WHY COMICS? – A PANEL DISCUSSION

Mon Feb 12, 6:00pm   $18
Several graphic novelists and cartoonists explore why they originally chose the comic form as a way to tell the stories they wanted to tell.

AMY KURZWEIL / Artificial: A Love Story
A visionary story of three generations of creators whose search for meaning and connection transcends the limits of life. (See full description and bio in the following event).

SIMA ELIZABETH SHEFRIN / Couches Get Lonely Too
A series of daily cartoons during the Covid-19 pandemic became its narrative arc in a nutshell. ”By reading it you understand that lockdown can turn into an opportunity for fun, rich and varied everyday life”…

Textile artist and illustrator SIMA ELIZABETH SHEFRIN is the author of Embroidered Cancer Comic and illustrations to several children’s books.

BEVERLEY KORT, CATHERINE HOLMES & THERESA HENRY-SMITH / Hold That Thought: 12 Cartoonists on Their Worlds of Humor
Last summer, editor David Endelman sought out 12 cartoonists from around the globe to create this unique collection of humour. When fellow HTT cartoonists, Theresa, Catherine, and Beverley discovered they were all from BC, they decided to meet up at Word Vancouver.

BEVERLEY KORT is a cartoonist who also happens to be a registered psychologist with a private practice in Vancouver.

CATHERINE HOLMES is a cartoonist/painter living on Vancouver Island, with a focus on single-panel cartoons and simple animations.

THERESA HENRY-SMITH, a retired art teacher, has roots in the Vancouver indie cartoon/comic scene going back to the 80’s.