Vancouver comic artists on display at UBC Library

Drippytown: Vancouver Life through the Eyes of Independent Cartoonists, is now on display at UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections (RSBC).

This collection features contributions from six local comic artists: Colin Upton, Ken Boesem, Julian Lawrence, James Lloyd, Jason Turner and Josué Menjivar.Their narrative-driven work provides a quixotic look at life in Vancouver – or Drippytown, also the name of one of the featured titles. The display, curated by a group of students from UBC’s School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, runs until Jan. 31, 2010.

RBSC is located on level one of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall.