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07/05/2024

"THE JELLYFISH is as ambitious as it is beautiful. Boum crafts Odette’s story in stark, black-and-white illustrations and gorgeous page layouts; each panel of the book is expertly plotted, and it all serves to show readers exactly what Odette is going through... In short, THE JELLYFISH is an absolute triumph in terms of both artwork and storytelling."

—Gabrielle Drolet, Montreal Review of Books

07/04/2024

📚 In our opinion it's never to early to start posting your "Best of the Year" lists, especially when they include THE JELLYFISH by Boum and its sharing space with so many great graphic novels from across the spectrum! Need some summer reading? Comic Book Herald just wrote up a fantastic mid-year round up with THIRTY great books to check out!

07/03/2024

The talented cartoonist -BD et illustrations has created 3 beautiful, funny, and strange graphic novels, including his latest, "Botanica Drama." Each of Thom's Fables is a stand-alone tale, but together they form a growing portrait of a mysterious fantasy realm. These silent stories are perfect for fans of Jim Woodring!

06/18/2024

It's time to pre-order VILE AND MISERABLE at your local comic shop! Don't miss this comedy of terrors for grown-ups... And you read that right, Samuel Cantin's cringe comedy masterpiece will soon be a feature film! 👀

Perfect for fans of Simon Hanselmann,, Johnny Ryan, and vintage Chester Brown! Seriously, let your local comic shop know about this underground hit!

06/06/2024

Summer: Make time for friends, fun, and fries!

A lovely drawing from Thom-BD featuring the characters from his touching graphic novel BOTANICA DRAMA, which ImaginAtlas calls "whimsical, thoughtful artistically unique... a wonderful meditation on life, death, and friendship."

Available everywhere fine books are found!

05/27/2024

It was Festival BD de Montréal (FBDM) over the weekend here in sunny Montréal and we had an amazing time! We couldn’t even catch all of the Éditions Pow Pow / Pow Pow Press family on film, but here are some pics from the event, our fave comics festival of all!

Thank you to everyone who came by, to the hard-working Pow Pow staff, and of course to our wonderful creators. Can’t wait to see everyone again… the sooner the better!

05/23/2024

Starting tomorrow Pow Pow Press and Éditions Pow Pow are bringing the noise with literally dozens of amazing creators signing at our massive tent A10! Festival BD de Montréal (FBDM/MCAF) is bar-none one of the biggest and best comic arts festival in North America (in the WORLD?!), massive, fun, bilingual, and did we mention FREE! Come hang out on a pedestrian-only rue Saint-Denis and meet your fave creators, including Pow Pow powerhouses like Boum, Cathon, Thom-BD, Eloise marseille, and so many more. We'll have books in English and French available, and feel free to bring along your cherished books from home, too! See less

05/14/2024

The Pow Pow Gang had a fantastic time at TCAF - The Toronto Comic Arts Festival this year! Many thanks to all the friends new and old who stopped by our tables and we're looking forward to seeing you all again soon, be it in Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal, Winnipeg, Bethesda, or who knows where!

❤️ PP

05/13/2024

That’s right! Pow Pow is headed to the West Coast for this year’s Vancouver Comic Arts Festival in beautiful BC! And we’re bringing along not one but two of Pow Pow’s amazing creators to the show as Featured Guests!

Boum will be continuing her Canada Tour in celebration of the recent release of The Jellyfish, which has been garnering rave reviews in the pages of Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus, and more! Boum will be included in some excellent programming, to be announced soon!

And she’ll be joined for this festival by Cathon, creator of graphic novels including The Pineapples of Wrath, The Adventures of Sgoobidoo, and her most recent French-language collection Salade de fruits!

Don’t miss this rare appearance by these powerhouse creators in Vancouver! Find us at Table B1 in the Main Exhibition Hall!

The Vancouver Comic Arts Festival
May 18-19
Roundhouse Community Centre

05/08/2024

WIN a 10-Volume Comic Book Library from Pow Pow Press! Head to the our Instagram page for full contest details and to enter.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6rMXQSAxF6/?img_index=1

Act fast: entries must be made by Midnight EST on Sunday May 12, 2024.

05/08/2024

Graphic Policy takes a look at THE JELLYFISH from Boum!!!

05/07/2024

Always feel so good to see a book go out into the world! Congratulations to Boum for the arrival of her baby THE JELLYFISH in bookstores throughout the USA, Canada, and beyond! If you catch this gorgeous, touching graphic novel out in the wild grab a pick and tag us!

Happy book birthday to me: my book THE JELLYFISH is out today! Look for it at your favourite bookstore or comic shop, and please send me photos if you spot it in the wild!

Here's to hoping its English-language life will be great!

Huge thanks to Pow Pow Press/Éditions Pow Pow for, well, everything. ❤️

05/07/2024

Another great interview with Boum, this time with Barbra Dillon of Fanbase Press! This one is short and sweet!

