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Labels: comic jams, events, events links, Moncton, New Brunswick, social ink

March 26
The Montreal Comic Jam

March 30
The Monkeytown Comix Jam

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Labels: comic jams, events, Moncton, New Brunswick, social ink

Labels: comic jams, events, Moncton, New Brunswick, social ink

Y'est back!

C'est le Monthly Monkeytown Comix Jam this Monday, June 30 at the Laundromat (corner St.-George and Cameron.)

This will be our big-ass whopping one-year anniversary jam, with literally several moderately talented comix artists likely to show up!!! It's a once-in-a-lifetime-of-unspecified-length event, the likes of which you've never noticed!!!!

Les jams commencent vers 19h/jams start around 7pm. Catch toi there!

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Acadieman goes number two with the help of his friends

MONCTON - Acadieman Comics number two will be launched April 25th at the Cafe Aberdeen in Moncton. A year after releasing the first issue of the Acadieman series, artist Dano LeBlanc and Short Circuit Publishing have finally managed to get their act together and publish a second comic starring the popular Acadian superhero.

"It's about friggin' time", says Dano LeBlanc. Publisher, Andre Wilson claims it's mostly Dano's fault the second comic wasn't released, as planned, last October. But he forgives him. "Hey, we had a best seller with the first one. So what if he's a little slow getting the second comic finished. Besides, Dano was supposedly pretty busy this past year."

In his defense Dano says : "I'm not a machine!"

This second comic continues the story of Acadieman's origins and also presents a number of other local artists. These strips include Sniper Ninja Bears (Samuel Chiasson et Jean Sébastien Levesque), Voodoo Gun (Mark Young), l'Histoire de l'Acadie selon Roger (Daniel Fournier), The Strange Men (Adam Beaumont), Gothic Beach Party et Don't Just Stand There, Kill Something (Tim Moerman), as well as 11 comics created by sixth grade French-immersion students from Besborough school.

Asked what this second comic book represents for the arts scene in New Brunswick, LeBlanc says : "I don't have a clue." He's nonetheless happy that he's able to promote other comic book artists from the region.

This second comic contains other surprises which won't be revealed until the book launch. A comic book signing will take place during the launch. Another will be held the following day at The Comic Hunter as part of the Frye Festival.

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• That image from last week's story about Canadian employment statistics makes more sense when it is used in a profile of the Beguiling.

• Quebecor World news: European assets still in limbo; fails to get $1 billion bankruptcy loan, gets 30-day extension.

• Canadian newspaper biz healthier than U.S.

• A look back at a superhero created for Canada Post.

• The Death of Captain Copyright: a fascinating article about the ill-fated character created to teach Canadian schoolchildren about copyright.

• Cartoonist Chad Solomon writes about how Chad Solomon donated a drum.

• This article profiles the University of Alberta Library's Special Collection, including an exhibit of Ally Sloper, one of the first British comic strip characters from the 1800s.

• A few reports from this past weekend's manga and anime event in Moncton, Animaritime are starting to find their way online. In the meantime, there are many links to photos and video at the Animaritime forums here and here. A video of the closing ceremonies (a charming illustrated definition of the term "amateur hour") is on youtube here.

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Acadieman a connu un succes enorme lorsque la chaine de television Rogers a decide de produire une série au sujet de cette icone de la culture acadienne. Avec cette nouvelle BD, le createur d'Acadieman, Dano LeBlanc, fait un retour au medium qui l'interesse depuis toujours.

"Acadieman a commence comme une BD. Je n'avais jamais l'intention de faire une serie animée avec le personnage. Mon reve, depuis un tres jeune age, etait de creer ma propre BD", atteste l'auteur et illustrateur du livre.


Le lancement de cette BD signale l'arrivee d'une nouvelle forme d'art en Acadie. "Je pense que c'est une des premieres BD acadiennes. J'espere que ca va changer la perception de la bande dessinee. Ce neest pas seulement pour les jeunes. Il faut que les gens commencent a comprendre que c'est le 9e art et que la BD est aussi legitime que la peinture ou la sculpture. Maintenant, au Quebec et en Europe, tu peux faire un bac en BD. Il faut aussi noter qu'Art Speigelman a gagne le prix Pulitzter en 1992 pour son roman graphique MAUS", souligne Dano LeBlanc.

Ce premier numero d'une serie de quatre livres explore les origines d'Acadieman. Lehistoire debute a l'East End de Moncton ou le premier superhero acadien est ne. Ensuite, on le retrouve dans la foret alors qu'il grandit. A la fin, Acadieman revient en ville apres avoir subi un entraînement physique et spirituel guide par son maitre, Farty.

Cette BD se veut parallele a la teleserie. Au cours des divers volumes, nous apprendrons comment Acadieman se lie aux personnages tels Coquille, sa mere et Johnny Dieppe. Le premier numero a ete colore par le graphiste Sean Dowd, lequel affirme posséder une passion pour les BD.

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