ART ALERT!

:: Posted by max @ 4/29/2004 08:06:00 PM

Co: Rupert Bottenberg [rbottenberg@mtl-mirror.com]



Hey everybody.

Tons of vernissages this weekend, several with a Bottenberg angle to them.



The main one is the paintings of my brother Philip Bottenberg, called Ocean of Intangibles, at Zeke's Gallery (3955 St-Laurent). The opening is Saturday night, 8pm. I'm really amazed at where's Phil's paintings are at now. Don't miss this, or if you do, drop by Zeke's sometime in May and have a look!



There's also my own stuff. My little Homunculi are at the Group of N's "Mini" show at Galerie 303 (372 Ste-Catherine W. #303), vernissage is in the late afternoon.



Also, that awesome silkscreened Grime cover I did way back when is at the Electric Art Derby [future archive link]rock art show at Casa del Popolo (4873 St-Laurent). Opening's Saturday night.



Hope to see you at one if not all of these!

-R

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D+Q News: Seth interview today 4/29/04 on CBC: Richardsons Round-up $ Joe Matt hits the Hollywood trades

:: Posted by max @ 4/29/2004 07:18:00 PM

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The latest from the MMCJ : Photos & Comix!

:: Posted by max @ 4/29/2004 06:49:00 AM

SEE!: The Montreal comix jam gang drawing their harts out! Photos by Max Douglas [b&w] and Richard Gagnon [colour]

READ: The latest pages to be completed, uploaded for your plesure a mear 6 hrs after they were completed!

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National Post Reviews Bannock, Beans & Black Tea

:: Posted by max @ 4/28/2004 12:40:00 AM

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SMASH! COMICS “MONKEYS & MIDGETS” slated for a July 2004 release

:: Posted by max @ 4/27/2004 08:19:00 PM

Tiverton, Ontario, Canada– SMASH! Comics announces that independent comics vet Nelson Danielson will be handling the art chores on it’s July 2004 release, Monkeys & Midgets.



Danielson worked on or created numerous hits published by Bone Yard Press throughout the nineteen-nineties. Danielson is best known for his work satirizing public figures and celebrities, as well as his own creations such as Rot ‘n’ Decay, a duo of demons vacationing on Earth. Danielson has been looking for a project to get back into the comic biz with, and has decided to end his short hiatus by becoming one of many new faces associated with SMASH! Comics.



The series itself has undergone somewhat of a change in format. Originally scheduled as one-shot for be released for June/July 2004 Monkeys & Midgets is now being slated as a bi-monthly 3-part mini-series, launching in July. SMASH! has let it be known that production of the first issue will be wrapping soon.



The series is written and created by none-other than SMASH! head publisher Mike Gagnon. “I love writing this book…” said Gagnon. “The characters just write themselves, and there are so many good scenes that I just couldn’t fit them all into one issue” Gagnon added.



“Monkeys and Midgets” is a 3 part tale about a league of financially challenged midget wrestlers forced to battle apes in order to raise cash!



For more details check for regular updates on SMASH! Comics web page

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Whole works? Good Grief! thestar.com on The Complete Peanuts

:: Posted by max @ 4/27/2004 08:10:00 PM

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New MMCJ Jam Gallery Online!

:: Posted by max @ 4/27/2004 03:35:00 AM

I just uploaded 53 jam pages to the new MMCJ Jam Gallery!

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it's Jamin' time

:: Posted by max @ 4/25/2004 09:18:00 PM

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No Media Kings news letter: Flyboy Lives!

:: Posted by max @ 4/25/2004 09:10:00 PM

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Montreal 5th Annual Anarchist Bookfair - Saturday May 15

:: Posted by max @ 4/25/2004 09:00:00 PM

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Soaking Up the World: a Q&A with Jason Turner on serializer.net

:: Posted by max @ 4/23/2004 07:29:00 PM

Jason Turner is the co creator [with collaborator Manien Bothma] of Serializer.net's True Loves. He also runs the small press strong man press and tries to hold the weight of the world up....



…and This week in Issue 30 of Modern Tales Family Newsletter, Mike M. talks to Jason about quiet moments, music, the mysterious collaborator, and tackling random people at SPX.

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HARRY MAYEROVITCH DEAD AT 94

:: Posted by max @ 4/23/2004 12:04:00 AM

Sadly Harry Mayerovitch, architect, raconteur, illustrator, cartoonist & superb poster artists during the war effort, author and Montreal's most mercurial senior, died in his sleep yesterday on his 94th birthday.



