Wednesday, February 26, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 2/26/2003 01:58:00 AM
::: Calling all artists

the SPX 2003 Anthology Submission Guidelines have been posted on the SPX web site. The subject is travel and the due date is April 25th, 2003. See the site for important details.

Get cracking.







    
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   Sunday, February 23, 2003  
The global Comix Jam conspiracy!

:: Posted by max @ 2/23/2003 06:51:00 PM
Just discovered two new web sites dedicated to monthly Jams! One in London (ont-can) and one in Brampton.



So, with online representation, that brings us to 8 that we know about of this sort of event. There are probably more, if you know of one let us know



•The Monthly Montreal Comix Jam

•!Havre Exquis!

•NYC Bowery Bowel Movement Comic Jams

•Ottawa Comic Jam (possibly defunct?)

•Bay Area Comix Saloon

•The Brampton Comic Jam

•The London Comic Jam

•The lucidcomics Monthly Jam in Lubbock Texas

    
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:: Posted by max @ 2/23/2003 05:59:00 PM
:::Salgood Sam's got inky fingers





Local artists Salgood, aka Max Douglas is working as an inker with penciler Goran Parlov (recently of Outlaw Nation) on the upcoming T3 magazine being published by Beckett.



He's posted samples of the inked pages in his Work Diary, Here & Here





    
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:: Posted by max @ 2/23/2003 07:54:00 AM
:::Câdiddinini

A gathering of bedeists of Quebec and readers of BD (at the end of May, exact date to be confirmed)

Event goal: For Readers and Creators to meet and discus the medium.



Six activities are paned for the gathering.

Three readings, Three panels/lesssons/workshops to examine the various styles & possibilities of sequential art.

To attend you must be registered by Internet with the organizers

More information here @ BDQuebec

- EN google translation of this link

    
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   Friday, February 21, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 2/21/2003 04:50:00 AM
:::Speaking of reviews and stuff, Poopsheet is back online.



Poopsheet is an informational website (and sometimes print zine) published by Rick Bradford & dedicated to spreading the word about independent media such as zines and comics. 2003 marks its 10th anniversary and after a short hiatus Rick re-launched the site in the new year.



The current feature article is called "What's New With You?" and features 70 artists, writers and publishers from the comics industry who have shared with Poopsheet info about their current projects and future plans for comics and beyond. Information blurbs from Marc Bell, Craig Thompson, Josh Simmons, Nick Bertozzi, Brian Ralph, Sammy Harkham, Dash Shaw, Lark Pien, Roger Langridge and many more.



Also recently added is “GET THE WORD OUT”. An ongoing project to list media (mostly web & print) outlets that Review Zines and/or Comics. A handy resource for creators.



If you notice your work absent from Poopsheet the best remedy probably would be to send him some along with some info.

    
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   Wednesday, February 19, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 2/19/2003 08:10:00 PM
:::Comix Reviews by Yakov



"I LIKE COMICS"

Yes he does. Have a look.



    
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   Tuesday, February 18, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 2/18/2003 06:19:00 PM
Cunundrum Press Pressents

ENTER AVARIZ

a grahpic novel by Marc Ngui







BOOK LAUNCH AND READING

The author will present a slide show and read from the book.

Tues, March 4th 8pm @ Casa del Popolo

4873 St Laurent

Free!



Enter Avariz is an allegory of the parasitic culture of modern capitalism, told in a tumbling arcade inspired narrative. Witness as the delightfully bouncy Boy Ugly and the other resilient residents of Zak Meadow are sold out, co-opted, harvested, test marketed, junk mailed, genetically modified, prepackaged, networked, off-gassed, discounted, and branded in the pursuit of progress by the relentless Agents of Capitalism. In Enter Avariz, Ngui has taken elements of Kafka¹s The Castle and fused them with anti-globalization politics to stunning effect.



