Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo
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Check out the vernissage for Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo’s My Tyrant, My Protest, My Myth, which mixes stop-motion animation, prints and mixed-media works that draw from pop culture and pre-Columbian iconography. Yves Laroche (6355 St-Laurent), 5–9 p.m., free
Cult MTL film critic Malcolm Fraser launches his book Wooden Stars: Innocent Gears, profiling the Ottawa-based ’90s indie rockers, as part of Invisible Publishing’s Bibliophonic series. Read our interview with him here. Librairie Drawn & Quarterly (211 Bernard W.), 7 p.m., free
Check out Derby Crazy Love, a documentary about local roller derby team the New Skids on the Block, at Cinéma du Parc. You can read our interview with co-director Maya Gallus + Val “Smack Daddy” Desjardins here, and find details about the afterparty here. 3575 Parc, 7 p.m., $11.50/$13
Catch comics Ali Hassan, John Selig and more at The Kitchen Ninja ATTACKS. M Montreal (1245 St-André), 8:45 p.m., PWYC
The launch party for Montreal-based zombie comic Z’Isle’s teaser and Indiegogo campaign happens tonight, with tunes from DJs Roxy Moron and Sweet Daddy Luv, zombie make-up and a photo booth. Read more about the series here. Royal Phoenix (5788 St-Laurent), 10 p.m., free
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