His works had recently been celebrated at the launch for his latest book at the Blue Metropolis festival just two weeks ago. Titled Way to Go, it is, coincidently, an irreverent look at death and dying. Good timing to the end.



I was planning to go to the event but was under the weather myself so I missed the chance to see him in person. If you want to learn more about the man and his work there was an extensive cover story about him in the Mirror, the Montreal Gazette ran this Obit [co D&Q; publisher of his last book and some of his posters], and there are numerous sites out there for you to explore that discuss the many aspects of his legacy and persona.



To a life well lived, rest in peace Harry.

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CBC Montreal: French comic strips have Quebec roots

:: Posted by max @ 4/22/2004 11:31:00 PM

Co:the MMCJ news group-Jack Ruttan

MONTREAL - A new exhibit about comics is celebrating a little known fact that eluded even one of Quebec's resident experts: the first French-language comic strips were published in Quebec's daily newspapers and not in France.



Related: LES DÉBUTS DE LA BANDE DESSINÉE QUÉBÉCOISE DE 1904 À 1908 DANS LA PATRIE ET LA PRESSE

[googled link]

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The Monthly Montreal Comix Jam 3.4

:: Posted by max @ 4/22/2004 07:59:00 PM

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Dstrbo.com Update : Political Minded II 4/22/04

:: Posted by max @ 4/22/2004 04:05:00 PM

CO:dan

The Heavyweight boys and I are headed to California for a week and a half on Saturday for our second installment of our ongoing 'Political Minded' series. Here's the info, and what Ty G had to say--



33 1/3 Books & Gallery Collective

with HVW8.com presents



Political Minded ll

NEW WORKS BY HEAVYWEIGHT ART INSTALLATION



Artist Reception: Friday, April 30.04 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Exhibition runs May 1st through May 31st.



Politically inspired music courtesy:

Damon Bell (jhramatic sound/HVW8)

Sacred (soulchildren)

Azul (firecracker LA)



33 1/3 Books & Gallery Collective

1200 N. Alvarado Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90026

213.483.3500



*Brought to you with no corporate money

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Rick Trembles' RANDOM BLATHER & MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY

:: Posted by max @ 4/22/2004 03:59:00 AM

RANDOM BLATHER: Rick Trembles in this month's "Famous magazine"!:

HEY KIDS! Before the month's over, drop by ANY Famous Players theater in the Canada & pick up the latest English version of their glossy freebee "Famous Magazine" (they have stacks of 'em available on stands in the lobbies) 'cause I got a full page in it covering Snubdom.com, Motion Picture Purgatory & my artwork. They reproduced my review of Bowling for Columbine in full color & asked me the 5 double-yous; who-what-where-when-why. See me covered alongside the likes of Nia Vardalos, Quenton Tarantino, Matthew Perry, & Ben Affleck! According to their masthead, 500,000 copies of the mag get distributed monthly through Famous Players & Alliance Atlantis cinemas, and other outlets!



[ed: Congrats Rick!]



This week Rick reviews KILL BILL VOL. 2: "Fluff/guff McGuffin flubbed but battle behavior a ball"!

See his review for Vol.1 here



Previous recent Reviews: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: "Memory lapses elapse & collapse!"

Hellboy: "Hobgoblin hero's head-in-the-clouds hampers hell-bent hullabaloo haggard!"

Scooby-Doo 2: "What a dog!"



Rick Trembles' MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY appears weekly in the Montreal Mirror

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SUPERSIZED: Jay talks With Randy Lander of the fourth rail.com about comic critisim

:: Posted by max @ 4/22/2004 03:47:00 AM

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Liste des BéDénautes 2004-21 du 20 avril 2004

:: Posted by max @ 4/21/2004 01:56:00 AM

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BLOOD ORANGE

:: Posted by max @ 4/21/2004 12:32:00 AM

BLOOD ORANGE #1

Edited by Chris Polkki



In the tradition of RAW and Drawn & Quarterly, a new quarterly anthology is sprung on the world! Acting as a forum of sorts for both established and up-and-coming cartoonists and published four times a year, this first issue of Blood Orange showcases the comic art of Rick Altergott, Lauren Weinstein, Kevin Huizenga, and Ron Regé, Jr.; a sketchbook from Gary Baseman (Disney’s Teacher’s Pet), and much more. All packaged in a distinctive, beautifully designed format. With three new issues being released in time for MoCCA, San Diego, and SPX, look for Blood Orange to be the new pulse of alt-comics.



