Fanzine is having its second festival this fall, located in the Marguerite Duras Public Library in Paris, France. Fanzines and self-published books of all kinds from around the world will be gathered for this three-week event. It’s organized by Papier Gaché, an independent publi
Magic Pony welcomes Michael Comeau on Thursday, August 9th for a book signing of his award-winning comic book series, Hellberta, and a mind-bending art exhibition. Hellberta is a satirical series that pits Canada’s greatest superhero, Wolverine, against Stephen Harper in a quest for r
My pick this week is the American Psycho newspaper-zine from Benjamin Marra. I was hearing about this artist left, right, and centre at this year’s Toronto Comic Arts Festival so it is no surprise that this book is so good! Rendering choice scenes from the film, Marra has a heav
My staff pick is a new zine released through Koyama Press called By This Shall You Know Him. This beautiful full colour comic was penned by artist and illustrator Jesse Jacobs and released at this year’s Toronto Comics Arts Festival. By restraining his use of any sort of text or
Some of our favorite but potentially least represented items in our shop are the hand-printed zines we carry from local artists. These amazing little books are often made on very limited editions and because of this are not nearly as well known as some of the other books we carry at M
Toronto Comics and Arts Festival is an event that I most definitely look forward to each year. Thanks to the hard work from The Beguiling and all the participants and volunteers, it has united myself and many other fans with artists that we love and look up to. In the past years some
Magic Pony will be exhibiting at this year’s Toronto Comics Arts Festival, which is being held at the Toronto Reference Library on May 7th and 8th. The Toronto Comic Arts Festival exists to promote the breadth and diversity of comics, and what is considered comics, as legitimate