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Praise from Paul Buhle for Dreaming of What Might Be and The Graphic History Project
Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of Labor in Canada 1880-1900, a finely-crafted, historically informed and sensitive comic in itself, offers a magnificent beginning in what is certain to be a landmark project in comic art treatments of labour and working people’s lives and experiences, past and present. Paul Buhle, editor of A People’s … Read More
Dreaming of What Might Be: Introducing the Graphic History Project as a New Initiative for Radical History and Comics
Illustrate! Educate! Organize! The Graphic History Collective (GHC) is pleased to announce the launch of their new comic book about the Knights of Labor in Canada called Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of Labor in Canada 1880-1900.
Welcoming a New Member
We are pleased to announce that Julia Smith has joined the Graphic History Collective. Julia is a PhD candidate at Trent University studying the history of bank worker unionization in Canada in the postwar period. Julia helped write and research for the GHC’s soon-to-be-revealed new graphic history, Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of … Read More
New E-Book with Each Purchase
The Graphic History Collective is pleased to announce that Between the Lines Press is offering a FREE enhanced e-book version of “May Day” will come with every order. The e-version has original sketches and special features. Also, remember that until May 31, bulk orders (for conferences, classrooms, union locals, literature departments, and libraries etc.) gets … Read More
Discount and free shipping on May Day comic until May 31st
If you order before May 31 2015, bulk orders of the Canadian, union-made comic “May Day: A Graphic History of Protest” will receive 40% off and free shipping! The lessons of the May Day comic and Canadian labour history are relevant all year and can help spark important conversations about our strategies and struggles for … Read More
Get involved with the Graphic History Project
Download information as a PDF here: GHP Callout Fall 2012 Illustrate! Educate! Organize! Get involved with the Graphic History Project Paul Buhle and the Graphic History Collective are calling for activists, artists, academics, and designers to participate in the Graphic History Project, a project about graphic activism. Our intention is to produce new politically relevant graphic histories … Read More
Open Book Toronto
The Graphic History Collective did a written interview with Open Book Toronto about the May Day comic. “Today the Collective takes on the Open Book Dirty Dozen, a free-form interview where authors and creators are asked to share 12 unexpected facts about themselves. Read on to hear from the Collective about bicycles, bookstores and secret … Read More
May Day – and Open Door Toronto
May Day! See you in the streets. Preview of May Day: A Graphic History of Protest is featured on Open Door Toronto today. Stay tuned for a longer interview published with them on May 10th.
Praise for May Day comic
These people said nice things about us. We’d be too shy to talk to them at a party, so a big ‘thanks’ for us over here at the Graphic History Collective. “May Day is a grand experiment in reviving the traditional holiday of working people, with lively comic art adding a new dimension to themes that … Read More