{"id":9972,"date":"2018-09-22T17:59:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T21:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=9972"},"modified":"2024-08-12T10:35:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T14:35:52","slug":"aminder-dhaliwal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/aminder-dhaliwal\/","title":{"rendered":"Aminder Dhaliwal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aminder Dhaliwal grew up in London, England and Brampton, Ontario and graduated from the animation programme at Sheridan College. She worked as a storyboard director for two firms in California before joining Disney TV Animation as a director in Los Angeles. Her first graphic novel, Woman World<\/em>, began as a biweekly Instagram web comic as did her second graphic novel, Cyclopedia Exotica<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fiction (Graphic novel)<\/h2>\n

Cyclopedia Exotica<\/h2>\n

Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2021.
PN6733.D453 C93 2021<\/a><\/p>\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n

Following the critical and popular success of Woman World<\/em>\u2014the hit Instagram comic which appeared on 25 best of lists\u2014Aminder Dhaliwal returns with Cyclopedia Exotic<\/em>a. Also serialized on Instagram to her 250,000 followers, this graphic novel showcases Dhaliwal\u2019s quick wit and astute socio-cultural criticism.<\/p>\n

In Cyclopedia Exotica<\/em>, doctor\u2019s office waiting rooms, commercials, dog parks, and dating app screenshots capture the experiences and interior lives of the cyclops community; a largely immigrant population displaying physical differences from the majority. Whether they\u2019re artists, parents, or yoga students, the cyclops have it tough: they face microaggressions and overt xenophobia on a daily basis. However, they are bent on finding love, cultivating community, and navigating life alongside the two-eyed majority with patience and the occasional bout of rage.<\/p>\n

Through this parallel universe, Dhaliwal comments on race, difference, beauty, and belonging, touching on all of these issues with her distinctive deadpan humour steeped in millennial references. Cyclopedia Exotica<\/em> is a triumph of hilarious candor.<\/p>\n

Awards and Honours<\/h4>\n

2022 Doug Wright Award for best book <\/a> (Finalist)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fiction (Graphic novel)<\/h2>\n

A Witch’s Guide to Burning<\/h2>\n

Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2024.
forthcoming March 2024<\/p>\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n

A witch\u2019s work is never done when she works for the people. With the success of her town relying on her magic, demands are high. But what happens when a witch can\u2019t keep up with the magical requests? She is burnt, of course\u2014in a cruel ritual that extinguishes her magic and erases all her memories, making her just like everybody else. But when a burning ceremony is interrupted by rain in Chamomile Valley, a witch is left writhing at the stake. It\u2019s up to a witch doctor and her toad friend to save the singed witch and nurse her back to health. Can they help her before her magic is lost forever?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Woman World<\/h2>\n

Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2018.
PN6733.D453 W66 2018<\/a><\/p>\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n

When a birth defect wipes out the planet\u2019s entire population of men, Woman World <\/em>rises out of society\u2019s ashes. Dhaliwal\u2019s infectiously funny instagram comic follows the rebuilding process, tracking a group of women who have rallied together under the flag of \u201cBeyonce\u2019s Thighs.\u201d Only Grandma remembers the distant past, a civilization of segway-riding mall cops, Blockbusters movie rental shops, and \u201cThat\u2019s What She Said\u201d jokes. For the most part, Woman World<\/em>\u2019s residents are focused on their struggles with unrequited love and anxiety, not to mention that whole \u201csurvival of humanity\u201d thing.<\/p>\n

Woman World<\/em> is an uproarious and insightful graphic novel from a very talented and funny new voice.<\/p>\n

Awards and Honours<\/h4>\n

2019 Doug Wright Spotlight Award (a.k.a. The Nipper) (Finalist)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Links<\/h2>\n

Aminder Dhaliwal personal website<\/a><\/p>\n

Publisher Drawn & Quarterly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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