Friday, March 31, 2006  
People in Vancouver read Graphic Novels

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/31/2006 07:54:00 PM
Profile of Vancouver Public Library and local comic shop reveals people actually read graphic novels:

"Stratichuk says that new comics and graphic novels made up 50 per cent of The Comic Shop's business in the last five years.
'...It's only been since 2004 that we've seen graphic novel sales surpass new comic totals. We see this as an indication that the collectible/speculator side of the marketplace is on the decline, while comic readers that actually read their comics are taking up the slack.'
Stratichuk pegs the average Comicshop customer as between 18 and 30 years old, mostly male although the fantasy, adventure and romance aspects of the Japanese Manga genre are improving what he terms the shop's 'gender- inclusive outlook.' "

24 Hours Vancouver

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THE TAIS EVENTS CALENDAR for March

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/31/2006 03:51:00 AM
Here's the Toronto Animated Image Society's calendar for March. It's an overview, I posted the rest of the mailing with it's event details here, if you see something you're interested in.
1. ATLANTIC ­ CANADIAN Animation
with HEATHER HARKINS in person
April 2 (***this Sunday!)

2. STEVE WOLOSHEN in person
April 4-5

3. THE ANIMATORS' INCUBATOR
April 6

4. STOP MOTION PRIMER
with CORPSE BRIDE Animator
Drew Lightfoot
April 18

5. TAIS at the IMAGES FESTIVAL
April 18-19-20

6. LEGALESE FOR ANIMATORS and
OTHER ARTISTS
May 2

7. TAIS at the TORONTO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
May 10-11

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Toronto Animated Image Society
60 Atlantic Avenue, suite 102
Toronto, Ontario
M6K 1X9

tais@bellnet.ca
www.tais.ca
416-533-7889

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Adapting Histories: Appropriations, Migrations, Re-animations roundtable March 31 @ University of Toronto

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/31/2006 03:27:00 AM
From http://www.akimbo.biz


Adapting Histories: Appropriations, Migrations, Re-animations from Louis Riel to Abu Ghraib

Sponsored by
Canadian Studies at University College
University of Toronto

A Roundtable Presentation & Discussion
Friday, March 31 from 1 to 3 pm
University College, Room 140

In her forthcoming book, A Theory of Adaptation (Routledge), Linda Hutcheon describes adaptation as "a process of appropriation, of taking possession of another's story and filtering it through one's own sensibility, interests, talents."

In this roundtable discussion, artists and scholars will address theories and practices of adaptation - its processes and reception - across a wide and wild range of media and genres. The discussion will migrate from Louis Riel to South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat, from Cape Town to Abu Ghraib, and from Tashme internment camp to the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. Artists and writers will illustrate and discuss their approach to adaptation, what Hutcheon has called a double-pronged act of interpretation and creation. Hutcheon herself will address her theorizing of adaptation: the "Who? What? Why? How? Where? When?" of it.

Panelists include Stephen Andrews, visual artist; Chester Brown, graphic novelist; George Elliot Clarke, poet, novelist, Professor of English, University of Toronto; John Greyson, video artist, filmmaker, Assistant Professor, Film, York University; Linda Hutcheon, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Toronto; and Kerri Sakamoto, novelist, Barker Fairley Distinguished Visitor, University College. The discussion will be moderated by Mark Cheetham, Director, Canadian Studies Program, University College, University of Toronto.

No tickets required
For further information: uc.programs@utoronto.ca
http://www.utoronto.ca/canstudies/events.html

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TOKYOPOP to deliver manga to cell phone users

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/31/2006 03:12:00 AM
From the Google News robots:
Mobile Manga
IGN - Brisbane,CA,USA
March 29, 2006 - TOKYOPOP has teamed up with mobile entertainment maker uclick to deliver TOKYOPOP Mobile Manga to cell phone users around the world. ...
   
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   Wednesday, March 29, 2006  
Artists flock to Vancouver, but T.O. pays the big bucks

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/29/2006 07:30:00 PM
From www.globeandmail.com
Artists flock to Vancouver, but T.O. pays the big bucks
JAMES ADAMS
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Artists in Toronto have the highest average incomes in Canada while Vancouver has the highest number of professional artists as a percentage of its total work force, according to a survey to be released today that analyzes the status of painters, TV producers, writers, musicians and actors, among others, in the country's largest cities.

Using data from the 2001 census for 92 municipalities with populations of 50,000 (such as Caledon, Ont.; Medicine Hat, Alta.) and up, Hill Strategies Research of Hamilton found that Toronto artists on average earned $34,100 a year. That's almost $11,000 more than the national average for artists and almost $15,000 more that what artists in St. John's get -- but 11 per cent less than the average earnings for Toronto's total labour force. Moreover, dancers in Toronto were found to earn on average less than $20,000 a year...


Full story http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.200etc, etc, etc...

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   Tuesday, March 28, 2006  
Daniel Barrow, Shary Boyle, Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke open April 1 @ Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/28/2006 12:32:00 PM
From www.akimbo.biz

JESSICA BRADLEY ART + PROJECTS
Fantasia: Daniel Barrow, Shary Boyle, Cooper
Battersby and Emily Vey Duke
Opening Saturday April 1, 2-5 pm (until April
29)

1450 Dundas Street West (at Gladstone)Toronto M6J
1Y6 416-537-3125
www.jessicabradleyartprojects.com
Noon to 5 pm Wednesday through Saturday and by appointment

Featuring drawings, prints, sculptures and video by Daniel Barrow, Shary Boyle and the collaborative video artists Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke, Fantasia invites the viewer into the personal yet familiar worlds these artists explore. In their work the conflicted, sometimes humourous and often unsettling undercurrents of the inner life are seen in a collision course with the constraints of the social world. The enchanting directness of outsider art and the incisive commentary found in underground comics come to mind. Fantasy and desire infuse the narratives at play in this exhibition with both terror and delight.

Winnipeg-based artist Daniel Barrow is best known for performances in which he narrates his intricate drawings while manipulating them on an overhead projector to create animated sequences. Barrow has accompanied musical performances by The Hidden Cameras with his live projections and last year created a solo event for the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. He will show a suite of new drawings and collages entitled "Every time I see your picture I cry."

Toronto's Shary Boyle works in several media using imagery that, like Barrow's, recalls the anxieties, longing and bittersweet fantasy worlds of childhood and adolescence where innocence and disturbance meet. Sculptures, drawings and new etchings by Boyle will be on view. A solo exhibition featuring her porcelain figure sculptures is also on view at the Power Plant through May 28, 2006.

Currently living in Syracuse, NY, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby perform various roles in their critically acclaimed videos described by Cinema Scope writer Jason MacBride as "some of the most witty, charming and yes, sexy, video art this side of Spike Jonze."

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   Monday, March 27, 2006  
HarperCollins, Tokyopop Announce Co-Publishing, Sales and Distribution Agreement

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/27/2006 10:46:00 PM
From our robots.. er.. good friends at Google News alerts:
HarperCollins and TokyoPop Enter Into a Manga Marriage
Book Standard - New York,NY,USA
HarperCollins is joining the manga craze as soon as 2007, with a new line of co-branded manga titles in an alliance with manga distributor TokyoPop. ...

HarperCollins, Tokyopop Announce Co-Publishing, Sales and ...
Anime News Network - Canada
... and TOKYOPOP today announced the companies will join forces in a unique co-publishing agreement to create a progressive new line of co-branded manga titles. ...

   
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Hot Docs!

