We've got bent appeal

More good news, friends!

A Certain Bent Appeal, one of my favourite book blogs, recently reviewed my book. The delightful B. Kienapple gave it a choice review. (Full disclosure: we travel in the same circles – the book publicity world – and have met a few times.) Check out these outstanding pull quotes:

'Munday, who previously contributed to this year's Stripmalling, has done
Margaret Atwood one better by setting his post-apocalyptic world in a very-recognizable Toronto where only 25 year olds have managed to survive.'

and

'It's good to have a talented homegrown comic artist among us to showcase what we love about this city.'



So, take that, Margaret Atwood!

Anyway, because B. has demonstrated such fine taste, I encourage you all to visit her blog regularly. It's got some great reviews and (my personal favourite) an ongoing feature called 'Books to Lose Your Virginity To.' Also, she's one of the few people I've ever met who likes the comic series Baker Street, so bonus points for that.

Reviewed!

The first review for Quarter-Life Crisis is in, and it's a good one! My favourite Toronto newsblog, Torontoist, did a story on the book. Writer Stephen Michalowicz gave it a nice review (in a fantastically titled article, 'Worst Quarter-Life Crisis Ever'), and included some big images from the book. He also brought up some good points about a few weaknesses that I agree with.

Check it out here: http://torontoist.com/2009/09/quarter-life_crisis.php


And I love that someone noticed the THX 1138 reference.

TCAF Haul

TCAF wrapped up a bit earlier today, and the SketchKrieg! gang and I had a lot of fun. What a great festival. Great guests, great attendees. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I'm running on empty after a weekend full of comic stuff, but I thought I should give a quick rundown of some of the excellent reading material I picked up over the past few days.



AWOL'd: Leeves by Jason Loo
Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly
Jan's Atomic Heart by Simon Roy
Sword of My Mouth by Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerard
Monster Cops by Chip Zdarsky
Medicine: Artwork by Brian Hoang
Bone Sharps, Cowboys and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani and Big Time Attic
Beards of Our Forefathers by David Malki!

I hope to post a couple short reviews in the coming weeks ... maybe during the long weekend.