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by Dan
Events + Graphica / July 26, 2010
Author Richard Poplak and illustrator Nick Marinkovich will be discussing KENK: A Graphic Portrait at the Toronto Reference Library on Saturday July 31st 2010. The event runs from 2:30-4:00 pm and entry is free.
by Sarah
Business & Careers + Health & Wellness / June 28, 2010
Once again, Berrett-Koehler's eNewsletter provides a solid half-hour of good reading, covering everything from the insightful to the silly. On the insightful side is the second edition of Alex Pattakos' book, Prisoners of our Thoughts: Viktor Frankl's Principles For Discovering Meaning In Life And Work.
In his book, Pattakos captures seven core principles—inspired by the writings of psychiatrist, neurologist, philosopher and best-selling author (!) Viktor Frankl—to apply to various work and life situations.
My favourite is Pattakos' fifth principle:
Look at yourself from a distance. Only human beings possess the capacity to look at themselves from a distance, with a sense of perspective, including the uniquely human trait known as your sense of humor.
Check out a PDF sneak-peek of the book to read about the other six principles.
In a recent blog post, Pattakos discusses five ways in which we can find meaning in the setbacks and problems we experience daily.
Alex Pattakos will be in metro Vancouver on August 6, 2010 to speak at the 6th Biennial International Conference on Personal Meaning. For more information and to register for the conference, check out the International Network on Personal Meaning website.
by Dan
Events + Graphica / May 31, 2010
This Thursday (June 3rd) at CineCycle, acclaimed journalist and avid cyclist Richard Poplak will be participating in a small Community Discussion on Bike Theft organized around Bike Month and the recent release of KENK: A
Graphic Portrait. The panel will include representatives from the Toronto Cyclists Union and Curbside Cycle, as well as the Toronto Police Officer responsible for implementing the bait bike program in 14 division.
by Dan
Events + Graphica / May 25, 2010
The creative team behind KENK: A Graphic Portrait are in Montreal this week.
Author Richard Poplak, illustrator Nick Marinkovich, publisher/producer Alex Jansen, filmmaker/designer Jason Gilmore, and director/animator Craig Small will be at the Drawn & Quarterly bookstore at 7pm on Thursday evening (May 27th!) to talk about the project and sign books.
The team will then be back in Toronto on Friday for an event at Conspiracy Culture, 7pm-9pm.
If you haven't had chance to check out KENK yet, this is what Geoff Pevere had to say about the book in the Toronto Star on Sunday:
An innovative mashup of comic, journalistic documentary and 21st century case study in urban flux, Kenk filters this fascinating and infuriating figure through a prism of media modes that both situate the man as a kind of mutant thumbprint individual and symptom of seeping new-world disorder. While the narrative structure of the book is provided by the countdown to that 2008 bust — Igor was caught instructing a flunky to liberate a bike chained on the street — most of the pages are taken up with the man giving a seemingly 24/7 one-man performance of his own life: talking, haggling, scavenging, driving, philosophizing, repairing, talking. And talking some more.
Kenk loves the attention of the camera and makes you wonder who, or what, he’d be without an audience. He never seems in doubt that he’ll eventually be caught.
KENK - MONTREAL Book Launch
Thursday May 27th - 7:00pm
Drawn and Quarterly Bookstore
211 Rue Bernard Ouest,
Montreal, Quebec
514-279-2224
ADMISSION IS FREE
Event page on Facebook
KENK - Conspiracy Culture
Friday May 28th - 7:00pm
Conspiracy Culture
1696 Queen Street West,
Toronto, ON
416-916-1696
ADMISSION IS $5. Tickets available from Conspiracy Culture.
Go to Kenk.ca for more news about the book.
by Dan
Events + Graphica / May 10, 2010
After last Thursday's hugely successful Toronto launch (see photos here!), author and journalist Richard Poplak (The Sheikh's Batmobile and Ja, No, Man) is in Vancouver this week to talk KENK: A Graphic Portrait. You can catch him at Lucky's Comics on Thursday (May 13th) at 6pm:
Lucky's Comics
3972 Main Street, Vancouver, BC
604-875-9858
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by Dan
Graphica / May 07, 2010
Daniel Clowes is presenting his new book Wilson tonight at the Toronto Reference Library as part of the Toronto Comics Art Festival.
The event is already sold out, but Daniel is participating in a panel discussion with James Sturm, Seth, Chester Brown, and Jim Woodring
at 11:30am in Learning Centre 1 of the Reference Library on Saturday.
If you can't make to TCAF tomorrow, however, you can read interviews with Daniel in this week's EYE Weekly and in yesterday's Toronto Star.