"You should check out the smart, hip books from Montreal's Conundrum Press like Marc Ngui's Enter Avariz , a graphic-novel primer on globalization and the big-business hegemony, told and drawn with enough to make even those dead horses whinny to life. The corporate takeover of Zak Meadow has Pogo overtones, so Ngui's only being true to the genre when the meadow fellows undo the damage that always follows malls and other beasts. Resminkubators for all!" ‹ Georgia Straight



Marc Ngui has been at the forefront of the vibrant Toronto arts scene for many years, and his self-published Zak Meadow strips and narrative schemata have appeared in countless literary magazines. He recently co-edited and provided illustrations for The Canadian City Dweller¹s Almanac. He is a graduate of Waterloo¹s architecture program and brings an architect¹s understanding of setting into his work.

   
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   Sunday, February 16, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 2/16/2003 07:53:00 PM
::: A special issue of Beaux Arts dedicated to Comics is on the stands :::.







Saw this in the window of a shop the other day and snatched it up. Sandra is reading it and contemplating a review of sorts. Contains Full colour stories and large samples of various artists work illustrating articles on various aspects of contemporary comics. A defiant Highlight is an original 8-page silent comic by Fabrice Neaud on the history of comics, this is very cool. The book is literally full of wonderful art, not just a small handful of images. The majority of the magazine is given over to one page write-ups of an impressive list of accomplished artists for across the planet. Each write-up is accompanied by a self-portrait and one or a few pages of art. Note to collectors: some of it is unpublished stuff! It’s all very beautiful.



Artists featured are:

Alex Barbier

Edmond Baudoin

Enki Bilal

Christophe Blain

Blutch

Charles Burns

Daniel Clowes

Nicolas de Crécy

Robert Crumb

Julie Doucet

Dupuy & Berberian

Vincent Fortemps

Daniel Goossens

Pierre La Police

Marc-Antoine Mathieu

Joe Matt

Lorenzo Mattotti

Moebius

Alan Moore

Jose Munoz

Fabrice Neaud

Katsuhiro Otomo

Pascal Rabaté

Stefano Ricci

Marjane Satrapi

François Schuiten

Seth

Joann Sfar

Art Spiegelman

Jiro Taniguchi

Jacques Tardi

Adrian Tomine

Lewis Trondheim

Yoshiharu Tsuge

Thierry Van Hasselt

Chris Ware

Winshluss



Available at decent magazine stores everywhere in places where French language magazines can be found or ordered online here



The cover prices:

France - 7.50 Euros

Belgium and Luxembourg - 8 Euros

Spain - 9.50 Euros

Portugal (cont.) - 10 Euros

Switzerland - 12 SF

Canada $11.75

A a bit less than 150 pages, no interior ads (though the back cover is a comic ad by Ted Benoit for Jameson whisky), higher quality pulpy paper inside, thick coated cardstock out, plenty of colour.





    
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:: Posted by max @ 2/16/2003 03:32:00 PM


::: The latest from Michel Lacombe :::

ONE BLOODY YEAR, CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES & SAFARIR.



-"The presentation pack for ‘ONE BLOODY YEAR: FALL’ for Diamond is half-printed. I'm planning for a release in June 2004, but Diamond has to accept it first.

You can see the Cover art here"



-"I've to finish inking 3 pages and then ‘CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES 1’ will be done and I'll move on to 2. Yes, it's taking me lifetimes. Here is a promotional web page for CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES "



Et pour les francophones ici présents:



-"SAFARIR ont retiré L'ACADÉMIE DES CHASSEURS DE PRIMES de leurs pages, et par ailleurs décidé de couper le montant qu'ils offrent aux dessinateurs. Ne vous attendez plus à me retrouver dans leurs pages."



-"Le RESCAPÉS DU CRÉTACÉ qui parle de fibre optique est maintenant en ligne au ici"



Peace!

Michel Lacombe



    
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   Saturday, February 15, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 2/15/2003 01:05:00 AM
::: A Photo Essay

Chapeaux de roue: exposition Mécanique Générale

Cégep du Vieux Montréal, 10 février 2003

Photos by Francis Hervieux



1..Éric Thériault, Kurt Beaulieu & Steve Requin en grande conversation / having profound thoughts altogether...



2.Leif Tande & Jimmy Beaulieu, from the Mécanique Générale team, while drinking and drawing all their profits / Leif Tande & Jimmy Beaulieu, de l'Écurie Mécanique Générale, en train de boire leurs profits

...



