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Sadiq Khan's New Year's Eve fireworks spectacle has sparked outrage after the Star of David appeared to vanish from the Israeli flag during the display.

Tens of thousands gathered along the Thames to watch flags from around the world projected onto the London Eye as part of the capital's annual celebration to welcome 2026.

But television viewers noticed Israel's flag appeared as just a white rectangle with two blue stripes—with the central Star of David, a symbol of Jewish identity, nowhere to be seen.

Mineshaft #45 - The 25th Anniversary Issue!

Believe it or not, Mineshaft #45 is the 25th Anniversary Issue!  How?!?

It features a trippy-yet-appropriate wrap-around cover by Aaron Horkey, along with a slew of new work by a bigger than ever roster of contributors, including R. Crumb, Drew Friedman, Aaron Horkey, Billy Childish, Mary Fleener, Christoph Mueller, Gunnar Lundkvist, Simone Baumann, David Collier, Glenn Head, Aaron Lange, Kim Deitch, Sophie Crumb, Bill Crook, Max Clotfelter, Robert Armstrong and Kayla E.

As with all issues of Mineshaft, this issue has a small print run. In other words, it won't be around forever.

DEBUTING AT TCAF 2020: Topp: Promoter Gary Topp Brought Us the World by David Collier

$20 CND, Published by Conundrum Press, ISBN: 978-1-77262-032-0

In light of TCAF 2020 cancelling, we are sharing comics and zines that were scheduled to debut at the festival. 

As with all of Collier’s work, his latest graphic novel is a combination of memoir and biography. This time, he explores his involvement in the cultural landscape of Toronto in the 1970s and 80s, specifically focusing on the life of Gary Topp, a concert promoter and founder of the pioneering Canadian repertory cinema. Topp emerged from an immigrant background, abandoned the family textile business, and became an influential figure in the lives of an entire community. He was also Collier’s first boss and mentor. Though outspoken and opinionated, Gary Topp inspired love and devotion, not only in those who worked for him, but also in the acts he booked—including The Ramones, The Police, and the Dixie Chicks. This graphic novel looks at a rapidly disappearing past and uses Topp’s ability to see beyond the mainstream for a look at where our culture is going.

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David Collier is considered a national treasure in Canada and has had books published by Conundrum Press, Fantagraphics (Colliers) and Drawn & Quarterly (including Portraits from Life, Just the Facts, Hamilton Sketchbook, and Surviving Saskatoon) as well as strips in various newspapers and anthologies including Kramers Ergot, American Splendor, and Weirdo.

If you’re local indie shop is still open, please support them! 

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/topp-promoter-gary-topp-brought/9781772620320-item.html?ikwid=topp&ikwsec=Home&ikwidx=3#algoliaQueryId=ac29a939c02d1bc55e8202906b8a00c8

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/topp-david-collier/1134376777?ean=9781772620320

An anti-Israel protester who chanted “put the Zios in the ground” during a protest in London on October 11 has been identified as Oxford University student, Samuel Williams.

London’s Metropolitan Police says it is investigating the chant.

“Gaza, Gaza, make us proud, put the Zios in the ground,” he chants, as others in the crowd join in.

Williams is studying politics, philosophy and economics at the prestigious university, according to the Daily Mail. He has previously been pictured in photos shared by the Oxford Students Palestine Society.

“Zio” is a slur popularized by KKK leader David Duke and is generally directed at Jewish people.

Investigative journalist David Collier located Williams’ Instagram account, which is now private.

A spokesperson for Oxford University tells the UK Jewish News that the school “condemns, in the strongest possible terms, any language urging violence against groups of people or expressing any form of racial hatred. The University’s support for freedom of speech does not extend to any statements including such language.”

“When such language is reported, we will always want to speak to the student concerned, and consider the matter under our disciplinary procedures in line with University and college policies,” the spokesperson says.