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The Woodchipper – Joe Ollmann’s Stories Look at Ordinary Lives and Everyday Struggles, with Empathy and Humour

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • February 2, 2026

An interesting assessment of Joe Ollmann’s work appears early on in his own introduction to this latest collection. It comes from the late American critic Tom Spurgeon who once reportedly…

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“I Think All of Us Are Marked By Some Kind of Tragedy” – An Interview with Joe Ollmann on ‘Fictional Father’, Published by Drawn & Quarterly

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • May 24, 2021

Fictional Father, by legendary Canadian cartoonist Joe Ollmann, declares its intention at the outset, its ingenious cover image pointing to what lies within. This is a faux memoir, supposedly written…

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