July 19, 2019
The Globe and Mail Reviews Hamilton Gallery’s Canadian Indie Comics Exhibition
There’s a particularly fanciful example in This is Serious: Canadian Indie Comics, an ambitious survey now showing at ...
Laurence Hyde
Laurence Hyde (1914-1987) was born in England and immigrated to Canada. In addition to being a wood engraver, designer, and filmmaker, he wrote and illustrated books for adults and children.
December 15, 2007
SOUTHERN CROSS, WHITE RAPIDS reviewed by The Globe and Mail
Earnest and largely political, this format had its heyday in the 1920s and ’30s, usually dealing with the oppresse...
December 9, 2007
EXIT WOUNDS, SHORTCOMINGS and SOUTHERN CROSS in The Boston Globe
Inquiries into history and outsider status spark a striking sampling of recent graphic literature. Nick Abadzis’s...
November 25, 2007
SOUTHERN CROSS in The Observer
ALTHOUGH MUCH has been written about the pleasures of seeing how the words and pictures interact in a comic, less has be...
November 11, 2007
SOUTHERN CROSS reviewed by The Montreal Mirror
I read too much. So every once in a while I detox my brain the way some people detox their bodies. For a week, I depri...
November 11, 2007
SOUTHERN CROSS reviewed by The Honolulu Star Bulletin
That double-edged phrase “may you live in interesting times” seems, on one hand, to be aimed at artists and ...
November 9, 2007
WHITE RAPIDS, SOUTHERN CROSS in The Vancouver Courier
Drawn & Quarterly has earned a reputation as one of the world’s most innovative comics publishers. Both of th...
October 19, 2007
Robert Murray reviews D+Q books bought at SPX
The Small Press Expo has now completed its 13th show, revealing once again that the independent comic is still alive and...