Gesticulating Gentrification (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Conundrum Press, Montreal, 2025
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Paperback. A graphic memoir about housing insecurityCartoonist and musician Rick Trembles grew up in the suburbs of Montreal, in the house his father, Canadian Golden Age Cartoonist Jack Tremblay (Crash Carson, paid for as a commercial illustrator. Encouraged by his fathers cartooning, inspired by underground comic artists like Robert Crumb, and propelled by the DIY ethos of the burgeoning punk scene, Rick gave in to his own natural drive to create and built a life full of art and music.But the comics industry had changed since Jack Tremblay found success, and Rick followed his heart into alt-comics. Mainstream cartoonists were already making less money, and alt-comic artists were making even less from their artif anything at all. When Rick first moved out, he couch-hopped from one messy band rehearsal space to another, finally settling on a small apartment above a pool hall, where he worked on zines and wrote musicuntil he wasnt able to make rent. This is just the first stop in a series of insecure housing situations made worse by gentrification.In Gesticulating Gentrification, Trembles provides a close and honest look at the challenges faced by people living in precarious housing, the constant threat of being forced out by gentrification, and the social and health problems that result from all of it. But this graphic memoir isnt only about social issuesit also provides a rare glimpse at a bygone version of Montreal and the DIY culture that thrived there. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Gesticulating Gentrification (Paperback)
- Author
- Rick Trembles
- Publisher
- Conundrum Press, Montreal
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1772621099
- ISBN 13
- 9781772621099
A graphic memoir about housing insecurity
Cartoonist and musician Rick Trembles grew up in the suburbs of Montreal, in the house his father, Canadian Golden Age Cartoonist Jack Tremblay (Crash Carson), paid for as a commercial illustrator. Encouraged by his father's cartooning, inspired by underground comic artists like Robert Crumb, and propelled by the DIY ethos of the burgeoning punk scene, Rick gave in to his own natural drive to create and built a life full of art and music.
But the comics industry had changed since Jack Tremblay found success, and Rick followed his heart into alt-comics. Mainstream cartoonists were already making less money, and alt-comic artists were making even less from their art--if anything at all. When Rick first moved out, he couch-hopped from one messy band rehearsal space to another, finally settling on a small apartment above a pool hall, where he worked on zines and wrote music--until he wasn't able to make rent. This is just the first stop in a series of insecure housing situations made worse by gentrification.
In Gesticulating Gentrification, Trembles provides a close and honest look at the challenges faced by people living in precarious housing, the constant threat of being forced out by gentrification, and the social and health problems that result from all of it. But this graphic memoir isn't only about social issues--it also provides a rare glimpse at a bygone version of Montreal and the DIY culture that thrived there.
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About the Author
Rick Trembles is a Montreal-based illustrator, post-underground cartoonist, writer, filmmaker, and musician. Two books of his Motion Picture Purgatory comix have been published by the UK's Fab Press. His comix have been published in internationally distributed books, periodicals, and anthologies, including Robert Crumb's Weirdo, and Fantagraphics Books' Pictopia.
Three of his books, Represented Immobilized, The Weakly Dispatch, and Gesticulating Gentrification, have been published by Conundrum Press. He frequently archives his work at his website www.snubdom.com.
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