Monday, March 31, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/31/2003 04:40:00 AM
Hey, inxslutz.com is back online!
    
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:: Posted by max @ 3/31/2003 04:05:00 AM
Comix & Art online



::: Rick Trembles'

MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY

comic-strip reviews:

TEARS OF THE SUN

One of his best, sums up the day nicely.



::: Jane Tremblay Presents // Présents

The EMPRESS' NEW JETFIGHTER pt3



Recherchez la page 4 de 5 la Semaine Prochaine // Look for Page 4 of 5 Next Week





New entries in Max Douglas aka Salgood Sam's work diary & sketchbook weblog



Samples of the inking he's doing on the upcoming T3:Rise of the Machines comic, work from his graphic novel PIN CITY, and random doodles from his sketchbook and warm up sheets.



Bits and Bites from Michel Lacombe





A few square inches from his pinup for SAMMY-TOURIST TRAP #4, out from Image Comics next June, advertised in the March PREVIEWS:



This is the last panel of the last page of CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES number 1 he had left to ink: (this preview has been rated PG-13 by the Motionless Picture Association of his Living Room; the comic advertised is X-rated)



And the latest episode of Rescapés du Crétacé



Previous update from Michel Lacombe
    
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:: Posted by max @ 3/31/2003 03:29:00 AM
::: ZINES ZINES ZINES



This last months Montreal Comix Jam was not only the launch for yet another issue (41) of the Monthly Comix Magazine MensuHell, but also the latest Monthly Montreal Comix Jam Quarterly.



Things hit a bit of a hiccup when it was discovered at the ninth hour that the studio on 10 Ontario was lost to us, but many of the regulars and some of the summer crowd unaware of the predicament caught up with Sandra and me at the Casa del Popolo. Francis made it as well and books were handed out to everyone (in both zines cases all participants get a copy for free).



I ‘d like to take a moment here to mention that the work done at the Casa that night was INCREADABLE!



Wow.



Kudos to everyone, thanks for such a fun and inspiring night of doodling. You can watch the front page for some of the sweet pages from this jam, up already is a very fine two part jam, go see! (I don’t think the pages were intended as such but they dovetail together so nicely I decided to marry them officially, they plan to have kids.)



This months MensuHell Is Jam packed comic goodness.





p. 2 Éditorial + annonces diverses

p. 3 Collège Artiztech (Steve Requin, Karine Church & Technogotika)

p. 4 Square Victoria [5e partie] (Luis Neves)

p. 8 Le bal sanglant [2e partie] (4in)

p.11 Une aventure post-moderne de Patricia (Kurt Beaulieu)

p.16 Effroi (Sébastien Guimond & Isabelle Stephen)

p.17 Québecman : Kidnapping [3e épisode] (Philippe Gonyea)

p.18 Maskarade (Julien Chung)

p.18 The World vs Kuslak [Jam] (Gonyea & Boussourir)

p.19 BD Bloopers (Steve Requin)

p.19 Une histoire (potentielle) de Tintin [Part 5] (Arnaud Hilmarcher)

p.20 Les impériales crampes de la vilaine impératrice (Jane Tremblay)

p.20 Tonton Robert (Pierre-Yves Clerson)

p.21 Skinny Nameless Punk (Jack Ruttan & Rick Gagnon)

p.22 Skinny Nameless Punk (Jack Ruttan & Rick Gagnon)

p.23 How to Reduce the Risk of Terrorism (Leanne Franson)

p.24 Le fan pacifiste (Michèle Laframboise)

p.25 Le père, le fils... et le sans esprit (Hugo Barrière)

p.27 John Star & the Robots of Atlantis (Éric Thériault)

p.31 Liberacion (Remedium & Loog)

p.35 Miss Dynamite [Épisode 3, 1ère partie] (Sirkowski)

p.39 Ernest Léopard [3e partie] (Laurent Giasson)

p.40 Les Ayoyes (Jacques Boivin)



the Monthly Montreal Comix Jam Quarterly Vol2





The latest Monthly Montreal Comix Jam Quarterly (what a mouth full) is bursting with one of the sweetest and most consistent selection of pages seen in a jam zine. The studious atmosphere of the last three gatherings resulted in slightly fewer pages (51 vs. 60+) but numbers are more than made up for buy the high average common denominator. Some samples of the work in this edition include the following pages featured on the front page as Jam’s of the week.