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/27/2006 10:41:00 PM
   
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Atlantic Journalism Awards announced for Editorial Cartoonists

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/27/2006 10:28:00 PM
From http://www.newswire.ca.
Attention News Editors:
AJAs Finalists Announced


HALIFAX, March 27 /CNW/ - The Atlantic Journalism Awards is pleased to
announce the finalists for the 2005 AJAs. The finalists' names are listed in
alphabetical order by last name in 25 separate categories.
All finalists will receive an AJAs framed Certificate of Excellence in
Journalism. One of the three finalists will be honoured as the overall Gold
Award Winner. The awards will be presented during the gala event at the
Halifax Marriott Harbour Front Hotel on Saturday, May 6th, 2006. To purchase
tickets, go to www.AJAs.ca and click on Tickets, or call (902) 425-2727.
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Editorial Cartooning
Michael de Adder - The Daily News, Halifax, NS - Show Of Work
Bruce MacKinnon - The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS - Show Of Work
Greg Perry - Telegraph-Journal, Saint John, NB - Show Of Work


Full story http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2006/27/c6273.html

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National Cartoonists Society Picks Five Cartoonists as Reuben Award Finalists

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/27/2006 10:17:00 PM
From Editor & Publisher
NCS Picks Five Cartoonists as Reuben Award Finalists

By E&P Staff

Published: March 27, 2006 2:19 PM ET
NEW YORK Five creators have been nominated for the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award as cartoonist of the year.

They include editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Creators Syndicate as well as four comic cartoonists: Bill Amend ("FoxTrot"/Universal Press Syndicate), Dave Coverly ("Speed Bump"/Creators), Brian Crane ("Pickles"/Washington Post Writers Group), and Dan Piraro ("Bizarro"/King Features Syndicate)...

Full story http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002236912
   
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Dave Cooper's mother is cooler than everyone put together

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/27/2006 09:54:00 PM
From boingboing, who originally found it on Drawn! A great set of Dave Cooper resources - he tells us "how to create a masterpiece", as well as how to totally change your environment to suit your needs. Why the hell not?
200603271808having a fucked up back means drawing can be excruciating at times. one of the few positions that is actually GOOD for my back is laying on my stomach with my back arched (kinda like when you're watching tv on your stomach with your chin in your hands). trouble is, after about 30 minutes your shoulders and neck get exhausted, plus you can't slide huge pieces of paper under yourself like you would under a table, onto your lap. this thing addresses all those concerns. the adjustable chest angle thing supports your shoulders, the padded piping supports your head, and the whole thing is on a superwide frame that's lifted about 1 inch off the ground. BRILLIANT. and for added appeal, mom upholstered all the padding in the same world war II airplane fabric that she made my son's little duvet case out of.
Link boingboing
Link Drawn!
Link Dave Cooper's flikr site
Link Dave Cooper's website

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Kevin Hulsey's Illustrator tutorials for technical illustrations

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/27/2006 09:30:00 PM
From Brett Lamb, who found this via boingboing. Amazing Illustrator illustrations for illustrators, by Kevin Hulsey.

This page is designed to provide helpful information, samples, lessons and tutorials for university level technical illustration students and professional technical illustrators. Hopefully, you will find the contents of this site to be of assistance in your endeavors. Please feel free to e-mail comments and suggestions so that we may taylor the site to your specific needs.

In order to make the information contained in each tutorial as useful and possible, pages and sample images are updated periodically. Upon re-visiting a tutorial page, you should re-cache your browser to make sure you are viewing the correct images.

We hope you enjoy your time with us. Please bookmark this site and send a link to a friend.

Link http://www.khulsey.com/student.html

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The Small Press Exchange...?

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/27/2006 06:32:00 PM
From the Toronto Comic Jam Discussion Group. I'm wondering if this can be of any use to small press comics creators -- or are there better venues where people can connect? In Toronto the Small Press Bookfair has worked very well keeping artists connected, especially in cross-pollinating ideas between the writing and art communities. These guys seem to be based in the U.S. Canada's small press have been around a long time... Any suggestions?
Hi Comic Jammers!

My name is Daniel Sendecki. On February 14, 2006, a new website for the small press community launched at www.smallpressexchange.com. This site was conceptualized, programmed, and designed by myself, with the help of my co-publisher at Ahadada Books, Jesse Glass. I also write some copy for the site, and have been editing the submissions from members. It was envisioned as a loose affiliation of writers, booksellers and small press publishers.

We're trying to stay on top of events and news from small publishers but are underepresented in the really exciting and dynamic realm of small press comics, et al.

If there is anyone available to moderate and/or promote this segment of our new site please contact me -- or register at the site and check us out.

Please keep us in mind when you have an announcement, event, or title to promote. If you care to register, you may submit your announcement automatically through a form at the site.

Thanks in advance,
Daniel Sendecki
http://www.smallpressexchange.com

Link http://www.torontocomicjam.com/discus/messages/37/2281.html

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A.J. Casson - Behind the Scenes opens April 2 @ The Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/27/2006 06:16:00 PM
For our cartoonists in and about Unionville, Ontario, an upcoming artshow of work by a classic Canadian artist
For many Canadians born since the Second World War, Alfred Joseph (A.J.) Casson was the public face and our best known connection with a movement that defined Canadian art for more than a generation - The Group of Seven. Casson, the man, was much more than that.

A.J. Casson: Behind the Scenes, which opens at Markham's Varley Art Gallery in Unionville April 2, 2006, explores not only Casson's art, but looks beyond his contribution at the easel to sketch a portrait of one of Canadian art's most staunch supporters. The exhibition has some of his best work in watercolour and oil and for the first time brings his commercial work together with his artwork in the same exhibition. Curator Christopher Jackson said "The show gives the most complete picture of Casson's contribution to both fields to date."

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With a particular focus on the art of portraiture, The Varley Art Gallery on Main Street in historic Unionville features innovative public programs and new exhibitions. The gallery's permanent collection includes the work of one of Canada's foremost portrait artists, Frederick H. Varley, in whose honour the gallery is named, and works by his fellow members of Canada's famed Group of Seven.

Contact: John Ryerson, Gallery Director
905-477-9511 ext 233
jryerson@markham.ca

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Business Plan 101 For Comic Book Publishers

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/27/2006 05:54:00 PM
From http://comicbookbin.com
Business Plan 101 For Comic Book Publishers
By Herve St.Louis
Mar 25, 2006, 19:15
In a previous article, I wrote about the hardships of small comic book publishers. Like Speakeasy Comics which influenced the original article, other publishers will fail. Instead of waiting for the next guy to fall, I�ll would rather focus on the classic shield used to prevent businesses from failing, a business plans. I wrote many business plan and will probably write many more. Once you get used to them, they are not scary...

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   Sunday, March 26, 2006  
Veena: Indy comic to webcomic

:: Posted by max @ 3/26/2006 11:00:00 PM
CO:The Comics Journal Message Board

Eric Theriault is re-presenting his 90's Indy comic as a webcomic now...

"I should have done that a long time ago on this board (as i've done on others...) : I'd like to invite you to visit my webcomic; Veena.

Some may already know about it since i've had this character in one form or another since the early '90s. At first it was a mini-comic and I used Factsheet Five and Broken Pencil as means of promotion. That was way before the Web and it's easy connectivity. I did six issues that way… …Trade paperback is now THE format. So, that may be the eventual route i'll go. In the meantime, I decided to make my early stories available on the web. That way, you can read it without ordering it in a "cool" comic shop.
I'd love to hear your comments about it."


