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"Based in Nova Scotia, Andy Brown's Conundrum Press has quietly become a major force in alt-comics publishing." - The Comics Journal linktr.ee/conundrumpress

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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Congratulations to Zoé Jusseret and Thierry van Hasselt! About the Little Ones won the second place award for comics in the 43rd Annual Competition for Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada from the Alcuin Society!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Check out our Under the Surface Q&A with BIRTH STORY author Elisabeth Belliveau-- link in bio.
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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Publishers included in the above 'Best Graphic Non-Fiction' category in the 2025 Broken Frontier Awards include Olive Branch Press, @dandq.bsky.social, @sevenstories.bsky.social, @orbooks.bsky.social and @conundrumpress.bsky.social.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🎨 The Conundrum Press MiniComic Bursary for Black and Indigenous Creators is now open for submissions! (continued...)
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
New York Public Library includes Katarina Thorsen's SALT GREEN DEATH on their Best New Comics of 2025 for Adults! It's a great collection of comics so if you're keen to build a TO READ stack for the cozier months on the horizon, the NYPL list is a great place to start. 🔗 in bio for the full list
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Join Andy Brown in conversation with Laurie Brown to discuss Andy’s new book Why Fish Piss Matters: On the Last Authentic Bohemia as part of Halifax’s own Afterwords Literary Festival Sunday November 1, 3pm-4pm in Room 301 at the Halifax Central Library! 🔗 in bio for festival details!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Vivi Partridge's QUIET CROSSINGS gets a Kirkus review!! "Contemplatively ethereal and certain to spark lively debates over its interpretation" - Kirkus Plus! Toronto! You're invited to QUIET CROSSING's book launch at The Beguiling, October 29, 4-7pm! 🎉
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
📚 🎨 COVER REVEAL! Check out that incredible cover illustration by Adam de Souza!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY! 📚 🚀 Join us in celebrating the launch of Veronica Post‘s THIRD title with Conundrum Press, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, a graphic novel exploring travel through the lens of disability and inclusion.
Image is a black and white poster with a cartoon illustration of a man in a self-propelling wheelchair wearing glasses and a vest. The man is ahead of the viewer, and is looking behind toward the viewer while giving a thumbs up and smiling. The text on the poster reads "Book Launch, Let the Good Times Roll. October 8, 6:15 to 8:15pm, Halifax Central Library, Lindsay Children's Room. A graphic novel exploring travel through the lens of disability and inclusion."Image is a black and white poster with only text that reads "Featuring: Artist presentation and Q & A with Veronica Post. Panel discussion: Travelling with a disability. With Guests: Linda Campbell (Deaf representative), Lui Greco (Blind representative), Gerry Post (Limited mobility), Brea Hindy (Disability travel Agent and companion), Maddi Adams (neurodivergent representative), Moderated by Scott Stoneman. Book Signing with Veronica Post. Image is graphic with an illustrated book cover to the left, and a colour portrait photo to the right, side-by-side. The illustrated book cover is for the autobiographical graphic memoir from Veronica Post, Let The Good Times Roll. The black and white illustrated cover depicts two people moving together. The person on the left is a white man in a wheelchair wearing glasses and a vest. The person to the right is a white woman wearing a baseball hat and glasses, carrying a tote bag. Both people are looking fondly at one another as they move forward. The photograph to the right of the book cover depicts a white woman with short brown hair who is looking at the viewer with a slight smile.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Herizons Magazine has been publishing in Canada since 1992, quarterly in Winnipeg on Treaty 1 territory and is distributed across the country. Herizons publishes on art, culture, and legal/political/community affairs.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Andy Oliver at Broken Frontier with a wonderful review of Cole Pauls' We see stars only at night! 🔗 in bio!
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Vivi Doodles @vividoodles.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Hello comics people of the internet! Did you know I have a graphic novel coming out? Well I do! And you can pre order it here: conundrumpress.com/product/quie... (or at your local bookstore!) @conundrumpress.bsky.social @skyjanquest.bsky.social - colourist @salsawler.bsky.social - editor
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Quiet Crossings - Conundrum Press
In Quiet Crossings Selena agrees to help out at the nearby Inn in exchange for a room after crashing her car in the unfamiliar countryside. Located on the edge of the world, the Inn attracts extraordi...
