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Thursday, May 29, 2008
More News-y Links
:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/29/2008 04:21:00 PM Tonite: Montreal Comix Jam. Details here.
Political cartooning: Owen Sound Sun Times cartoonist Patrick Callaghan has joined, after a very long review period been accepted into the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists, something that I never would have figured warranted a newspaper profile, but I'm linking to it anyway. [Max:Ah ha, the lead was buried! -See Comments for a note from Patrick; thanks for the correction and congratulations!]
Events: Superhero artist Kaare Andrews is one of the people complaining that the new KRAZY! exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery excludes local artists, local historians and superhero comics in general, according to this Georgia Straight article.
Publishing: Penguin/Penguin Canada is the publisher behind a new series of books by DJ Steinberg. Illustrated by Brian Smith, The Adventures of Daniel Boom aka Loud Boy is up to two volumes.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Midweek News and Reviews
:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/28/2008 01:51:00 AM 
- Halifax-based Bryan Lee O'Malley provides a public service by dissecting the new Tokyopop contract. O'Malley, who has a successful series of books in print and a major Hollywood film based on his books planned, knows a few things about creative control and, I would expect, contracts. All contracts, Hollywood, webcomic, or book, should be looked at by a lawyer (better still, a lawyer who is familiar with publishing or copyright).
- Reanna Alder of The Tyee interviews Vancouver curator Bruce Grenville and has a nice review of both the show and catalog for the KRAZY! exhibit. I saw the book myself at the Beguiling last week and it is quite a handsome volume, with great visuals and nice notes by all the co-curators on their selections.
- Sequential didn't get the press release, but the Beat reproduces the pertinent text of the inductees to the Shuster Awards hall of fame. The inductees this year are U.S. citizen John Byrne (co-creator of Alpha Flight), 1930s-40s cartoonist/writer Ted McCall (creator of the Men of the Mounted and Robin Hood comic strips), satiric cartoonist Pierre Fournier (Capitaine Kebec), and 70s satirist Stanley Berneche (Fuddle Duddle, Captain Canada). The induction ceremony will be part of the awards Saturday, June 14th in Toronto.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Krazy! Comic Art Show Opens in Vancouver
:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/21/2008 02:00:00 AM 
Vancouver, and specifically the Vancouver Art Gallery, is the place to be this summer for comics fans, as Art Spiegelman and Seth co-curate the comics and graphic novels section of the multi-curator, multi-medium art show, KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art. Dumb but accurate title aside, the comics section of this exhibit looks interesting, with work from Chester Brown, Lynda Barry, and Harvey Kurtzman on display, with the added bonus of some Japanese cartoonists and related work in the field of animation (early Winsor McKay, etc).
There has been a flurry of coverage of this event in the mainstream press recently.
Globe and Mail: Seth and Spiegelman interview
Global TV: Spiegelman profile
In addition to the exhibit, there will be a series of related events, beginning with "Comic Demonstrations" running on Sundays (July 6, July 13, August 3, August 10), from 2pm-5pm in the Gallery rotunda. Local comic artists will be appearing for workshops and discussions. As well, on Thursday, August 7, at 7pm, Alywn Spies, assistant professor of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC, gives a special tour of KRAZY!'s manga artworks for an event called "Teaching Manga."
From the press release:
For the first time, the Vancouver Art Gallery will bring the worlds of anime, comics, cartoons, video games, manga, graphic novels and contemporary art together in one exhibition. Offering an innovative and dynamic survey, KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art reveals the uniqueness of each medium, while uncovering their histories, interrelations and future trajectories. On view from May 17 to September 7, 2009, the exhibition is cocurated by some of the art forms’ most influential artists and cultural producers, including Maus author Art Spiegelman, The Sims creator Will Wright, comic artist Seth and animated feature film director Tim Johnson. Conceived and developed by Vancouver Art Gallery senior curator Bruce Grenville, the exhibition will travel to a New York City arts institution in March 2009.
"The Vancouver Art Gallery is committed to fostering new and dynamic understandings of visual culture. With the exhibition KRAZY!, we seized a tremendous opportunity to forward the study of some of the world's fastest growing art forms," said Kathleen Bartels, director of the Vancouver Art Gallery. "Despite the pervasive presence of these media, little has been done to assess the ties that bind them. By offering an interdisciplinary account in a major survey exhibition for the first time, we will illuminate their importance as a sustained cultural force."
