#cooking comics

[jmawork]

A comic about my good friend, the basil plant

[robinha]

MAY 2017 Events

MAY 11th Thursday 7 PM - 9 PM

Book signing at TYPE BOOKS, 883 Queen Street West, Toronto CANADA

COMICS COOKING KOREAN & GOING GREEK

Before Toronto’s greatest comics festival, TCAF, happens the weekend of May 13 and 14, two comic writers and artists will be at Type at 883 Queen Street West to talk about their new books on Thursday, May 11. Join Robin Ha, author of the comic book with recipes, Cook Korean, and the very popular artist behind the Olympians books, George O’Connor to get you in the four-colour mood for talking and reading comics.

FREE EVENT

Find out more HERE.

MAY 13th-14th Saturday 9 AM-5 PM Sunday 10 AM-5 PM 

TCAF Toronto Reference Library | 789 Yonge St. Toronto Canada 

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, taking place in 2017 at Toronto Reference Library and the surrounding Bloor/Yonge neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring hundreds of comics creators from around the world. Other Festival events include readings, interviews, panels, workshops, gallery shows, art installations, and much more. The full program and list of participating creators will be listed at this website, as well as in printed and digital program guides available on-site at the festival. 

TCAF is free event for all ages.

I will be exhibiting at the Toronto Reference Library with Cook Korean!, fresh-off-the-press mini comics and art prints.

I will also be part of two panel discussions.

High Park Ballroom, Marriott Bloor-Yorkville SATURDAY MAY 13th 11:00 AM – Telling Your Own Stories: Comic Book Memoir – Sometimes finding a good story just takes looking in the mirror. But then what? Join Marcelino Truong, Meags Fitzgerald, Michel Hellman, and Robin Ha as they talk about how the fun and frustrating process of turning their own lives into comics!

The Pilot, 22 Cumberland St. SUNDAY MAY 14th 12:00 PM – Looks Good Enough to Eat: Comics and Food – What kinds of stories do we really tell when we make comics about food? What can food illustration teach us about technique, history, family and diaspora? What are the unique challenges of translating a multi-sensory culinary experience into a two-dimensional visual format? Are comics an underutilized medium for illustrating recipes? Join us for a panel discussion exploring the intricate relationship between comics, art, and food.Panelists: Robin Ha, Sarah Becan, Jade Feng Lee, Kat Verhoeven, Emily Forster. Moderator: Lauren Jordan

Find out more HERE.

MAY 20th SATURDAY 12 PM - 7 PM

HEROIC CON

Heroic Aleworks

14910 Persistence Dr, Woodbridge, Virginia 22191

Heroic Aleworks and the D.C. Conspiracy are teaming up for a minicomics and arts show featuring about two dozen local comics creators! Pick up some one-of-a-kind locally made comics as you enjoy a pint (or two) of your favorite beer that's made right on site!

This is a Public Free event.

Find out more HERE.

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Don’t even get me started about my waffles.

[jefharmatz]

The Oreo Aficionado

On finding and eating every version of America’s favorite cookie: ‘I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs. It’s a good vice to have.’

This new comic I drew!

[jefharmatz]

Caesar Salad! – Spiralbound – Medium

An exploration into the mysterious origins of the world-famous dish

HEY! I made this comic about the history of Caesar Salad for Medium’s comics section, Spiralbound. Read it!

[jefharmatz]

Hi! This is my new thing. You have to sign up to get it. First one is tomorrow. Its a ton of free comics.  http://www.exquisiteradish.com

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What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Fumi Yoshinaga

What Did You Eat Yesterday by Fumi Yoshinaga, perhaps best described as a cookbook meshing slice-of-life stories is a gem. Ms. Yoshinaga began her career in comics with male/male romantic and erotic comics aimed primarily at female readers (boys’ love). Even so, since her professional debut in the 1990s she has also branched out from the genre, creating many affecting and interesting stories, becoming a noteworthy comic artist whose talent has been recognized by awards both in and outside Japan. So anyone looking to this series exclusively for a boys’ love comic conforming to such conventions is likely to be greatly disappointed. The life of her main characters here, two older gay men in a long term relationship, is neither idealized nor sensationalized. Yoshinaga has perhaps always had a rather more aware and sensitive style to her work, even when still working within conventions of genre. So it is not a surprise this series aimed at a larger audience is more realistic than what many may be used to.  

Nevertheless, food is the real star about which everything else is framed. Mainly meals are the home-made Japanese variety but, also featured are a number of dishes with other influences and culinary origins. Even someone who barely cooks, or has difficulty in finding certain ingredients could make at least one of the recipes featured in each volume. Now I love to cook and that was my main attraction to the series. If you want to see some of the recipes come to life I have another post following this one celebrating 10 dishes from the series, the majority of which are not difficult to shop for ingredients or prepare.

This isn’t to say the slice-of-life parts of the series are not just as worthwhile. Yoshinaga knows how to write well rounded characters as wonderfully as she draws food. She breathes life into the main leads Shiro and Kenji not just as a much more down to earth depiction of a middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo but, also the imperfect lives of those around them. Each chapter the reader learns a little about not just the two but, family, co-workers, and friends showcasing along the way subjects a reader may find familiar and unfamiliar, universal and distinct.

Some of Shiro’s clients who come to him for help at the law firm similarly have varied family situations and problems. The narrative’s charm is the easygoing nature and humour that addresses ignorance even when well intentioned as injurious, and preconceptions that make judgment within both our self and society so difficult to eradicate. With currently 13 volumes in Japan and ongoing for over a decade the series also shows its characters age, making them come to feel like friends.

What Did You Eat Yesterday is a wonderful Japanese comic combining the sort of attributes which are not seen often in titles available in English. Just about anyone who appreciates good food and more realistic portrayals of life, if they read Japanese comics or not, should give the series an opportunity to charm. It will at the very least induce food cravings. 

What Did You Eat Yesterday by Fumi Ypshinaga is available in English in print currently with 12 volumes, translated by Maya Rosewood (1-3), Yoshito Hinton (3- 8), and Jocelyn Allen (9-12) from Vertical Comics.

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New Arcturus chapter startin this week  (or start reading here)