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Conundrum Press heads to the Helsinki Comics Festival this weekend, September 20-21! If you're looking for quality Canadian comics, come have a look and fill your boots! 📚 👢
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Word Vancouver Festival presents: INKED IN STORY: Comics, Prints & Place INKED IN STORY brings together two artists who blur the boundaries between the visual and the textual, inviting us to see story as something that lives in images, words, and materials alike.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Join us in celebrating the launch of Veronica Post‘s THIRD (!!!) title with Conundrum Press, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL, a graphic novel exploring travel through the lens of disability and inclusion. WHEN: October 8th, 6:00-8:30pm WHERE: Halifax Central Library, in the Lindsay Children’s Room
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Don’t miss out on celebrating Zoé Jusseret’s About the Little Ones @ Lucky’s Books with a book launch and art exhibit! WHEN: September 12, 2025, 7-9pm ART EXHIBIT: September 12 – October 20, 2025 WHERE: Lucky’s Books, Vancouver
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Join Lynette Richards TODAY, September 5 @ the Halifax Central Public Library for an Author Talk! WHEN: 2-4pm WHERE: Halifax Central Public Library
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Join Conundrum Press and artists Sofia Alarcon and Veronica Post at the Prairie Comics Festival (PCF) THIS WEEKEND, September 6-7, 2025! WHEN: September 6-7, 2025. Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 12pm-5pm WHERE: Manitoba Museum, 190 Rupert Ave. ADMISSION: Free!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Launching October 2025, Vivi Partridge's QUIET CROSSINGS receives a starred review from Publishers Weekly! “Debut creator Partridge leverages fantasy allegory surrounding death and grief in this reflective and heartfelt speculative graphic novel.” – Starred Review, Publishers Weekly
Image is a composite graphic. The Publishers Weekly logo sits top centre on a white background. Below the logo is the large black text "Quiet Crossings" with a large red star in front of it. Below that are two images, one is an illustrated cover for the graphic novel Quiet Crossings in full colour, the other is a photograph of Vivi Partridge. Partridge is leaning against a tree in bloom wearing a brightly coloured collared shit, a white brim hat, overalls and with bright pink hair. Partridge is smiling and looking off the left of the camera. Image is black text on white background. Text reads "Debut creator Partridge leverages fantasy allegory surrounding death and grief in this reflective and heartfelt speculative graphic novel. Starred Review, Publishers weekly."
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Alison McCreesh's DEGREES OF SEPARATION hits the stage! 🎭 An adaptation of NWT artist McCreesh’s graphic novel Degrees of Separation hits the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC) stage on March 28, 2026.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Join Conundrum Press and artists Sofia Alarcon, Mollie Cronin, Eleanor Hannon and Veronica Post at the Halifax Art Book Fair (HABF) TODAY (Friday) and TOMORROW (Saturday) August 22 & 23, 11am-6pm! 📚 ⚡
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Dave Lapp's LA FRICHE from Ici Même is reviewed by the daily paper, Libération! If you thought THE FIELD was a brick in English, you won't believe your eyes for the French translation of LA FRICHE! 🧱 📚 🌾
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Woozles Children’s Bookstore @woozlesbooks.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
We are so excited to have copies of 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘔𝘦 𝘐𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘵 by former Woozle Mollie Cronin! We’ll have signed copies later in the month but if you’re like us and can’t wait to read it drop by and grab your copy now! Congratulations Mollie! @conundrumpress.bsky.social
A black and white cover of a graphic novel held by a hand in front of the Woozles bookshop storefront.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Join Conundrum Press and artists Sofia Alarcon and Veronica Post at the Prairie Comics Festival (PCF) September 6 & 7 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Free admission! Prairie Comics Festival is a not-for-profit arts org celebrating indie comics! 🌾 📚 🎊
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Join Conundrum Press and artists Sofia Alarcon, Mollie Cronin, Eleanor Hannon and Veronica Post at the Halifax Art Book Fair (HABF) August 22 & 23!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The FMIF tour continues!! 🚌 Join Mollie Cronin at Halifax's Ramblers TONIGHT (Friday, August 8) from 7-9pm for Cronin's artist talk!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
CP heads to DCAF 2025! ⛴️ Mollie Cronin, Alex Forbes, Veronica Post, Lynette Richards, Rebecca Roher, + EMANATA editors Sal Sawler & Irene Velentzas are participating in Saturday's (Aug 9) DCAF Talks! as moderators, panelists, workshop facilitators plus conducting portfolio reviews!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
See y'all at Sappy this weekend!!! 🌾 🌬️ 🌞 Join Conundrum Press and artists Mollie Cronin Eleanor Hannon and Veronica Post at this year's Sappyfest Zine Fair!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Jeffrey Stychin reviews Katarina Thorsen's SALT GREEN DEATH for The British Columbia Review: "The sheer amount of artistic love and expression of emotion that went into this is profound and wonderfully inspiring. I cannot urge you enough to pick up a copy and welcome a unique journey [...]"
