THE EXPOZINE ALTERNATIVE PRESS AWARDS
The Expozine Alternative Press Awards Gala, held to recognize the best publications that were on display at the Expozine small press fair in the fall of 2012, happened on Sunday, April 7 2013, 20h, at Le Divan Orange.
Montreal’s fabulous rappeuse Donzelle was the MC for the evening, which featured a performance by Montreal’s premier paramour of “Weird Funk”, Tony Ezzy!
THE WINNERS
English Zine
Newsgirls, Andrea Clegg, B&D Press
Using black and white photographs and short interview excerpts, Andrea Clegg presents a moving portrait of Newsgirls, a boxing club for women in Toronto of which she is a member. Carefully designed and thoughtfully edited, this zine offers readers a glimpse into the ring to meet the women of Newsgirls and celebrates the power of community.
English Book
The Cloaca, Andrew Hood, Invisible Publishing
This collection of insightful, observant human dramas reveals both the humour and brutality of modern day life. It is also perfectly typeset to be read easily and is overall a handsome volume. I couldn’t put it down.
English Comic
Crud #2, Vicki Nerino
Nerino’s attention to detail is fun and hard to miss. Crud is made with blood, laughter, love and tears; it exudes these from every page and to me, embodies everything great about EXPOZINE 2012.
Livre Francophone
Pavé et mémoire, Nicolas Lachapelle et Geoffroy Dolorey, Coopérative d’édition en Jachère
Il s’agit d’un essai coup de poing clairement né de la nécessité de renverser la basse réalité du monde. C’est une bouteille à la mer lancée à lancer à ceux qui croient véritablement au pouvoir d’agir sur le monde autant qu’une brique balancée dans la gueule des vendeurs du temple du «printemps érable».
Bande Dessinée Francophone
Le Front # 5, Front Froid
Par moments sombre et sauvage, et à d’autres plutôt noire et cruelle, cette œuvre collective extrêmement bien livrée nous emmène dans des histoires aussi intéressantes qu’esthétiquement abouties.
Fanzine Francophone
Le Bathyscaphe no. 8
Pour la qualité d’ensemble de la publication. La mise en page est impeccable, la qualité des articles est excellente et l’existence d’un tel fanzine est nécessaire. Longue vie au Bathyscaphe!
THE FINALISTS
English Zine
Newsgirls, Andrea Clegg, B&D Press
Unwanted, K. L. Flannigan
Dan-D-Noser, Kirsten McCrea, Paper Pusher
Drop Target #4, Jon Chad and Alec Longstreth
New Inventions, Michelle White
St. Henri: Down in the Deps, Rebecca Rosen
Special mention:
The Possibilities are Endless, Jamie Q
English Book
Rae Spoon, First Spring Grass Fire, Arsenal Pulp Press
Guillaume Morissette, I am my own betrayal, maison kasini
Here be Monsters Issue 7: Tongues and Teeth
Oh There You Are I Can’t See You Is It Raining, Laura Broadbent, Snare Books
The Cloaca, Andrew Hood, Invisible Publishing
26 Bizarre tales of Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang, Jeff Klassen
English Comic
You Can Never Be Me (Batman Comics), Patrick Kyle
Crud #2, Vicki Nerino
Heartless, Nina Bunjevac, Conundrum Press
Hungry Bottom Comics, Eric Kostiuk Williams
All Rumours are True, Laurel Lynn Leake
Betsy, Sophie Goldstein
Livre Francophone
La vie secrète des objets, Sylvain Robert, Édition cuisine
Volière, Frédéric Dumont, Les Éditions de l’Écrou
Les armes à penser, Shawn Cotton, L’oie de Cravan
Ménageries, Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard et Benoit Tardif, Éditions de ta Mère
Qui Vive n°3
Pavé et mémoire, Nicolas Lachapelle et Geoffroy Dolorey, Coopérative d’édition en Jachère
Bande Dessinée Francophone
Codex Montrealensis, Dimo Garcia et Gigiola Caceres
La traversée, Chloé Germain-Thérien
Entre deux mondes, Brice Artaud et Grégoire Mabit
L’archéologie du tiroir, Anthologie 2010-2012, A. Fontaine Rousseau et F. Samson Dunlop, Colosse
Le Front # 5, Front Froid
Scio, Gabriel Lamarche
Fanzine Francophone
Le Bathyscaphe, no. 8
Histoire numéros 2, Shushanna bikini london
Emmanuel Laflamme
Sale temps, Laureline Mattiussi
St-Henri, Quentin Pillot
Z.A.Q. no. 5, ZAQ Éditions
What are the Expozine Awards?
At the Expozine small press fair last November, the organizing team asked each of the more than 270 exhibitors to submit a copy of their best new publication for consideration for the Expozine Alternative Press Awards. A panel of six judges from the Montreal small press milieu selected six finalists and one winner in each of three categories: best book, best zine and best comic, in English and French.
The judges for 2012 were :
Jasmin Milville-Allard, Simon Paquet, Jeff Miller, Billy Mavreas, Dominique Pétrin, Robin Fisher
The Expozine Alternative Press Awards Gala was sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des Arts de Montréal, SODEC, Drawn and Quarterly and Le Port de Tête, 262 Mont-Royal E.