Fringe ArtsOlivia Shan

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s new graphic novel is a tender tribute to dogs The newly translated Dog Days from South Korean graphic novelist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim is a uniquely personal addition to the bibliography of an already major name in the contemporary comic scene. An auto-fictional retelling, Dog Days’s protagonists Yuna—Gendry-Kim’s fictitious stand-in—and her partner are stagnating through a rough patch. They decide to adopt a puppy as their hopeful cure-all.

Mirion Malle solidifies her voice in contemporary graphic fiction The 2020 graphic novel This Is How I Disappear catapulted French-born, Montreal-based artist Mirion Malle to local comic stardom, and deservingly so. The book not only offered an incredibly honest and grounded portrayal of mental health, but was also remarkable for how true to life Malle managed to render out the anxiety-ridden quotidien of a 20-something creative professional.

Award-winning American novelist Garth Greenwell debuts in Montreal with his third and latest work, Small Rain On the evening of Friday, Oct. 18, De Stiil bookstore in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough hosted a book launch for the highly-anticipated novel Small Rain, the third and latest work of award-winning American writer Garth Greenwell. The event consisted of a book discussion between Greenwell and Allan Hepburn, a professor of 20th-century English literature at McGill University.