You can find out more about the new anthology here on the TCJ boards where editor Chris Polkki is letting a few cats out



diamondcomics.com: b&w, 48pg..........$5.95

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CHESTER BROWN RESTRAINS HIMSELF : Heidi MacDonald interviews Chester on the pulse

:: Posted by max @ 4/20/2004 05:12:00 AM

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Dstrbo.com Update

:: Posted by max @ 4/20/2004 04:55:00 AM

No longer willing

4/19/04

Spain has pulled out of Iraq.



Dan B aka DSTRBO



Previous DSTRBOtoons here & here & here & here & here & 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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Upfront : A brand new source of canuck comix online

:: Posted by max @ 4/20/2004 04:25:00 AM

The Windsor Ontario monthly underground mag Upfront Magazine has launched a new web site including regularly updated [monthly] comix by local creators Amanda Crawford, Mike Edwards & George Rizok!

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A brand new issue of Kiss Machine

:: Posted by max @ 4/17/2004 06:18:00 PM

Co:Kiss Machine

Wouldn't it be nice to have a little robot helper? We live in a world of convenience, of technological immediacy, and hunks of metal are much more efficient than humans. If you believe science fiction writers, one day we might even be replaced by Matrix-like droids who feed on light and excrete heat.



The only remaining refuge from high speed is birth and the awkwardness of life during our first few years. Before we gain fine motor control and an awareness of how to use things like keyboards, we’re stuck in an awkward, altogether human reality.



In Kiss Machine #8, we explore the bizarrely intersecting worlds of babies and robots. For the low, low price of $4, you get a pretty little magazine with a spine (!), original cover artwork by the fabulous Mark Connery (in two colours) and thought-provoking columns by Tamara Faith Berger, Paul Hong, Jesse Hirsh, Mr. Well-Hung and Zoe Whittall.



LAUNCH FOR ISSUE 8



Join us to launch the new issue of Kiss Machine in conjunction with Case

Studies: Robot Landscapes and other Digifest-related art exhibits. For

Robot Landscapes, artists (including several contributors to the new issue

of Kiss Machine) have imagined and designed living environments for a

miniature robot named Fred.



Details: Friday, April 30, 2004, 6 to 9 pm. Free.

Harbourfront Centre's Case Studies gallery

York Quay, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto.



Fred info: http://www.bugnbots.com

Digifest info: http://www.dx.org/digifest

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Working The Evening Shift: Arctic Star Studios publishes debut title

:: Posted by max @ 4/17/2004 06:13:00 PM

Press Release Co: Chris Gumprich Arctic Star Studios



Winnipeg company Arctic Star Studios announced today that they will be publishing the one-shot comic book “Evening Shift”, produced by newcomers Chris Gumprich and Dwight Williams, with a cover by Eisner-nominated cover artist Brian Wood (Channel Zero, Global Frequency).



The story focuses on computer programmer Jack Douglas's after-work encounter with an armed woman at the local bar. Jack finds himself possessed by the urge to find out what brought this woman to this bar on this night, and why she’s carrying a weapon. Along the way, he finds himself caught up in her drama and becomes determined to help her however he can.



“First and foremost, the story is about people,” said Chris Gumprich, writer. “Too often, stories seem to focus on big, world-shattering problems, forgetting the fact that what some people may consider to be ‘small stuff’ is really what makes up our lives. I wanted to focus on the small details in life, to show that everyone has the capability to be the stars of their own stories.”



“I firmly believe that every life is interesting, and that everyone has a story that deserves to be heard.”



“The first time I looked at Chris's script, I realized I had to draw this story, and do it as much justice as I could,” said Dwight Williams,

artist. “If I didn't, I'd have regretted it forever.”



“This comic defies easy classification,” continued Gumprich. “It’s not a mystery or a romance. It certainly does not feature costumed folks pounding on each other. It’s two people in the bar, and the drama in which they find themselves.”



Evening Shift, a $2.95 (USD) 24-page one-shot, will be relased in May 2004. It marks the full-size comic debut for Arctic Star, a Winnipeg-based company formed in 2003. A preview of the series and ordering information can be found at.

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Liliane comix online @ keenspace

:: Posted by max @ 4/15/2004 02:07:00 AM

Co:Leanne Franson

Hello Friends!



I am finally getting something of my comics online. Liliane is now on a webpage that updates daily (and you can see all the pages from day one as well) at keenspace



This is really a very first baby step (how much html can I cram into my head in four days?!! LOL!) so keep checking back for new pages, and a better site.



