Join author ELIZABETH WHITTEN as she signs copies of her landmark history of all COMIX produced in NEWFOUNDLAND “OFF PANEL”

Wednesday May 1st 5pm at Strange Adventures in Halifax!

About the book: Newfoundland and Labrador has an active comic book scene that dates back to the 1970s, largely kicked off by Wallace Ryan and the late Gerry Porter collaborating on Zeitgeist, a fantasy anthology. It marked the first comic book made in the province. Not long after, Geoff Stirling released his superhero, an ancient alien astronaut called Captain Newfoundland in the pages of the Newfoundland Herald, that was meant to distill his new age beliefs to an audience. In the 1980s there were also Tim Peckam and Fox Lidstone, though their output was minimal. Since then, more artists and titles have appeared, like Kelly Bastow, Mike Feehan and Paul Tucker. There is a thriving comic book scene and OFF PANEL explores the history and the creators keeping this art form active locally.

Even forty years later, Captain Newfoundland (also known as Captain Atlantis) is still influential. While the series was short, Stirling’s creation exists to this day through NTV commercials. It has also been a figure of fascination and inspiration for many local comic book writers who came later, like Mike Feehan.

OFF PANEL is a collection of essays that introduce the major figures in the NL comic book scene and how they became interested in comics, the challenges they faced, the themes they write about, and what inspires them.