Clowes was also interviewed by Jian Ghomeshi on Thursday's Q on CBC Radio One. Ghomeshi recently posted this snippet from the interview on Twitter:
Me: You prefer unlikeable characters? Daniel Clowes: "Characters designed to be likeable are just pandering to the audience's narcissism."
Take that, audience!
A full schedule for the TCAF program this weekend can be found here.
by Dan
Events + Graphica / May 06, 2010
KENK: A Graphic Portrait is the cover story in Toronto's Now Magazine this week, and tonight is the official Toronto launch party for the book at The Cadillac Lounge on Queen West.
Yesterday we posted 3 excerpts from the book, and here are two more to whet your appetite:
Excerpt from Chapter 4 (PDF)
Excerpt from Chapter 5 (PDF)
AND if you are in Vancouver, DON'T WORRY, author Richard Poplak will be at Lucky's comic store on Main street, 6pm-8pm, Thursday May 13th (next week!).
The creative team behind KENK will also be doing events in Kingston and Montreal later this month (details to come!).
by Dan
Events + Graphica / May 05, 2010
KENK: A Graphic Portrait finally hits stores this week!
Author Richard Poplak and Pop Sandbox publisher Alex Jansen were interviewed about the book by Mark Medley in the National Post at the weekend, and then again by Jian Ghomeshi on CBC Radio One's Q yesterday.
Richard was also interviewed about his involvement in the project by James Grainger for The Torontoist last month.
If you are still wondering what all the fuss is about, Igor Kenk — known in Toronto as "the stolen bike guy" — was the out-sized owner of the notorious and ramshackle Bicycle Clinic on Queen West, a long-neglected stretch of the downtown that was rapidly gentrifying. If your bike was stolen, the Bicycle Clinic was where you went looking, and when Kenk was finally arrested in the summer of 2008, nearly 3,000 bicycles were seized by police.
The book itself was constructed from film footage shot over the year leading up to his arrest and is an intimate portrait of a complex and controversial neighbourhood figure.
To give you a flavour of the book, here are some short excerpts:
Author and Publisher Notes (PDF)
Excerpt from Chapter 1 (PDF)
Excerpt from Chapter 2 (PDF)
The entire creative team will be on hand to celebrate the release KENK: A Graphic Portrait at the launch party tomorrow, May 6th, at The Cadillac Lounge in Toronto. The lovely folks from Type on Queen West will be on hand selling books.
You can get more news about KENK from kenk.ca and follow Kenk's dubious words of wisdom on Twitter @KENKisms.
by Danielle
Contests + Events + Health & Wellness / April 23, 2010
Meet Paula in Vancouver, BC and Toronto, ON where she will be exposing the truth behind common beauty myths and signing copies of her latest editions of, THE ORIGINAL BEAUTY BIBLE and DON'T GO TO THE COSMETICS COUNTER WITHOUT ME (Brand New 8th Edition).
Free Presentation and Book Signing
Thursday April 29, 2010
7:30pm
Chapters – Broadway and Granville
2505 Granville Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Thursday, May 6, 2010
6:30pm
Indigo Books Music & Café (in the Yorkdale Shopping Centre)
3401 Dufferin St.
Toronto, Ontario
Join us for your chance to:
• Find out how to look younger without spending a fortune.
• Learn why typical acne products can make breakouts worse.
• Discover the reality vs. the hype behind organic and natural products.
• Ask The Cosmetics Cop your skin-care questions.
• Get FREE samples of Paula’s Choice products.
• Win a $100 Paula’s Choice gift certificate!
RSVP Here or on Facebook or just come on down!
by Dan
Graphica + News / April 20, 2010
The launch party for Kenk: A Graphic Portrait will be on Thursday, May 6th, at The Cadillac Lounge in Toronto. Come celebrate the release at the official Hot Docs and Toronto Comic Arts Festival launch event, in partnership with the CFC Media Lab.
The entire creative team will be on hand to celebrate the release and do a special short presentation as well as display original artwork, animation and more.
This event will go 'til late.
KENK will be available for purchase from Type Books.
KENK - Book Launch & Party
Thurs. May 6th, 2010 - 7:00pm 'til late
@ The Cadillac Lounge
1296 Queen St West
(includes back patio)
ADMISSION IS FREE
Presented by The CFC Media Lab, Hot Docs, TCAF, Now, Steam Whistle, TCHAD Magazine, Raincoast Books, and Pop Sandbox.
Visit: www.kenk.ca for more information about the book, and follow the KENKisms Twitter feed for daily quotes pulled right from the original documentary source footage.
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