No King  / Hungry Spirit

Extracts from a novel no one will ever read.

David Shillinglaw has released a new zine called No King Hungry Spirit. The book is 24 pages of  drawings, photographs and text. The spine of the book is hand stitched with red and blue thread.

• A5 book.
• Edition of 200.
• Black and white.
• 24 Hand Stitched Pages
Purchase the Book

In 1995 John Carrera found an old 1898 Webster’s International Dictionary under his grandfathers reading chair. Over the next ten years Carrera would organize and print 4,000 of the estimated 13,000 engravings now owned by Yale University.

The labels for the engravings were composed, cast and redistributed on a 1938 Linotype Model A. This machine is an amazing feat of engineering and a beautiful showcase of what is possible without the use of electronics.

After printing, the signatures are folded and cut by hand, holes are punch for sewing, signatures are then sewn together. The spines are then pasted up, edges trimmed and page edges are decorated with multiple layers of coloured rubber stamps. Boards are attached for the hardcover. Various leather techniques are uses to cover the boards and create the cover as well as decorate. Raised accents on the spine, letterpress gold leaf labels, and designs embeded into the leather cover are some of the decorations which adorn the book.

This mini documentary highlights the process of reproducing a book of these beautiful engravings. It also provides us a glimpse at what we take for granted and a appreciation at the patience and craftsmanship of the ol’ time book binder as well as many other dying art forms. Long live the book and it’s appreciation.

Anteism will have a table at this years Expozine. We will be showcasing our new multi-coloured zine “Canadian Haircut Cut” by Peter Thompson and James Kirkpatrick as well as two brand new individual artist books by the the duo.

Expozine, Montreal’s annual small press, comic and zine fair, will take place on Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2009, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Église Saint-Enfant Jésus, between St-Joseph and Laurier, near Laurier Métro). Free admission.

The opening party, featuring readings and live music, will take place Friday, November 13, at Sky Blue Door, 5403B St. Laurent (side door), 7 – 11 p.m., free admission.

This incredible event brings together nearly 300 creators of all kinds of printed matter – from books to zines to posters and graphic novels – in both English and French. In the past eight years, Expozine has become one of North America’s largest small press fairs, attracting thousands of visitors as well as exhibitors from as far as France, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax, Vancouver and Quebec City!

Come discover a universe of publications and printed works that is hard to find anywhere, much less all in the same room! It’s also a rare opportunity to meet hundreds of young and emerging authors, publishers and artists, and see what the winners of last year’s Expozine Alternative Press Awards are up to.

This year for the first time there will also be a program of discussions and readings running throughout the event, as well as an opening party on Friday, November 13 (details to be announced). Not to be missed!

Expozine is made possible through the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts de Montréal.

Warren Craghead has released a new do it yourself book called a circle, a sphere. Download the PDF, print the book on your printer and blam you got yourself a rad little zine. View Craghead’s previous free book / zine “The Surf and the Face.”

Sample spread from the zine "a circle, a sphere."

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Photo of Peter Thompson's table at Canzine with Anteism's books, Peter's as well as James Kirkpatrick's.

Canzine is Canada’s largest celebration of small press publishing and “alternative culture”, hosted by the rad magazine Broken Pencil. The event features over 150 zines from across Canada, as well as all day underground film and video open screening, panel discussions, readings and more. Below are two articles about this years event Canzine 2009.

BlogTO: Canzine 2009 All About Indie Video Games, Kooky Zines, Collaborative Comics, Unflattering Portraits, Graphic Tees and More

Torontoist: Can-Can-Canzine!

We’re proud to have three Jonathan Petersen books up for sale in our online shop. Jonathan’s intricate drawings and strange folk tales mesh into dream like sequences which are broken by sarcastic spoof advertisments. Check out the “The World’s Best Cookie” ,”Good Stories” & “AD-FRIEND-TURE Stories” .

Brooke, Cody and I made a trip over to Vancouver to pick up 1000 Abracadabra books. We’re really pleased with the results and look forward to sharing the book with the artists and everyone attending the book launch on July 18th.

If you can’t make it out to the launch, Abracadabra (the publication) will be available this summer in Victoria at The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Munro’s, Dark Horse Books, Sorensen Books, Studio 16 1/2, Legends Comics & online through Anteism. Retail outlets in other cities will be listed soon.

More info about the Abracadabra Show & Book Launch.

Here’s a little sneak peak…