pages by [1] Tim Moreman [2] Marr, Tim Moreman, & Jimmy Beaulieu [3] (Andrée Tardif aka Sabine Allaire [4] Pete, Rilly, Sully & Salgood.







You’ll be able to order your own copy of the Quarterly from this site shortly.





    
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   Saturday, March 29, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/29/2003 11:40:00 PM
::: VERNISSAGE:::

Upcoming gallery opening for the Mécanique générale





Chapeaux de Roue II

bandes dessinées, illustrations, peintures et objets périphériques



From April 3rd to the 6th 2003

At la galerie Rouje

228, St-Joseph E, Québec City

Vernissage Wednesday April 2nd from 17h to 21h

Gallery hours: Thursday and Friday from 12h to 21h,

Saturday and Sunday from 12h to 17h



The Mécanique Générale collective is pleased to invite you to Chapeaux de roue; the Quebec edition (see here, here & here for info about past versions of this show).



The MG collective will be showing original comic art as well as work made in periphery of comics. EI: sketchbooks, large paintings, sculptures and other things that show the creative exploration that fuels the Collectives imaginations.



In addition a short Documentary will be presented, offering to the visitors a short interview with each of the six members as well as a visit to their studios.



The MG line of fine books will be available on site including many recently published books that represent the culmination of some of the work featured in the show, including: ‘Motus!’ by Leif Tande; ‘Les aventures de monsieur Luc Giard’, by Luc Giard; & ‘Station service 03 et Voitures’, a portfolio of serigraphy on the topic of automobiles.



Du 3 au 6 avril 2003,

à la galerie Rouje

228, St-Joseph Est, Québec

Vernissage le mercredi 2 avril de 17h à 21h

Heures d'ouverture :

jeudi et vendredi de 12h à 21h, et samedi et dimanche de 12h à 17h





L'écurie mécanique générale a le plaisir de vous convier à Chapeaux de roue version Québec. 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 2 avril), dont Motus !, de Leif Tande, Les aventures de monsieur Luc Giard et Ticoune ze whiz Tornado 07, du tonitruant Luc Giard, Station service 04 et Voitures, un portfolio de sérigraphies sur le thème de l'automobile.



Merci,

Jimmy Beaulieu

Publisher-MG

mg@pastis.org
    
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   Tuesday, March 25, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/25/2003 12:45:00 PM
::: Toronto - Book Launch







I'f you’re in Toronto this coming Thursday, March 27 @ 7pm drop by the Frecklebean Café (132 McCaul Street, North of Dundas) for the book launch of the Frecklebean: Comics and Stories . A new Toronto based anthology put together buy a group of local illustrators, storyboard artists, and designers.

For details and the history for the collective see their site.





Cover art by R.G. Taylor
    
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   Monday, March 24, 2003  


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   Friday, March 21, 2003  


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   Thursday, March 20, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/20/2003 07:40:00 PM

Drawn & Quarterly
and Blue Metropolis presents:
A Book Launch for Michel Rabagliati's latest offering, Paul has A Summer Job

Event Time: Wednesday, April 2, 5:00pm Salle Le Floréal Hôtel Renaissance, 3625 Parc

Ave.

Michel Rabagliati won the 2000 Harvey Award for Best New Talent and now he's back to deliver on his promise. Paul has A Summer Job is an all new entirely original 160 page graphic novel about the summer of 1979, and it's his most accomplished book to date. Set in a summer camp in the Laurentians, this is a coming-of-age story with own distinctive Quebecois flavour.

