Tag Archive | "Montreal"

What the %&*! Happened to Comics?

Thursday, September 8, 2011

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The SBC Gallery, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and POP Montreal  are coming together to present one of the icons of the comics medium, the Pulitzer winning Art Spiegelman, who will be combining a launch for the upcoming MetaMaus (a very special new edition packed full of extras to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his stunning [...]

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Charlie Stross – Paul Krugman Worldcon discussion online

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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One of my favourite (and consistently inventive) science fiction authors, Charlie Stross, was in a discussion with Nobel economics laureate Paul Krugman at the weekend’s Worldcon, Anticipation in Montreal. As Cory notes on Boing Boing its a pretty good match as Charlie has often touched on possible future forms of economics in his SF (on [...]

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Hugo Awards

Monday, August 10, 2009

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Convention Reporter kept up a stream of Tweets last night (Canada time, early hours of this morning for the UK) from the weekend’s Worldcon, one of science fiction’s major global annual events, including live updates from the prestigious Hugo Awards. This year the Hugos decided to include a specific category for Best Graphic Story, the [...]

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