Reading with Abel, Madden & Pekar!

4/20/2006   SPACE Producer Mark Askwith hosts an evening of comics!

First off, Jessica Abel will show slides from her graphic novel La Perdida, and discuss the background of this work about a young woman’s journey to Mexico City to find herself .

Matt Madden will then show slides from his book 99 Ways To Tell A Story, and discuss the influence of Raymond Queneau’s 1947 text Exercises in Style on the work.

Harvey Pekar, legendary creator of American Splendor, will then talk about his life and work with Mark Askwith.

Event Information
Event takes place Wed April 26, 7-10pm (doors 6:30pm).
Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto (at St George St, one block north of Harbord St)

tickets $5 @ Pages Books & Magazines and at The Beguiling - on sale now! (general admission, no holds or phone orders please)

Presented by Pages Books & Magazines, The Beguiling, Ballantine Books, Pantheon Comics, Penguin Books Canada, and NOW Magazine.