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I don’t really remember when I first came across Becky Cloonan’s art. To be honest, it probably came from seeing her work with Brian Wood, one of my favourite comic writers; their work on Demo really inspired me as to what indie comics could be.

Recently, she’s been putting out her own comics; one called Wolves, and the other called The Mire. I picked up both at TCAF 2012, and was fortunate enough to get them signed by her. I sat in one a writer’s panel the next day, and got to hear Becky talk about her perspective as both a writer and artist, and it was just interesting to hear that point of view.

I really liked her books; hit the “Read More” link below to read what I thought in detail. If you enjoy what I’m writing, give me a like, reblog, Facebook like, or recommend me to a friend! You can also follow me on Twitter. 

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New York plans so far: Midtown and Forbidden Planet, a Doctor Who-themed bar, Barcade, a bar with Al Jaffee drawings in the back, a reddit meetup at Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s planetarium… any other suggestions?

Photo by LODOE-LAURA HAINES-WANGDA

I haven’t done one of these in a while, but I thought it was worth pointing out that I got a great exclusive in Torontoist on Wednesday because I found out where Toronto’s Silver Snail comic shop will be moving. This has been a story that people have been curious about ever since the store announced they would be moving, and finding out the final location due to just overhearing something was lucky.

See, this is the type of journalism I like doing, and don’t mind busting my ass for. Even if it’s just simple “Here’s what’s happening, here’s what the people have to say,” it didn’t strike me as difficult to do, nor did it seem like pulling teeth.

I cared about what I was writing about, and it looked like it didn’t turn out too badly. Give it a read!

Five posts queued up for this week’s Toronto Type! Check them out every day (Mon-Fri) at noon!