One of the largest exhibitions ever organized by the Gallery, KRAZY! will occupy two entire floors of gallery space and is designed in collaboration with Tokyo-based architectural firm Atelier Bow-Wow --a design team renowned for their understanding of informal culture and ability to enhance communal visual experiences. Divided into seven sections defined by medium, the exhibition takes viewers through everchanging gallery environments, which include a mini-theatre for viewing animated cartoons and anime, immersive video spaces and innovative reading environments for visitors to experience a deluge of manga, graphic novels and comics. Built to ensure visitors are exposed to the full breath of the media, the exhibition comprises more than 600 artworks, including original sketches, concept drawings, sketchbooks, storyboards, production drawings, films, video games, animation cels, three dimensional models, sculptures, books, manga and much more.
The artists and works in the exhibition were selected by a group of co-curators, including Bruce Grenville, the exhibition's coordinating curator and curator of the visual arts section; Tim Johnson, curator of animated cartoons; Kiyoshi Kusumi, curator of manga and anime; Seth, curator of comics and graphic novels; Art
Spiegelman, curator of comics and graphic novels; Toshiya Ueno, curator of manga and anime; and Will Wright, curator of video games. Each curator was invited on the strength of their unique knowledge of their particular field, favouring practitioners, artists and cultural producers who are highly regarded for their work. Using their strong historical knowledge, each curator was asked to select a small group of artists who had made a significant contribution through a particular work or body of work. To give the overall selection historical context, curators selected precursors in their respective fields, artists who had established their given genres and artists who are leading the way to the future.
"The co-curators, who are also co-authors in the publication that accompanies the exhibition, are among the most active and sought-after practitioners in their respective fields. Despite their own vigorous workloads they shared their extraordinary insight and experience of this art," said curator Bruce Grenville. "No one person could have selected the work in this show, but collectively we have drawn a new map of the world of visual culture."
KRAZY! is a rare opportunity to see artworks that have shaped the history of contemporary visual culture, including Art Spiegelman's drawings for the first three-page version of his Pulitzer prizewinning Maus; George Herriman's last three drawings for Krazy Kat; Lotte Reiniger's 1927 The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the first feature-length animated cartoon; a sneak preview of Will Wright's groundbreaking video game Spore; and an extraordinary selection of drawings from Yuichi Yokoyama's latest manga, New Engineering. The exhibition also includes works by Moyoco Anno, Lynda Barry, Marcel Broodthaers, Chester Brown, Cao Fei, Milt Gross, Pierre Huyghe, Ichiro Itano, Tim Johnson, Yoko Kanno, Satoshi Kon, Harvey Kurtzman, John Lasseter, Roy Lichtenstein, Christian Marclay, Winsor McCay, Sid Meier, Shigeru Miyamoto, Junko Mizuno, Mamoru Nagano, Claes Oldenburg, Mamoru Oshii, Katsuhiro Otomo, Nick Park, Raymond Pettibon, Seth, Iwatani Toru, Chris
Ware, Masaaki Yuasa and many more.
The PR lists the manga co-curators as:
Kiyoshi Kusumi (Curator -- Manga and Anime)
Kiyoshi Kusumi is a freelance writer and cultural critic. He was formerly the editor-in-chief of the Japanese art journal, BT Magazine. Kusumi is currently the editor of the Japanese manga magazine Comickers and is credited with identifying and naming the Nouvelle Manga movement. He is an established art critic and cultural theorist and is considered a global authority on manga.
