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    May 17, 2017
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    A Psychological Thriller About A Man And A Radiator
    Guy Delisle slows down the kidnapping experience in his graphic novel Hostage. Cartoonists talk about who they want to trade work with.
    Kevin Sexton
    Producer

    Guy Delisle‘s new comic Hostage isn’t the typical kidnapping story, full of torture and guns. The book uses minimal colour and slow, repetitive action to pull you into the psychology of Christophe André, a humanitarian worker who spends most of the 400+ pages alone in a room. Born in Quebec City, Delisle now lives in France and has written acclaimed books about his travels including Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea, Jerusalem and Burma Chronicles.

    Artists at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival talk about the charged experience of trading work. The artists recommended in the piece are:

    Ginette Lapalme
    Inés Estrata
    Sammy Harkham
    Anya Davidson
    Vanessa Davis
    Michael DeForge
    Colour Code Printing
    Tetsunori Tawaraya
    Eric Kostiuk Williams
    Jillian Tamaki

    A few of these artists are with the publisher Koyama Press. There’s a great profile in the Globe and Mail about the publisher’s badass founder Annie Koyama.

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