Currently all the pages online are previously drawn, and you may have seen them in Boy Trouble, a comic book for adorable gay boys. Or an adorable comic book with and by gay boys for anyone. New pages will be constantly added, both from previously drawn material, and fresh stuff as time allows.



There is also a list of links where Liliane can be seen online as well as a list of stores where my books are currently available (that I know of... if you know of a store near you which already has liliane comics in stock from my previous publisher's distributor, please send me a shout via email!)



If you don't have my newest book yet "Don't be a Crotte!", look for it at the places mentioned on the keenspace site, or get it directly from me (I'll sign it and draw a cute liliane for ya!)



thanks for your support!

-Leanne Franson

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Albert in six times - By the mécanique générale

:: Posted by max @ 4/14/2004 06:32:00 PM

Co:BDQ - Anounced at la conférence de presse du festival de bande dessinée francophone de Québec, Thursday April 22 with 10h:





Albert en six temps will be a small homage to Albert Chartier by the MG crew (Jimmy Beaulieu, Luc Giard, Benoit Joly, PhlppGrrd, Leif Tande and Sebastien Trahan). Contents are discribed as including a preface by Philippe Sohet and comments from Jacques Samson.

The work will be published in the MG's regular anthology series "Colossus" in a run ussualy limited to 100 copies.

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Fonck et Ponck contre Fantôm-X par Luca Jalbert

:: Posted by max @ 4/14/2004 06:19:00 PM

Co: BDQ

Luca Jalbert is proud to present Fonck et Ponck contre Fantôm-X -Fonck and Ponck vs. Fantôm-X-. The 37 page story is self published by Luca’s own Cabro Productions.



This Book was created in 1999 when Luca was only eleven years old.



This is his second book. His first, Les aventures de Fonck et Ponck, was compleated in 1988 .



The young Qc author has also illustrated some science journals and local civic documents.



Who says comics arn't for kids too. ;)

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Launching of de Tard dans la nuit - Late in the night – by VoRo & Djian

:: Posted by max @ 4/14/2004 05:59:00 PM

Co:BDQ



The author of du petit village du Bic - the small village of the Biro -, VoRo [tr] works for les Éditions Vents d'Ouest on a series of three albums named "Tard dans la nuit" [2][3]. The first volume of this series titled Révolte and is being distributed in Europe and Quebec.



L'auteur du petit village du Bic, VoRo travaille pour les Éditions Vents d'Ouest sur une série de trois albums nommé « Tard dans la nuit ». Le premier tome de cette série est paru sous le nom de « Révolte » et a été distribué en Europe et au Québec.



Voro is proud to invite you to come to celebrate the arrival of Tard dans la nuit at launches in Quebec city and Montreal.



Voro est fier de vous inviter à venir célébrer la sortie de Tard dans la nuit. L'événement aura lieu à Québec et à Montréal.



Québec :

Le vendredi 23 avril de 17h à 19h

à la boutique L'Imaginaire de Place Laurier [location?]

Montréal :

Le mardi 20 avril de 17h à 19h

à L'Amère à boire (2049, rue St-Denis - Salle Hospoda)



The Story was written in collaboration with Djian, a French script writer. The Story takes place in 1945 in a small village insulated in the heart of Quebec by the surrounding forests. It’s and account built around young orphans exploited & the love of a tormented sheriff.



Le scénario est fait en collaboration avec Djian, un scénariste français. L'histoire se déroulera en 1945 dans un petit village isolé au coeur des forêts du Québec. La trame du récit est construite autour de jeunes orphelins exploités ainsi que des amours d'un shérif tourmenté.

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TheStar.com:Zine Scene

:: Posted by max @ 4/13/2004 04:45:00 PM

Enter the world of independent publishing; A look at four indie magazines worth looking out for

by Nicole Cohen



Canada’s magazine scene isn’t a massive one, until you consider the independent end of it. Indie magazines that are appearing on a shelf near you in the GTA include good alternative reads such as Spirit, Kiss Machine, Hive and Wavelength, seen here. -->>

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Flat Earth and I on Clasic comic strips

:: Posted by max @ 4/13/2004 12:52:00 PM

With his usual cartelistic flair Steven over at Flat Earth writes up Lil' Folks, the recent collection of Charles Schulz's pre-Peanuts comic strips.



I have little doubt that Lil' Folks is the second most important comic release of the year, beat out only by the first volume of the Complete Peanuts series. I really wasn't expecting much more from the book than a simple reprinting of all 135 of the Li'l Folks cartoons themselves, with maybe the obligatory biographical introduction, but editor Derrick Bangs, with the help of the Charles M. Schulz museum, really went all out. -->>



And today he goes on to muse about the need for more classic strips being reprinted and points out a few examples of what he’s on about as ample proof.