Eric Theriault


Links
Veena online
Eric Theriault online

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Expozine Gala Photos

:: Posted by max @ 3/26/2006 09:57:00 PM

Local small press publisher Francis Hervieux took some photos at the Expozine Gala held on Wednesday March 22. They are posted on the bdquebec fourm with comments in French here.

related links
expozine - exhibitors list and a short video of the event.
bdquebec

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Next Monthly Montreal Comix Jam March/Mars 29, 8 PM

:: Posted by max @ 3/26/2006 04:33:00 PM
Co: Jane Tremblay @ the MMCJ
Hello To All!
Just a few words to say that the next Comix Jam will
go on at Sala Rossa's Restaurente (4848 St-Laurent),
this coming Wednesday, March 29, 8 PM. Don't forget
your pens, pencils, clips boards and fertile
imagination.

See You there!

Jane - Jam's High Priestess

Bonjour a Tous!
Juste pour vous rappeller que le prochain Comix Jam
aura lieu au Restaurente de la Sala Rossa (4848
St-Laurent) mercredi prochain le 29 mars a 8 PM.
N'oubliez pas vos crayons, stylos, "clip boards" et
votre imagination printaniere et fertile.

A la revoyure!

Jane - Grand Pretresse du Jam


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An Evening with Harvey Pekar, Jessica Abel & Matt Madden

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/26/2006 02:23:00 PM
Via The Beguiling's email newsletter:
Harvey Pekar, Jessica Abel & Matt Madden Presentations
Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto (at St George St, one block north of Harbord St)
Wed April 26, 7-10pm (doors 6:30pm)
Tickets $5 plus tax @ The Beguiling's and Pages Books & Magazines
ON SALE NOW!

A THIS IS NOT A READING SERIES EVENT
Presented in partnership with The Beguiling, (that's us)

SPACE Producer Mark Askwith hosts an evening of comics! First, Jessica Abel and Matt Madden will present an a/v show of their work, then Harvey Pekar will sit down with Mark Askwith to talk about his life and work.

The graphic novelists will be discussing the following books:

Harvey Pekar - Ego & Hubris (Ballantine)
Jessica Abel - La Perdida (Pantheon)
Matt Madden - 99 Ways To Tell A Story (Penguin Group)
   
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Maurice Vellekoop's A Nut at the Opera Launch

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/26/2006 01:56:00 PM
Via The Beguiling's email newsletter:
Maurice Vellekoop Book Launch and the CBC Opera Quiz
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St W, Toronto
Tues, Apr 25; 7-10 pm (doors 7pm)
FREE

A THIS IS NOT A READING SERIES EVENT

Presented in partnership with The Beguiling, (that's us!)

Join graphic artist Maurice Vellekoop as he launches his hilarious illustrated look at a fictitious opera world. Quiz Master Stuart Hamilton, of CBC Radio Two's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, will lead Vellekoop and other panelists in a live taping of CBC's Opera Quiz.

PS: I saw a copy of the book and it is FABULOUS. Seriously, beautifully illustrated and hilarious. If you're an opera fan (or know someone who is), get a copy of this and make sure to come out to the book launch.

Check out other great "This Is Not a Reading Series" events at the website of the excellent Pages Bookstore.
   
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Stop Motion Primer with "Corpse Bride" Animator Drew Lightfoot

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/26/2006 01:42:00 PM
Via The Beguiling's email newsletter:
The Toronto Animated Image Society in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada present:

STOP MOTION PRIMER with Corpse Bride Animator Drew Lightfoot.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at 7pm
NFB Cinema, 150 John Street (at Richmond, across from The Paramount)
$15 general admission, FREE to TAIS members
www.tais.ca

A fascinating introduction to stop motion by a leading animator geared toward emerging and experienced animators from other mediums. The lecture will consist of video clips and visuals to support instruction and theory. Questions that will be addressed include: How do you plan for motion with no key frames? How do you make characters jump or fly? How do you ensure models stay still betweens shots? Is video assist necessary? What kind of equipment can you use to record?

Find out the answers to these and other questions at the event!
   
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ARTCADE: Video Game Art Show

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/26/2006 01:33:00 PM
Via The Beguiling's email newsletter:
ARTCADE: Video Game Art Show
@ Microplay, 632 Queen Street West (W. of Bathurst)
April 5 - May 17, 2006
Opening Night Party April 5 @ &PM

FREE

Some of Toronto's best comic artists and illustrators splash their love for video games across a canvas in ARTCADE: Video Game Art Show at video game retailer Microplay. The show is set to feature work from:

J. Bone, Matt Daley, Christopher Hutsul, Michael Lylloff, Steven Charles Manale, Brian McLachlan, Kagan McLeod, Noel Middleton, Ramon Perez, Rui Ramalherio, and Steve Wilson.
   
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Weltschmerz Book Signing at The Beguiling

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/26/2006 01:20:00 PM
Via The Beguiling's email newsletter and sister news site TORONTOCOMICSdotCOM:
WELTSCHMERTZ Book Signing April 8th!

Weltschmerz Book Signing
Saturday, April 8, 2006 - 2pm-5pm

@ The Beguiling, 601 Markham Street (S. of Bloor & W. of Bathurst)
Free!

Everyone knows the comic strip ‘Weltschmerz’ appearing weekly in Eye Magazine. Well now you can carry the comic strip around in a more permanent edition with Weltschmerz: Attack of the Same-Sex Sleeper Cells. Cartoonist Gareth Lind will be signing his book at The Beguiling on Saturday, April 8th from 2-5pm. Come out and meet the author, and pick up a copy of the new book.

For more information, visit www.lindtoons.com.

More info at http://www.torontocomics.com/2006/03/april-8th-2006.html
   
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   Saturday, March 25, 2006  
Comic Craze Symposium in Banff

:: Posted by Dave Howard @ 3/25/2006 05:32:00 PM
Via Akimbo e-Broadcasts.
Banff International Curatorial Institute
Comic Craze Symposium

www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=521
www.banffcentre.ca/bici

Program Dates: May 4 - 6, 2006
Registration Deadline: April 28, 2006

The Comic Craze symposium is a public forum to exchange recent artistic, scholarly, and curatorial research associated with comic cultures. The symposium is co-organized by the Banff International Curatorial Institute and the Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre, in collaboration with the Vancouver Art Gallery, with the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

The symposium is a response to an increased interest by visual arts curators, critics, and scholars to investigate a diverse range of artistic practices and material cultures, such as comics books, hip-hop music, and relational aesthetics. And, as material from popular and alternative cultures finds its way into current art objects and artistic practices, curators are increasingly compelled by non traditional materials xB0;xA9;? music videos, food culture, tattoos, postcards, and low-rider cultures to name a few. This symposium will function as a platform to directly connect with comic material and culture, while critically engaging curatorial practices based on relationships between contemporary visual arts, popular culture, and other forms of material culture.

Comic Craze will engage with comic culture in four panel discussions:

- Engaging with objects of material culture
- Books, Books, Books: reading, publishing, collecting
- Interpreting comics
- Curating comics

Speakers include artists, scholars, curators, publishers, and comic fans:
Christian BxF6;k (poet, assistant professor, Department of English, University of Calgary), Bart Beaty (comic scholar, associate professor, Communication and Culture, University of Calgary), Rupert Bottenberg (comic artist, Montreal), Christopher Brayshaw (writer, Vancouver), Benoit Chaput (publisher, L?oie de Cravan), RenxE9; deGuzman (curator of visual arts, Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts), Robin Fischer (comic fan, broadcaster, Vancouver), Bruce Grenville (senior curator, Vancouver Art Gallery), Chris Oliveros (publisher, Drawn & Quarterly), and Randy Scott (comic librarian, University of Michigan)

Other related activities:
Comic Craze, a large exhibition of Canadian comics, curated by Sylvie Gilbert will open on May 4 at 7 p.m. in the Walter Phillips Gallery. The exhibition brings together over 400 recently published independent comic books, mini-comics, zines, and graphic novels. It features the best of English and French Canadian comics, capturing the different graphic and narrative styles that have made comic culture one of the most absorbing and experimental forms of _expression_ today.

