The views expressed in the Writer-in-Residence blogs are those held by the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Open Book: Toronto.
Whazamo! Profiles: George Walker
Submitted by Vepo Studios on May 27, 2009 - 10:20pm
Name: George A. Walker
Hometown: Brantford Ont. Although I’ve lived in Toronto since 1979. Toronto.
Web site: www.george-walker.com
Role: Illustrator, graphic novelist (Book of Hours); writer (Woodcut Artists Handbook , Graphic Witness ,pub. Firefly Books)(Inverted Line and Images from the Neocerebellum, pub. Porcupine’s Quill); Acquisitions editor of the Graphic Novel Series at The Porcupine’s Quill
Latest Work: Name of Book, Press, Graphic Witness ,Firefly Books, Images from the Neocerebellum, Porcupine’s Quill and an upcoming trade edition of Book of Hours 2011 Porcupine’s Quill
What’s It About in a Nutshell: Visual narratives : the image as text.
.jpg)
What first inspired you to create comics or graphic novels? Neil Gaiman
What for you makes a comic or graphic novel AWESOME!? The congruence between text and image.
What subjects are you obsessed with? Wordless novels
If you weren’t doing comics or graphic novels, what would you be doing? Private press printing (letterpress)
What is your favourite Canadian graphic novel, or What’s your favourite graphic novel of all time? Wimbledon Green by Seth & Louis Riel by Chester Brown
What are you working on now? I’m editing a series of graphic novels for the Porcupine’s Quill.