Image is black text on white background, "The sheer amount of artistic love and expression of emotion that went into this is profound and wonderfully inspiring. I cannot urge you enough to pick up a copy and welcome a unique journey [...]" - Jeffrey Stychin, The British Columbia Review
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Nathan Abraha reviews Rick Trembles' GESTICULATING GENTRIFICATION for Maisonneuve's Summer 2025 Book Room! Hit the link in our bio to check it out 🔗
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Join Conundrum Press and artists Veronica Post and Mollie Cronin at this year's Sappyfest Zine Fair! Veronica Post's LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL and Mollie Cronin's FUTURE ME IS FAT both launch this August, so we're celebrating with high winds and hot sun on the spectacular Tantramar marshes 🌾 🌬️ 🌞
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Mollie Cronin on tour!! 🧳 📚 Mollie Cronin's highly anticipated FUTURE ME IS FAT launches this August and there are so many opportunities to meet Mollie and get your copy of FUTURE ME IS FAT signed by the artist:
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Mark you calendars for The Sappyfest Zine Fair in Sackville, NB!! WHEN: Saturday, August 2nd, 10 AM - 3 PM WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion, 15 Lorne Street, Sackville, NB 🌬️ 🌞 📚
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Feeling nostalgic? Check out Andy Brown's interview with Nantali Indongo about his latest title WHY FISH PISS MATTERS: On The Last Authentic Bohemia (Véhicule Press). It'll take you back to the Montreal of the nineties, where a substantial DIY culture and community of artists thrived.🐟 Link in bio 📻
Image is a composite graphic showcasing Andy Brown's interview on The Bridge with Nantali Indongo for CBC Radio to promote his latest book Why Fish Piss Matters: On The Last Authentic Bohemia. The included text reads "In a 90s Bohemia of Montreal, DIY was the only way, pizza and beer was the diet and art was the outcome"
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Check out UnErasing LGBTQ History and Identities' interview with Call Me Bill author Lynette Richards! Link to the episode in bio 📻👂
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Vancouver!! Join Conundrum Press & artists Ivana Filipovich, Cole Pauls, and Katarina Thorsen at the Vancouver Art Book Fair THIS weekend, July 4-6! WHEN: Friday July 4 – Sunday July 6, 11AM – 5PM WHERE: Roundhouse Community Recreations Centre, Vancouver ADMISSION: FREE! link in bio 4 more info~
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
‪@sofi-see-sofi-drew.bsky.social‬'s ENDSICKNESS makes The Beat's list of anticipated YA and adult graphic novels for summer 2025! Check out the full list via the link in our bio so you can prep your summer reading stack! 🍉 🏖️ 📚 🍉
Image promotes The Beat's list of 85 anticipated YA and adult graphic novels for summer 2025, particularly Sofia Alarcon's new book, Endsickness.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Dave Lapp's THE FIELD is available in French from Ici Même Éditions! Make sure you've done some stretches before you try to pick this one up though 💪 📏 📚 French translation by Bérengère Orieux.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Had a chance to check out D. Boyd's DENNIVENIQUITY, a candid and personal exploration of junior high in the 1970s? Denniveniquity is a darkly humorous coming-of-age graphic memoir by D. Boyd, creator of the award-nominated Chicken Rising.
Image is a panel from DENNIVENIQUITY's pages, with one youth putting on lipchap while saying "looks like the tiger is getting the prey ready for the kill." and the main character, is surprised and responds with "What??" Below the illustrated comic panel is a page from D Boyd's teenage diaries, that describes in text and illustration this exact moment in D Boyd's life. To the left is the red cover of D.Boyd's new graphic memoir, DENNIVENIQUITY. To the right is an artist photo of D. Boyd. It's in black and white, she has long wavy hair and she is looking at the viewer with a warm smile. Black text on white background reads "Boyd crafts scenes that are piercingly precise and scraped of sentiment, with expressive, detailed art that illuminates how Dawn's face reveals her joys, disappointments, confusions and occasional bursts of insight. It's a poignant and prickly blast from the past" - Publishers Weekly.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Phoenix Productions did a video review of Conundrum's 2025 catazine! Part catalogue, part magazine, the goal of our 80-page catazine is to introduce comic readers to new work, and includes lengthy excerpts of upcoming graphic novels, comics from artists we love, and behind-the-scenes interviews.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
From Matthew Noe's incredible review of Katarina Thorsen's SALT GREEN DEATH for @ala-booklist.bsky.social: "This is a testament to curiosity and following the rabbit down the hole, wherever it may lead." 🐇 🕳️ 📚
Image is a graphic highlighting the following quote from Booklist's review of Katarina Thorsen's new book Salt Green Death: "This is a testament to curiosity and following the rabbit down the hole, wherever it may lead." - Matthew Noe for Booklist
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
What does it mean to make comics in this political context? Catch Conundrum Press artist Cole Pauls for TCAF's Kick-Off Panel this evening, Friday June 6 (6-7pm) to hear from Canadian cartoonists Sanya Anwar, Guy Delisle, Faith Erin Hicks, Cole Pauls & TCAF’s Festival Director Amie Wright!
