Tuesday, December 31, 2002  


:: Posted by max @ 12/31/2002 06:32:00 AM
Censorship & the Web ::



Mr Swiz had just put up a wonderfull new web site for local cartoonist d.bilos when...well, i let him tell you...



"Our server space on Eulalie.org has been wiped out, thanks to the "mature" cartoons of Carlos Santos that violated the "adult content" policy... So there will be no more Swizcorp nor Santos online for a while, until we find another server with no such policy...And don't try to contact us at any @eulalie.org adress, they wiped out all

our emails too... Bastards."

Mr. SWIZ



Are your ears burning? :: There is some talk of doing some articles on the Montreal Comix Scene over at TCJ. If you’re an artist from the hood or a fan on one or more of them drop by an let them know what’s what.



Call out to female comic artists, possible paying gig alert:



The Moderntales family is expanding!! ( Again! )

Lea Hernandez {girlamatic.com} is the editor/instigator of a ladies only party soon to be launched. It will be a subscription website of Female artists only on the same mould as the thus far very successful 3 year old model of moderntales.com. Sequential artists of the "Good art, solid writing, Oni-esque, minus the crime stuff" verity are asked to submit their work for consideration.



For an idea of the company you would be keeping you can check out the Moderntails family

http://www.moderntales.com (the original site)

http://www.adventurestrips.com

http://www.serializer.net



If you are not a Female artist/storyteller but know one, tell them about this. The moderntails web sights have been very good for the artists who have worked on them so far; it's opportunity worth seriously considering and exploring.



Contact E-mail: Lea Hernandez - divalea@divalea.org

girlamatic.com



Re: Creative teams, you say you can’t draw? You can write though…and she can draw…? So what’s there stopping you? Mix pairs? for those who are reading this: I think It's possible that mixed creative teams (M & F) will be considered, but you should check with Lea to be sure before preparing to much work for submission cus’ I’m speculating really.



Language: The sights are so far all English only so I think it's safe to say that the initial expectation of the publishers would be that the stories would be all English. But…I think it could be argued that publishing French stories, as well as other languages, might help to attract a larger, Mixed audience. For a subscription sight, especially one that uses the moderntails.com's payment system*, that the more people who sign up to read the better. Crossover can occur, if it's encouraged. I don't know that they (the publishers) would go for it, but it's worth asking. I make no guaranties of satisfaction but feel free to quote my argument if it helps.



[*You get a % of the money paid in subscription based on a point system measured by tracking the hits to you pages on the site. Popular art gets the most visitors gets the most $]



If it becomes a question of translation, you can always consider translation.



With it being online, I'd love to see it in French on the page, but have an English text at the very bottom of the page, like subtitles : ) Personally I think a lot of Americans & Anglos in general would get a huge kick out of reading comix like that, and it makes you accessible to both audiences, which is always a good thing. In print even, one run can be sold in both markets! It would just force you to chose your words carefully, so as to not overrun the page with the subtitles. Minimalist writing.



Also of course there is the whole wordless thing, which can be very cool with a good story.



Contact E-mail: Lea Hernandez - divalea@divalea.org

girlamatic.com



Désolé. Pas assez de temps au translte ce message aujourd'hui, if someone felt inclined to i’ll publish it here…

Or try - babelfish



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   Monday, December 23, 2002  


:: Posted by max @ 12/23/2002 07:56:00 PM
Just added a new section to the site, a series of galleries showcasing the work of some of the artists from the Montreal Jams. The first online is Jane Tremblé's, you can read a short strip and some one pagers by her and early in the new year there will be an interview posted.



    
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   Tuesday, December 10, 2002  
photos from the last jam

:: Posted by max @ 12/10/2002 03:30:00 AM




BTW, Brad Simpson had his camera at the latest jam, as did a few others. Brad has posted his photos on his sight here



Who's who (only listing first appearances):



2- Richard Gagnon

3- starting in front and going round to the left, Kurt Beaulieu, Richard Gagnon, Brad himself, Harmelle Jean, Eric Thériault, and hunched down behind Kurt is 'Nickartoon'

4- One of the artists Colin our host shares the studio with, forget his name just now

5- Harmelle Jean, Eric Thériault, in the BG is Philippe Gonyea on the left, don't know the guy on the right's name, he's new to the jam. Did some cool panels but didn’t sign them.

6- Another new guy, hard to read his signature, think it's MichArnol...something, we'll call him Mich for now. Nice guy, works as an architect.

7- Another new Jamer, didn't get her name at the time, she was with 3 others, all new to the Jams. Brad tells me her name is Suzy.

8- our host and DJ Colin & a neighbour

12- the guy on the far left is Steve Requin, the rest you know by now

14- in case you didn’t recognise him from his ponytail, Kurt Beaulieu, looking besieged.

17- don't know her, think she was a friend of Colin's studio-mate. Brad probably knows, he was hanging out with them.

18- L-R Colin, Hangy Fong, Niall Eccles, a.j.duric & Nickartoon





    
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   Friday, December 06, 2002  


:: Posted by max @ 12/06/2002 02:43:00 PM
This just in from Jimmy Beaulieu



This Sunday, the Mécanique Générale artists will be appearing in the local (Montreal) newspaper " La Presse " in the sports section in full colour!!! (cool! –ed)



For phase 1, you’ll find Leif Tande, PhlppGrrd and Luc Giard, for the fist month’s run. Phase 2/second month with Jimmy Beaulieu, Benoît Joly and Sebastien Trahan.



It is possible that this will become a permanent spot for the MG crew, all depends on the letters to the Editor. So if you want them to return, write in and tell the Editors!



original text--------------------------

Hello,



Ce dimanche, l'écurie sera dans « La Presse », dans le cahier des sports (!!!) pour une première série de strips (sur deux) tout en couleurs.



Pour cette phase 1, on retrouvera Leif Tande, PhlppGrrd et Luc Giard, dans un mois environs, il y aura la phase 2 avec moi, Benoît Joly et Sébastien Trahan.



Il n'est pas impossible que cette collaboration devienne mensuelle, tout dépend du courrier des lecteurs, alors si vous voulez que ça revienne, manifestez-vous!



MERCI BEAUCOUP!



Jimmy

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mécanique générale

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