While even the lowest selling comics from the top comic book publishing companies seem to be reprinted and repackaged almost immediately these days, comic strips haven't fared quite so well. - Hit especially hard by this drought are the adventure strips. Back in the day, you could count on reprints of Buz Sawyer, Johnny Hazard, Rip Kirby, King of the Mounted, and Terry and the Pirates among many others. - Enter Big Fun, [a new anthology] Dedicated to reprinting classic American adventure strips – However, the real show-stopper to their publication would have to be in reprinting Noel Sickles' Scorchy Smith. Sickles was a friend and contemporary of Milton Caniff, renowned artist of Terry and the Pirates, considered one of the greatest artist of the adventure strips. –->>









{ED:coencidently, i just posted on a similar jag myself, though I hardly have Steve’s locution}

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BDQ: Photos from book launches by local publisher Francis Hervieux

:: Posted by max @ 4/13/2004 02:45:00 AM

Pics from book launches for books by local creators Thierry Labrosse, Raymond Parent, Leanne Franson & Martin Villeneuve. You'll find me and Jacques Boivin having a chat in there somewhere as well.



Francis Hervieux is the publisher Mensuhell

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D&Q news roundup

:: Posted by max @ 4/12/2004 08:49:00 PM

D+Q Nominated for Six Eisner Awards!

Best Short Story: "Monsieur Jean," by Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian, in Drawn & Quarterly 5

Best Anthology: Drawn & Quarterly 5

Best Graphic Album-New: The Fixer by Joe Sacco

Best Graphic Album-Reprint: Louis Riel by Chester Brown

Best Publication Design: Louis Riel by Chester Brown

Best Comics-Related Book: The Acme Novelty Library Datebook by Chris Ware



Andrew D. Arnold interviews Chester Brown about Louis Riel on Time.com

"Chester Brown lives the dream. Making comix on his own terms since 1986, the 44-year-old Canadian has bucked his fans' expectations more times than a crazy lover, and managed to make a living doing it. Now, with the publication of his graphic novel, "Louis Riel," he not only has a hit, but also the accolades of the industry."-->>



Bookslut reviews Chester's Louis Riel

"Somewhere between the rigours of the scholarly biography and the accessibility of the movie biopic lies Chester Brown’s Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography. It’s an elegant, visually spare work, thoroughly researched and annotated, and it tells a compelling story."-->>



The Fixer reviewed in Raleigh News & Observer, St. Petersburg Times, & Boston Globe

"Joe Sacco's The Fixer (Drawn & Quarterly, $24.95, 105 pp), a particularly striking blend of picture and text, is a graphic work in the Maus tradition of stand-alone story. Published last fall, Time magazine's Web site ranked it second best for the year (after Craig Thompson's 582-page Blankets, from Top Shelf). Subtitled A Story From Sarajevo, this powerful probe of the collapse of the former Yugoslavia focuses on Neven, a onetime mercenary who will sell anything: women, cigarettes, even his principles..." -->>



The emotional impact of comic journalism : Brad Mackay gives an account of Joe Sacco's appearance in Toronto to promote his latest book The Fixer

During a recent stop in Toronto to promote his latest book The Fixer (Drawn & Quarterly), the 43-year-old comic journalist wasted no time trying to defend his chosen medium. In fact, he was quick to boast about the unique characteristics of comics that he feels make them superior to both television and newspapers. -->>

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Dstrbo.com Update

:: Posted by max @ 4/12/2004 10:50:00 AM

Something Wicked this way comes 4/11/04

Last week a Jewish grade school was fire bombed in my city. Molotov cocktails were thrown through the windows of the library and all the books were destroyed. No one was hurt, but over this Passover weekend there were tonnes of cops driving around in my neighbourhood, which is home to a large Hassidic population. The police found hate propaganda taped to the walls of the school, claiming that the violence was perpetrated in response to the Israeli assassination of the Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin. The notes weren't signed, so no one has taken credit for the school bombing, because assholes like this like to fancy themselves courageous rebels while acting like pathetic cowards.



I wanted to do this week's cartoon on this event, but I'm not too happy with what I came up with. I wanted to communicate the idea that this is a global problem, that it reaches even cute little Canada. I consider this event to be one of the most disturbing political events to happen in Montreal in a long, long time. I think I got these ideas across, but I still wasn't satisfied when I looked at the finished product. maybe you can tell me which one I should submit for publication, this one or the Paul Martin / Dalai Lama one...



