29.2.04
Sylvain Chomet profiled in the Chicago Sun-Times
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Cartoonist captured rural Quebec:Pioneering comic strip Onésime had devoted following among farm-magazine subscribers for almost 60 years
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28.2.04
CGC, DAVE SIM AND TORONTO RETAILER ANNOUNCE 'OWN A PIECE OF ISSUE 300' PROMOTION
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max@Sequential : 6:25:50 PM
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Girls Who Bite Back : Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks
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Press Release:
Coming in April: Taking on the bombshell spies, slayers, witches and assassins who are fighting their way into movies and television shows everywhere, Girls Who Bite Back examines what these new role models for young women are really about.
Emily Pohl-Weary, co-author with Judith Merril of the Hugo Award-winning Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril, puts her unique stamp on the field of speculative fiction and pop culture in this anthology of short stories, cultural analysis, comics and original artwork.
Girls Who Bite Back cuts through the layers of the new "female power," questioning its corporate origins and investigating issues of race and sexual orientation. And it goes a crucial step further by asking: If you don't like what's out there, what do you want to see?
In response, writers like Hiromi Goto (The Kappa Child, Chorus of Mushrooms), Nalo Hopkinson (Brown Girl in the Ring, The Salt Roads),
Larissa Lai (Salt Fish Girl, When Fox Is a Thousand), Nikki Stafford (Bite Me! An Unofficial Guide to the World of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, How Xena Saved Our Lives), Mariko Tamaki (True Lies: The Book of Bad Advice, Cover Me) and more have chronicled good and evil supergirls, envisioned new role models and created a do-it-yourself guide to being a superhero.
Talented artists, including Shary Boyle, Eliza Griffiths, Sonja Ahlers, Sheila Butler and Matthew Blackett, have imagined stronger, more
intelligent superheroines and explored the ugly side of girls who fight back. There's even an illustrated recipe for action!
Pohl-Weary has put together an assembly of fresh voices that bring rich insight, as well as wry irreverence, to this compelling and controversial issue. From Little Orphan Annie to Kill Bill, Girls Who Bite Back shows how far we've come, how far we have to go, and gives us a sneak peak of a future where all girls bite back.
Visit the fabulous Girls site at: www.girlswhobiteback.com
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max@Sequential : 5:56:34 PM
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The Cultural Gutter : A new web mag on culture beneath consideration
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"Eye mag videogame columnist Jim Munroe and comics columnist Guy Leshinski have established The Cultural Gutter wherein new articles will be posted weekly "about an artistic pursuit generally considered to be beneath consideration." Comics and videogames have been placed in the Cultural Gutter by Munroe and Leshinski, which may be a convenient and romantic way of lumping together their areas of interest, but it's simply too wide a brush." >>> more on Tony Walsh's clickableculture page here
theculturalgutter.com
Jim's blog post announcing the site
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max@Sequential : 2:40:21 PM
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THE PANELIST : Off the wall, into the panels
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max@Sequential : 2:32:26 PM
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Photo's from the MMCJ of Feb 25th
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Guest list pending, but in the photos you'll see
Carlos Santos; Jesse Bochner [young adonis]; Kurt Beaulieu [kb]; Francic Hervieux; Jane Tremblay; Jack Ruttan; Sherwin Tija [Sully]; Peter Ferguson [pete]; Bernie Mireault [bem]; Max Douglas [salgood sam]; Billy Mavreas; Olivier Mir [moog-lee]; Niall Eccles; Susanne Larner; Carey Chan [p-ro]; Sébastien Fréchette [sirkowski]; Karl Dupéré-Richer; Maclean; Marc Bell; Tom Devlin; & Megan Kelso.
It was a excellent jam, I’ll try to find time to post some of the pages tomarow. We had Tom Devlin by for his first Montreal jam, and he brought NY doodler Megan Kelso with him. Also Marc Bell joined us for the last time, as he's heading back to BC this Sunday, happy trails Marc! It was great seeing him again after all these years. Having him at the last three get-togethers made it feel like the good old days when I was a 24 year old pup. *sigh*
Marc, Tom, Megan, Jesse, Carlose and Billy really got into it with some silly stuff, bit of cartoon magic there. Sully and a number of the regulars begged off early, looking like February had beaten them silly. I know how they feel, Ug!! But spring is in the air! Maybe the next jam we'll have out doors..?
And on a final note; we're setting up a Merch table at the jams from now on, bringing back the tradition from back when Rupert ran the show. So if you plan to come to a future event, and have a zine, bring some!
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max@Sequential : 1:35:38 AM
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24.2.04
DSTRBO cartoons : scapegoats
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About this strip:
"Yesterday Nader declared that he’s running as an independent. I can’t decide if this is good news or bad.
