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Here are CBC Books' picks for the top Canadian comics of the year.

LET’S begin with a negative. “A lot of publishers seem to be cutting back on graphic novels,” veteran cartoonist Bryan Talbot told The Herald…

Article content The Quebec comic creator is back with Factory Summers, an account of the seasons he spent working in the pulp and paper industry in la belle province as a young adult. It’s a love letter to his summer jobs and a funny, yet touching account of how he came into his own as an aspiring cartoonist. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Brown: New Delisle book a love letter to comic creators summer job Back to video It follows a number of...

SHARES Factory Summers brings the subtle colour of banal summer jobs towards the promise of the world beyond them. Terrible summer jobs are a rite of passage for most people. Picking strawberries in the broiling sun, whiling away listless retail hours in a bleak corner of a mall or serving ice cream to whiny kids and their strung-out parents. We’ve all been there. Guy Delisle’s graphic novel-cum-memoir Factory Summers has all the pathos, boredom, confusion and grim camaraderie that summe...

Review of 'Factory Summers', the latest graphic novel/memoir by Guy Delisle, published by Drawn & Quarterly.