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Kiss Machine Presents... Publications

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:10:12 -0500

Starting in February, 2005, Kiss Machine will be publishing two special 24-page issues per year under the new Kiss Machine Presents... line. These "graphic novellas" will feature the work of one Canadian writer and one Canadian artist per issue.

We've already selected the duos who will fill our printing schedule for the next couple years, and they're hard at work on inky, stinky creations.

Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:48:15 -0500

About Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate

Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate is a graphic novel by Emily Pohl-Weary and Willow Dawson that's been told in four parts. It draws on the life stories of history's most famous women pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read.

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.

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.

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...

Launch Mendacity!

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:05:51 -0500

On June 23rd, Toronto readers are invited to join the creators of Mendacity, Tamara Faith Berger and Sophie Cossette, in celebrating the launch of their new Kiss Machine Presents publication.

Details: Friday, June 23, 2006. 5-8 pm at The Embassy in Kensington Market (223 Augusta Ave, Toronto). Refreshments will be served.

Purchase a copy of Mendacity here.

Mendacity

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:33:37 -0400

An uncompromising story about the international sex trade by writer Tamara Faith Berger and artist Sophie Cossette.

In one reckless stab at making something of her life, Inna Rosca, a tough, young, Moldovan woman gets caught up in a human smuggling ring. Mendacity tells the tale of Inna’s navigation and survival of the brutal passage from her hometown, Chisinau, to a seedy brothel in Tel Aviv.

Plundering the Love

Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:59:08 -0500

Our pirate-themed launch for issue #2 of Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate was a Boat-load of fun. Here are some photos. We'll post more as people send them to us--there were a lot of cameras present...

Hey, Lovelorn Sea Dogs!

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:47:01 -0500

Pull up your breeches, strap on your cutlasses, dust off your black hearts, and swagger over to The Boat to help Kiss Machine plunder all the love from Valentine's Day.

That's right, me hearties, we're throwin' a pirate-themed anti-Valentines party to launch the second issue of Violet Miranda:
Girl Pirate.

On board our scurvy vessel, landlubbers can slake their thirst with some fine grog, while Peg-Leg and the Floozie play pirate songs and swashbuckling movies are screened.

Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate (#2 of 4)

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:46:42 -0500

Written by Emily Pohl-Weary
Illustrated by Willow Dawson

A graphic novel in four parts

Continuing the girls' story where issue #1 left off, Violet Miranda and her best friend, Elsa Bonnet, lost everything when the son of their archenemy looted the idyllic island they called home, killed their fathers, and kidnapped the girls and their mothers.

Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate (#1 of 4)

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:19:48 -0500

Written by Emily Pohl-Weary
Illustrated by Willow Dawson

In response to the male-dominated comics industryâs lack of positive role models for teen girls, Emily Pohl-Weary and Willow Dawson envisioned Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate, a graphic novel told in four-parts.

Violet Miranda draws on the life stories of the most famous women pirates: Anne Bonny and Mary Read. The girl protagonists, Violet and her best friend Elsa Bonnet, take control of their lives--and pirate ships--through their wiles and natural leadership abilities.

Tainted Love Launch for Skim

Thu, 12 May 2005 16:36:20 -0400

On Friday, June 10, Crushaleptic presents Tainted Love, a goth-themed launch party for Mariko and Jillian Tamaki's comic SKIM (Kiss Machine Presents...) and Mariko's novel FAKE ID (Women's Press) featuring the techno stylings of Ina unt Ina.

Kiss Machine Presents... Skim

Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:40:52 -0400

Words by Mariko Tamaki
Art by Jillian Tamaki

It's 1992. The jocks are suicidal, the popular girls are in mourning, and the goths are bored.

It seems like everyone but 16-year-old suburban witch Skim Takota, and her best friend Lisa, is freaking out. It's a weird time to fall in love, but a witch has to do what a witch has to do.

The second Kiss Machine Presents... publication is a 24-page excerpt from Skim's diary--a gothic romance for geeky goths and the people who love them.

Pirate Launch Party! YAARGH!!

Sat, 02 Apr 2005 16:30:55 -0500

The first special Kiss Machine Presents... issue, Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate (#1 of 4) will launch with a swashbuckling pirate party! Hope you can join us, share the bootie and buy some copies of the comic. Details: 9 pm. Saturday, March 12, 2005. Mitzi's Sister (1554 Queen St W, Toronto). Free admission, comics $4 each.