A lot of lefties call Nader the 'angry spoiler' and blame him for Bush being in power, but I don’t agree with this argument. Gore ran an inept campaign in 2000, he didn’t even win his home state- (not to mention the fact that he actually won the election)- The whole idea of strategic voting goes against the idea of democracy, and anyway, Nader’s message is important. He’ll never be president, but a lot of people agree with what he stands for.
With Nader to kick around, the center-right folks might find it easier to vote for a democrat. Kerry (or Edwards) won’t look like such a godless liberal homo standing beside Nader. Damn, I do feel like a hypocrite though. I kind of wish Nader wasn’t running.
My friend Keith made a good point: "I think that this is generally a bad thing. It's not because I think that the Nader voters are gonna tip the scales in Bush's favor. I mean, I think that after the 2000 fiasco, most Nader voters who were angry, fence sitting democrats realized that maybe it wasn't the time or place for a protest vote. This year, I think they'll realize that even more so, and steer clear of him altogether. The reality is he's going to get way fewer votes than he did in 2000 running as a Green, and I guess that the Nader votes may still play a role in some 'too close to call' states, but it's hardly going to be like last time."
My friend Jesse continues this thread: "That said, even taking a few votes Nader might tip the vote in a state where it’s close. The big question is how close this election is going to be, which we won’t know until the week before the election itself. Bush is going to do everything he can to make Kerry or Edwards look like abortion-loving, bible-hating, gay-marriage having candidates as possible. And since probably 90% of the country is already decided, it comes down to that small margin in the middle. All in all, I’d say that if Nader is successful in getting many votes, it’s a bad thing."
Both of these guys are American, and my heart goes out to them. The Presidential candidate they would both probably vote for has just announced that he's running, and we're all talking about how that's not such a great thing. That said, the way things are going here in Canada, I'm finding it easier and easier to identify with their plight."
Dan B aka DSTRBO
Previous DSTRBOtoons here, here and here and here, and more art by Dan at DISTRBO.COM
Look for DSTRBO's comix and illustration in the weekly Montreal Hour
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max@Sequential : 10:25:20 AM
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23.2.04
Getting a head start on spring cleaning...
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 Renovations at salgoodsam.com.
The illustration portfolio has been re-organized, with client info and stuff added for the more recent work.  Also the Comix section has been cleaned up, and two new/old chunks of work are online: Art from TheLeader Of the Pack, a story done for Caliber's Raven Chronicles [#13] back in the mid 90's; 500 Pound Planet, a 7pg comix done in a 8-12hr session with Josh Dolgin & Jesse Brown. Intended as a storyboard 4 a sequel to their stop motion film 500 Pound Planet as seen on gorillacartoons.com. More old comics will be going up over the next month.
Over on rise-fall.com, you'll find some new art posted from that graphic novel in progress.
And finally, some doodles have just been posted in the sketchbook & workdiary blogg ici. I also added commenting to that blogg so drop me a note and say boo!
cheers - Max
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max@Sequential : 9:28:51 PM
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The Monthly Montreal Comix Jam 3.2
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Now in our third year the monthly comix jam for February will be taking place this Wednesday the 25th at 8pm. You’ll find a few dozens doodlers and friends hanging out at Sala Rosa all night - 4848 boul. St-Laurent, Montreal - drawing comix, shooting the poop, and hocking their zines to one another and you.
If you publish a zine and plan to attend we encourage to you bring some copies to set out on your own table or the merch table if there’s room [space is first come first serve. If you notify us in advance with details of you zine we will post the info on the Sequential news blog and the comix group here for you.
As always the jam is free to all, participation is encouraged. Bring your pens, friends and imaginations.
Previous issue of The Monthly Montreal Comix Quarterly will be available: the next issue will be published next month.
Photos from the last Jam are here
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max@Sequential : 11:25:29 AM
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Francophone Comix links
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QC Francophone News sites and message boards: Check out BÉDÉ-KA!, & BDQuebec
Go free form with Fécond Wiki ( Fertile yokes ), a public Francophone BD & sequential art Wiki, and excellent resource site that seeks "to explore the limits and potential of communication technologies ( Fécond Wiki ) by studying their characteristics - Means : Critical Observation , Theoretical Synthesis and Ludic Experimentation - Yokes of Interest : the Comic strip and Systems Of Data-processing Publication (I.E.webloggs)".
Attention unilingual Anglos! Use google'stranslator or Babel Fish to glean a lot of the basic knowledge to be got from these sites, or other international news sources. Also you can slowly learn to read French by puzzling out the garbled bits with an English-French dictionary. Another good, international translator is worldlingo's Online Translator.
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max@Sequential : 10:06:35 AM
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the Death of Albert Chartier
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Translated from : news@bede-ka.org
A significant chapter of québécoise BD history closed today with the death of Albert Chartier, the creator of Onésime. Mr. Chartier died in the Centre hospitalier de Lanaudièr around 19:30 Saturday 21 February at 91 years old.