Toshiya Ueno (Curator -- Manga and Anime)
Toshiya Ueno is a sociologist, media theorist and critic who lives and works in Japan and Amsterdam. He is currently an associate professor in the Expressive Cultures Department at Wako University, Tokyo. He has written numerous articles, essays and reviews on media, rock/pop music, film, contemporary art, architecture and urban design.Labels: events, exhibits, Vancouver
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Anke Feuchtenberger a Montreal
:: Posted by max @ 4/29/2008 12:07:00 AM
ANKE FEUCHTENBERGER Exhibition of original drawings / Exposition de dessins originaux April 30 - July 4 , 2008 30 avril - 4 juillet 2008 | Exhibition launch Wednesday April 30, 8 pm Hand-drawn animated shorts
Discussion led by Rupert Bottenberg | Vernissage de l'exposition Mercredi 30 avril, 20h Films d'animation
Soiree animee par Rupert Bottenberg | Free admission / Entree libre GOETHE-INSTITUT MONTREAL 418, rue Sherbrooke Est
514 499 0159
www.goethe.de/montreal
 
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Call for Submissions: Superman Exhibit
:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/27/2008 02:30:00 AM Visions of an Icon
Superman ain't Canadian but the Shuster Awards sure are and this request comes via organizer Kevin Boyd's blog, direct from fellow Shuster-organizer James Waley:
To celebrate the first publication of Joe Shuster's groundbreaking co-creation, Superman, we thought it would be appropriate for us to organize an exhibit of artwork by Canadian comic book artists to salute this historic anniversary. With this in mind, we're contacting over a hundred different and diverse creators all across Canada and the world with a request for their individual take on this renowned character to be shown in our Visions of an Icon art exhibit on June 14th (which we hope to follow up with a publication of these works and a longer exhibition of the works at another venue --- both of which are in the planning and negotiations stage now).
We've tried to keep the artwork specs quite basic to maintain a consistency of picture size for the exhibit so what we're looking for is an image on a page of standard comic art paper (11" X 17" --- either one of those preprinted pages or 2 ply paper cut to that size) with a central 10" X 15" illo of Superman in pencil, ink or in colour -- your choice. The sky's the limit as to how an artist may decide to approach this artwork but as this is a tribute to Canadian-born co-creator Joe Shuster and to the 70th anniversary of this celebrated character our only request is that the illustration be in the spirit of that sentiment. Labels: art show, awards, events, exhibits, Toronto, U.S. superhero franchises
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Today: Genevieve Castree in New York
:: Posted by Bryan @ 3/20/2008 01:24:00 AM 
GENEVIEVE CASTREE
Drawings
March 20 - April 26, 2008
ADAM BAUMGOLD GALLERY
74 EAST 79th STREET NEW YORK, NY 10075
PHONE: 212-861-7338 FAX: 212-288-1261
HOURS: TUES - SAT 11-5:30
Adam Baumgold Gallery presents the first New York solo exhibition of the drawings by Genevieve Castree from March 20 through April 26, 2008. The exhibition focuses on 50 works from her book-record Tout Seul dans la Foret en Plein Jour, 2007. These drawings are inspired by war and conflicts of all kinds and examine the dark side of modern life in a way that is undogmatic and even verging on hopeful.
Tout Seul dans la Foret en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur? (All Alone in the Forest in Broad Daylight, Are You Scared?) contains drawings in black, white and shades of gray in which the forest forms a backdrop for a parade of victims of war. Castree's drawings have a unique elegance and distinctive authority that convey emotion and are able to navigate topics such as abuse, fear and panic. One series of drawings involves a man who stepped onto a landmine, and another series deals with wounded warriors wandering aimlessly in the forest. Also, Castree will be exhibiting a series of ink and watercolor "mask" drawings from 2007 in which masks represent identities, social roles and expectations that are somehow arbitrary or interchangable.Labels: canadians abroad, comics with music, exhibits, graphic novels
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Time for another Geek OUT!
:: Posted by max @ 2/20/2008 02:58:00 AM 
from the geekmontreal.com site:
The Geek OUT! is a regular series of get-togethers where you can play board games, roleplaying games, have snacks, talk about comic books, do arts and crafts, watch sci-fi movies, have more snacks and then sugar crash!
On Saturday Feb 23rd, we're having a Geek OUT! Time 2pm - 9pm. Location: MUCS Dining Coop, 2000 Northcliffe, suite 218 (corner De Maisoneuve, near Vendome metro)
- Roleplaying gamez: one-off scenario of Blood on the Deck (aargh!) using the Call of Cthullu Dark Ages system
- Zombies - the best board game about the apocalypse evah
- Illuminati: (gnomes of zurich vs the bavarians vs Aliens!)
- Risk and Axis & Allies: very serious war games
- Demo of Thief by Organic Games
- Plus others: Diplomacy, Talisman, Settlers of Catan, etc..
- Arts and Crafts with Shirley and the Grapefruit (bring your projects)
- Comic book signing and projection by Salgood Sam (Therefore Repent!)
We're also going to have some projections (The Hulk, Logan's Run and others) and yummy foodies (juice!, pudding, probably some soup.)
