Death waits... Famed author Titus Caropin is stuck with a bad case of writer's block and keeps pushing back the release date on the seventh book in his best-selling series. He has run out of inspiration, and even karaoke can't seem to bring the old magic back! But when Titus gets a visit from the Grim Reaper, his biggest fan who just wants an autograph (and Volume VII of his fave series), the pressure to finish his latest book becomes unbearable. A wordless meditation on death and the creative process, VII is existential slapstick at its best - showcasing both the fluid style and narrative ingenuity of first-time author Thom, who proves that the right picture can truly be worth a thousand words. Winner of the Bédéis Causa Award for Best Debut Book.

Thomas Blais-Leblanc was born in Montréal in 1993. He's been drawing comics since an early age, and many of his characters have been following him around for years. He studied cartooning at UQO, and it was during his final year at school that he started work on VII, which eventually became his first professional book and which won the prestigious Réal-Fillion Award for Best Debut in 2018. His most recent book is Casa Rodeo.

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• Winner, Bédéis Causa - Best Debut Book

"A sympathetic first work by a creative young cartoonist full of potential."
-J. Milette, BDGest