Born in Montreal on June 16, 1912, he attended le Mont St-Louis and refined his graphic techniques at the Barnes School de Montréal and, via correspondence, at the Meyer Both Institute of Chicago.
His first comic, "Bouboule", was published in La Patrie in 1937.
In 1939, then living in New York, Chartier and its wife decide to return to Canada after the attack on Pearl Harbour. He worked for the "Bureau d'Information en Temps de guerre", as well as in advertising and illustration for Anglophone and French-speaking publications.
In Quebec, his talent was recognised by all generations of bedeists and in the world Dictionary of the Comic strip (Gaumer, P. and Moliterni, C; éd. Larousse) one can read "Vis-a-vis the hegemony of comic books the come from the United States, he appears as a true leader, and defender a comic strips typically popular québécoise".
There’s a nice little site dedicated to Albert and Onésime here. It includes a section on Al with a short bit of film from an interview, as well as photos of the man and his work.
In print, Drawn & Quarterly Volume 5 includes a substantial retrospective of his work including full color reprproductions of his B&W artwork.
other sources of info online [1] [2] [3]
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max@Sequential : 12:58:06 AM
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20.2.04
Don't Touch Me Independent Comics Number 10 Launch Feb 24th at this months monthly Toronto Comics Jam
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Co:Dave Howard
Don't Touch Me Independent Comics Number 10 is at the printer, all ready and waitin' for the release party Tuesday Feb 24th at the Cameron House, in the front room from 7:30 to 10pm and then carrying on in the back room along with the Toronto Comic Jam
Number 10 will be one of our largest issues, with 16 contributors on 44 pages. The cover features work by John Scott, winner of the Governor Generals award for visually Art and Media, in the painting category, for 2000.
Contributors:
Dave Lapp -- www.childrenoftheatom.com
Dalton Sharp
Jason Turner -- www.strongmanpress.com
Greg McCann
Brett Lamb -- www.brettlamb.com
Robert Klarer
Fiona Smyth -- www.fionasmyth.com
Steve McKay -- www.roscomagazine.com
Zach Worton
Patrick Hickey
Graeme Adams
Sean Ward -- www.sykoward.net
Ruth Tait -- www.artbyrt.com
Benjamin Rivers -- www.emptywords.ca
Kean Soo -- www.keaner.net
Tania Howells -- www.taniahowells.com
Copies are $7 each, and are available at the Toronto Comic Jam, select stores around Toronto, and online at www.donttouchme.ca. Many past issues are still available, too.
 the Toronto Comic Jam is this Tuesday Feb 24th
Also, if you haven't seen it yet, there are only two more Saturdays left in the comic jam art show at the offthemapgallery.com (although it is also open during the week, Wed-Fri, 11-5pm).
Come down and check out the show. There's paint, pencil crayons, illustration board, all kinds of different media to expand on the participatory jam experience. We'll also be auctioning off the jam pieces created at the show to help raise some money for the jam; pages will start at $20.
Come on out, and support the comics small press here in Toronto
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max@Sequential : 8:57:08 AM
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19.2.04
Cameron Stewart news: SEAGUY cover art unvialed
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co: Cameron's mailing list
"Hi everyone,
Just a quick update to let you know that my next major comics project - SEAGUY - has finally been officially announced by DC Comics. Here's the official press release..."
He’s the world’s last super-hero…and the last one you’d expect!
Award-winning writer Grant Morrison kicks off the first of three all-new VERTIGO mini-series with colorful heroes, sinister theme parks, beautifully bearded women, and a cigar-smoking tuna fish. Only one comic has it all: SEAGUY, a 3-issue tale with spectacular art by Cameron Stewart that begins with an extra-sized 40-page first issue at no extra cost. Morrison himself calls SEAGUY 'the true antidote to your military-industrial realistic super-heroes!'
A wistful, would-be hero named Seaguy and his best pal — a floating, talking fish named Chubby Da Choona — live listlessly in a world obsessed by sinister brand names. From a rigged chess match against a skeletal, seafaring personification of Death to being chased by malevolent theme-park armies, Seaguy and Chubby undertake a fantastical, picaresque voyage through a post-Utopian world filled with bizarre adventure...and terrible sacrifice.
"If you go to the front page of my website you'll be able to look at the cover for the first issue. The website still is in production, my work on SEAGUY has been keeping me from finishing it off but I guarantee that it will be open for business by the time the first issue of SEAGUY is out in shops. Also keep an eye out for the March issue of SPIN magazine, in which I provide that month's "Real Life Rock Tales" comic strip, featuring LA punk band The Distillers. That's all for now, thanks for reading!"
-C
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Chester Brown's Louis Riel reviewed in the Minneapolis City Pages + upcoming radio interview
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ON a Mission from God : The man who made Manitoba--and died for it, too
"Chester Brown is one of the comic book's great formalists"
Grammar non-withstanding, high praise indeed from this US paper for our cartooning poet laureate of late. A nice bit for example...