How does it work? We provide some games, the place to play'em and foodies. You come along with any other games you want to play. There's no set price to attend - it's is a by-donation-type-thing.Labels: events, exhibits, Montreal
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Friday, February 08, 2008
This Weekend: Dave Cooper in L.A.
:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/08/2008 01:29:00 AM 
Dave Cooper's "Bent" opening at BillyShireFineArts in LA
Saturday, Feb 9, 7-10 PM
Exhibit: Feb 9- March 8, 2008
Cooper websiteLabels: canadians abroad, events, exhibits
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Saturday, February 02, 2008
Vinyl Graffiti Labyrinth
:: Posted by max @ 2/02/2008 12:24:00 PM  Toronto Manga and animation art bookshop The Labyrinth is holding their first submission based art show -Vinyl Graffiti. A one day event, the Show is on Saturday Feb 9th. 7-10pm.
"What you should expect to see is a plethora of really cool, imaginative and interesting paintings, drawings and other creative systems applied to old record album covers. The subjects are diverse, but what ties every piece together is the format. Many of the pieces will be up for sale - so if you're in the market for some original art - this will be your chance. Many of the artists will be there for the evening to talk to."
FREE PRIZES AND GAMES:
The Labyrinth will be handing out over 50 prizes for folks participating in what we call Character Design Face Off's. Here's how it works. We will have two easels set up where two people (one of which can be YOU!) will face off against each other for fun and prizes. They will have to draw a character design on the spot, based on a subject we pick. For example ' Moose in a beaver suit' or 'Troll in an evening gown on fire' and other stupid ideas. The goal is to have fun and laughs - all a while earning prizes for the winners. Winners will be decided by those attending via the sophisticated system we call Applause. You don't have to be an artist to join in the games -so come one, come all and good luck! The silliness will be repeated every 3 minutes - so as many of you can take a turn as possible.
The Labyrinth
386 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Ontario.
416 840 4506
info@thelabyrinthstore.com
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Vancouver Roundup: Inkstuds, et al
:: Posted by Bryan @ 1/22/2008 12:02:00 AM Lots of Inkstuds-related posts around these days:
First, go listen to the latest Inkstuds podcast, featuring Jeet Heer, Dan Nadel, and Tom Spurgeon. The subject is "Comics as Art" (as opposed to what? "Comics as Dirt?" "Comics as Nature?") and aside from late appearances by two of the 3 guests and some laissez faire moderating, it is an fun hour of listening pleasure. Jeet has the summary.
Second, the Inkstuds gallery show opened last Friday. Reports are here, here, here, here, and hereLabels: events, exhibits, pod casts
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Friday, January 18, 2008
Tonite: Insktuds Opening
:: Posted by Bryan @ 1/18/2008 12:01:00 AM 
Celebrating 2 years of the Inkstuds podcast, an exhibit of comic art at the Jem gallery in Vancouver. It starts tonight with an opening party.
Be sure to swing by for the art show opening on Friday, January 18th. The show features artwork from the following local comic folks:
Phil Barrett, Marc Bell, Joseph Bergin III, Jordyn Bochon, David Boswell, Robin Bougie, Ed Brisson, Rebecca Dart, Ted Dave, Sean Esty, Gareth Gaudin, Pia Guerra, Don King, Robin Konstabaris, George Metzger, Mike Myhre , Julian Lawrence, Miriam Libicki, James Lloyd, Steve Rolston, Ron Turner, Jason Turner and Colin Upton.Labels: art show, events, exhibits, Vancouver
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Thursday, January 17, 2008
Thursday Links: Important Comics News
:: Posted by Bryan @ 1/17/2008 12:10:00 AM 
The latest issue of Menushell is out.
The latest issue of Comicopia is out.
The BDAng imprint of Conundrum Press is profiled in this article from THIS magazine.
Jay Stephen's long-awaited "Lost" Teen Titans Annual is now out.
600 thousand people have visited the Tintin exhibit at the Museum of Civilization.(via Michel Viau)
Vampira, R.I.P.Labels: bd, exhibits, fanzines, floppies, graphic novels, U.S. superhero franchises
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Tonite: Julie Morstad MILK TEETH Book Launch
:: Posted by Bryan @ 12/11/2007 12:15:00 AM 
Lucky's Comics in Vancouver is hosting the launch of MILK TEETH, by Julie Morstad, part of the Drawn and Quarterly Petits Livres series of small art books.
