{"id":2747,"date":"2011-11-03T06:16:03","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T13:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reactorart.com\/blog\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2011-11-03T06:16:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T13:16:03","slug":"vive-la-difference-written-by-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reactorart.com\/blog\/vive-la-difference-written-by-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Vive la diff\u00c3\u00a9rence Written by  IN Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OOH LA LA The World of Gloria Badcock.<\/p>\n<p>BOOKS &amp; PRINT: Illustrator Maurice Vellekoop returns to comics<\/p>\n<p>Paris during the French Revolution is just one stop on a wild ride from the pen of Toronto illustrator Maurice Vellekoop, who launches The World of Gloria Badcock this month. Last seen in 1997\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Vellevision collection, Gloria and her friends\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 latest sexcapades include a lesbian genie, an out-of-control fleshbot and an eccentric time machine. Published by Koyama Press, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the first comic in more than 10 years from Vellekoop. The launch, presented by The Beguiling book shop, is hosted by another heroine with well-drawn curves, Sasha Van Bon Bon. 7pm-11pm. Tue,  Nov 29. Buddies in Bad Times. 12 Alexander St. koyamapress.com.<\/p>\n<p>Vellekoop also has works in the LGBT Youth Line and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre auctions this month (Thu, Nov 3 and 10, respectively).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/intorontomag.com\/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=468%3Aview-finder&amp;Itemid=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2746\" title=\"08f61c52357dcc6d2503bfea790efe4d_XL\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reactorart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/08f61c52357dcc6d2503bfea790efe4d_XL-550x275.jpg\" alt=\"08f61c52357dcc6d2503bfea790efe4d_XL\" width=\"550\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reactorart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/08f61c52357dcc6d2503bfea790efe4d_XL-550x275.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.reactorart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/08f61c52357dcc6d2503bfea790efe4d_XL-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reactorart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/08f61c52357dcc6d2503bfea790efe4d_XL.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OOH LA LA The World of Gloria Badcock. BOOKS &amp; PRINT: Illustrator Maurice Vellekoop returns to comics Paris during the French Revolution is just one stop on a wild ride from the pen of Toronto illustrator Maurice Vellekoop, who launches The World of Gloria Badcock this month. Last seen in 1997\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Vellevision collection, Gloria and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-2747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","tag-maurice-vellekoop"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vive la diff\u00c3\u00a9rence Written by IN Toronto - Reactor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reactorart.com\/blog\/vive-la-difference-written-by-in-toronto\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vive la diff\u00c3\u00a9rence Written by IN Toronto - Reactor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OOH LA LA The World of Gloria Badcock. 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