The Dalai Lama is on his way... 4/11/04

Our Prime Minister (by default) hasn't decided yet whether it's diplomatically viable for him to receive the Dalai Lama at all. I won't know the Prime Minister's decision till after my publishing deadline, so I kind of covered my ass a little with this one. In my humble opinion, I think this is a perfect opportunity for Paul to show himself to be a true leader, someone who isn't the lapdog of giant corporate interest, (The Chinese embassy has issued a statement threatening our trade with them if Martin agrees to meet the Dalai Lama), and someone who can actually stand up for issues that regular folks actually care about. I'm a cynical bastard, but I try to be optimistic, and I would totally give the PM props if he agrees to hang out with one of the coolest guys on the planet.

We'll see.



Dan B aka DSTRBO



Previous DSTRBOtoons here & here & here & here & 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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Good Grief : Collecting every Peanuts strip Charles Schulz ever drew, an interview with Seth on the monumental project

:: Posted by max @ 4/11/2004 07:02:00 PM

Co:Toronto Comic Jam

theculturalgutter.com : Good Grief

by Guy Leshinski



Collecting every Peanuts strip Charles Schulz ever drew, The Complete Peanuts will take a whopping 25 volumes and more than 12 years to complete. With the first installment (1950-1952) due in stores in May, its designer — Guelph cartoonist Seth — reflects on the gang’s legacy, and the grief at its core. ->>>

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CANDY APPLE BLACK : PROMO & PREVIEW

:: Posted by max @ 4/10/2004 10:22:00 AM

Co: Eric Theriault

The Good Intentions Paving Company publishes their first title this Spring. A new shadowy face in the world of comics, the post-modern seraph- noir title Candy Apple Black.



Presented as being in the Gothic tradition of James O'barr "The Crow", Neil Gaiman's Sandman and Garth Ennis' Preacher. I'ts a seven part story of an angel called Cayce, cast-down for believing that suicide shouldn’t be a damnable offense. To teach him a lesson, Heaven sends him to Earth for a thousand years, only allowing him to be seen and heard by those about to kill themselves... and little children.



Unfortunately, Heaven (now a bloodless bureaucracy) hopes that this penance will teach the fatally idealistic angel that his compassion is wasted on human suffering, it instead proves to him that he was right all along to care about us so deeply. He begins secretly collecting those soon-to-be-damned souls, shattering celestial law, and upsetting the balance of power that has ruled the cosmos since time began.



Now the 1000 years are up, and it's time for the angel to go home, but he has other bigger plans of his own, as the power of many becomes the Power of One.



Conceived, written and published by Regent St. Claire, the series is a collaboration of many talented artists: the cover artist Marc Sasso is well known in the comic book, video game and movie industrie; interior artists are Djezer, a newcomer to the american comic scene with a semi-realistic and dream-like pencil style, and Eric Theriault whose clear and precise black and white finishes and inks complete the moody gothic style. Theriault is best known for his indy book "Veena" and his work on Johnny Dollar for Moonstone.



Look for the first the first of the seven monthly books in April 2004 Previews; in store in June. The item code is APR042713 302 (CANDYAPPLEBLACK #1) - Samples of the book can be found here here here and here

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Rupert Bazambanza's graphicnovel memorializes victims of Rwandan genocide

:: Posted by max @ 4/10/2004 09:59:00 AM

CO:Bryan Munn; CBC ARTS NEWS

A survivor of the genocide 10 years ago, Rupert Bazambanza now lives in Montreal Canada. Two years ago, as a way of dealing with the memories of witnessing his friends and families horrific deaths, he began to work on a Graphicnovel chronicling his experiences during the massacre.



My friends, they had ambitions, but they didn't live long enough to accomplish all they'd dreamed of, I felt maybe it was up to me to speak for them.



After the genocide, we needed therapy to deal with everything we went through. In doing this comic book, that's what I did. I got everything out that was in my head



Now complete Sourire malgré tout, or Smile Through the Tears, is available in French in Montreal, having received its official launch during an anti-racism event in March. An English version will be available through Chapters stores across Canada starting in May.



A sample of the book can be seen here care of the CBC

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THE PANELIST

:: Posted by max @ 4/09/2004 12:31:00 PM

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Friendly hoards of puny humans threaten to knock out A Softer World, but in the end pay to play.