3.Nice crowd on that night, with Luc Giard (in the middle), whose [un]true adventures are now published by Mécanique Générale / Il y avait foule ce soir-là, surtout pour écouter Luc Giard (au centre), dont les aventures viennent enfin d'être publiées...



4. Michel Rabagliati & Siris en train de se parler au travers de l'exposition / Michel Rabagliati & Siris talking through art...



5.Many people at the front desk, trying to buy the books or chat with the artists / C'est la foule à l'entrée, pour se procurer les nouveautés de Mécanique Générale, pour obtenir une dédicace, ou simplement féliciter les auteurs....



6. Il reste tout de même une part de bénéfice pour l'Écurie: Luc Giard les avait cachés dans son oreille! / Thanks to Luc Giard (who has hid the book sale benefits in his left hear instead of all drinking it), Mécanique Générale won't be bankrupt after the expo...



7.The Team: (seated in front) Luc Giard, (behind from left to right) Benoît Joly, Sébastien Trahan, Leif Tande, Philippe Girard & Jimmy Beaulieu. / L'équipe des artistes: Luc Giard (assis à l'avant), (de gauche à droite)Benoît Joly, Sébastien Trahan, Leif Tande, Philippe Girard & Jimmy Beaulieu



8. Avec une future recrue au milieu? Cédric Asselin [garçon pompiste] / With a rookie in the middle? Cédric Asselin [presently the pump attendant, before growing a mechanic]...



9.Philippe Sohet discussing with Luc Giard about the art presented here. / Philippe Sohet s'entretenant avec Luc Giard à propos de l'exposition.



10. Petite réunion de famille artistique sur fond de planches originales: Leif Tande discutant avec Jean-Paul Eid. / Some nice artistic family reunion over original art... (Leif Tande talking with Jean-Paul Eid)



11.Jimmy Beaulieu showing his art to connaisseurs.../ Jimmy Beaulieu présentant des enluminures originaires de l'Île d'Orléans [sous verre] à des connaisseurs..





12.As usual: beer! / Comme à l'habitude en ces lieux d'éducation artistique, le service de bar était bien assuré!



13. Max Douglas (aka Salgood Sam) en discussion avec Éric Thériault / Max Douglas (aka Salgood Sam) talking to Éric Thériault. [ed: See what his video camera saw]



14. Les membres de l'Écurie se sont relayés à la table durant toute la soirée pour présenter leurs publications / Les membres de l'Écurie se sont relayés à la table durant toute la soirée pour présenter leurs publications.



15.Benoît Joly art / Oeuvres de Benoît Joly



16. Oeuvres de Sébastien Trahan: à noter les animations sur ordinateurs à l'avant-plan. / Sébastien Trahan art: note the mini-computer animation in front...



17.Luc Giard art / Oeuvres de Luc Giard



18. Oeuvres de Philippe Girard / Philippe Girard art



19.Leif Tande art / Oeuvres de Leif Tande



Official Mécanique Générale website: http://www.pastis.org/mg

All pictures and comments: Copyright Francis Hervieux 2003

    
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   Tuesday, February 11, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 2/11/2003 01:38:00 PM
Last night at the MG vernissage, the MG authours where swamped with suporters and fans who came out in force to shore there suport for the Mécanique générale. Here are some words of thanks from Jimmy in responce to the turnout. (english version follows)



VERNISSAGE Malgré trois bémols : nous n'avons pas pu avoir le documentaire à temps, nous n'avons pas pu avoir la nouveauté de Benoît Joly à temps et le Cégep n'a pas pu avoir de permis d'alcool à temps (à cause d'un changement de loi imprévu, ce qui nous a obligé à boire de la Molson au lieu de la Boréale prévue), la soirée d'hier me laisse un excellent souvenir. La réponse du public, abondant et enthousiaste, m'a enchanté. Je suis heureux de voir que notre projet rejoigne tout ce beau monde, ça va sûrement garder la flamme de mon optimisme aveugle allumée encore un petit bout de temps. Je ressenti de la fierté, et j'ai senti que notre projet avait une certaine pertinence.



