Michael Deforge

'I Like Writing Stories That Get Carried Away': An Interview with Michael DeForge

Talking to the author and artist of Leaving Richard's Valley and Stunt about addressing working conditions in comics, benevolent cults, and the pleasure of soliloquies.

Our Tarts, Ourselves

Butter tarts are strangely modest in their excess, a two-dollar decadence. But like that Canadian myth of innocent blandness, a butter tart’s surface hides something much more complex.

Frustrate Your Intuitions: On Michael DeForge's First Year Healthy

In the Ant Colony author's new book, a woman's release from a hospital stay precipitates murder, mystery, and the urban stalking of a strange, mythical cat. Well ... possibly, anyway.

The Stealing Bugs Pt. 3

If we can imagine eating bugs to imbue ourselves with strange sexual powers, surely we can imagine everyday life with those... things still inside, ticking away.

Leather Space Man: Bubblebath Pt. 3

Leather Space Man’s bloodthirsty single has been outlawed. All that's left are the minor celebrities (and the dead bodies).

Leather Space Man: Bubblebath Pt. 2

As the bodycount of Leather Space Man's murderous hit single "Bubblebath" grows, those left behind attempt to comfort each other. But all is not what it seems...

Leather Space Man: Unstable Molecules

Even at an early age, the enigmatic pop star was a heartbreaker.

Leather Space Man: The Footage

Pieced together from rare archival footage, a young fan remembers his first concert experience. As with all things Leather Space Man, it goes off the rails almost immediately.