Meet Two Guest Artists Saturday May 6

Meet Lynette Richards

Lynette Richards has been cartooning her whole life. She chose stained glass as her professional medium because it was both a trade and an art. She was fully aware, too, that stained glass windows have used sequential narration for over 1000 years, and are essentially, early graphic novels! As a Craft Nova Scotia Master Artisan, Lynette is proud to have been selected to create large public art installations for the first Pride Library in Canada (UWO London ON), and the ArQuives (formerly the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives in Toronto). Lynette lives and works in Terence Bay Nova Scotia, where she owns and operates Rose Window Stained
Glass and serves on the Board of Directors of the SS Atlantic Heritage Park and Society.

In her debut graphic novel Call Me Bill, Richards shares the remarkable life story of a tenacious adventurer who took huge risks to live an authentic life that others would have had difficulty imagining. Set against the backdrop of the worst maritime
disaster before the Titanic, this story is an exploration of identity and radical imagination that echoes across generations. The story starts with the recovery of bodies from the wreck of the SS Atlantic, and one particular body, Bill, a sailor who turns out to the surprise of the survivors and shipmates, a woman. Over four years of heavy research, Richards gathered details of this story from a range of historic newspapers from all over the world, to map out and honour this life worth living.

“Visually inventive and eloquently written, Call Me Bill is a dazzling story of a short life lived daringly.” —Emma Donoghue, author of Room and The Lotterys Plus One

Meet local artist Eric Olcsvary

Eric Olcsvary is a comic book creator working under his own label "Alls Cherry Comics". He is currently working on two series, "Wendy and the Sprite", and "Overflow", each with their own unique story about otherworldly characters on an adventure to uncover the secrets of an ancient land. “My stories and comic book label were created to bring a sense of wonder, and a crave for adventure to the reader, and to spread the love for comics/stories as an art form!”

Don’t miss out! Save the date and celebrate with us.

We will be open 10 am till 6 pm.

There will be sales, two guest artists, prizes, and more!

Come early as we will have limited comics available (while supplies last) For more details please check out www.freecomicbookday.com