 "Brown remains, above all, a storyteller. Even when his pacing is perverse, it's never dull. He has made substantial elisions and revisions to the facts for the sake of the story's flow. (Brown annotates every deliberate inaccuracy in the book's notes.) His line work is expressive and spare, almost ecstatically austere: He can suggest a coat or a tree--the light on an object and the weight of it--with a few judicious, scraggly lines. And he's a master of solid white and black spaces. The courtroom where Riel's sanity is debated is jet-black except for lawyers, witnesses, and their furniture. The battlegrounds that led the rebel to this gloomy chamber are bleak expanses of snow." >>>
Not to shabby.
Chester Brown on Northeast Public Radio on 2/23
David Doane interviews Chester Brown about LOUIS RIEL for The Roundtable, WAMC's three-hour daily talk show focusing on politics, art and culture. The interview will air Monday, February 23rd at about 10:35 AM, you'll be able to listen via streaming audio online at www.wamc.org
D&Q links: Chester Brown; Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography (HC)
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MG news: new Jimmy Beaulieu sketchbook
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CO:Jimmy Beaulieu @ mécanique générale [googled]
 Jimmy Beaulieu has started a new sketchbook, check out his latest doodles here on his web site [warning, he likes to draw cute naked Croquettes!] :)
Motus! by Leif Tande wins BÉDÉLYS 2003 Quebec award for best title & author, Cheers to Leif Tande!
Read a review of Motus [fr] here [googled version ici]
And finally Jimmy tells about being on radio this last Sunday with Lucien Francoeur [host], Yves Millet, Michel Rabagliati, Michel Viau and Éric Thériault for an hour and half round table discusion of BeeDee in Quebec.
He rants a bit about his soft dream, and then tells us about the state of affairs today for de cinémathèque québécoise, who's employees have had to accept a wage reduction of 20 %, and that the establishment will have to close its doors for the summer!
mécanique générale
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max@Sequential : 12:25:20 PM
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American Devices "Distroboto" mini-cd launch with The Other Thing & Esther B: Sun Feb 22 at Casa del Popolo ++ RICK TREMBLES' MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY
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18.2.04
Coordonneés des bédéistes de Québec-Chaudiéres-Appalaches
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L'Institut Canadien de Québec is conducting a census of the literary milieu, including all the literary genre and mediums, as well as booksellers, editors, school establishments, etc. This census is a significant stage for the opening of a House of literature by the Institute in autumn 2004 - winter 2005. An official request is thus made to the bedeists of the Quebec area and the Boiler-Appalachian Mountains so that we may collect their co-ordinates, including email addresses, telephone numbers and/or postal addresses.
L'Institut Canadien de Québec is a non-profit organization, founded in 1848 in order to promote French-speaking culture. The Institute manages, for the City of Québec, 14 libraries as well as the services of support for the network of the libraries. For the benefit of the population, the Institute has the role of promoting and of democratizing the access to information, and sensitizing the public to the arts and culture, in particular by a universally accessible library service, the organization of structured events, and the development of permanent programs and the services council.
The mission of the House of literature will be to develop collections, services and programming of activities with an aim of widening the literary assistance of creators and increasing the diffusion of the Quebec authors and their texts; amongst the population of the area, tourists, and abroad.
Following the gathering of your coordinates, it will please to us to inform you of the various activities organized by the House of literature. Your information will remain confidential and will not be shared or published.
You can send your info by email to
Amélie Bédard
Agente de développement
Maison de la littérature
Institut Canadien de Québec
350, rue Saint-Joseph Est
Québec, G1K 3B2
Téléphone : (418) 529-0924, poste 225
Télécopieur : (418) 529-1588
Courriel : abedard@icqbdq.qc.ca
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17.2.04
Clément Suave Joins Micah Wright on STORMWATCH
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Co: BÉDÉ-KA! news & NEWSARAMA
Suave will be replacing CP Smith as the regular artist on STORMWATCH as of #21 "EYE OF THE STORM"; MATURE READERS; 32 pg; $2.95 On Sale April 14th, 2004. Suave's recent work includes work on DC's Human Defence Corps
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max@Sequential : 10:48:20 AM
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88MPH Studios Inc's Sebastien Clavet on WAITING FOR TOMMY
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co:BÉDÉ-KA! news
 An interview with Sebastien Clavet, éditeur/président of the Quebec comics publisher 88MPH Studios is on WAITING FOR TOMMY of this week.
Founded in 2001, 88MPH Studios Inc publishes books and comic strips based on licences of pop culture icons such as Transformers and Tron. Sebastien explains how he manged to pick up the contract for the upcoming Ghostbusters book after toronto based Dreamwave studios droped the book.