ARLIS Annual Conference - Concurrent with the Comic Craze Symposium the Art Libraries Society of North America will be holding their annual conference in Banff from May 3 - 11 offering a unique opportunity to connect and exchange knowledge about comic culture. The ARLIS session titled Words on the Street: Graphic Novel and Comics Collections in Academic and Art and Design Libraries is sure to generate compelling discussion on the theme of comics.

For fees, accommodation information, and to register visit:
www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=521

Or contact the Office of the Registrar:
Email: arts_info@banffcentre.ca
Phone: 403.762.6180 or 1.800.565.9989
Fax: 403.762.6345
Website: www.banffcentre.ca

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   Friday, March 24, 2006  
There's a Baldwin brother in it!

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/24/2006 11:11:00 AM


The Torontoist reports on the premiere of a new Canadian feature film about a comic-book obsessed computer consultant. Directed by Blake Van de Graaf, "Sidekick" is headlining the Canadian Filmmaker's Festival.

Torontoist: The Canadian Filmmaker's Festival

sidekickmovie.com
   
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   Thursday, March 23, 2006  
Calgary Comics

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/23/2006 11:51:00 PM
File Under: Comics Ain't for Kids Anymore, pt 9 million

A general article on the growth in graphic novels sales, originally from the Calgary Sun:

Graphic novels were a $75-million U.S. industry in 2001; they more than tripled to $245 million last year. "They've risen dramatically to the point where they've doubled our comic book sales," says Martin Rouse, owner of Phoenix Comics in Calgary. "And I don't see that changing; if anything, it'll get higher." Unlike a comic book, which, like a soap opera, carries its storyline through several issues, a graphic novel is a standalone story in comic book style -- hence the term "novel."

Which is why fans such as Calgarian Erin Collins, who estimates he spent nearly $10,000 on comics and graphic novels in the '80s, say they're the perfect medium to transfer to film. "It's easier to make a movie out of a graphic novel than a comic book, because it's a self-contained, 100-page screenplay with all the storyboards," he says. "It's easier to extract a Sin City story than a Spider-Man one, which is spread over thousands of comics. That's the logical reason why they're making so many film adaptations.


Ottawa Citizen: Comic books grow up

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D&Q news rundown....

:: Posted by max @ 3/23/2006 10:08:00 PM
Co: D&Q news page

· Katin's WE ARE ON OUR OWN receives rave starred reviewed from Booklist! (March 16, 2006)
· Katin's WE ARE ON OUR OWN Festival Appearances May-June! (March 16, 2006)
· OR ELSE #4 reviewed on Comic Book Galaxy (March 15, 2006)
· NEW COMIC BY SAMMY HARKHAM reviewed on Consumatron (March 15, 2006)
· D+Q to lead Graphic Novel Workshop in Montreal! (March 15, 2006)
· My Most Secret Desire, by JULIE DOUCET, reviewed in the QUILL & QUIRE (March 14, 2006)
· Comic Book Resources interviews ADRIAN TOMINE!! (March 10, 2006)
· TATSUMI'S PUSH MAN reviewed in the Harrisburg Patriot-News (March 8, 2006)
· EVENT: CHESTER BROWN WILL HELP YOU CREATE A COMIC! (March 8, 2006)

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Woman of words - Montreal Hour on the art of JULIE DOUCET

:: Posted by max @ 3/23/2006 10:04:00 PM
From last week's edditon of the Hour [free weekly]

Woman of words
Isa Tousignant

Local comics celeb Julie Doucet loses her imagery for the sake of words

"With a name like Dirty Plotte, it would be hard to forget Julie Doucet ever made comics. But that's what so many people are pleading. Over the last couple years I've gotten promo from Galerie Graff, Galerie Clark, publisher Drawn and Quarterly and now Galerie B-312 stating, emphatically, that Doucet has left comics behind after a decade-long career to concentrate all her energies on "high" art. Now to me, this is a non-statement, the kind of gobbledygook I hear so often in the art world but that interests only those prone to making grand distinctions to start with. That anyone in their 30s can state that they have left something by the wayside, never to return to it, strikes me as a brutish approach to life. And that galleries and publishers choose this as a promotion angle strikes me as an act of desperation....-->>"

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Corduroy High #5 Preview!

:: Posted by max @ 3/23/2006 09:48:00 PM
Co: Tyrone @ Kilrush Studios

A preview for Corduroy High #5 is up for viewing @ corduroyhigh.com here. The issue is slated for release at the upcoming Paradise Comics: Toronto Comicon April 28-30 2006. Tyrone says "...this is going to be most action-packed issue to date! A showdown with Corduroy High favourites Henna (the slut) and Plum (the bitch) in the crazy tale called Cat Scrap!"
   
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We're moving!

:: Posted by max @ 3/23/2006 09:05:00 PM

Hey all, book mark Sequential at it’s new site - http://sequential.spiltink.org/.

This page will still be here, and serve as the archives for the site from 2002 to 2005. But all posts from 2006 are now on the new page as well, and this will be where you find the future too!

XML feeds for blog readers should be directed to http://sequential.spiltink.org/sequential.xml , and you can now get Sequential in your inbox by joining the news group here.

Also we would like to welcome some new members to the team!

Pierre-Andre is now our man in Quebec city. A publisher, artist, and blogger, He runs bedeka.or which is more or less the same kind of thing as Sequential in French. His personal site is here - pierreandredery.com

& Dave Howard is our new Toronto source. Founder of the monthly Jam in Toronto, publisher of Don't Touch Me, and quite a good doodler these days too.

Continuing to defend the cause is Bryan Munn, who has been doing the duties around here solo for the last year. He’s a comics scholar from lovely Guelph Ontario, and founder of The Canadian Comic Art Centre, as well as a member of the nomination committee for the Doug Wright Awards.

FYI: We’re looking for people in the Midwest and West coast regions, If your interested please submit your application to salgood At gmail Dot com.

Salgood Sam
– founder and Publisher
   
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Comics Journalists Speak!

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/23/2006 07:14:00 PM
News about Toronto writers about comics:

Jeet Heer is talking about Little Nemo at the Virginia Festival of the Book, Saturday March 25th:

Little Nemo in Comicsland
Jeet Heer, editor of Arguing Comics, will present on the influence of early comic artist Winsor McCay--particularly on Art Spiegelman. A retrospective of Spiegelman's print work will be on display on the exhibit hall outside the auditorium. (Virginia Quarterly Review, UVa Harrison Institute)


VABook! 2006 Program

Brad Mackay is talking about Rudolph Topffer on CBC Radio's Freestyle, Friday March 24th at 2pm:

CBC: Freestyle!
   
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Comics Journalists Speak!

:: Posted by max @ 3/23/2006 07:14:00 PM
News about Toronto writers about comics:

Jeet Heer is talking about Little Nemo at the Virginia Festival of the Book, Saturday March 25th:

Little Nemo in Comicsland
Jeet Heer, editor of Arguing Comics, will present on the influence of early comic artist Winsor McCay--particularly on Art Spiegelman. A retrospective of Spiegelman's print work will be on display on the exhibit hall outside the auditorium. (Virginia Quarterly Review, UVa Harrison Institute)


VABook! 2006 Program

Brad Mackay is talking about Rudolph Topffer on CBC Radio's Freestyle, Friday March 24th at 2pm:

CBC: Freestyle!
   
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   Wednesday, March 22, 2006  
Fichtre: Newest Quebec Publisher

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/22/2006 01:30:00 PM
Yves Millet, of popular Montreal comics shop Fichtre, has announced that he will begin publishing graphic novels, starting with La Muse récursive by David Turgeon.

