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:: message. Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, everyone! And if there’s one thing I’m thankful for, it’s a holiday. I know I could definitely use one or two.
Seriously though, I hope all of you in Canada have a good time celebrating with friends and/or family, and wishing you all a good one.
Okay, onto some news!
:: talks. I’ve been invited to two places this year: Seoul and Toronto! I’ll be speaking via Zoom at the 21st Seoul Wowbook Festival on October 18th, 2025, from 6:30-8pm at the Seoul Life Culture Center in Seogyo Square. I’ll be joining Yeon-sik Hong (Umma’s Table, Drawn & Quarterly) and Yu-jin Hong, where we’ll be discussing the subject of “Home.”
Eric Kim, a Korean-Canadian based in Toronto, captures universal emotions in ordinary life by translating everyday experiences into graphic novels.
A program where two writers meet and talk about ‘home,’ which is an emotional sanctuary beyond the physical space and the root of the essence of the subject.
From there, it’s onto the Toronto International Festival of Authors, where Yeon-sik and I will again be talking about the subject of “Korean Graphic Novel Collaborations.” This will be on October 31, 2025 at 7:00pm at Victoria Chapel in Toronto.
:: film. The workload has been unfortunately heavy this month as I dive into a lot of business studies and theory, but I managed to squeeze in time to rewatch an old favourite: TRON (Lisberger, 1984) as it overlaps with the release of Tron: Ares. As always, you can read my as-they-happened thoughts here.
Probably one of my favourite realizations was how underhanded the MCP was in shooting Flynn in the back. Like I recognized the moment as being shocking at the time when I was a kid, and even understanding how afraid the MCP was before shooting Flynn — but I never thought about how the visuals contributed to this betrayal as well.
It’s the little details that make Tron, and film, really interesting. When these things pop up for a fraction of a second on your eyeball, it’s a quick “whoa,” but taking in the meaning of it as they sit next to one another is another thing entirely. I think that’s the one thing that makes them sit adjacently to comics; but of course, where narrative film uses time, narrative comics use space. Interesting regardless!
:: drawing board. This month is quiet on the drawing board. A lot of my issues sit on the business side of things as I try to familiarize myself with accounting ratios, marketing plans and all sorts of financial mumbo-jumbo so that I can bring you, dear reader, plenty of neat things in the future! But since Halloween is fast approaching, I’d like to share with you this old drawing I did to help celebrate:
:: promo. Did you know that I had a Patreon? Don’t worry, I forgot too. Anyways, you can subscribe there as well if you haven’t gotten enough of my ramblings here.
And that’s about it for this time. I’ll see you in another 30!
:: eric