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max@Sequential : 10:34:08 AM
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Comics Interviews on Brave New Waves
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Brave New Waves is a long running late night new music and culture radio program on CBC. Many a night was spent buy young punks like myself staying up well past an hour that would allow my head not to bobble in class the next day so that I could hear the nightly broadcast. Over the years they have spent some [though not enough I think] time highlighting the efforts of underground comix creators in Canada and abroad. Recently they pulled some of this older content from their files and ran a comix heavy schedule for one night on Tuesday Feb 10th, featuring Interviews with Art Spiegelman [1990], Chris Ware [2001] Joe Matt & Seth [1992] Dave Collier [2000] & Jamie Hernandez [early 90s]. All pretty old ones.
Here are the very few they keep online.
An Interview with Ho Che Anderson. First aired: 28/02/03 Length: 33 minutes
An Interview with Chris Ware. First aired: 25/05/01 Length: 32 minutes
Not to much eh? Think they should run more content on this? Maybe get up to date and generate some new shows on the subject of comix? Let them know with some nice letters to their producers
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max@Sequential : 10:11:01 AM
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GRAFIKSISMIK.NET GOES LIVE
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The Quebec City based comics studios fully bilingual siteweb site is now online. Their galleries have been stocked with several never-before-seen new images for the occasion, and the front page sports a news blog so you can keep up with their latest projects. grafiksismik is Sebastien Caisse, Dub, Pierre-Andre Dery, Niko Henrichon, Joëlle, Phiz, Valerie Martineau, & Frederick Jourdain.
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max@Sequential : 9:29:02 AM
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Periodical Writers Association Jams 4 Justice
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Nope, not a comic jam. Co: Jack Ruttan on the comix jam news group
Swing on by The Only in Paradise Café on Friday, Feb 20-04, and see scribes play rock star for an evening to support writers’ rights. The Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) presents a night of song, celebration and electronic rights.
Proceeds from the Jam for Justice will go to the Heather Robertson class action lawsuit fund. A freelance writer, Ms. Robertson has been engaged in epic court struggle with major media outlets for the past seven years. Ms. Robertson's case centres on the issue of electronic reproduction. Specifically, the common practice among newspapers and magazines of publishing a freelancer's work in both print and electronically on a website based on the assumed right to do so without additional compensation to the writer. Does signing a contract giving a paper or magazine "first print" rights automatically imply the granting of electronic rights for the same article? Ms. Robertson believes no, it does not. Media lawyers of course, disagree. Ms. Robertson and her legal team have spent over $9,000 in their struggle, and while fund-raising has covered most of this expense, the battle continues, and so does the need for financial support.
Tickets for this fully licensed event are $10 at the door. For an additional $1, audience members can sing or play along with the house band on a song of their choice. Doors open at 7 pm, with the band scheduled to begin playing at 8 pm.
The Only in Paradise Café is located at 360 Queen St. East, at the corner of Queen St. E. and Parliament in downtown Toronto.
So, come on down Feb. 20 and support a great cause that benefits all Canadian creators!
For further information, contact:
Leslie Smith
Incumbent President
Toronto chapter of PWAC
416-481-4640
Nate Hendley
Incoming President
Toronto chapter of PWAC
416-469-0400
Ps. this is a fight that concerns all Canadian content creators. For all creators reading this, pass the word by mentioning the Jam for Justice in your newsletters and bulletins to your friends and association members. You’re more than welcome to bring some literature about your organization to the Jam. We will have a table where brochures, pamphlets and newsletters from creator groups can be stacked.
The Periodical Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) is Canada's national organization of professional freelance writers. Founded in 1976, PWAC has been promoting the rights and careers of freelance writers and journalists for 25 years. PWAC has over 500 members across Canada.
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16.2.04
DSTRBO cartoons
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"So, Paul Martin has been PM for about twenty minutes, and there have been TWO meta-scandals concerning financial malfeasance linked not only to the Liberal party, but to Martin himself, personally.
I really hope this doesn't just get bored out of existence. Throw the bum out."
This weeks cartoon from DSTRBO. previous toons here and here and here, and more art by Dan at DISTRBO.COM
Look for DSTRBO's comix and illustration in the weekly Montreal Hour
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max@Sequential : 2:13:10 PM
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13.2.04
David Cronenberg to direct John Wagner's A History of Violence
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 Canadaian film maker David Cronenberg (Spider) will direct A History of Violence at New Line Cinema, the first book in the Paradox Graphic Mystery line of books published by Paradox Press/DC Comics. The second book in the series was Road to Perdition, on which the Tom Hanks film was based on. A History of Violence is the story of a man who believes he's escaped his criminal past until it catches up with him and his new family. The novel was written by Judge Dredd creator John Wagner. "Violence" was adapted by screenwriter Josh Olson, who also wrote Three Gun Blues, set up at Paramount.