According to a post by Turgeon on Forum BDQuebec, the first publication by Les Editions Fichtre will consist of 3 volumes of 100 pages each. Turgeon also has a short story and graphic novel coming soon from Mecanique Generale.

The news of this new publisher comes on the heels of an announcement by Jimmy Boulieu that the publisher Zone Convective has basically ceased to exist.
   
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Fichtre: Newest Quebec Publisher

:: Posted by max @ 3/22/2006 01:30:00 PM
Yves Millet, of popular Montreal comics shop Fichtre, has announced that he will begin publishing graphic novels, starting with La Muse récursive by David Turgeon.

According to a post by Turgeon on Forum BDQuebec, the first publication by Les Editions Fichtre will consist of 3 volumes of 100 pages each. Turgeon also has a short story and graphic novel coming soon from Mecanique Generale.

The news of this new publisher comes on the heels of an announcement by Jimmy Boulieu that the publisher Zone Convective has basically ceased to exist.

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You too can draw like this!

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/22/2006 12:54:00 PM
The National Post covers upcoming events featuring Chester Brown and Seth. Brown is conducting workshops for the Toronto Public Library on creating graphic novels and Seth is lending his presence to a fund-raising auction for James Sturm's Vermont-based Center for Cartoon Studies:

You too can draw like this!
Vanessa Farquharson, National Post
Monday, March 20, 2006
Two of Canada's most celebrated cartoonists will soon draw even more attention as they step out of their dark studios and into the public eye -- breakfasting with fans and holding public workshops on how to draw comics...

National Post

Auction: Breakfast with Seth, Chris Ware, and Ivan Brunetti
   
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You too can draw like this!

:: Posted by max @ 3/22/2006 12:54:00 PM
The National Post covers upcoming events featuring Chester Brown and Seth. Brown is conducting workshops for the Toronto Public Library on creating graphic novels and Seth is lending his presence to a fund-raising auction for James Sturm's Vermont-based Center for Cartoon Studies:

You too can draw like this!
Vanessa Farquharson, National Post
Monday, March 20, 2006
Two of Canada's most celebrated cartoonists will soon draw even more attention as they step out of their dark studios and into the public eye -- breakfasting with fans and holding public workshops on how to draw comics...

National Post

Auction: Breakfast with Seth, Chris Ware, and Ivan Brunetti
   
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New Diana Tamblyn Mini

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/22/2006 12:22:00 PM
Diana Tamblyn announces she is publishing a new comic to accompany a concert by avant-garde music combo Toca Loca. The group is performing at the Music Gallery in Toronto on Friday.

According to Tamblyn, "Because their music is non standard, I decided to throw out a traditional narrative that I was working on in favour of a more experimental work. I'm pretty pleased with the result. It's going to be a square format (like Poor Sailor), with one illustration per page."

Toca Loca
@The Music Gallery - Friday, March 24, 2006, 8pm

They will never wear three-piece seventeen-button
suits with matching ascots, and will never fill tour
buses full of eager artistic consumers from Buffalo or
Detroit, but Toca Loca continues to defy gravity and
the musical elite as they bring you their latest,
ONE-TIME ONLY project.

A partial list of things you may never get a chance to
experience again:

Frederic "the Mozart to Steve Reich's Salieri"
Rzewski - Coming Together
Vinko (those who don't know his music are a little
less complete) Globokar - Toucher
Rick "Darmstadt Prodigy" Burkhardt - Great Hymn of
Thanksgiving
"Lyrical Pitbull" Wakefield Brewster
Dan Yashinsky, ace storyteller, reads Star Child
Melanie Manos does Off With Her Head - Marie
Antoinette Presents the Cyberfeminist Manifesto and
AKA (Also Known As)
Receive a free, limited-edition, brand new comic from
Diana Tamblyn.
The Toca Loca Postal Outreach Program.

With Aiyun Huang (percussion), Wallace Halladay
(saxophone), Gregory Oh (piano), "Friendly" Rich
Marsella (fankicks), Quinsin Nachoff (saxophone),
Darren Sigesmund (trombone), Elissa Lee (violin),
Sebastian Krunnies (viola), Andrew Staniland (electric
guitar) and Dallas Bergen (baton).

The Music Gallery is located at 197 John St, north of
Queen. TTC to Osgoode Station. www.musicgallery.org.
(416) 204-1080. Tickets are $20 reg, $15 arts wkr,
$10 stu.
   
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New Diana Tamblyn Mini

:: Posted by max @ 3/22/2006 12:22:00 PM
Diana Tamblyn announces she is publishing a new comic to accompany a concert by avant-garde music combo Toca Loca. The group is performing at the Music Gallery in Toronto on Friday.

According to Tamblyn, "Because their music is non standard, I decided to throw out a traditional narrative that I was working on in favour of a more experimental work. I'm pretty pleased with the result. It's going to be a square format (like Poor Sailor), with one illustration per page."

Toca Loca
@The Music Gallery - Friday, March 24, 2006, 8pm

They will never wear three-piece seventeen-button
suits with matching ascots, and will never fill tour
buses full of eager artistic consumers from Buffalo or
Detroit, but Toca Loca continues to defy gravity and
the musical elite as they bring you their latest,
ONE-TIME ONLY project.

A partial list of things you may never get a chance to
experience again:

Frederic "the Mozart to Steve Reich's Salieri"
Rzewski - Coming Together
Vinko (those who don't know his music are a little
less complete) Globokar - Toucher
Rick "Darmstadt Prodigy" Burkhardt - Great Hymn of
Thanksgiving
"Lyrical Pitbull" Wakefield Brewster
Dan Yashinsky, ace storyteller, reads Star Child
Melanie Manos does Off With Her Head - Marie
Antoinette Presents the Cyberfeminist Manifesto and
AKA (Also Known As)
Receive a free, limited-edition, brand new comic from
Diana Tamblyn.
The Toca Loca Postal Outreach Program.

With Aiyun Huang (percussion), Wallace Halladay
(saxophone), Gregory Oh (piano), "Friendly" Rich
Marsella (fankicks), Quinsin Nachoff (saxophone),
Darren Sigesmund (trombone), Elissa Lee (violin),
Sebastian Krunnies (viola), Andrew Staniland (electric
guitar) and Dallas Bergen (baton).

The Music Gallery is located at 197 John St, north of
Queen. TTC to Osgoode Station. www.musicgallery.org.
(416) 204-1080. Tickets are $20 reg, $15 arts wkr,
$10 stu.

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Transcontinental Printing

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/22/2006 12:10:00 PM
Publishers Weekly Profile

A profile of the Quebecor rival that has increased its comic printing business by 200% over the last 2 years:

Daniel Gallina, team leader for Transcontinental's comics and RPG marketing team, says the printer formed the comics marketing team about two years ago to target the market; since then, the printer's U.S. comics business has grown 200%. Transcontinental has four plants (out of its 60) devoted to printing graphic novels and comics periodicals.

Gallina cited the growth of graphic novels and the shift from periodical publishing to book publishing in the comics industry. "We see this a chance for us to become an important player in the U.S. market," says Gallina. "We're really focused on this industry, and analyzed the market," he says. "Comics and games look good for growth. We want to partner with publishers and show what Transcontinental can do."


Publishers Weekly
   
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Transcontinental Printing

:: Posted by max @ 3/22/2006 12:10:00 PM
Publishers Weekly Profile

A profile of the Quebecor rival that has increased its comic printing business by 200% over the last 2 years:

Daniel Gallina, team leader for Transcontinental's comics and RPG marketing team, says the printer formed the comics marketing team about two years ago to target the market; since then, the printer's U.S. comics business has grown 200%. Transcontinental has four plants (out of its 60) devoted to printing graphic novels and comics periodicals.

