Draft:Pow Pow Press

Pow Pow Press
Founded	2015
Founder	Luc Bossé
Headquarters location	Montreal
Distribution	The Literary Group of Canada and Lunar Distribution
Publication types	Comic books
Official website	powpowpress.com

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Instructions · What links here · Pow Pow Press (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 39 days ago by Michaudmifroid (talk: D · +) · Last edited 16 days ago by Michaudmifroid

Comment: The French-language publisher (fr:Pow Pow) seems sufficiently notable. One could conceivably start by translating that page (to Draft:Éditions Pow Pow), along with its sources. The addition of an English language imprint may not be sufficiently notable for its own page, but could be added as a note to the article about the French language imprint. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 19:28, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Pow Pow Press was created in 2015 by Luc Bossé, a comic book artist. It is the English division of the Montreal-base publisher Éditions Pow Pow. Pow Pow Press books are distributed in Canada by The Literary Press Group of Canada and in the United States by Lunar Distribution.

History[edit]

In 2010, after 10 years working in the advertisement industry, Luc Bossé takes part in one of Jimmy Beaulieu’s workshop where he meets other cartoonists like Zviane and Michel Hellman. Because he wants to share their work and some of his own, he decides to create his own publishing house: les Éditions Pow Pow.^[1]

For the first five years, Pow Pow only published in French. In 2015, after a successful crowdfunding,^[2] the English division is created to make the work of Quebec cartoonists available to English-speaking readers.^[3] In May 2015, the first books are published: For as Long as It Rains, Vile and Miserable, Mile End and Vampire Cousins.

Editorial approach[edit]

When asked about his editorial approach, Luc Bossé says it is, above all, the authors’ projects that shaped Pow Pow’s editorial line and personality.^[3] The editor publishes authors who explore a wide range of genres: intimate, biographical, science-fictional, humorous, documentary, experimental and more. While Pow Pow's initial mission was to share Quebecois comics, the publisher has chosen to broaden its niche along the way. Pow Pow now also publishes foreign creators.

Awards and nominations[edit]

Naked:The Confessions of a Normal Woman by Éloïse Marseille: Finalist Doug Wright Award for Best Book 2024
Lonely Boys by Sophie Bédard: Winner Doug Wright Award for Best Book 2021, Finalist Joe Shuster Awards 2020 – Cartoonist

Authors published[edit]

Blonk
Boum
Sophie Bédard
Luc Bossé
Cathon
Samuel Cantin
Guy Delisle
Francis Desharnais
Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau
Pascal Girard
Michel Hellman
Éloïse Marseille
Joana Mosi
Alexandre Simard
Thom
Zviane

References[edit]

^ "Episode 807 – Pow Pow Roundtable". Robots From Tomorrow. March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ "Fun with Crowdfunding: Translating Pow Pow Press". Broken Pencil. November 19, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Dillon, Barbra (October 18, 2023). "Fanbase Press Interviews Pow Pow Press' Luc Bossé on the Publishing Company's New and Upcoming Releases". Fanbase Press. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[1] "Episode 807 – Pow Pow Roundtable". Robots From Tomorrow. March 18, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[2] "Fun with Crowdfunding: Translating Pow Pow Press". Broken Pencil. November 19, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[:0-3] Dillon, Barbra (October 18, 2023). "Fanbase Press Interviews Pow Pow Press' Luc Bossé on the Publishing Company's New and Upcoming Releases". Fanbase Press. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

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