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Chris Ware takes graphic novels to new heights with Building Stories

The first thing you notice about the book, if it can be called that, is its radical deconstruction of the comics medium.

Michael Chabon mines pop culture

For one of the characters in his new novel Telegraph Avenue, the California-based author watched a lot of blaxploitation cinema.

Good for Grapes gets its fans' feet stomping

The Surrey-based folksters have come a long way since their early days of busking on the streets.

Zig-a-Zigallery: A Spice Girls Art Show promises whimsy and nostalgia

At 25, Christina Chant is at the right age to have gone through a Spice Girls phase.

Making a case for musicians engaged in crowdfunding

Musicians say there’s no shame in soliciting contributions when artists and fans alike stand to benefit.

Teresa McWhirter's Five Little Bitches has a raw, punk energy

Woe to the novelist trying to depict a fictional rock band.

Artists rule at the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival

The new Vancouver Comic Arts Festival focuses on the kind of fandom that started it all: creators and devotees united by their passion for a medium or genre.

Fan Expo Vancouver builds on a strong and geeky scene

With Vancouver’s geek credentials firmly in place, it was just a matter of time before the city got its own oversized nerdfest.

Vancouver's bookstores look to thrive in uncertain times

The announcement of the demise of the four remaining Book Warehouse outlets would seem to be the latest sign of the impending doom of the stand-alone bookstore. But at least one...

Church explores ancient themes with Sea Wolf

Yes, there’s a ton of bands with the word wolf somewhere in their name. But Sea Wolf comes by its moniker honestly, taken as it is from the title of a classic Jack London novel.