Discuss an intriguing book in a relaxed atmosphere at the next meeting of the HUB COMICS BOOK CLHUB! We’ll talk both form and content regarding our pick-of-the-month, Wimbledon Green, by the cartoonist, Seth, which is 10% off now ‘til BOOK CLHUB!
–Readers of all experience levels are welcome.
–You don’t even have to buy a copy from Hub Comics!
–Admission is free, but bringing a copy is required.
Join us Wednesday, January 14th at 7pm! Three sample pages! Click to enlarge:
About the writer/aritst: Seth is the cartoonist behind the comic book series Palookaville, which started as a pamphlet and is now a semi-annual hardcover. His comics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Best American Comics, and McSweeneys Quarterly. Seth’s graphic novels include George Sprott, Clyde Fans, and It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken. His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the cover of the New Yorker, the Walrus, and Canadian Notes & Queries. He is also Lemony Snicket’s partner for the Young Readers series, All the Wrong Questions, and has illustrated and designed a new, deluxe edition of Stephen Leacock’s Sunshine Sketches of a little Town. He is the designer for Fantagraphics’ “Complete Peanuts” hardcover reprint series.
The cartoonist has exhibited throughout the world in a variety of group and solo shows. He was the subject of a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario, which showcased the first public display of his model city Dominion. He is now a part of the Gallery’s permanent collection. Dominion City subsequently toured Galleries in Eastern and Central Canada and will be travelling to select galleries in the west in 2014. He is the subject of a National Film Board documentary entitled Seth’s Dominion, which you can watch for free here.
Seth lives in Guelph, Ontario, with his wife Tania and their two cats in an old house he has named “Inkwell’s End.”