Tuesday, December 11th, 6:00 PM
Book launch and etchings on display
Lucky's Comics
3972 Main Street
Vancouver, BC
Milk Teeth is a collection of illustrations by Vancouver artist Julie Morstad. Morstad spins fairy tales infused with dreamlike innocence and a touch of the macabre. Milk Teeth's universe, populated by animals, flowers, peculiar objects and disembodied heads, has a sensibility reminiscent of Marcel Dzama's surreal drawings, Jeffrey Eugenides' haunting novel The Virgin Suicides, and Peter Weir's classic film Picnic at Hanging Rock. See a preview at the D+Q site here.
Morstad is a 2004 graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design. She has done illustrations for The Globe & Mail, Warner Brothers Records, Bust, and The Walrus. Her work has been shown in galleries, featured on the cover of Neko Case's 2006 album Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, and developed into a line of patterned wallpapers with a distinctive nostalgic quality. Morstad lives and works in Vancouver and divides her time between drawing, illustration, animation and design.
Lucky's Comics: 604.875.9858
D+Q: 514.279.0691Labels: book launches, events, exhibits, graphic novels, publishing, Vancouver
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Thursday, December 06, 2007
more mature comic books
:: Posted by Bryan @ 12/06/2007 12:30:00 AM - Big changes may be afoot for the Joe Shuster Awards, Kevin Boyd hints at his blog. These may include venue, sponsor and rule changes. Boyd is one of the organizers behind the awards and his recent move away from the award's previous host Paradise may have prompted some movement. Also, check out what Kevin has to say about the so-called Bronze Age of comics (basically, U.S. comic books from the 1970s).
- Faith Erin Hicks is profiled by hometown paper The Halifax Daily News about her graphic novel, Zombies Calling: ""When I was a kid, I really wanted to be a journalist like Tintin," she said, referring to the popular European comic-book character, created before the Second World War. When she grew a little older, Hicks began to read more mature comic books, such as Bone."
- The Post's book guy Robert Wiersema refers to something called "graphica" before reviewing some of the more popular U.S.-published genre comics of recent times.
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
Thirsty Thursday
:: Posted by Bryan @ 11/29/2007 03:00:00 AM 
- Perro Verlag Books by Artists will be at Toque, the Western Front's Christmas Craft Fair. We will have Hell Passports galore (21 completed in the 24 volume series!) as well as other exciting and insightful artists' books, original gocco print postcards and exquisite small notebooks.The fair runs Friday, November 30th, 6-9 pm and Saturday, December 1st. 11-4pm at the Western Front, 303 East 8th Ave, Vancouver. Also launching: Ben L Jacques' Hell Passport Volume 4, and Robert Pederson's Hell Passport Preamble on Saturday December 8 at Lucky's Comics, 3972 Main Street, Vancouver @8pm. Featuring an evening of music and animation projections.
- Renaissance man Ty Templeton talks to the Laurier student nerspaper about a gallery show featuring his 2002 graphic novel Bigg Time.
- BogTO's Jenny reports on the closing of the IMaid cafe, Toronto's first cosplay eatery, and ponders the reason for the closure. My take? Maybe the food sucked.
Labels: awards, charity, exhibits, Global Links, graphic novels, interviews
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Friday, November 09, 2007
Friday Links
:: Posted by Bryan @ 11/09/2007 10:06:00 AM 
Exhibits/Events:
- Toronto Sun policart Andy Donato is part of a group show at the Kipling Gallery. Mondo Italiano showcases the paintings of local Italian-Canadian artists.
- Roxboro Library (110 Cartier St., Montreal) exhibits Benoit Laverdiere, illustrator and cartoonist --until Nov. 30. For more information, call 514 684-8247.
- Also in Montreal, beginning Monday November 12, original art exhibit at Studio 9, from the collection of Martin Desroches comes work by Milton Caniff, Berke Breathed, Gene Colan, Dan Decarlo, Tony Millionaire, Raymond Poivet, Bill Ward, and more. 5835 Saint-Hubert. (info@studio9cs.com 514-272-6043. 7pm.
- Jody Haucke and Chris Maxwell, owners of Ottawa's The Comic Book Shoppe on Bank Street, are hosting an art gala for local artists to exhibit their comic art and genre-themed work.
- via Drawn, the exquisite illustration and toys of Gary Taxali are on display in Chicago.
Reviews
- Pascal Blanchet's White Rapids reviewed in the National Post.