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max@Sequential : 11:29:47 AM
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¡Journalista! goes on hiatus
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 Apparently things are shaking and shimmying at Fantagraphics, with Milo George - managing editor of The Comics Journal - fired yesterday evening by Gary Groth over "professional and interpersonal differences with management". Dirk Deppey has been taken on as the new managing editor. Dirk has been running ¡Journalista!, TCJ's web news blog, and managing their web site in general for about two years now. ¡Journalista! has become one of the prime news blogs for the rest of the pack [that being all the other stuff aside from superherodom that lives in comics land] and even gives due time to our spandex loving brothers.
I'm regular reader of the old lady and while I was enjoying Milo's tenure at the TCJ [sorry to see ya go], I think Dirks round at bat will likely prove interesting. Hopefully he'll eventually find a few folks willing to pick up the task of keeping ¡Journalista! going, it will sourly be missed if not.
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max@Sequential : 11:18:17 AM
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22 Stores to Host 24 Hour Comics Day Events
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Co:SBC
Comics retailers across the US and Canada host a 24rh comics marathon.
"The organizers of 24 Hour Comics Day have announced the first 22 stores to host cartooning creativity marathons. On April 24th, these stores will bring together amateur and professional cartoonist who want to push their creativity to the limit. Each cartoonist will try to completely write and draw a 24 page comic, normally a couple months of work, in 24 straight hours.
“We expect to have hundreds of cartoonists taking advantage of 24 Hour Comics Day to take the 24 hour comics challenge,” explains Nat Gertler, founder of 24 Hour Comics Day. “While many of them will work in the comfort of their homes, others are already signing up to create their comic at these events, with the support and camaraderie of their fellow cartoonists. The participating stores will make sure that everyone has food and drink and take care of other concerns, so that the cartoonist can stay focused on the creative effort.”
more>>>
Participating stores.
Canada:
* Hallifax: Strange Adventures
* Vancouver: Elfsar Collection / Happy Harbor Comics & Toys
USA
* California: Brave New World in Newhall, Comic Relief in Berkeley, Comickaze in San Diego, Earth 2 in Sherman Oaks, Flying Colors Comics in Concord, and the downtown branch of Hijinx Comics in San Jose
* Colorado: Clockwork Comics and Games in Englewood
* Georgia: Batty’s Best in Atlanta
* Indiana: Buy Me Toys.com in South Bend
* Maine: Casablanca Comics in Portland
* Massachusetts: Modern Myths in Northampton
* Michigan: Green Brain Comics in Dearborn
* New Hampshire: The Paperback Bazaar in Somersworth
* New Mexico: True Believers Comics & Gallery in Santa Fe
* North Carolina: Silver Bullet Comics in Winston Salem
* Ohio: The Laughing Ogre in Columbus
* Oklahoma: Atomic Comics in Oklahoma City, and Speeding Bullet Comics & Ricochet Café in Norman
* Pennsylvania: Essential Comics in Exeter
* Texas: Lone Star Comics in Arlington
For more information on 24 Hour Comics Day including addresses, phone numbers, and website links for the event-hosting stores, go to www.24HourComics.com.
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11.2.04
A charitable exploitation of the collectors market : Canada Customs and Revenue cracks down on charity loophole
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max@Sequential : 9:31:10 PM
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Jasper the bear sheds a tear : Jim Simpkins 1910 - 2004
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Found this Obit by Seth on iJournalista! for canadian doodler Jim Simpkins yesterday, sadly Died Sunday February 1, 2004...
 "Simpkins was part of a small group of cartoonists who helped define the young pop-culture of Canada in the early 1950s. Peter Whalley, Doug Wright, Len Norris and Jimmy Frise -- these names are fading, as their work grows dusty on the shelves of neglected second-hand humour sections. Canada's homegrown media was small at the time, and our popular culture was still fresh and relatively undefined." more>>>
....reading it this evening I did some research on Jasper and his creator. I found a good chunk of info on the The Canadian Cartoonists Club web site here where they have set up a section dedicated to him.
 " "I thought a had created a new cartoon character. Now I know I was trapped by a bear!" once said Simpkins. Either when the Trans Canada pipeline was being built over his pathway, or when he stumbled upon a Bomarc missile silo deep in Northern Ontario, Jasper never hesitated to enter any controversial debate in order to fight for his own survival. As the Quintessential Canadian, Jasper the Bear has been adopted by Boys Scouts Canada and well exploited by Jasper National Park, Alberta to promote fire prevention and nature conservation." more>>>
Happy Trails Jim.
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DSTRBO cartoons
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This weeks cartoon from DSTRBO. previous toons here and here, and more art by Dan at DISTRBO.COM
Q: What inspired this image?
"The last one [cartoon] I did was pretty heavy handed, so I wanted to balance it a bit with a goofy one. I've been wanting to steer closer to issues that are a little more far-reaching in terms of scope, I tend to do cartoons on issues that are only in the public mind for a week or so, so that by the time they get to print they're already old news. This bird flu thing will probably be around for awhile, and, well, racial profiling isn't frigging going anywhere. Also, drawing anthropomorphic animals is cool."
