and Doug Wright Award recipients Dave Lapp Jeff Lemire, Jillian Tamaki and Matt Forsythe.

Sponsored by Broken Pencil.

Submitted by aaron on June 12, 2009 - 5:26pm.
Submitted by aaron on July 8, 2009 - 1:23pm.

 

 

 

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