Growing Up With Comics and Comic Eye Book Launch

This month Comics Industry Night is proud to celebrate the launch of two great books featuring talented Canadian comic artists.

NEGATIVE BURN #17 features the graphic novella "Growing Up With Comics" by Ron Kasman and R.G. Taylor. It tells the story of the comic book culture in Toronto in the 1950s, 60s and 70s then on into the present day. Touching on many Toronto comics landmarks, the story is like a walk down memory lane for long-time comics fans and an introduction to Toronto’s rich comics history for newcomers to the medium. NEGATIVE BURN #17 is a long-lived anthology of comics work published by Desperado Publishing LLC., out of TX, USA.

THE COMIC EYE is a new book-length anthology of comics... about comics! Published and Edited by Hamilton’s Mark Innes, the book features 50 autobiographical strips by 50 different comics creators, running the gamut from comics fan-favs Fred Hembeck and Matt Feazel to Canadian stars Bernie Mierault and Nick Craine, and they all offer stories about their time spent working in comics. THE COMIC EYE is published by Hamilton, Ontario’s Blind Bat Publishing.

The evening’s launch will feature many of the creators of these books, including Kasman, Taylor, and Innes. The evening will feature presentations from both works and both books will be available for sale at the event.