Gallina cited the growth of graphic novels and the shift from periodical publishing to book publishing in the comics industry. "We see this a chance for us to become an important player in the U.S. market," says Gallina. "We're really focused on this industry, and analyzed the market," he says. "Comics and games look good for growth. We want to partner with publishers and show what Transcontinental can do."


Publishers Weekly
   
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   Tuesday, March 21, 2006  
New Yorker Cover by Seth

:: Posted by max @ 3/21/2006 03:45:00 AM
Just in time for their Fashion Week, a stylish new New Yorker cover by Canadian cartoonist

Seth, featuring a wry commentary on the political economy of fashion.

The cover is also available as a print from the New Yorker Store:

Thenewyorkerstore.com - Product Details
   
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New Yorker Cover by Seth

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/21/2006 03:29:00 AM


Just in time for their Fashion Week, a stylish new New Yorker cover by Canadian cartoonist Seth, featuring a wry commentary on the political economy of fashion.

The cover is also available as a print from the New Yorker Store:

Thenewyorkerstore.com - Product Details
   
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   Monday, March 20, 2006  
National Newspaper Awards

:: Posted by max @ 3/20/2006 07:46:00 AM


Editorial Cartoonist Awards

The nominations for the 2005 National Newspaper Awards have been announced, including nominations for the Editorial Cartooning category. No new faces among this year's list of finalists, featuring three veterans of the editorial pages.

The nominees are Serge Chapleau (La Presse, Montreal), Brian Gable (The Globe and Mail), and Bruce MacKinnon (Halifax Chronicle-Herald).

It is the ninth time Chapleau has been nominated. He has won five previous awards.

Gable is nominated for the seventh time and has won three times.

MacKinnon has won twice previously.

The finalists were announced on March 17, 2006,
from the National Newspaper Awards office in Toronto. The Awards are adminstered by the Canadian Newspaper Association and recognize achievement in 20 journalism-related categories. The prize is the most prestigious for political cartooning in Canada. Winners of the award receive a cash prize of $1500 while the two runners-up get $250.

The winner will be announced at the National Newspaper Wards ceremony on Friday, May 26 in Halifax.


Press Release

Previous winners

Last Year

Profile of last year's winner at Sequential

above: Bruce MacKinnon, from his profile

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National Newspaper Awards

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/20/2006 06:13:00 AM


Editorial Cartoonist Awards

The nominations for the 2005 National Newspaper Awards have been announced, including nominations for the Editorial Cartooning category. No new faces among this year's list of finalists, featuring three veterans of the editorial pages.

The nominees are Serge Chapleau (La Presse, Montreal), Brian Gable (The Globe and Mail), and Bruce MacKinnon (Halifax Chronicle-Herald).

It is the ninth time Chapleau has been nominated. He has won five previous awards.

Gable is nominated for the seventh time and has won three times.

MacKinnon has won twice previously.

The finalists were announced on March 17, 2006,
from the National Newspaper Awards office in Toronto. The Awards are adminstered by the Canadian Newspaper Association and recognize achievement in 20 journalism-related categories. The prize is the most prestigious for political cartooning in Canada. Winners of the award receive a cash prize of $1500 while the two runners-up get $250.

The winner will be announced at the National Newspaper Wards ceremony on Friday, May 26 in Halifax.


Press Release

Previous winners

Last Year

Profile of last year's winner at Sequential

above: Bruce MacKinnon, from his profile
   
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   Friday, March 17, 2006  
More on Comics Journal Controversy

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/17/2006 08:12:00 PM
Sequential co-editor and cartoonist Salgood Sam weighs in with his own blog thoughts on the response to the controversial profile of the Montreal comics scene in the Comics Journal Spring 2006 issue:

Salgood Sam: Work Diary & Sketchbook page

In the end I felt it all matters little though, this is after all a tempest in tea pot folks, a debate over the correct history of events now long past, by people who are at best small to mid sized fish like myself, in an otherwise very big pond that will happily not care about our communication issues and old vendettas.
   
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More on Comics Journal Controversy

:: Posted by max @ 3/17/2006 07:47:00 AM
Sequential co-editor and cartoonist Salgood Sam weighs in with his own blog thoughts on the response to the controversial profile of the Montreal comics scene in the Comics Journal Spring 2006 issue:

Salgood Sam: Work Diary & Sketchbook page

In the end I felt it all matters little though, this is after all a tempest in tea pot folks, a debate over the correct history of events now long past, by people who are at best small to mid sized fish like myself, in an otherwise very big pond that will happily not care about our communication issues and old vendettas.

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   Thursday, March 16, 2006  
Action Week Against Racism

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/16/2006 11:26:00 PM
Hour.ca - News - Action Week Against Racism: "Comic Strips Against Racism
An exhibition of plates on the theme of intolerance and racism by Quebec comic book artist Jimmy Beaulieu. Plus 30 comic book artists from Quebec and Europe share their ideas on the theme. For location and info, call Images Interculturelles at 842-7127."
   
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Action Week Against Racism

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/16/2006 11:21:00 PM
Hour.ca - News - Action Week Against Racism: "Comic Strips Against Racism
An exhibition of plates on the theme of intolerance and racism by Quebec comic book artist Jimmy Beaulieu. Plus 30 comic book artists from Quebec and Europe share their ideas on the theme. For location and info, call Images Interculturelles at 842-7127."
   
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Action Week Against Racism

:: Posted by max @ 3/16/2006 07:47:00 AM
Hour.ca - News - Action Week Against Racism: "Comic Strips Against Racism
An exhibition of plates on the theme of intolerance and racism by Quebec comic book artist Jimmy Beaulieu. Plus 30 comic book artists from Quebec and Europe share their ideas on the theme. For location and info, call Images Interculturelles at 842-7127."

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   Wednesday, March 15, 2006  
Comic Shop Tax Dodge

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/15/2006 11:54:00 PM
HAMILTON, ON, March 15 /CNW/ - A local woman faces more than $8,500 in
fines and court charges following a conviction for failing to remit $27,393 in
Provincial Sales Tax (PST) collected from customers between November 2000 and
December 31, 2003.
Comic Connection, a comic book and collectibles store at 895 King Street
West, Hamilton, is owned by Theodore Krieg. Krieg's wife Brenda was
responsible for remitting the PST to the Ministry of Finance. She pleaded
guilty February 10, 2006 to a charge under the Retail Sales Tax Act.

Canadian News Wire Group

CNW Group
   
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Comic Shop Tax Dodge

:: Posted by max @ 3/15/2006 07:48:00 AM
HAMILTON, ON, March 15 /CNW/ - A local woman faces more than $8,500 in
fines and court charges following a conviction for failing to remit $27,393 in
Provincial Sales Tax (PST) collected from customers between November 2000 and
December 31, 2003.
Comic Connection, a comic book and collectibles store at 895 King Street
West, Hamilton, is owned by Theodore Krieg. Krieg's wife Brenda was
responsible for remitting the PST to the Ministry of Finance. She pleaded
guilty February 10, 2006 to a charge under the Retail Sales Tax Act.

Canadian News Wire Group

CNW Group

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   Tuesday, March 14, 2006  
Comics Journal Controversy

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/14/2006 06:30:00 PM
The Comics Journal published a profile of the Montreal Comics scene in it's Spring 2005 edition and the latest regular issue (CJ 274) contains a group of letters drom Montreal cartoonists responding to the issue.

