1990 founder chris oliveros country of origin canada headquarters location montreal quebec distribution macmillan publication types books comic books official website www.drawnandquarterly.com drawn and quarterly is a publishing company based in montreal quebec canada specializing in comics . it publishes primarily comic books graphic novels and comic strip collections . the books it publishes are noted for their artistic content as well as the quality of printing and design . the name of the company is a pun on drawing quarterly and the practice of hanging drawing and quartering . initially it specialized in underground and alternative comics but has since expanded into classic reprints and translations of foreign works . drawn and quarterly was the company s flagship quarterly anthology during the 1990s . it is currently the most successful and prominent comics publisher in canada publishing well known comic artists such as lynda barry kate beaton marc bell chester brown daniel clowes guy delisle julie doucet mary fleener joe matt shigeru mizuki rutu modan joe sacco seth yoshihiro tatsumi adrian tomine michael deforge and chris ware . in 2006 drawn and quarterly began publishing the moomin comic strips of finnish writer and artist tove jansson in book format in the series moomin the complete tove jansson comic strip . drawn & quarterly has a strong reputation in the comics community 1 and its anthologies have won a number of harvey awards . 2 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 librarie drawn & quarterly 4 showcase 5 imprints 6 see also 7 references 7.1 works cited 8 external links overview edit drawn and quarterly has become one of the most influential alternative comics publishers 3 along with fantagraphics books of seattle wa . citation needed the publisher has a reputation for the quality of the books it publishes both in terms of content as well as the books paper binding and design . the publisher s owner chris oliveros has a hands off relationship with the artists he publishes . history edit drawn and quarterly was founded in 1990 by montrealer chris oliveros 4 age 23 at the time . 5 oliveros was inspired by art spiegelman and fran oise mouly s raw to publish an arts comics periodical . 6 he borrowed 2 000 from his father 7 to publish the first issue of the anthology magazine drawn and quarterly which debuted in april 1990 . 8 it was intended to be published four times a year containing short arts comics . soon oliveros realized there were arts comics which were too long to be contained in his magazine and began publishing stand alone comic books and graphic novels 6 beginning with julie doucet s comic book dirty plotte . 8 seth joe matt and chester brown 9 toronto based cartoonists who soon became associated with the publisher . in the early 2000s brown had a surprise bestseller with louis riel . 6 in 2003 a drawn and quarterly manifesto was released describing to booksellers how to stock and sell graphic novels . citation needed as graphic novels became more popular with the public oliveros found the need for a publicist . he asked peggy burns who was doing such work at dc comics if she knew someone who could fill the job . burns offered herself and moved from new york city to montreal . she was the company s third employee and soon signed a distribution deal for the publisher with farrar straus and giroux which greatly expanded the company s exposure while giving it a literary air . drawn and quarterly reduced the number of serialized titles it published focusing on book form comics such as collections and graphic novels . business expanded over the next decade to the extent that the publisher employed nine people . 7 in 2015 the publisher produced a collection titled drawn & quarterly twenty five years of contemporary cartooning comics and graphic novels featuring of out of print work remembrances and essays by well known writers such as margaret atwood . the same year oliveros stepped down as publisher to focus on his own cartooning intending to self publish the graphic novel the envelope manufacturer . in his place burns took over as publisher and creative director tom devlin became executive editor . 9 librarie drawn & quarterly edit in 2008 drawn and quarterly opened an english language bookshop on bernard street in mile end montreal selling mostly comics . the shop also hosts book launches and signings and has a stage for live music . 7 showcase edit from 2003 to 2008 drawn and quarterly published showcase an anthology magazine which offered greater visibility to lesser known authors . the magazine presented up to 3 authors in each of its five issues . citation needed imprints edit in 2004 drawn and quarterly began an imprint for non comics art books called petit livre . citation needed the publisher also has an imprint for children called enfant with which they have published the moomin works of tove jansson and pippi longstocking comics by astrid lindgren and ingrid vang nyman . citation needed see also edit comics portal montreal portal companies portal black eye productions canadian comics fantagraphics books quebec comics vortex comics references edit bookslut drawn & quarterly showcase book two the harvey awards duncan & smith 2009 p. 302 . duncan & smith 2009 p. 302 ; arnold 2004 p. 1 ; bell 2006 p. 178 . arnold 2004 p. 1 ; doran 2012 . a b c arnold 2004 p. 1 . a b c doran 2012 . a b bell 2006 p. 178 . a b heater & reid 2015 . works cited edit arnold andrew d. 2004 06 28 . canada s superhero . time . retrieved 2012 07 19 . bell john 2006 . invaders from the north how canada conquered the comic book universe . toronto dundurn press . isbn 978 1 55002 659 7 . doran d arcy 2012 04 10 . drawing itself into the picture . financial times . retrieved 2012 07 19 . duncan randy ; smith matthew j. 2009 . the power of comics history form and culture . continuum international publishing group . isbn 978 0 8264 2936 0 . retrieved 2012 07 19 . heater brian ; reid calvin 2015 06 19 . d & q marks 25 years of great literary comics . publishers weekly . retrieved 2015 06 29 . external links edit official website the achievement of chris oliveros by jeet heer high art is drawn & quarterly canada s greatest unsung publishing success story at quill & quire why drawn & quarterly is thriving despite tough times for publishers cbc books dec. 6 2012 features interviews with cartoonist lynda barry teenage blogger tavi gevinson founder chris oliveros and associate publisher peggy burns v t e drawn and quarterly creators english kate beaton chester brown david collier julie doucet debbie drechsler kevin huizenga dylan horrocks jason lutes joe matt anders nilsen seth adrian tomine translations guy delisle dupuy and berberian seiichi hayashi tove jansson lars jansson susumu katsumata shigeru mizuki rutu modan michel rabagliati yoshihiro tatsumi reprints frank king john stanley doug wright series altas berlin big questions dirty plotte ed the happy clown louis 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