Celebrate Science Fiction at the 2014 Mississauga BookFest

Posted on October 17, 2014 | Leave a comment

This Saturday, October 18th, The Mississauga Central library is holding a Science fiction Spectacular Bookfest!

SF authors Rob Sawyer, Marie Bilodeau, RC Wilson, Tanya Huff will be doing presentations at the Auditorium.  Robert J. Sawyer recently received a Lifetime Achievement Aurora Award from the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association.

I will be onsite with fellow local authors, exposing (and selling) our works at the Atrium. All my 15 novels and 10 graphic novels will be there, in French and  English. Signed books are all in the 5$-10$ range.

Sunday Artist Studio is an independant publisher of YA and all age comics.

I’m proud of being a SF author. Below are a few of my recent titles from the Sunday Artist Studio imprint.

Otaku Ladies Front Cover     A comic Cover from Sunday Artist Studio: The General's Garden


Ruego Cover / Story by Jean-Louis Trudel, Salvator Dallaire, Art & adaptation by Michele Laframboise       Negociations front cover

The Mississauga Library has most of my novels. Get a glimpse of  my SF universe. The full series (La quête de Chaaas) will be available at a discount.

Chaaas1_CouvMdpRed          Cover of Les vents de Tammerlan, GG award finalist and Aurora Award recipient in 2009

   The Koudriss Axis -- order it on Amazon.ca    The fourth volume of my YA SF saga.

Two books from the Jules-Verne saga, another YA science fiction series.

The Jules-Verne saga, tome 1   The Jules-Verne, second tome

Here are two “standalone” SF novels…

Couverture de Mica, fille de Transyl        What if you could raise a special child to pinpoint potential terrorist threats? Ithuriel Project is a thought-provoking commentary on the evolution of bioterrorism paranoia, and of the logics of exclusion in a globalized world.

WHERE: Mississauga Central Library, 301 Burhnamthorpe Rd W, Mississauga, Ontario
WHEN: October 18th, 10-17h

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When silence fell

The terrorist fan

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Posted on September 11, 2014 in Art, Event, Society

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The July Garden

Posted on July 8, 2014 | Leave a comment

Early morning visitor. A blood-red day lily Rasberries a readily available desert Little violet flowers A garlic flowering

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Violet beauty

Violet beauty

A close-up of a magnificient Lily in full bloom. Picture taken near a garden, in Montréal. I was on site for a comic arts event, the FBDM.

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Posted on June 3, 2014 in Photos

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Foraging neighbours

Foraging neighbours American Robin and a common grackle

An American robin (Turdus migratorius) and a common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) happily foraging the new grass in front of the home.

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Posted on May 23, 2014 in Society

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Some TCAF pics

Posted on May 12, 2014 | Leave a comment

The TCAF is an annual event in Toronto for all Comics lovers. I went from the opening until 13h, sorry for all of you I missed!

Ambiance at 9hAM

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The joys of eutrophication: discover the algal bowl!

Posted on May 9, 2014 | 3 comments

Beware of eutrophication!

Summer is (almost) on us, the urge to swim is overwhelming… But why are our lake waters becoming greenish and gluey?  Continue reading →

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The joys of signing: the superhero fan

Posted on May 1, 2014 | Leave a comment

Spiderman! (in civvies)

My May special of the Joys of Signing is ready !

50+ years of Spiderman… and my husband and I almost read them all!

Yes, the new Spiderman Movie is out… and, by a splendid coincidence, this weekend is the Free Comic Book Day! Come and enjoy the activities organised by the Streetsville at the Image Collections store!

 

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The joys of signing : finding space at a Con

Posted on April 24, 2014 | 1 comment

Lack of space? Finding space in a Comic Con

Yes, every comic con has its hassles ! All artists compete for the “prime space lots” and, at the TCAF, for any signing space. (I did not get in this year, so may be in May 2015. The upbeat is that I will have graphic novels out.)

This inspired me this page, well retouched with Manga Studio, and a slight wink to Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, the ISS commanding officer.

For the science fiction afficionados (especially those who saw Gravity!) there are at least 25 totally irrealist or unexact things, besides kiosk 63 frail “bubble”: among them, the Canadarm has changed from 2004 (the new version here), and the Space shuttles were replaced by Soyouz ships…

Moreover, you can see a lot of obsolete art material floating around the signing table! Those who can spot my Ames Lettering Guide will be reward by a cordial salute at the next Con. Where? If you missed me in the TCAF crowd, I will be at the Image collections Comic shop, for the Bread and Honey festival of Streetsville (Saturday June 7th).

 

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I am so waiting for spring…

Posted on April 2, 2014 | Leave a comment

 

The joys of freezing at the signing table!

This scene unfolds at the Salon du livre de Québec, so the last panel shows the Québec Parliement in the background. There was no freezing spell there, but it really happened at a similar event!

This comic page was done with my Intuos tablet and modified on Manga Studio. It is no 27 in the Splendors and Miseries of the Signing Table series, the French version here.  And yes, it was snowing when I drew this comic…

Many thanks to Jack Ruttan who translated this page from French!

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