The following is an interview with Boum regarding the upcoming release of the graphic novel, The Jellyfish, through Pow Pow Publishing. In this interview,

05/06/2024

This weekend! Pow Pow is headed to TCAF - The Toronto Comic Arts Festival and we're bringing along some the best cartoonists from Québec! Come see us at Table 166-167 on the first floor!

TCAF Featured Guest Boum will be debuting her new book THE JELLYFISH at the show! Don't miss your chance to get this critically-acclaimed, highly-anticipated graphic novel signed, and make sure to check out the spotlight on Boum (in conversation with Irene Velentzas), along with the "Parenting and Comics" roundtable, both on Sunday.

Éloïse Marseille is nominated for a Doug Wright Award for her graphic memoir NAKED: THE CONFESSIONS OF A NORMAL WOMAN! Éloïse will be telling all during the "Graphic Medicine is Contagious" panel on Saturday, sure to be a fascinating look at this growing genre.

Pow Pow's latest release is BOTANICA DRAMA, the third silent fable from Thom and it's been making waves across Canada and the USA! Make sure you catch Thom this weekend and make sure to check out "Laugh Riot: Humour" in Comics featuring R. Sikoryak and a who's-who of funny folks!

Finally, aspiring creators can sign up for a one-on-one portfolio review session with Pow Pow publisher and editor-in-chief Luc Bossé, a wonderful chance to get constructive feedback on your work!

05/02/2024

Boum has a new in-depth interview on her moving graphic novel THE JELLYFISH up now over on Broken Frontier! Head over and do a deep dive on her inspirations and process as we get ready for the launch of this book next week!

François Vigneault speaks to cartoonist Boum about new book 'The Jellyfish', out next week from Pow Pow Press.

04/25/2024

"BOTANICA DRAMA is exactly the kind of whimsical, thoughtful, artistically unique indie comic I would love to pick up at a convention or book fair... This comic is a wonderful meditation on life, death, and friendship. No matter if you choose to read it in French or English, Botanica Drama is worth checking out."

—Magdalena Nitchi, ImaginAtlas

"Botanica Drama is able to evoke a complete and casual mythos... Thom’s incorporation of both light, Looney Tunes comedy and the horrors of a permanent night means the world never becomes maudlin... Botanica Drama is at core a love story, charmingly told."

—Connor Harrison, Montreal Review of Books

Thom-BD et illustrations latest and greatest graphic novel is making waves, racking up rave reviews and award nominations. Don't miss this poetic and surprising silent fable, available now wherever you buy books!

And if you are one of Thom's local fans here in Montreal, don't you dare miss the Sip & Social event TOMORROW evening at Librairie Saga Bookstore ! A wonderful moment to meet this thoughtful creator in person in a casual, relaxed setting.

04/24/2024

We've got a lovely interview with Thom-BD et illustrations on the Pow Pow blog today, where he talks about the artistic and personal inspirations behind his new silent graphic novel BOTANICA DRAMA! Visit our website for more from this thoughtful and creative artist and author.

https://powpowpress.com/2024/04/23/an-interview-with-thom-author-of-botanica-drama/

And if you are in Montreal don't forget that Thom is doing a special Sip & Social event at Librairie SAGA Bookstore on Friday April 26th!

04/24/2024

"Botanica Drama is exactly the kind of whimsical, thoughtful, artistically unique indie comic I would love to pick up at a convention or book fair... This comic is a wonderful meditation on life, death, and friendship. No matter if you choose to read it in French or English, Botanica Drama is worth checking out."
—Magdalena Nitchi, ImaginAtlas

https://imaginatlas.ca/botanica-drama-comic-thom/

04/18/2024

Less than one month to go before THE JELLYFISH by Boum arrives in stores! We finally got our hands on this beautiful graphic novel and lemme tell you, she's looking GREAT! What do you think?

We know we've said it before but it bears repeating: NOW is the time to pre-order your book with your favorite bookstore, comic book shop, or online retailer. Pre-orders make a tremendous difference for indie books, if you let your a bookseller know you are interested in a book not only will you be sure to get a copy for yourself, but you will also give them a heads up that there is interest in the book and they might just order a copy or two for the shelf as well. For an independent publisher like Pow Pow, each and every order makes a huge difference.

Thank you for all your support! ❤️

04/17/2024

The press continues with an appearance by Boum on the Comic Crusaders videocast with Al Mega! Check it out!

04/12/2024

Boum chats with True North Country Comics Podcast about her new graphic novel 'The Jellyfish' from Pow Pow Press.

04/12/2024

📚🍹🕶 What's on your Summer Reads list? Well, according top you should definitely reserve a spot for THE JELLYFISH, the new book from ! Check out their recommendation for this "poetic graphic novel" and make sure to preorder THE JELLYFISH at your fave bookstore, comic book shop, or online retailer!

04/11/2024

Listen in to this quick interview with Thom-BD et illustrations on the True North Country Comics Podcast! Host John and Thom get into the inspirations behind BOTANICA DRAMA, the connections between his characters, and even get into Thom's thoughts on the great Hayao Miyazaki's manga and films!

https://truenorthcountrycomics.com/2024/04/10/thom-delves-deep-into-botanica-drama/