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Pascal Girard (Pastimes) - GPYS 323

The Montreal arts & entertainment podcast that asks comic book artist Pascal Girard: “What’s your positive vision for the future?” That question was asked in our last episode by Annie and Scout from CULT PLAY.


Pow Pow is bringing the English translation of Pascal Girard’s latest book “Pastimes” next week. From Pow Pow:


“From encounters with would-be swingers at the dog park to ferocious felines at the local cat cafe, in these short, snappy comic strips Pascal Girard delivers snippets inspired by his daily life, with a bittersweet humour that's sometimes mocking, sometimes tender, but always deeply observant. Pastimes is a funny and surprisingly moving portrait of passing time in the modern world, one comic at a time.”


We talk about being obsessed with death, what it’s like to let a translator become your voice, surfing and the Blue Jays making us cry.


If you’re in the area you can check out the official launch party at Librairie D&Q on November 7th and Pascal Girard and other Pow Pow artists will be at the Read Quebec book fair on December 6th and 7th at Casa d’Italia.


Oh hey, there’s never been a better time to tell someone about Go Plug Yourself than right now - we’re proud that Go Plug Yourself was selected to be part of Acast’s Indie Amplifier selections for November - check us out on Amazon Music Canada.


Enjoy the show!


Credit Where Credit is Due


As always, a big thank you to the providers of our theme song: Leighland Beckman and Aural Turpitude!

Chris Venditto is another funny person in Montreal who you can see all over the place and if you don’t want to miss him take the stage you should follow him on all the socials. He’s @chrisvenditto on Twitter and Instagram so you should follow him on those two things. He also produces shows with the guys at Perfect Bite Productions who you should also follow on Instagram and on Facebook.

Keith does all sorts of things here on 9to5.cc, he works with the other founders on 9to5 (illustrated), co-hosts our two podcasts: The 9to5 Entertainment System and Go Plug Yourself and sometimes blogs here as The Perspicacious Geek

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