Nous avons fait une sélection de pièces couvrant (ou pas) notre production récente (ou pas) en bande dessinée et nous avons tenu à ouvrir la porte à ce qu'on fait qui pourraît être aux limites du language B.D. Particulièrement pour Benoît Joly, qui s'amuse beaucoup sur ces limites. Pour Luc Giard, nous avons préféré privilégier ses peintures, qu'on ne voit décidément pas assez. Sébastien Trahan a emmené de ses animations aléatoires crackpots. Moi, j'ai fait une nouvelle histoire de 42 pages pour l'expo. Comme j'ai manqué de cadres et que j'ai envie qu'il reste des surprises dans le livre, je n'ai exposé que 24 pages. Nous avons aussi tenu à montrer un peu nos carnets et livres d'artistes.



Alors merci à tous ceux qui sont venus, sinon, l'expo continue jusqu'à samedi 3h. Détails sur le site mécanique générale.



MERCI

Jimmy



Last night will remain in my mind a good memory for a very long time, although, three things were missing: the short film we intended to show about our group (which couldn’t be ready on time), Benoît Joly's new book (which couldn’t be ready on time), and «Boréale» beer (ed:local non-preservative riddled brand). Due to new laws for alcohol permits, we had only horrendous Molson to drink (yuck!).



Regardless, the enthusiasm of the crowd was magic on us, making us feel proud and relevant.



Thanks a whole lot to everyone who came.



To the rest, you should come, the exhibit is still up, but only 'til Saturday the 15th at 3pm, not time to waste.



For the last two years, we've been working our asses off like madmen on this « mécanique générale » project and it's so soothing to feel that kind of support it breaks my heart.



Thank you so much, boys and girls!



Bye!

Jimmy





( ED NOTE: I still intend to write a few words of observasion about the show but this will have to wait for a day or so. But I will say here that someone should look into finding another gallery space willing to show this collection for a longer time, to help it get it the attention it deserves. Excellent showing by the MG guys, I’ll be back for a second and third viewing, you're a fool if you are in the area and miss this one. That’s my honest short opinion -salgood)

    
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:: Posted by max @ 2/11/2003 01:35:00 AM
:::BOOK LAUNCH:::

Just in from Andy Brown of conundrum press.



Cyclope & Cyclops, the French and English editions of the Montreal based anthologies of mostly local uber talents from the Canadian Comix scene are celebrating their latest incarnations with a launch party this February 15 from 3-8pm at Cheval Blanc, 809 Ontario E.



Cyclops features work by 25 gifted contributors, hailing from all over Canada, the vast majority from Quebec. Editors Helene Brosseau and Marc Tessier, and many of the contributors such as Michel Rabagliati, Rupert Bottenberg, Caro Caron, Leif Tande and Bernie Mireault are well known and prolific Montreal area artists, but there are also many new faces to be found.



Several of the strips are autobiographical in nature, a genre still very popular amongst Canadian comix authors. And in part due to that the urban landscape Montreal plays a starring role in many of the selections. Generally a bonus as the city, as a location, Is pure post modernist slightly euro flavoured gritty eye candy (look for Jean-Pierre Chansigaud's ‘Chers Voisins’ (I Live in St-Henri) and ‘Below the Poverty Line’ to reputedly “immortalize the particular beauty of Montreal’s neighbourhood life as finely as any novel by Gabrielle Roy or Mordecai Richler”).



Available from Conundrum Press



Words on Cyclope pending.



    
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:: Posted by max @ 2/11/2003 01:21:00 AM

Went to the gallery opening for the Mécanique générales' ”Chapeaux de Roue - bande dessinée et activités connexes” ’comics and related stuff’.

The show is a collection of original comic art and other artwork made in periphery of comics. I.E.: sketchbooks, large paintings, abstract installations and modified piece of furniture, etc.). Had some nice chats and gave my small pitch pitch to some possible contributors to the MMCJ site.

The opening itself was wonderful. The MG had a great turnout, I arrived late in the last hour of the vernissage and it was sill very busy, a good vibe to the room.

The show itself was Inspiring stuff - plan to wax on it later.

For now you can get a hint from a few frame grabs I have here.

