Category Archives: books

Reviewing Archie on His 75th Birthday

As some of you may know, among my many pursuits is the Archie Comics podcast I produce with my friend and co-host Lucy Cappiello, Radio Free Riverdale. As two of Canada’s most prominent (or only) Archie Comics podcasters, we were asked to review the Archie 1000 Page Comics 75th Anniversary Bash, an anthology published in [...]

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Loyalist To A Fault reviewed at the National Post

The National Post – and more accurately, the whip-smart children’s book reviewer, Anna Fitzpatrick – reviewed the third Dead Kid Detetctive Agency book, Loyalist To A Fault, on October 13, but it only appeared online on the National Post site last week. It’s a really nice review, which is high praise because I really feel [...]

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Talking Dead Kids and Dance Movies at My Summer Lair

The other week, I had the pleasure of meeting with my old friend Sammy Younan, a friend from my days when I tabled frequently at Toronto comic conventions. He’s got an interview radio show named My Summer Lair on Girth Radio, during which we discussed comic books, my Dead Kid Detective Agency book series, and [...]

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The Word On The Street (at Harbourfront)

This Sunday, September 27, marks the return of one of Toronto’s best literary events, The Word On The Street. The festival is Canada’s largest free book and magazine festival, featuring hundreds of author readings, discussions, and activities, and a marketplace that boasts the best selection of Canadian books and magazines anywhere. This year, for the first time, [...]

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