{"id":4687,"date":"2016-03-31T01:58:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T05:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=4687"},"modified":"2016-03-30T19:50:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T23:50:10","slug":"julie-doucets-carpet-sweeper-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-books\/julie-doucets-carpet-sweeper-tales\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Doucet’s Carpet Sweeper Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Montreal illustrator, comic book artist and collagist Julie Doucet’s Carpet Sweeper Tales<\/em> is a collection of collaged photo comics using images from 1960 and 70s Italian photo novellas (fumetti<\/em>) and text from 1940s and 50s American advertising. Published by Montreal’s Drawn & Quarterly, the book launches Thursday, 7 April at Librairie D&Q<\/a> in Montreal’s Mile End and on Sunday, 10 April at Type Books<\/a>‘ 883 Queen Street West location\u00a0in Toronto, where Doucet will be interviewed by the CBC’s Sook-Yin Lee.<\/p>\n

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In Kolaj #15<\/a>, Ric Kasini Kadour reviewed Carpet Sweeper Tales<\/em>, calling it “a beautiful collage comic, full of romance and drama. Its unique style of storytelling reflects Doucet’s remarkable grasp of written and visual language and culture.<\/p>\n

To read the full review, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine<\/em><\/a> or Get a Copy of the Issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Carpet Sweeper Tales<\/em>
\nby Julie Doucet
\n6.4″x5.5″, 185 pages
\nillustrated, $19.95 Canada\/$15.95 USA
\nISBN: 978-1-77046-239-7
\nDrawn & Quarterly<\/a>
\nMontreal, Quebec
\n2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montreal illustrator, comic book artist and collagist Julie Doucet’s Carpet Sweeper Tales is a collection of collaged photo comics using images from 1960 and 70s Italian photo novellas (fumetti) and text from 1940s and 50s American advertising. Published by Montreal’s…<\/p>\n

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