~ 1 ~ 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 5 ~ 6 ~

 

    
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   Monday, February 10, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 2/10/2003 02:53:00 AM
::: VERNISSAGE:::

Upcoming gallery opening for the Mécanique générale





”Chapeaux de Roue

bande dessinée et activités connexes”

’comics and realted stuff’



Vernissage le lundi 10 février de 19h à 22h

Show opening Monday the 10th of February 7pm to 10pm



Du 10 au 15 février 2003

Show runs from the 10th to the 15th of February



Location:

à la Salle de l'Agora du

Cégep du Vieux Montréal

255, rue Ontario Est, Montréal



Heures d'ouverture / General Viewing Hours :

11h à 19h / Sun-Thur 11am to 7pm

sauf vendredi et samedi, de 11h à 15h

Fridays and Saturdays 11am to with 3pm



Details: (english version follows)



Mécanique générale a le plaisir de vous convier à Chapeaux de roue, la première exposition de l'écurie.



Nous accrocherons bien entendu des planches originales,

mais aussi des travaux faits en périphérie du travail de bande dessinée, par exemple : carnets de croquis, peintures gigantesques, collages abstraits et meuble modifié, qui montreront bien le désir d'exploration qui nous anime.



De plus, un court-métrage sera présenté en boucle, offrant aux visiteurs un bref entretien avec chacun des six membres ainsi qu'une visite de leurs ateliers.



Sur place, vous pourrez vous procurer les publications de l'écurie, dont la collection « Mécanique générale » et le projet à la bonne franquette « Colosse ». Quelques nouveautés seront lancées le soir du vernissage (le 10 février), dont ‘Motus!’, de Leif Tande, Les aventures de monsieur Luc Giard, du tonitruant Luc Giard, Station service 03 et Voitures, un portfolio de sérigraphies sur le thème de l'automobile. Et peut-être bien un autre, si l'imprimeur y arrive...

----------------



Mécanique générale is pleased to invite you to “Chapeaux de roue”, the first gallery showing of the Mécanique générale collective as a group.



The show will consist of original comic art and other artwork made in periphery of comics. IE: sketchbooks, large paintings, abstract instillations and modified piece of furniture, anything that shows the process of exploration which animates us.



Also a short film will be presented in loop, offering a short discussion with each of the six MG collective members as well as virtual visits to their studios.



At the show, you will be able to purchase MG publications and meat the collective members in person.



Some new books will be launched the evening of the vernissage (on February 10), ‘Motus!’ by Leif Tande. ‘Les aventures de monsieur Luc Giard’, by Luc Giard. & ‘Station service 03 et Voitures’, a portfolio of serigraphies on the topic of the car.



And perhaps others, if the printer delivers in time...



Merci,

Jimmy Beaulieu

Publisher-MG

mg@pastis.org





    
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   Friday, February 07, 2003  
Another Night at the Jam

:: Posted by max @ 2/07/2003 04:23:00 AM


Our semi regular Photo Documentarian Brad Simpson

has posted his latest photos from our last jam on his site.

   
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:: Posted by max @ 2/07/2003 03:45:00 AM


:: beep :: beep :: beep :: The Propaganda department of the Empress Evil has begun broadcasting :: beep :: beep :: beep ::

Stay tuned for news strait from the thrown



:::Wanted: writers & artists for the MMCJ site:::

I'm opening the doors to anyone who wants to start a column or submit articles for publishing on the MMCJ site to give our 12 - 15 daily visitors something to read and encourage others to come see.

This all will go in a new section about to be installed on the site, soon as I have some content in hand.



The content can include previously published writings as well as new work about Comix, BD or any other topic that you feel like writing about or have in the past assuming you can convince me it's interesting.

I'm pretty easy so that's not as hard as you might fear.

Covering & Promoting local comix stuff in Canada at large is encouraged.



It can be a once in a while thing in the form of features or a regular column of your own.



The writing can be in ether French or English.

Major kudos to anyone with the balls to post in both languages and if you want to arrange to do translations with/for someone I suggest Mailing the MMJC news group to see if anyone there is interested.



For the regular columns I'd only ask you post something at least once a month, doesn't have to be long, Somewhere in the range of 600 to 1000 is sufficient, though you can write as

many as you want.



Posts can also take the form of comix as well as written articles.



Also looking for Editors, French & English.



Contact me about further details





    
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