Bookmarks: Books as art, Watchmen, and more

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March 5, 2009 | 12:52 PM | By Derek Weiler

A GTA gallery is about to launch an exhibit in which books are transformed and incorporated into art.
As the new Watchmen movie starts getting some not-so-great reviews, Canadian graphica expert Jeet Heer schools New Yorker film critic Anthony Lane. (Not that Heer’s a fan of the book or anything.)
Following the announcement of Canadian Heritage funding policy changes that could be disastrous for litmags, the advocacy continues.
Surprise, surprise: another Dan Brown movie adaptation is about to come out, and a Catholic group don’t like it. (Love the “Galileo asked for it” aside. Nice.)

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