Dark Adaptation
by Lorenz Peter (published by Pedlar Press) 

nominated for Best Emerging Talent

The autobiographical tale of a bohemian artist's journey home on the occassion of his mother's illness.  The journey home becomes a journey into the past and its demons, leading to a confrontation with his father and the small town world Peter has left behind.

"...tackles the well-trodden subject of the homecoming with originality and honest emotion." (Prairie Fire)

Lorenz Peter is a musician, painter and cartoonist living in Toronto.  He has been self-publishing the Side Effect minicomic series since 1993 and is the creator of "Gregory Spalding, the Most Boring Vampire Ever."  His last graphic novel, Chaos Mission, was published by Pedlar Press in 2003.

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