Interviews/New Books
- Megan Stewart interviews graphic memoirist Sarah Leavitt about her new book, My Mom Got Sick and Died, the story of her mother's experience of Alzheimer's.
- Jennifer Contino interviews Jay Stephens, who has travelled back in time to work with the legendary U.S. superhero scribe Bob Haney on Teen Titans: The Lost Annual.
- CBC Arts profiles Ann Marie Fleming, who has created a collage graphic novel about the life of her great-grandfather, Vaudeville magician Long Tac Sam, based on her award-winning 2003 film.
Retailing
- Quillblog's Derek Weiler roundsup recent news about how booksellers are dealing with the strong loonie. One reaction involves "variable discounting," which sounds like a way of averaging out wild price differences at the wholesale end of things.
- Related: a Canadian blogger reflects on recent changes to the cover prices of Marvel and DC comic books
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
More D+Q Store Goodness
:: Posted by Bryan @ 10/24/2007 12:39:00 AM 
Brad Mackay returns from Montreal with some pics of the D+Q Store opening. The store looks very nice, with a mix of classic comics collectibles and original books and art from some of the best living cartoonists.Labels: comics retailers, comicshoptalk, events, exhibits, Montreal
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Monday, October 22, 2007
RVIBDG
:: Posted by Bryan @ 10/22/2007 12:02:00 AM 
All of the news and reports from the Rendez-vous International de la Bande Dessinee de Gatineau are at the BDQ Forums, including your guide to yesterday's panel discussion: "Are you a Franquin or an Herge?" This is one of the bigger comics events in Canada, with a very unique personality and international (albeit largely unilingual) focus.
1. Sunday schedule.
2. Photo
3. Saturday
plus:
Voir.ca
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Transmission-X Meet & Greet Art Show October 21
:: Posted by max @ 10/18/2007 12:18:00 AM 
Co:Ramon Perez via facebook
"More fun than an idiot yeti investigating his grandfather's death in a seaside town"
For the month of October, Insomnia is displaying work from local comic art collective Transmission-X. TX is the brainchild of a group of Toronto-based career illustrators who are currently creating serialized graphic novels, available for free on the web at transmission-x.com. Come in and see a sampling of the comics, and on Sunday October 21st, from 7pm - 2am, we invite you to attend the Insomnia/TX party, where you can socialize with the artists, see more artwork, and watch a video presentation of TX:TV, the internet broadcast documenting the creative process behind Transmission-X.
Sunday, October 21, 7:00pm to 2:00am | | Toronto, ON | |
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Friday Links
:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/14/2007 04:30:00 AM 1. (via Tom Spurgeon) Kathryn Immonen and Stuart Immonen are interviewed by Chris Arrant at Newsarama on the occasion of their Patsy Walker/Hellcat (Heelcat?) miniseries for Marvel.
2. Guy Delisle Exhibit: Sept 15 - Oct 15 --original pages from Shenzhen & Pyongyang at the Chicoutimi library, 155 Racine St. East, Chicoutimi, Quebec.
3. Dave Sim reads the Bible on youtube.Labels: exhibits, international, links
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
...And Other Stories
:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/12/2007 12:33:00 AM PEI's Confederation Centre for the Arts hosts an exhibit of comics and book illustration called "..and other stories" from September 9 to December 10. The exhibit features the work of Troy Little, Charmaine Wheatley, Seth, Marc Gallant and Robert Harris.
Troy Little is the cartoonist behind the graphic novel Chiascuro, scheduled for an October release by IDW.
Charmaine Wheatley has created a watercolour graphic novel called Beau Fleuve, The Heart of North America. It is also scheduled for October.
In 1900, renowned Island portrait painter Robert Harris illustrated "A semi-detached house ... and other stories" by John Tri-Davies. Both were founding members of Montreal's Pen and Pencil Club in 1890, which included many prominent Canadian writers, painters and musicians. On display will be many of Harris' original illustrations and copies of the original book. Labels: events, exhibits, graphic novels, publishing
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Monday, September 03, 2007
Art Show: Kamikaze
:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/03/2007 02:17:00 AM KAMIKAZE
September 4th to September 30th 2007
Opening Thursday September 6th 5hPM to 11hPM
USINE 106U
111 Roy E.
514-728-9349
USINE 106U delicately invites you to the opening of the explosive exhibition KAMIKAZE presenting the artworks of 26 visual artists: Mark Prent, Eric Braun, La puce a l'agonie, Mimi Traillette, Jean-Michel Cholette, Away, Yves Milet-Desfougeres, Daniel Erban , Serge De
Cotret, Nathalie Lacombe, Guy Boutin, Stuart Rae, Argonacon, Ron Simon, Sweet Grognasse, Haemi Kim, Nicolas Plamondon, Andre Demers, Cannibal Amical, Jerome Bertrand, Chloe Beaulac, Marc-Andre Nassar, Heather Kim, Maxlks, Florent Veilleux and Jacqueline Deschamps.
