PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
J.F. Martel is a Canadian writer, filmmaker, and podcaster. He is the author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice as well as numerous essays on art and philosophy. His work has appeared in anthologies from Intellect Books, North Atlantic Books, and Tarcher-Penguin, as well as print and online publications such as Reality Sandwich, Metapsychosis, The Finch, and Canadian Notes and Queries. Martel cohosts the Weird Studies Podcast with musicologist Phil Ford. Dominic Bercier is a Canadian artist, writer, designer, publisher, and singer-songwriter from Ottawa, Ontario, author-illustrator-designer-publisher of comics, graphic novels, inspirational nonfiction, music, and other creative endeavors. He is the founder, owner, publisher, and principal creator at Mirror Comics Studios, established in 2015 (www.MirrorComics.com). Dominic earned an illustration degree from Ontario College of Art & Design, in Toronto, on various scholarships from De La Salle HS (where he studied visual arts at Le Centre d'excellence artistique de l'Ontario, winning the visual arts medal and the Artistic Excellence Award, and where he also invented the binary semester/trimester schedule systems instead of breaking into comics early). Art school, at OCAD, included working in print shops, and then with several Toronto-based professional comic book illustrators, to create their ultra-detailed pencil backgrounds (Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, Top Cow Productions, more). Followed work as a designer, a 24 hour comic book, and illustrations for books, films, animation and more. He is an advocate for mental health, and the creator of SIGNAL Saga and other titles at Mirror and beyond.