:: Posted by max @ 4/08/2004 05:29:00 PM

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Arts Editor Dan Brown asks "have Comics become too respectable?" on CBC:Viewpoint

:: Posted by max @ 4/08/2004 03:58:00 PM

CO:Toronto Comic Jam Discussion Group





When I was a kid growing up in the 1970s, there was nothing I loved to read more than the latest issue of The Uncanny X-Men or Captain Canuck. Back then, comic books were different – and I don't mean just the price.



The ones I collected had a pulpy feel to them, and the prevailing attitude toward comics reflected the cheap paper on which they were printed: they were viewed as disposable, appropriate for children only. To be caught flipping through a comic 30 years ago was to be caught doing something juvenile and disreputable.



Not today. Comic books are now slick mini-magazines made with glossy paper and sold in specialty shops that cater exclusively to connoisseurs of the medium. The people who produce them, meanwhile, are considered serious artists and writers whose work is, if not on par with "real" literature, then close to it. ->>>



there's a thread discussing this article here on the Toronto Comic Jam Discussion Group, and another on a related topic here.

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Le nouveau MensuHell vient de paraître!

:: Posted by max @ 4/05/2004 12:22:00 PM

Contents:

p. 2 Éditorial + annonces diverses

p. 3 Mea Culpa... (Michèle Laframboise) EXTRAIT sur le website

p. 4 Histoire de panier [Épisode 4] (Catherine Fréchette-Grégoire)

p. 7 Histoire de la bande dessinée québécoise [suite] (Michel Viau)

p.12 Le Général Tidéchet: Branle-bas de combat à Cocapabanana (Denis & Louis Rémillard) EXTRAIT sur le website

p.16 Les impériales crampes de la vilaine impératrice (Jane Tremblay)

p.20 The Rise and Fall of it All (Salgood Sam & John O'Brien)

p.23 Skinny Nameless Punk (Jack Ruttan & Rick Gagnon)

p.24 L'art et sa méthode (Annie Harrisson) EXTRAIT sur le website

p.26 Les Vandoos: Dangers mortels (Avary)

p.29 Vive les effets de l'alcool! (Éric Piccoli) EXTRAIT sur le website

p.30 Voir l'Alberta et mourir! [suite] (Kurt Beaulieu)

p.34 Miss Dynamite [suite de l'épisode 3] (Sirkowski)

p.37 Phax & Walton: Mauvaise Mine [suite] (Karl)

p.40 Scott & Wes contre la force inconnue (Baril & Corriveau) EXTRAIT sur le website

p.45 BD Québec/USA : Hans Guévin (Marc Jetté)

p.48 Les Ayoyes (Jacques Boivin)



Points de vente à Montréal

Fichtre 436 rue de Bienville, (514) 844-9550

Labyrinthe 486 Ste-Catherine Ouest, (514) 861-3697

Marché du Livre 801 De Maisonneuve Est, (514) 288-4350

Millenium 451 Marie-Anne, (514) 284-0358

Monet 2752 de Salaberry, (514) 337-4083

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Lillian Robinson of Concordia's Simone de Beauvoir Institute in the press for her new book, Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes

:: Posted by max @ 4/05/2004 12:48:00 AM

Co: the Montreal Gazette

Pow! Power to Wonder Women

by PEGGY CURRAN Sunday, March 21, 2004



It's a bird. It's a plane ... it's a feminist scholar poring over the latest copy of Supergirl or Wonder Woman?



Lillian Robinson, principal of Women's Studies at Concordia University's Simone de Beauvoir Institute, has been hanging out at the comic book rack - all in the name of academic research.



Over the years, Robinson has studied sex-trade workers and the impact of globalization on women. In her new book, Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes, which hits bookstores tomorrow, she turns to the influence and mythology behind bosomy comic icons like the Invisible Woman, She-Hulk or Canada's little-known Nelvana of the Northern Lights....



Co: boston.com

Wonder-working power

By Joshua Glenn, Globe Staff, 4/4/2004



DURING WORLD WAR II, the first feminist superhero sprung from the brow of William Moulton Marston, a Harvard-educated psychologist who wanted a female warrior who could fight fascism while challenging the masculinist world of superhero adventures. But for most of her nearly 65 years, Wonder Woman has been thought of as merely a sexy bombshell in a star-spangled hotpants. In her new book, "Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes" (Routledge), feminist critic Lillian S. Robinson examines what female superheroes mean for everyday life in our three-dimensional world. Robinson spoke with Ideas via telephone from her office at Concordia University in Montreal, where she is director of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute. ->>>

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Dstrbo.com Update

:: Posted by max @ 4/04/2004 08:05:00 AM

Changing of the (old) guard

4/04/04

Elsie Wayne, the deputy leader of the party formerly known as the Progressive Conservatives (no, really, Americans and others, they actually called themselves that...) announced monday that she won't be running in the next federal election. I for one am pretty stoked about this, considering Wayne represents everything that's obsolete and reprehensible about conservative politics in this country. In May of last year she freaked out in the House of Commons and said she couldn't understand why there was any such thing as a gay pride parade. The baffled old crank screeched: 'Men are up there dressed like women on floats, you don't see us ! doing that!'...'If they are going to live together, they can go live together and shut up about it!' Referring to the issue of gay marriage. She, uh, doesn't like the idea. I watched this display, and wondered how a 71 year old could contain so much righteous indignation without having a stroke.



