Architects' Journal has cooked up a list of the greatest illustrated urban spaces. More than a backdrop for the action, comic book cities like Gotham City and Urbicand (pictured above) are integral characters within their stories. Some illustrators also use the built form to creatively communicate the action within space (via Book Oven). Image: Chris Ware's Chicago from Architects' Journal.

Le 18 mai, c'est la journée des Patriotes. I'm sure that I must have learned about these "Patriotes" back in Sec IV History, except that the only thing I remember of that class is a dog-eared sheet of dates we were told to memorize. Then, last February, I happened upon this curious segment of stone wall in front of the SAQ building on the corner of de Lorimier and Notre Dame. When I took this picture 3 months ago, I honestly had ...

This is a map of dissemination areas of the Greater Montreal, randomly coloured in Google Earth. Source: Census of Canada

By Kimberley Mok The first "Know Hope" installation back in June was a visual reinterpretation of the Mont Royal tam-tams going on in full swing. Now after a stroll down Mile End's quaint maze of laneways, here's the newest whimsical reverie about what happens when one encounters a short door (made for the Little People?) and a graffiti commandment to "Gnome Yo'self" (original photos below)?

By Dave Bergeron and Kimberley Mok "Know Hope" will be a series of illustrative vignettes exploring and re-imagining Montréal's urban spaces, cultural life and other compelling urban mysteries which are always in the process of unfolding. Psychogeographical* in nature, this series of humourous visual reveries hopes to chart a slightly different map of urban consciousness. This first installation is a mandala** depicting Mont Royal and her environs, inspired by a daydream of the tam-tams as the locus of intense energy in the city during Sundays, prompting the angel statue to fly off in ...