The letters are reprinted in part here:

The Montreal Comic Scene _ Reply to the Comics Journal _ B

and here:

Part 2

Discussion continues here:

BD Quebec forums
   
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Sheaf cartoonist not sorry for uproar

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/14/2006 06:23:00 PM
Catching up a bit on the still smoldering flares related to the Danish Cartoon Controversy. The article below is a follow-up to a min-controversy over cartoons in a Saskatchewan student paper:

Sheaf cartoonist not sorry for uproar

"The ousted editor of the University of Saskatchewan's campus newspaper, the Sheaf, apologized Thursday for the "unintentional" publication of a cartoon depicting Jesus Christ performing a sex act on a pig.

But cartoonist Jeff MacDonald remained unrepentant when contacted Thursday by a Saskatchewan News Network, and in a letter to the Sheaf."


   
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Sheaf cartoonist not sorry for uproar

:: Posted by max @ 3/14/2006 07:49:00 AM
Catching up a bit on the still smoldering flares related to the Danish Cartoon Controversy. The article below is a follow-up to a min-controversy over cartoons in a Saskatchewan student paper:

Sheaf cartoonist not sorry for uproar

"The ousted editor of the University of Saskatchewan's campus newspaper, the Sheaf, apologized Thursday for the "unintentional" publication of a cartoon depicting Jesus Christ performing a sex act on a pig.

But cartoonist Jeff MacDonald remained unrepentant when contacted Thursday by a Saskatchewan News Network, and in a letter to the Sheaf."


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Comics Journal Controversy

:: Posted by max @ 3/14/2006 07:49:00 AM
The Comics Journal published a profile of the Montreal Comics scene in it's Spring 2005 edition and the latest regular issue (CJ 274) contains a group of letters drom Montreal cartoonists responding to the issue.

The letters are reprinted in part here:

The Montreal Comic Scene _ Reply to the Comics Journal _ B

and here:

Part 2

Discussion continues here:

BD Quebec forums

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   Sunday, March 12, 2006  
Beaty on Deslisle

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/12/2006 10:41:00 PM
Link Source: Comics Reporter

As part of his Conversational Euro-Comics column, Bart Beaty reviews the new Guy Deslisle graphic novel, Louis au ski. Published in France by Delcourt, it is part of the Lewis Trondheim-edited "Shampooing" line of kids comics. Louis au ski is a wordless book chronicling the ski-related adventures of a little kid: "This is a sort of wordless post-Calvin and Hobbes adventure, set on the slopes."

Conversational Euro-Comics
   
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Beaty on Deslisle

:: Posted by max @ 3/12/2006 10:41:00 PM
Link Source: Comics Reporter

As part of his Conversational Euro-Comics column, Bart Beaty reviews the new Guy Deslisle graphic novel, Louis au ski. Published in France by Delcourt, it is part of the Lewis Trondheim-edited "Shampooing" line of kids comics. Louis au ski is a wordless book chronicling the ski-related adventures of a little kid: "This is a sort of wordless post-Calvin and Hobbes adventure, set on the slopes."

Conversational Euro-Comics

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   Friday, March 10, 2006  
Expozine Gala

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/10/2006 07:07:00 PM
COMMUNIQUÉ / PRESS RELEASE
Announcing the inaugural Expozine Alternative Press Awards Gala!


Join us on March 22, 2006
at the Mainline Theatre space
3997 St Laurent
at 9pm

to hear the announcement of the winners! The event will feature Montreal's
favourite air band Never Surrender and your master of ceremonies Jean
Giscagne plus some surprises! This is a free event. So come cheer on your
favourite zinester!

After four years of promoting Montreal's small press community, Expozine
has decided to recognize the best it has to offer with the first annual
Expozine Alternative Press Awards! To reflect the wide diversity of
printed matter that was represented last November at Expozine, Montreal's
only annual small press, comic and zine fair, six prizes will be awarded.
There will be three prizes in English and three in French, each for the
following categories:

Best book
Best comic
Best zine

Each of the more than 200 Expozine participants were asked to submit their
best creation for consideration for the prizes. An extensive shortlist was
selected and made public by the Expozine organizing committee.

For more information and the complete shortlist in English and French
visit http://www.expozine.ca



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Expozine Gala

:: Posted by max @ 3/10/2006 07:07:00 PM
COMMUNIQUÉ / PRESS RELEASE
Announcing the inaugural Expozine Alternative Press Awards Gala!


Join us on March 22, 2006
at the Mainline Theatre space
3997 St Laurent
at 9pm

to hear the announcement of the winners! The event will feature Montreal's
favourite air band Never Surrender and your master of ceremonies Jean
Giscagne plus some surprises! This is a free event. So come cheer on your
favourite zinester!

After four years of promoting Montreal's small press community, Expozine
has decided to recognize the best it has to offer with the first annual
Expozine Alternative Press Awards! To reflect the wide diversity of
printed matter that was represented last November at Expozine, Montreal's
only annual small press, comic and zine fair, six prizes will be awarded.
There will be three prizes in English and three in French, each for the
following categories:

Best book
Best comic
Best zine

Each of the more than 200 Expozine participants were asked to submit their
best creation for consideration for the prizes. An extensive shortlist was
selected and made public by the Expozine organizing committee.

For more information and the complete shortlist in English and French
visit http://www.expozine.ca



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Eric Braun's One-Eyed Yeti

:: Posted by max @ 3/10/2006 03:48:00 PM
Link Source: Montreal Mirror

Montreal cartoonist Eric Braun shares a show with Voidoid artist Michel “Away” Langevin. Braun's contributions feature various fun-fur iterations of bigfoot-like monsters.

Montreal Mirror : Cover : Visual Arts : Eric Braun and Michel "Away" Langevin

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Eric Braun's One-Eyed Yeti

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/10/2006 03:48:00 AM
Link Source: Montreal Mirror

Montreal cartoonist Eric Braun shares a show with Voidoid artist Michel “Away” Langevin. Braun's contributions feature various fun-fur iterations of bigfoot-like monsters.

Montreal Mirror : Cover : Visual Arts : Eric Braun and Michel "Away" Langevin
   
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   Wednesday, March 08, 2006  
Chester Brown, Comics Critic

:: Posted by max @ 3/08/2006 11:05:00 PM
Link Source: The Beguiling/Chris Butcher

This update on the Toronto Library writer-in-residence program featuring Chester Brown, courtesy of the Beguiling:

2. EVENT: CHESTER BROWN WILL HELP YOU CREATE A COMIC!

From April through June, Chester Brown (Louis Riel) is the Writer-in-Residence at the Toronto Public Library's North York Central Library. Until June 23rd, Chester Brown will be critiquing manuscripts and meeting individually with aspiring authors to discuss their work.

To talk/work with Chester Brown about/on your graphic novel, all you need to do is submit a manuscript to the library. Maximum of 20 photocopied pages (no originals), include your contact info, and get your manuscript in before April 30th, 2006. For details on other Writer-In-Residence events, and for more information on how to submit, check out:

LINK

Welcome to the Beguiling!

As well, Chris Butcher links to Udon artist Jim Zubkavich's livejournal posts about art school submissions:

http://comics.212.net/2006_03_01_archive.shtml#114177485195100430

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Art Show

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/08/2006 11:08:00 AM
Source: Beguiling/Butcher

3. EVENT: Willow Dawson (Violet Miranda) and Harley Sparx (Gloomcookie) Art Show!

Willow Dawson (Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate) and Harley Sparx (Gloomcookie, Umbrella Studios) Art Show!

Tonight March 7th, at Supermarket
268 Augusta Ave. (Kensington Market)
8pm until whenever
www.supermarkettoronto.com
FREE

Pirates, vampires, goth fashion and galleons. It must be an art show! Sponsored by the fine folks at katalogue.ca.