The newly anointed leader of the New Conservative Party of Canada, the one-and-only Stephen Harper is the intellectual and moral inheritor of Wayne's (and countless others) one-sided politics, the Official Bastard of the Canadian Right.

It makes sense. Spring is about renewal, rebirth... out with the old, in with the newly minted inbred.



Dan B aka DSTRBO



Previous DSTRBOtoons here & here & here & 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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tictoctom.com update 03/30/04

:: Posted by max @ 4/02/2004 08:03:00 PM

tic toc tom trading cards

by: various artists















untitled

by: doug chapel















untitled

by: tony walsh

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A short report with a photo or two: seth and chester brown @ the Rivoli book launch

:: Posted by max @ 4/02/2004 05:35:00 AM

CO:Toronto Comic Jam Discussion Group

by Debbie Ohi



Jeff, Reid and I went to The Rivoli last night to see Chester Brown and Seth, two of my favorite comic writers/artists. Rand got me hooked on autobiographical comics by these two as well as one by Joe Matt. Chester Brown and Seth live in Toronto ->>>

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D&Q news roundup: Spring-cleaning sale

:: Posted by max @ 4/02/2004 05:23:00 AM

D+Q holds an Online Sale : Comics, GNs & Posters 20%-60% OFF! (April 1, 2004)



This is no April Fools joke! For the first time ever, Drawn & Quarterly is having a Spring-cleaning sale. At least I hope it’s Spring here in Montreal, it is a balmy 5 degrees Celsius.



In an effort to consolidate our back stock, virtually all comics and posters are 20-50% off while our graphic novels, softcover, hardcovers and limited editions, are priced at 20%-60% off. Now is the time to complete your entire D+Q library with unprecedented prices on all of our cartoonists: Chester Brown, Baru, David Collier, R. Crumb, Julie Doucet, Dylan Horrocks, Jason Lutes, Joe Matt, Max, Pentti Otsamo, Archer Prewitt, Michel Rabagliati, Seth, James Sturm, Adrian Tomine, Maurice Vellecoop and Chris Ware! [More info here >>> ]



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Globe & Mail Features Bannock, Beans & Black Tea

(March 31, 2004)

Toronto Star features Bannock, Beans & Black Tea

(March 31, 2004)

National Post features Bannock, Beans & Black Tea

(March 25, 2004)



D&Q

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comics.212.net shows of some classy covers

:: Posted by max @ 4/02/2004 05:17:00 AM

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The Perpetual Motion Roadshow

:: Posted by max @ 4/01/2004 09:13:00 PM

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Drawings by Antonia Lancaster from April 3 - April 24 @ offthemapgallery

:: Posted by max @ 4/01/2004 09:02:00 PM

ALVIN

(or) what I learned at the comic jam



Opening reception, Saturday April 3, 2-5pm

Show runs from April 3 - April 24, 2004



80 Spadina Avenue, 5th floor, Toronto, Canada M5V 2J4

Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 11am to 5pm



"Alvin had always wanted to be in a cartoon. Not as a cartoon figure but as

a serious actor. He had trained hard."



For further information:

Tel: 416 642 2113 or 1877 860 0019

email: info@offthemapgallery.com

web: www.offthemapgallery.com

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Dstrbo.com Update

:: Posted by max @ 4/01/2004 06:51:00 PM

CO: Dan @ Dstrbo.com

April Fool\'s Day 4/01/04

I really wish I had a talent for pranks, but I don't. I can point you towards the homepage of one of my favourite pranksters, though. Also, my friend Bimal sent out his weekly e-zine of links including a great site: the top 100 April Fool's jokes of all time. nice stuff.



Last night I was able to attend the Montreal Monthly Comix Jam, a wonderful event I regularly miss, despite my love for it. Check it out.

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Cartoonist draws on father's struggles

:: Posted by max @ 4/01/2004 03:52:00 AM

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