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“Shift in Progress” to be launched at Happy Harbour Comics Nov. 20
"Shift in Progress: A Not-So-Comic Book" is available here.
Shift in Progress: A Not-So-Comic Book is a graphic story anthology centered around the theme of young people and fighting back against oppressive aspects of the workplace. To our knowledge, it's the first comic book produced by the Edmonton "General Membership Branch" (GMB) of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). It's finally being launched November 20, and you're all invited to celebrate its release with us! It will soon be available on thoughtcrime ink for sale in the new books section.
Interviews with seven young workers and the real-life experiences of the artists themselves provided the inspiration of the five stories in Shift in Progress. In The Illusion of Time, Eva sacrifices everything to her job, friends, relationship at the expense of her health. In A Black Sheep Tale, Chan has a mohawk, an anarchist t-shirt, and an attitude. He works hard but unhappily in a garment factory and has disturbing dreams. Can he grow into his t-shirt? Rights of Passage tells the tale of April, an avid skateboarder who has to work at a bar where the lewd customers are never made to feel uncomfortable for their sexual assaults on the female staff. In After Breakfast and Just Before Bed, Dhan is gay, East Indian, and pathologically driven to over-perform, micromanage, and burn out. For what and whom is he driving himself? Finally, Grind tells the tale of Julie, who comes to work in the oil patch with boyfriend and baby. One accident later, she is the sole breadwinner of the family and sets off to work at the local caffeine dealer. What next?
Shift in Progress' intro is written by Eugene Plawiuk, and contains organizing information sections compiled by Nick Dreidger and Steve Nixon.
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Time: 4:30 pm
Event Location: Happy Harbour Comics (10112 - 124 Street), Edmonton
Event Admission: free!
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