Cover art by Shannon Gerard
Launch Tuesday April 29th at Handlebar in Toronto
From Descant:
Descant is releasing its Spring 2014 issue, Cartooning Degree Zero.
This issue explores the medium of comics, from its sense of play with
text and image and the literary possibilities these games entail, to the
great Canadian artists responsible for the popularity of visual
storytelling today.The
issue will be released amid a kaleidoscope of food, drink and readings
at The Handlebar (159 Augusta Avenue) in downtown Toronto on Tuesday,
April 29th, 2014 at 7pm. Featured readers include essayist
Rachel Richey, poet Andy Verboom, and comics artists Shannon Gerard,
Maurice Vellekoop, Gillian Goerz, Chris Kuzma and Mark Connery.
