Publisher Description

ENGLISH/ Through 6 daring explorations of loss, extreme visual and color, join the EPIC adventures within. PopTerra Collection comprises quests and questions of family, magic, mystery, mastery and the willingness to go all the way into one's destiny and responsibilities. See how far these young men will have to go to be good, whole, and true to an inner light that wavers, but never dies - heroes all. . . ...Mirror Comics Studios proudly presents PopTerra {Culture for the Earth} by Dominic Bercier J.F. Martel Kristopher Waddell Bernard Aimé Poulin, Ph.D. (Hon.) Nicholas Bercier Nathan Caro Fréchette Bilingual Ottawa Bilingue Mirror Comics Studios, Ottawa, Canada.
English, collected together for the first time.

Author Biography

Dominic Bercier (he/him) is a Franco-Ontarian-Canadian, classically trained illustrator, designer, comics writer and publisher. He is also a singer-songwriter. At Mirror Comics Studios, in Ottawa, he has been principal creator, owner and founder, since 06.06.2015, and has over 30 years of experience in comics, graphic novels, bandes dessinées and visual storytelling. He is as an Associate of OCAD, with a degree in illustration which he earned while drawing backgrounds for Image Comics, Dark Horse, Top Cow and others. Bercier is bipolar, and tells of his unique insight into mental health and magic in the stories of e PopTerra Collection and SIGNAL Saga, as well as in the inspirational non-fi ction Hope Book, in which he champions secret empaths, indie comics, books, music, animation and art. He is a multi-award-nominated Canadian cartoonist with the goal of making the world a better place through creativity, art and culture. He is the creator of several graphic novels and bandes dessinées since 1990.: ) Mirror Comics Studios is an Ottawa, Canada-based studio, producer, publisher, distributor and network for comics, bandes dessinées, graphic novels, music, creative nonfi ction, and more. Focused on innovation, outreach, art, products and systems, Mirror is a friend to lovers of pop, art, culture, and to empaths everywhere.Basé à Ottawa, au Canada, Mirror Comics Studios, est un réseau de création, d'édition et de distribution, entre autres, de comics, de bandes dessinées, de graphic novels, de musique, et d'essais. Misant sur l'innovation, la sensibilisation, le dessin et l'image, de même que sur les produits et systèmes novateurs, l'entreprise est amie des amateurs de la pop, de l'art, vde la culture ainsi que des empathes de partout. Jean-François Martel is a writer on art, culture, religion, and philosophy.His essays have appeared in online journals such as Canadian Notes & Queries, Reality Sandwich, The Finch, and Metapsychosis, as well as in print anthologies from Penguin-Tarcher, North Atlantic Books, and Intellect Books. He is the author of Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice, published in 2015 by Evolver Editions. Ediciones Atalanta released a Spanish translation of the work in 2017. His long-form essay, "Reality is Analog: Philosophizing with Stranger Things," is available in e-book format from Untimely Books.With Prof. Phil Ford of Indiana University Bloomington, J.F. co-hosts the Weird Studies podcast, a series of conversations on the intersections of philosophy, the arts, and the weird.

Review

"[The Bird Caller] is told with very few words, which leaves the reader to draw the rest of its meaning from the beautiful artwork. Bercier gives the reader a peek at a monochromatic, post-apocalyptic world with as much suggestion as concrete drawing. I especially enjoyed the foreshadowing of the first sixteen pages, and the hints at broader themes throughout the art. / In the end, I appreciated that the authors left interpretation open to the reader to find their own meaning in a story about the end of the world."
- THEREFORE I GEEK"It is rare that changes come to the comic medium. Digital comics were a huge change, but even then, the main elements-serial artwork with sparse explanation in dialogue or narration-remained the same. Dominic and Nicholas Bercier are adding a third element to Ghost King, however. This book is meant to be read with a soundtrack. Needless to say, this piqued my interest, and I was not disappointed."
- THEREFORE I GEEK
"Within the Mission Arizona story, there is a sense of Dark Tower otherworldlyness, A dash of Bradbury's Something Wicked... and perhaps a little Carnivale or Dracula. All in all, it is a tale that stands on its own and by the end of the first issue, I certainly want more."
- OTTAWA HORROR.

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"[The Bird Caller] is told with very few words, which leaves the reader to draw the rest of its meaning from the beautiful artwork. Bercier gives the reader a peek at a monochromatic, post-apocalyptic world with as much suggestion as concrete drawing. I especially enjoyed the foreshadowing of the first sixteen pages, and the hints at broader themes throughout the art. / In the end, I appreciated that the authors left interpretation open to the reader to find their own meaning in a story about the end of the world." - THEREFORE I GEEK "It is rare that changes come to the comic medium. Digital comics were a huge change, but even then, the main elements-serial artwork with sparse explanation in dialogue or narration-remained the same. Dominic and Nicholas Bercier are adding a third element to Ghost King, however. This book is meant to be read with a soundtrack. Needless to say, this piqued my interest, and I was not disappointed." - THEREFORE I GEEK "Within the Mission Arizona story, there is a sense of Dark Tower otherworldlyness, A dash of Bradbury's Something Wicked... and perhaps a little Carnivale or Dracula. All in all, it is a tale that stands on its own and by the end of the first issue, I certainly want more." - OTTAWA HORROR.

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