By Sarah Lazarovic

This weekend the Toronto Reference Library opens a graphic novel show with works by “leading graphic novelists such as Seth, Chester Brown, Art Spiegelman, Chris Ware, Julie Doucet, Marjane Satrapi, R. Crumb and many more.” It’ll be up at the TD Gallery Space until March 20, but there will be intermittent gallery talks as well, including a free one in February with Chester Brown, creator of the brilliant (and brilliantly stolen from TOist by an errant sibling!) graphic novel, Louis Riel. If you haven’t read it yet, you should.
And according to friendly commentarians on the excellent Booklust, the TPL also has an extensive collection of graphic novels. We knew they were the place to go for vintage Arthur Conan Doyle, or well-fingered periodicals, but Julie Doucet’s My New York Diary? Perhaps it’s time we got a library card.