Praise for Paul Has A Summer Job
From Booklist: "Rabagliati's simple black-and-white line drawings and classic comics format are well-suited to this slacker-goes-to-summer camp tale, which has plenty teens can relate to--whether it's Paul's dissatisfaction with the authority figures at his school or a first love. The final act will ring true for older readers nostalgic about their own first overnight camp."

From Quill & Quire: "...the work of a skilled craftsman with a lot teach about the possibilities of the medium"





Also at this years Blue Metropolis book festival in Montreal: Comix Comix Comix!!!



-A Comix Jam hosted by Rupert Bottenberg



-Montreal's Aislin Presents "Šand Drawing the World".



-Readings with slide shows - Billy Mavreas, Sherwin Tjia and Kid Koala.



-Panel discussion "Sampling Comes to Comix". Sampling is the recontextualization of previously existing "found" bits of information for a creative purpose, a process used to good (and occasionally problematic) effect in comics. Aislin, David Rees, Sherwin Tjia.



-COMICS AS INTELLIGENT DISSENT Presented by 'GET YOUR WAR ON*' creator David Rees

*link



Festival starts April 2nd and runs to the 6th. Check the Festival Program for these and other events.

   
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   Wednesday, March 19, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/19/2003 05:25:00 PM
New Comix online



::: Rick Trembles'

MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY

comic-strip reviews:

WILLARD (remake): "RATified ungratified"!



::: Jane Tremblay Presents // Présents

The EMPRESS' NEW JETFIGHTER pt2



Recherchez la page 3 de 5 la Semaine Prochaine // Look for Page 3 of 5 Next Week



    
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:: Posted by max @ 3/19/2003 04:17:00 PM
Comix News



::: The New Drawn and Quarterly Web Site

Put the sledgehammer and hacksaws away. It¹s time to shake the plaster from our hair and wipe the paint off our hands. Renovations on our new Drawn and Quarterly home are finally finished (more or less).







So come on in! You may discover a couple of holes we forgot to patch up or some doors that don¹t open yet. We¹ve swept up for stray typos but you never know‹let us know by emailing us with errors you spot.



Our new web site not only looks great but it¹s got more content then ever before with 145 pages of never-before-seen previews of new books and comics as well as unpublished sketches and illustrations. Also brand new is our news section and artist archives that you can check out for new updates every day. Right now it already has over 50 profiles and reviews from The New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Globe and Mail, National Post and Publishers Weekly.



We could never have gotten this place ship shape without our architect, Jeff Voris, and our decorator, Jan Van Der Veken. Thanks so much fellas, the place looks great.



Welcome! Welcome! Make yourself at home.

Elizabeth Walker - Marketing and Publicity



::: Broken Pencil--Comics Issue



This spring (June) Broken Pencil will be putting out an all comics issue.



Most of the articles have been assigned already, though they say they will make space if a truly brilliant proposal comes in. Primarily they’re looking for reviewers, and say they are desperate for review material, so send them your latest comics! (or old ones if they haven’t reviewed them already) They need them ASAP! April 15th at the latest and preference will be given to early birdies.



Broken Pencil - Comics Issue

PO Box 203, STN P

Toronto ON M5S 2S7



If you want to write reviews for the issue contact Emily with writing samples.

    
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   Wednesday, March 12, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/12/2003 02:35:00 AM
ZINE FAIR

24 th May 2003



In partnership with Broken Pencil magazine, North America's most prestigious zine reviewers. MOTEL/KING16 magazine presents the first Quebec zine and small press fair.



Small press (including comics) and zines wishing to attend, get in contact before April 7 2003.



Contact



FANZINES

24 mai 2003

En partenariat avec la revue Broken Pencil, qui compte dans ses rangs quelques uns des meilleurs critiques de fanzines d'Amérique du Nord, MOTEL/KING16 présente la foire québécoise des fanzines et de la presse indépendante.