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Art Show

:: Posted by max @ 3/08/2006 11:08:00 AM
Source: Beguiling/Butcher

3. EVENT: Willow Dawson (Violet Miranda) and Harley Sparx (Gloomcookie) Art Show!

Willow Dawson (Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate) and Harley Sparx (Gloomcookie, Umbrella Studios) Art Show!

Tonight March 7th, at Supermarket
268 Augusta Ave. (Kensington Market)
8pm until whenever
www.supermarkettoronto.com
FREE

Pirates, vampires, goth fashion and galleons. It must be an art show! Sponsored by the fine folks at katalogue.ca.


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Chester Brown, Comics Critic

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/08/2006 11:05:00 AM
Link Source: The Beguiling/Chris Butcher

This update on the Toronto Library writer-in-residence program featuring Chester Brown, courtesy of the Beguiling:

2. EVENT: CHESTER BROWN WILL HELP YOU CREATE A COMIC!

From April through June, Chester Brown (Louis Riel) is the Writer-in-Residence at the Toronto Public Library's North York Central Library. Until June 23rd, Chester Brown will be critiquing manuscripts and meeting individually with aspiring authors to discuss their work.

To talk/work with Chester Brown about/on your graphic novel, all you need to do is submit a manuscript to the library. Maximum of 20 photocopied pages (no originals), include your contact info, and get your manuscript in before April 30th, 2006. For details on other Writer-In-Residence events, and for more information on how to submit, check out:

LINK

Welcome to the Beguiling!

As well, Chris Butcher links to Udon artist Jim Zubkavich's livejournal posts about art school submissions:

http://comics.212.net/2006_03_01_archive.shtml#114177485195100430
   
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   Tuesday, March 07, 2006  
Captain Canuck to teach College Course

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/07/2006 06:27:00 AM
I saw the ad for this course in the Star a few weeks ago, but now the Hamilton Spectator has a profile of Richard Comely, creator of Captain Canuck, which includes news of his latest attempt to resucitate the 1970s superhero as well as teach a course in comics creation for Mohawk.

The article mis-identifies the program as the first in Canada (there are already one or two in Quebec).

This fall, he'll share hard-won wisdom with about 30 students as Mohawk College launches Canada's first and only program in Comic Design and Scripting.

The one-year postgraduate program for art and design majors fills an industry need for artists who can draw in an era of mouse-driven computer animation, says program co-ordinator Daniel MacQueen.

The program covers areas such as art history, figure drawing, narrative, character design and self-publishing, and aims to fill more than your local comic store. Graduates may also do TV storyboarding, court drawing, editorial cartooning or even design worlds for video games.

"It's about using this art form, pictures, to tell a story," MacQueen said. He plans to lure local artists who draw for Marvel and DC comics to be teachers. So the realm of heroes in spandex will play a big role in the program. It will be based at Mohawk's graphics centre in Brantford. Comely is designing a comic-style brochure for it.



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Captain Canuck to teach College Course

:: Posted by max @ 3/07/2006 06:27:00 AM
I saw the ad for this course in the Star a few weeks ago, but now the Hamilton Spectator has a profile of Richard Comely, creator of Captain Canuck, which includes news of his latest attempt to resucitate the 1970s superhero as well as teach a course in comics creation for Mohawk.

The article mis-identifies the program as the first in Canada (there are already one or two in Quebec).

This fall, he'll share hard-won wisdom with about 30 students as Mohawk College launches Canada's first and only program in Comic Design and Scripting.

The one-year postgraduate program for art and design majors fills an industry need for artists who can draw in an era of mouse-driven computer animation, says program co-ordinator Daniel MacQueen.

The program covers areas such as art history, figure drawing, narrative, character design and self-publishing, and aims to fill more than your local comic store. Graduates may also do TV storyboarding, court drawing, editorial cartooning or even design worlds for video games.

"It's about using this art form, pictures, to tell a story," MacQueen said. He plans to lure local artists who draw for Marvel and DC comics to be teachers. So the realm of heroes in spandex will play a big role in the program. It will be based at Mohawk's graphics centre in Brantford. Comely is designing a comic-style brochure for it.



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Ryan North: Dinosaur Webcomic

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/07/2006 06:19:00 AM
Link Source: McGill Daily

Ryan North, Toronto-based creator of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics, is profiled in the student paper of McGill University.

Includes details about his use of comics in academia:

"Yeah, I didn’t do it very delicately, though. My thesis [in computational linguistics] was about a form of language called “light verb construction” where T-Rex…compresses my two-year, 100-page document into six panels! It was fun to compress it that much and still get the main point across. But also disheartening because, you know, that was two years.

Still, I find it kind of masturbatory, because, who’s going to write a thesis and not put it into comic form?"


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Ryan North: Dinosaur Webcomic

:: Posted by max @ 3/07/2006 06:19:00 AM
Link Source: McGill Daily

Ryan North, Toronto-based creator of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics, is profiled in the student paper of McGill University.

Includes details about his use of comics in academia:

"Yeah, I didn’t do it very delicately, though. My thesis [in computational linguistics] was about a form of language called “light verb construction” where T-Rex…compresses my two-year, 100-page document into six panels! It was fun to compress it that much and still get the main point across. But also disheartening because, you know, that was two years.

Still, I find it kind of masturbatory, because, who’s going to write a thesis and not put it into comic form?"


The McGill Daily

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   Saturday, March 04, 2006  
Drawing the Line II

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/04/2006 10:17:00 PM
Exclaim! profiles Suley Fattah and his Drawing the Line benefit comic. The anthology was created to raise money for a cancer charity and was tirelessly promoted by Fattah, whose own battle with cancer is documented in the article. Includes news about Drawing the Line Again, due later this year.

Comics: Drawing the Line
   
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Drawing the Line II

:: Posted by max @ 3/04/2006 10:17:00 PM
Exclaim! profiles Suley Fattah and his Drawing the Line benefit comic. The anthology was created to raise money for a cancer charity and was tirelessly promoted by Fattah, whose own battle with cancer is documented in the article. Includes news about Drawing the Line Again, due later this year.

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   Thursday, March 02, 2006  
Volunteers Needed!

:: Posted by max @ 3/02/2006 03:58:00 PM
Source: Doug Wright Awards

"Those of you who attended TCAF last year probably remember the Doug Wright Awards, which handed out its inaugural Canadian cartooning trophies in a glittering ceremony held during the festival. Well, The Wrights are back again for a second go around this year and they need your help! The organizers are looking for volunteers who are willing to take charge of a number of tasks in the coming months, from hounding media outlets to contacting publishers for jury copies to coordinating fundraising efforts. (They also require volunteers on the day of the ceremony, but that's months away). Keep in mind you don't have to live in Toronto to lend a hand - a lot of these tasks can be done via phone or the modern wonder known as e-mail."

If you're interested please contact Brad Mackay, at mackbrad at gmail.com


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Volunteers Needed!

:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/02/2006 03:58:00 AM
Source: Doug Wright Awards

"Those of you who attended TCAF last year probably remember the Doug Wright Awards, which handed out its inaugural Canadian cartooning trophies in a glittering ceremony held during the festival. Well, The Wrights are back again for a second go around this year and they need your help! The organizers are looking for volunteers who are willing to take charge of a number of tasks in the coming months, from hounding media outlets to contacting publishers for jury copies to coordinating fundraising efforts. (They also require volunteers on the day of the ceremony, but that's months away). Keep in mind you don't have to live in Toronto to lend a hand - a lot of these tasks can be done via phone or the modern wonder known as e-mail."

If you're interested please contact Brad Mackay, at mackbrad at gmail.com


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