Tuesday, October 09, 2007  
Word on the Street Roundup

:: Posted by Bryan @ 10/09/2007 12:02:00 AM
Some reports from the various Word on the Street events from last week. I spent a fun 2 hours at the Toronto event myself. Brad Mackay and I talked onstage about cartoonists from Canada's past. Later, we watched Chester Brown talk about the series of strips he did for the Live with Culture program. Chester created a zombie romance comic that is currently being serialized in NOW magazine --his first new published work in a while! Chester is very funny and it's too bad that the Live with Culture hierarchy nixed putting his strip on giant banners around the city (the banners they are currently using have generic clip-art style images on them). I also took in the panel on artist/writer collaborations hosted by Chris Butcher. Writers Jim Munroe and Ray Fawkes talked about divvying up the cash and riding herd on artists, while artist Willow Dawson talked about how not to waste a cartoonist's time if you have a pitch to make. This panel was a real eye-opener for me in the sense that there were people (wannabe published writers, mostly) actually taking notes and asking questions about how to meet cartoonists, etc. Butcher is a good host for these sorts of events and kept the ball rolling smoothly. Most of the talks at the Comics and Graphic Novels tent had a fair crowd of between 25 and 50 people. The Beguiling had a book table set up as well as its own tent where artists were doing signings, as did several comics publishers.

1. The Transmission X gang in Halifax.

2. Some great photos.

3. Chip Zdarsky's credentials story.

4. Bad vibes.

5. The Boytoons gang in Vancouver.

5. Jason Turner at Word Under the Street.

6. Colin Upton's report.

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