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Words From the Jury | Bédélys Independent Anglophone
Created in 2020, the Bédélys Independent Anglophone award honors the best self-published Anglophone comic book in Quebec.
The jury that awards this prize is made of comic arts industry professionals. Read here what they had to say about the 4 selected finalists.
Frog and Toad Are Queer
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By Nina Drew
A loving homage to beloved illustrator Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad are Queer uses Lobel’s queerness as a springboard to imagine a world in which his characters, lushly painted, embrace the iconography of queer culture with beautiful, unabashed joy.
Hi, Stranger
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By Anouk
In a few spare pages and without the need for dialogue, Hi, Stranger tells the story of an erotic interlude between two new acquaintances. After a chance encounter on the metro, this richly detailed and expertly paced comic follows the couple from first glance to surprisingly charming completion. For adult readers only.
Kalipso Part 01
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By Marie Blanchet
A first chapter that sets the scene for a world that promises to be vast and enthralling, Kalipso Part 01 sees two enemies get swept up in a high-fantasy space adventure story full of compelling characters and big potential.
OKOK Comics Volume 1
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By Colin L. Racicot
Riffing on an enjoyably old-school comic strip mode, OKOK Comics Volume 1 delights in its absurdist humour. Unselfconsciously bold from within its four-panel borders, there is a rawness to these jokes that are totally unafraid to be silly.