Image is a poster promoting the Kick-Off panel for the 2025 Toronto Comic Arts Festival. The panel's title is "Canadian Comic Now: Cartooning In a Dangerous Time" Jet Ice Lounge, Mattamy Athletic Centre, Friday, June 6, 6-7pm (doors open at 5:30pm). The list of panelists include Sanya Anwar, Guy Delisle, Faith Erin Hicks, Cole Pauls, and is moderated by Amie Wright, ED of TCAF
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
One sleep 'til TCAF! Conundrum Press will be located at tables 146, 147 & 148 on the Mattamy Home Ice third floor (centre ice!) Don't forget, ADMISSION IS FREE!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Conundrum Press is pleased to announce the appointment of comics editor, scholar, and journalist Irene Velentzas to the role of Editor with Emanata, Conundrum’s young adult imprint!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Publishers Weekly features Katarina Thorsen's SALT GREEN DEATH in their article "Misery Loves Comics in Graphic Nonfiction About Grief" by Cheryl Klein. Check out the full piece via the link in bio.
Publishers Weekly published an article entitled "Misery Loves Comics in Graphic Nonfiction About Grief" Graphic nonfiction offers solace for readers dealing with tragedy and tough transitions, by Cheryl Klein, May 23, 2025. Below the headline text are two images. The image to the left is the illustrated cover of Salt Green Death, with Joseph O'Dwyer facing the viewer. Behind him a massive brick institutional-looking building looms. The image to the right is a colour photo of Katarina Thorsen working at the drawing desk. She looks at the camera and smiles. Image is an illustrated page from Katarina Thorsen's graphic history called SALT GREEN DEATH. The style of illustration is not that of comics with separate panels, but instead the words and illustrations here are all overlapping, like sheets of paper and the research used by Thorsen to write the book. Image is an illustrated page from Katarina Thorsen's graphic history called SALT GREEN DEATH. The style of illustration is not that of comics with separate panels, but instead the words and illustrations here are all overlapping, like sheets of paper and the research used by Thorsen to write the book. Image is an illustrated page from Katarina Thorsen's graphic history called SALT GREEN DEATH. The style of illustration is not that of comics with separate panels, but instead the words and illustrations here are all overlapping, like sheets of paper and the research used by Thorsen to write the book.
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
TCAF 2025 is comin' in hot 🔥 🗯️ 📚 Happening June 6-8, this year's TCAF is in a new location, the Mattamy Athletic Centre!
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
D. Boyd's darkly humorous coming-of-age graphic memoir DENNIVENIQUITY receives a starred review from Publishers Weekly! ⭐
D. Boyd's graphic memoir receives a starred review from Publishers Weekly. The graphic contains a black and white photo of Boyd as she smiles at the camera. To the left of the photograph is the illustrated cover of Boyd's graphic memoir Denniveniquity. The cover has a young teen girl smoking and drinking in a basement while she looks annoyed at an old landline phone. Below the images is the text from the Publishers Weekly review " Boyd crafts scenes that are piercingly  precise and scraped of sentiment, with expressive, detailed art that illuminates how Dawn's face reveals her joys, disappointments, confusions, and occasional bursts of insigt It's a poignant and prickly black from the past."Image is a sample page from D. Boyd's graphic memoir DENNIVENIQUITY, depicting a day at the fair. Image is a sample page from D. Boyd's graphic memoir DENNIVENIQUITY, depicting three teens hanging out on Halloween night. Image is a sample page from D. Boyd's graphic memoir DENNIVENIQUITY, depicting two teens downhill skiing. One teen is skilled, while the main character is struggling with the sport.
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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival @torontocomics.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
TCAF's own @librarylandia.bsky.social is in @publisherswkly.bsky.social, sharing how comics are uniquely effective at depicting grief, loss, and trauma. Plus, hear from @conundrumpress.bsky.social's Katarina Thorsen, whose "Salt Green Death" will be at TCAF! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Misery Loves Comics in Graphic Nonfiction About Grief
A slate of upcoming comics and graphic memoirs offer solace to readers going through loss and mental health struggles
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Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Fretting about missing FBDM/MCAF? Gathering the perfect summer day reading pile? Looking to get your hands on those Eisner and Doug Wright Award nominated books?
Image is a black and white graphic with text. At the top, the black text on a white background reads "Conundrum Press Weekend Sale. All purchases through the Conundrum Press online shop get FREE SHIPPING May 24 & 25! conundrumpress.com"

Below the text is the black and white logo for Conundrum Press. The logo is an illustration of a man in swim trunks submerged in water, with one hand plugging his nose and one hand held above his head, and out of the water.
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