Look for DSTRBO's comix and illustration in the weekly Montreal Hour
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9.2.04
Digest
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Been busy working on a script synopsis for the rise and fall of it all, hence the brake in posts. But I've been book-marking things over the weekend so here's a mess o' links for you.
First off, I hear word local doodlers Caro Caron & Richard Suicide have an exhibit in New Orleans this month with Josh Simmons titled 'BAD LOVE & VALENTINES'. Both Caro & Richard participated in the recent Cyclops anthology. Feb. 14 at L'Art Noir gallery on Mazant St. (beside the Mazant Guest House) in the Bywater.
Jimmy Beaulieu covers the bases in the comics scene: Rupert profiles the mechanic behind Mécanique Générale, summarizing the many projects that earned Jimmy a spot on the Noisemakers 2004 list in the Montreal Mirror. Recently.
Conundrum Press announces that they are starting a book club soon. .
I helped my best bud George start up a web page of his own this weekend. If all goes as planed we’ll be adding new work by him there every week.
Kristiana Clemens, TSPB co-coordinator announces that The Spring 2004 Toronto Small Press Bookfair will be held on Saturday, May 15th at Trinity-St.Paul's Centre, 427 Bloor Street West. They will have even more room this month, expanding into the back dance studio. And rumour has it that this fair could start off with some kind of crazy parade! Registration packages will be sent out by early April. If you've moved since the last
fair, or have a new phone number, email address or website, or have never registered before Kristiana asks that you let her know so that she can update their mailing list.
Contact info: production@ckln.fm by April 1st.
Phone 416-534-2011.
For more info you can read the newsletter posted here
There are a few new short stories posted on Sherwin's The Hipless Boy. Suicide Party & Palm to Palm.
Guy Leshinski Takes a look at the nomenclature of comics today in the latest THE PANELIST [eye - 02.05.04]
Specifically the popular term graphic novel, and concludes that it works, cus it works. Also he reviews Billy Mavreas's current comix project, and ongoing anthology called MONSTER ISLAND, dedicated to, you guessed it, monsters. [the review is at bottom of the page under the heading ZINES ON THE SCENE].
Along simmer lines, Rick Trembles' MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY comic-strip review of MONSTER: "Maybe I fucked up a little bit" -Charlize Theron's Aileen Wuornos
And capping the post off is some new news posts at D&Q: New York Magazine Spotlights Adrian Tomine's NYC event for Optic Nerve #9 : NY Post declares Optic Nerve #9 "Required Reading" : Daily Oklahoman features The Fixer & Louis Riel :
And that's all for now!
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4.2.04
Vesna Mostovac’s Foolish Girl Launch Party in toronto Feb 7th
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Join Vesna for her launch on the 7th, and catch Foolish Girl on zed on the 9th!
 Mostovac on Foolish Girl circa 1999
"After being in an 11-year relationship," Mostovac says, "I went boy crazy and started writing Foolish Girl in order to contain my foolish behaviour on paper."
The results have been published in Chart, Don't Touch Me, Exclaim and Twisted SuperFreak Times.
"Foolish Girl first came out of her shell thanks to events like Cut & Paste, the Small Press Book Fair and Canzine, all Toronto-based. I'm also inspired by local bands like the Helens and Bodega, insane performance guy Corpusse and other comic artists like Lorenz Peters, Tim McGregor and Fiona Smyth. Plus, I'm hoping to someday be the subject of a Heritage Moment, just like the creator of Superman."
info sorces
eye mag for quotes
Vesna edited Maow Maow
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Cut & Paste's 10th Anniversary! Sat. Feb. 7
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 @ Sneaky Dee's (corner of College & Bathurst) Noon to 6 pm
Cut & Paste is Toronto's original and longest running Zine Festival. Created in 1994 by Stacey Case, Cut & Paste did, and continues to help to fill a void in the small press world. Toronto has a number of small press and zine fairs now, but Cut & Paste has remained a core event, building the community of Indy publishers that make those fairs possible.
I remember first meeting Stacey (space man) Case at CIUT in around 94, where we both volunteered. Later on at a loft party in his studio he enthusiastically told me about the event he was planning and showed me the posters he was working on and pages from his own zine Rivet.
 That first Cut & Paste, like all the others that have followed, was a frenetic, colourful and cramped affair that left most participants smiling if not a few handfuls of zines lighter. A lot of new friends and connections have been made at the regualr events [2to4 a year], and more than a few dates. Not to mention an incredible number of cool and interesting zines, as well as more than a few curiosities, all in the name of having something ready for the big day.
Creators across Toronto are, as I write this, pasting together their first, or latest efforts, in the time honoured right of last minute preparation so that they may sit in closed quarters with many of their peers and put their ideas and/or Ids on the table for all to see. Come join the fun and celebrate the ten-year anniversary of this pillar of the alt community and mass group therapy session!
Vendor tables are $10, payable the day of the show.
