{"id":38220,"date":"2025-12-01T10:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fbdm-mcaf.ca\/event\/art-and-life-in-graphic-novels\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T10:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T15:15:03","slug":"art-and-life-in-graphic-novels","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.fbdm-mcaf.ca\/en\/event\/art-and-life-in-graphic-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"Art and Life in Graphic Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tcc\/2\/16\/1f4cd.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>\u00a0Main Stage, Salle des c\u00e9l\u00e9brations<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">With:<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">D. Boyd<br class=\"html-br\" \/>Juli Delporte<br class=\"html-br\" \/>Pascal Girard<br class=\"html-br\" \/>Moderated by Fran\u00e7ois Vigneault<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Three of Quebec\u2019s most distinctive voices in contemporary comics come together to explore the intimate connections between art and autobiography. Juli Delporte (Portrait of a Body), D. Boyd (Denniveniquity), and Pascal Girard (Pastimes) draw from personal experience to craft stories that are tender, funny, and deeply human. Join them for a conversation about turning life into art, the creative risks of vulnerability, and the evolving landscape of autobiographical graphic novels. Moderated by Fran\u00e7ois Vigneault.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Montreal-based cartoonist . hails from Saint John, New Brunswick \u2013 the setting for Denniveniquity and her first graphic memoir, Chicken Rising. Her work has appeared in the New Brunswick Chapbook Series (Frog Hollow Press), the Montreal Review of Books, and in unique collaborations with some exciting Canadian writers.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">is an author and multidisciplinary artist born in France in 1983. She now lives in Tiohti\u00e1:ke\/Montr\u00e9al. She is the author of several graphic novels published by Drawn &amp; Quarterly, including This Woman\u2019s Work and Portrait of a Body. She has also published children\u2019s albums, including the recent Grands oreilles (\u00c9ditions de la Past\u00e8que), and a book of poems illustrated with etchings, D\u00e9croissance sexuelle (L\u2019Oie de Cravan). She occasionally writes literary essays, produces illustrations for various magazines and publishing houses, and collaborates on collective publications. Alongside all this, Juli explores different printing techniques (serigraphy, risography, and etching), creates zines, gives creative workshops, and makes ceramic pieces.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">was born in Jonqui\u00e8re, QC, in 1981. He is a part-time cartoonist and part-time social worker. He is the award-winning author of several graphic novels, including Rebecca and Lucie in the Case of the Missing Neighbor, Nicolas, Petty Theft, and most recently the collection Pastimes. He lives in Montreal with his family.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">\n<p>\u00e7 is an American-born cartoonist living in Qu\u00e9bec. He is the creator of the sci-fi graphic novel TITAN (Oni Press, 2020 \/ \u00c9ditions Pow Pow, 2017), the illustrator of books including Le g\u00e2teau empoison\u00e9e (\u00c9ditions de la Past\u00e8que, 2025), Extraordinary Eyeglasses (Helvetiq, 2024), and Orcs in Space (Oni Press 2021-22), and also works as a translator and designer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n x18oe1m7 x1sy0etr xstzfhl x972fbf x10w94by x1qhh985 x14e42zd x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 x3ct3a4 xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xkrqix3 x1sur9pj xzsf02u x1s688f\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Voir moins<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x78zum5 x1a02dak\">\n<div class=\"html-div xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl\">\n<div class=\"x6s0dn4 x1qhmfi1 xjwep3j x1t39747 x1wcsgtt x1pczhz8 x9f619 x78zum5 xl56j7k x12nagc x1gslohp x1y1aw1k xf159sx xwib8y2 xmzvs34\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">Main Stage, Salle des c\u00e9l\u00e9brations<br \/>\nWith:<br \/>\nD. 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