The list omits Jillian Tamaki, Patrick Kyle, and Mushbuh because I have selected them for the Best Comics of the Decade in a different essay. The book follows the main character through a series of seemingly unrelated and unexplainable experiences. I bet most of alternative comics artists mentioned not only my list but also others’ are and/or have been published by Canadian publishers.įinally, I do not have adequate knowledge of the Quebecois comics scene compared to the English Canadian one and this is the case for many English-speaking Canadian people. Fluorescent Mud is an art comic that is entirely hand painted in watercolour and gouache. Next, the roles publishers play in alternative comics are too rarely discussed compared to their immensely critical part in the field and the importance is even greater for Canadian comics. What is a “Canadian comic”? A comic by Canadian person? What about a comic published by a Canadian publisher? Who is Canadian? A Canadian citizen? A permanent residence? What if a person has double citizenship? What if a person is neither but has been creating comics for years in Canada? What if a person is born in Canada or has Canadian parents, thus has a Canadian citizenship, but has never lived in Canada? Kim is a former associate editor with 2dcloud and is a comics critic who writes for a variety of venues, including The Comics Journal and solrad.īefore listing my favourite Canadian comics of the decade, I want to raise some questions about Canadian comics.

Today’s contribution comes from Kim Jooha. Seller rating: This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers. What we got were four very eclectic lists that we think illustrate the depth and breadth of the Canadian comics world. Used paperback Condition Like New ISBN 10 1937541444 ISBN 13 9781937541446 Seller.

We were not necessarily looking for a “Best of List” but rather a list of important comics, overlooked comics, or just comics the panelists wanted to talk about, made by Canadians between 2010-2019. To look back at the last ten years of comics in Canada, Sequential asked a special panel of critics and retailers to come up with a list of ten memorable comics.

Fluorescent Mud by Eli Howey