Tables are first come first served
Bands and craft-y types are welcome to take part
Info? Stacey Case 416.531.9506 cutnpasteATrogers.com
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3.2.04
Dave Howard :Photos from Toronto Comic Jam at offthemapgallery
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Pulled from the Toronto Comic Jam Discussion Group
Pictures of the show
: taken by Peter Kambasis
 Left we see a page in progress: Done with conte crayon on newsprint, Dave Howard drew the first panel, and above we see Greg McCann in the process of drawing the second panel. They we’re both drawing from live subject, the model was Nadia Halim, who was sitting across the table. Nadia organized the jam at the gallery.
At Right:
Participants from Saturday Jan 31 :
Clockwise is Stephen Burrell (tucked in the lower left corner), Nadia, two new people whose names Dave doesn’t know, then Robert Klarer and Dave Howard.
Go here to see more of these…
See here for background
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Exclaim takes a look at girls in tights
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JAMS BY THE CARTOONIST CONSPIRACY MINNEAPOLIS LOCAL:
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2.2.04
MENSUHELL #51 - Février 2004
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 The line up for issue 51 includes...
p. 2 Éditorial + annonces diverses
p. 3 La table mal située II (Michèle Laframboise)
p. 4 Histoire de panier [Épisode 2] (Catherine Fréchette-Grégoire)
p. 7 Histoire de la bande dessinée québécoise [suite] (Michel Viau)
p.13 Picasso (Mathieu Benoit)
p.14 Les impériales crampes de la vilaine impératrice (Jane Tremblay)
p.18 J-F et tout ce qui a rapport avec la St-Valentin (Éric Piccoli)
p.20 The Caustic Commentaries of Claude the Cloud (Jacques Boivin)
p.22 Skinny Nameless Punk (Jack Ruttan & Rick Gagnon)
p.23 Voir l'Alberta et mourir! [1ère partie] (Kurt Beaulieu)
p.27 Miss Dynamite [suite de l'épisode 3] (Sirkowski)
p.30 Tonton Robert (Pierre-Yves Clerson)
p.31 Phax & Walton: Mauvaise Mine [suite] (Karl)
p.34 BD Québec/USA : Jacques Boivin [2e partie] (Marc Jetté)
p.38 C'est la révolution! (Sylvie Rancourt)
p.39 Les danses gratuites (Sylvie Rancourt)
p.40 Les Ayoyes (Jacques Boivin)
On stands now at these shops
in Montréal
Fichtre 436 rue de Bienville, H2J 1S9, (514) 844-9550
Marché du Livre 801 De Maisonneuve Est, (514)288-4350
Millenium 451 Marie-Anne, H2J 2A2 (514) 284-0358
Monet 2752 de Salaberry, (514) 337-4083
in Québec
L'Imaginaire 2740 boul. Laurier (Place Laurier), Sainte-foy, GiV 4P7(418)652-0545
MENSUHELL est publié par/is published by Francis Hervieux
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1.2.04
WWW.DISTRBO.COM is online
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 My man Dan, aka DSTRBO just emailed me to let me know his crib on the web is open for visitors. Still some stuff to go up but already you’ll find a big pile of his comics, paintings and drawings there. Dan’s been displaying a sharp wit in a running series political cartoons in the Montreal weekly the HOUR. Below you’ll find the latest and you'll find many of them on his site. He’s also a semi regular participant in the monthly jams, and a founding member of the HVW8 crew.
www.dstrbo.com
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Introducing Alejandro Boim
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Montreal Gazette » It's time to change the comics, And we want your help!
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 As well as announcing that they will be dropping Peanuts from their line up now that no new strips are being produced, the Montreal Gazette is opening their line up, sort of, to a vote. Asking readers to pick what they want from a list of six new strips and six to be cut...
What do you think?
MY FAVOURITE FOUR NEW STRIPS ARE...
BABY BLUES - RHYMES WITH ORANGE
GO FIGURE -SHERMAN'S LAGOON
POOCH CAFÉ -TINA'S GROOVE
The Gazette should stop publishing these three comics ...
Beetle Bailey - Garfield
Hagar -Herman r-
Hi & Lois - Sally Forth
Send entries by mail to:
The Gazette "Comics Survey," Marketing Research Department [figures]
1010 Ste. Catherine St. W., Suite 200,
Montreal, QC, H3B 5L1,
or by fax at (514) 987-2399,
or visit our Web site and fill out the comics survey
To make sure your voice is heard, please have your entry to us no later than Wednesday, Feb. 18. Different samples of the new strips will be published Feb. 7 and 14 in the Weekend Life section.
dsweet@thegazette.canwest.com
(514) 987-2596
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Guy Leshinski turns in a write up on the The Toronto Comic Jam exhibit at offthemapgallery [ending today]
BIRTH OF A NATION (1915): "KKK to the rescue!"
A preview of nom d'un chien numéro 2 is now online 
CO: Clickable Culture
