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Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:41:37 -0400

The Dinosaur Issue (#16)

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:40:34 -0400

Kiss Machine's sixteenth issue is now on sale!

Dinosaurs are fascinating, despite having been extinct for millennia, because they provide clues to our own evolution. The pieces in this issue explore the notion of "prehistory" from unusual angles. There are Internet dinosaurs (including an interview with Ryan North of Qwantz.com), obsolete communications media, arks, our pre-conception of T Rexs, and a little girl obsessed with the Loch Ness monster.

We hope you enjoy our little conga line of graphic arts and culture!

Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate #4 of 4

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:43:51 -0500

Written by Emily Pohl-Weary
Illustrated by Willow Dawson

A graphic novel in four parts

Continuing the story where issues #1, #2, and #3 left off, the final chapter of Violet's saga is now available!

Emily Pohl-Weary and Willow Dawson envisioned Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate in response to the excessively awful portrayals of female pirates that seem to saturate pop culture.

Kiss Machine at Expozine (Montreal)

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:50:02 -0500

Kiss Machine is going to be at Expozine, Montreal’s annual small press, comic and zine fair, for one day only. If you live in the city, come check out our table! It's free and awesome!

Date and Time:
Saturday, November 24, 2007, 12:00 to 6:00pm (we're only there on Sat.)
Sunday, November 25, 2007, 12:00 to 6:00pm

Location:
5035 rue St-Dominique, Église Saint-Enfant Jésus, between Laurier and Saint-Joseph, Montréal

The Goodbye Issue (#15)

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:43:04 -0400

Kiss Machine's fifteenth issue is now on sale!

Goodbyes are funny things. Sometimes we can’t wait to get someone or something out of our lives, and other times we keep holding on when we really need to let go.

The pieces in this issue show the array of feelings the word “goodbye” can elicit and the range of situations it can be applied to, such as getting kicked out of your apartment, leaving your boyfriend, aborting a fetus, or deciding to live a different kind of life. Enjoy!

Buy Issue #15

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:47:06 -0400

Purchase a copy of the most recent issue (#15), which explores the "goodbye" theme.
$5.

Mendacity Finalist for Award!

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:19:39 -0400

Woohoo! Mendacity (by Tamara Faith Berger and Sophie Cossette) is a finalist for a 2007 Doug Wright Award in the category of Best Emerging Talent.

So sayeth the judges: "This year, the 10 nominees for Canada’s premiere cartooning award feature an eclectic mix of personal memoir and travelogue to short fiction and experimental graphic fiction—all from the pens of Canada’s finest cartooning talents."

Launch Summer Ink!

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:32:28 -0400

Join Golda Fried and Vesna Mostovac in celebrating the publication of their Kiss Machine Presents issue, Summer Ink: An Illustrated Book of Letters.

Come out and enjoy the music of special guest N.Q. Arbuckle, a friend featured in its pages...

Wednesday, July 4, 2007
8 to 10 pm
The Cameron House
408 Queen St W, Toronto

Find out more about Summer Ink.

Summer Ink: An Illustrated Book of Letters

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:08:27 -0400

Summer Ink is two months' worth of correspondence between long-time friends Golda Fried and Vesna Mostovac.

On these pages, sticky with tears, cigarette ash, beer, coffee, ketchup and bacon grease, they document their trials and tribulations in the world of love and heartbreak, paying close attention to the songs spinning in the background. Each letter comes alive with graphics Vesna has drawn and collaged, based on images present in the writers' minds as they wrote the letter.

The Activity Book Issue (#14)

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:29:54 -0400

We’re pleased to announce the release of our activity issue! We were wondering what activities our contributors find themselves returning to when they take a little "me time."

Responses to our call for submissions form the current issue. Some people (okay, us) really do enjoy—or dream up, in the case of fictional work—unusual activities.

Kiss Machine on Facebook

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:30:32 -0400

Kiss Machine has entered the world of Facebook. If you're a member, join our group. If you're not a member, sign up and then join our group. Heh. See ya in cyberville.

Launch Violet Miranda #3!

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:51:02 -0400

Ahoy, all salty dogs in the Toronto area... The temperature's dropping, but our pirate grog's hot!

Kiss Machine is launching VIOLET MIRANDA: GIRL PIRATE #3 of 4 (written by Emily Pohl-Weary and illustrated by Willow Dawson)

Thursday, February 22, 2007, at Babel Books & Music (123 Ossington, just north of Queen West), from 7 to 9 pm.

Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate #3 of 4

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:14:09 -0500

Written by Emily Pohl-Weary
Illustrated by Willow Dawson

A graphic novel in four parts

Continuing the story where issues #1 and #2 left off, our girl pirate Violet Miranda is tricked into sailing off aboard the pirate ship while her friend Elsa is left behind on land. Onboard with the men, Violet becomes more and more confident sheâs the only one who knows how to find the treasure at Devilâs Throat. Meanwhile, Elsa's stirring up a little trouble of her own...

Nominated!

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:34:34 -0500

This just in: for the second year in a row, Kiss Machine's nominated for an Utne Independent Press Award in the General Excellence: Zines category! Congratulations to all our contributors! Also nominated (in other categories) are local favs Shameless and Spacing. Since 1989, these prestigious awards have showcased the best of the independent press in categories ranging from best new publication to political, environmental, cultural, and lifestyle coverage.

The Nature or Nuture Issue (#13)

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:25:17 -0400

Kiss Machine's lucky thirteenth "nature or nurture" issue is now on sale!

Welcome to the great debate! Is nature or nurture more important in shaping humans? Perhaps the discussion itself is more important than the answer. Within the pages of Kiss Machine, our contributors pitch in their two cents. Perhaps the debate itself is more important than the answer...