Les publications (incluant bande dessinee) et les fanzines qui désirent être présents à l'événement doivent nous contacter avant le 7 avril 2003



Contactez



info From Leonardo Calcagno

Editor-in-Chief/Publisher

[MOTEL/KING16 magazine]

MOTEL MEDIA GROUP | KILOBEATS MEDIA GROUP



PS:

FOUFOUNES ELECTRIQUES 20 ieme ANNIVERSAIRE

18 MAI - 15 JUIN 2003

FOUFOUNES ELECTRIQUES 20th ANNIVERSARY

18 MAY - 15 JUNE 2003
    
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   Saturday, March 08, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/08/2003 10:00:00 PM
::: Jane Tremblay Presents // Présents

The EMPRESS' NEW JETFIGHTER



Recherchez la page 2 de 5 le vendredi prochain // Look for Page 2 of 5 Next Friday
   
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   Friday, March 07, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/07/2003 10:54:00 PM
::: SAMMY-TOURIST TRAP #4

in this month's Previews



You can read a 5 page preview

of SAMMY-TOURIST TRAP #1 here.



A word from Michel Lacombe

Hi.

I'll have a pinup printed in Azad's SAMMY-TOURIST TRAP #4, which is solicited in this month's Previews in the Image Comics section. Order tons from your comic shop and prove Azad's money on me was well spent.



Wait! Strike that. Why buy only the last issue of a miniseries?



Instead, go to your comic shop right now, find yourself a copy of SAMMY-TOURIST TRAP #1, get hooked and add it to your reserve. It's unusually well-done near-trilingual robber-versus-even-worse-robbers

hijinks and you can read it now before Hollywood makes it the next ROAD TO PERDITION. Or MEN IN BLACK. Or something.



Now go cuddle your loved ones. I would mine, but I have cartoons to commit.--

Michel Lacombe

    
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   Thursday, March 06, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/06/2003 01:28:00 AM
::: This week at www.snubdom.com

Rick Trembles'

MOTION

PICTURE

PURGATORY

comic-strip reviews

(TWO OF EM!)



-David Cronenberg's SPIDER

"Harrowing who(may-or-may-not've)dunnit somber & succinct"!

-George Romero's MARTIN

(1978): "Sympathy for the devil!"



Plus: the continuing adventures

of "RANDOM" Weekly!

    
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   Wednesday, March 05, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/05/2003 04:40:00 AM



Photos

from the Solon Dollop opening party

Taken by Andy Brown (Cunundrum Press)
    
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:: Posted by max @ 3/05/2003 04:34:00 AM
Went to the ENTER AVARIZ book Launch.



The night was an all round success. Andy from Cunundrum Press sold enough copies on site to go home smiling, and Marc had a warm kick off on a cold night to begin his BIG TOUR (dates to come)



A nice size crowd got the privilege of listening to Marc render an amazing reading, all in character, each with it's own distinct voice, with a sound track that he orchestrated by means of a sampler.



Having see this performance Marc's comics just became that much more fun.



If he's coming by your town you really want to catch the reading, buy the book and re-enact the experience at home with the memory of the characters voices.



Some multi media from this launch will be posted later.

    
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   Sunday, March 02, 2003  


:: Posted by max @ 3/02/2003 01:39:00 AM
One more time now...

There is a new monthly comix jam in town, the Roy st Collective is going to be holding their own monthly Jam sessions. Instigator Jai Granofsky invites you to Join them for their first "Strip Session" this coming April 4th

@ 22hr (10pm - sounds like it will be a late one)

111 Roy st E, 0ne block north of ave Des Pins & 2 blocks E of St Laurent.

The building is a converted garage with metalwork mounted on the doors and windows.

Info – email or call 514 284 5211 – ask for Jai

Flyer by Jai

    
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:: Posted by max @ 3/02/2003 01:35:00 AM
:::Brad Simpson, photojournalist!

For a while now Brad, a Jam regular from way back has been documenting some of our gatherings. Our last jam came to an abrupt end as we were packing up when it was discovered that the building nextdoor was on fire! Turned out ok for our host Colin, the fire was put out before it could threaten his studio.

Brad got some nice shots of the action and the aftermath.



    
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