Pop-trash paintings, monumental sculptures, kinetic pieces, etchings, original drawings, modified plush toys, surrealist jewelry other fascinating curiosities will take over the space. The exhibition takes place at USINE 106U, 111 Roy E., Montreal from September 4th to September 30th 2007, and the opening will be held on Thursday September 6th 5hPM to
11hPM. Opening hours are Saturday to Wednesday noon to 6hPM , Thursday & Friday from noon to 9hPM.
Mark Prent: The most controversial canadian sculptor of his
generation, known worldwide for his hyper-realist nightmarish
sculptures. He portrays with body molding techniques his inner
visions, without altering the dramatic or emotional charge of the
subject.
Eric Braun: Multidisciplinary artist (painting, sculpture, comics,
etching), publisher of the anthology 106U and founder of USINE 106U.
His graphic universe explores different materials with humor and
lucidity.
La puce a l'agonie: Designer, painter and conceptor, her work in
visual arts focuses on recomposing fragments linked to childhood and
by mass-producing little pink cats.
Mimi Traillette: Cartoonist-photograph and designer, she creates
colorful and entertaining pieces with influences coming from rock &
roll , comics and aquatic depths..
Jean-Michel Cholette: His acrylic paintings are guided by an
inspiration tapping intoPop Surrealism, lowbrow art and fantasy
illustration. His cybernetic creatures and dislocated architectures
take place in an aesthetic combining influences from science-fiction,
ancient religious symbols, litterature and old family portraits.
Away: Founder and drummer for the legendary band Voivod, also painter
ans illustrator, his artwork is distinctive for its fusion between an
apocalyptical vision and a more classical crosshatching technique
Yves Milet-Desfougeres: Well-known french etching artist and painter,
he explores symbolical themes with his ethereal landscapes haunted by
hallucinatory visions. Member of the surrealists in the 60', he built
his monumental carreer and is known of a handful of European
collectors.
Daniel Erban: Brut artist to the core and mathematician, his oversize
ink drawings on red paper are complex and decadent, translating by a
transgressive gestual a dark and shocking universe, not without a
certain humor.
Guy Boutin: Painter and cartoonist, he masters in multicolored raw
representations of his graphic imaginary between comics and graffiti
art.
Stuart Rae: Sculptor and designer of dental jewelery, he masters in
the sharpness of stylised minimal shapes, while taking the challenge
of rendering aesthetic parasite subjects and human remains.
Serge De Cotret: Painter and photographer, his figurative work dwells
its inspiration mainly in religious thematics and in the shadowy
corners of the Eros.
Nathalie Lacombe : Visionary painter, her artwork juxtaposes
plastician luminous explorations with actualised symbolist icons.
Argonacon: Dynamic visual artist, his silkscreens and drawings
superimpose stylised realistic patterns with symbolic compositions in
a minimal and refreshing way.
Ron Simon : Photographer and numeric artist, his works present a rich
contraste between textured organic papers and his sensual
semi-funerary numeric momifications.
Sweet Grognasse: A colorful visual artist, she works in graphic design
and creates paintings, silkscreen and textiles in the tradition of
pop-art.
Haemi Kim : Classically trained korean painter, she shows a skillfull
master of technique through a symbolist oniric vision.
Nicolas Plamondon: Young illustrator and cartoonist, he masters in
macabre humor with a remarquable finesse. His imagery invocates death
and childhood.
Andre Demers: Painter, he persues an artistic direction since ten
years. Using strictly acrylic paint, he proposes a personal
iconography full of cynism. He is influences by several artistic
currents, although his work is caracteristic of Pop-Art as well as
Op-Art.
Cannibal Amical: Painter, the inside and outside of the human body
come to light like many broken mirrors in her sentimentally extremist
artwork. Blue-skinned girls are submitted to infamous tortures in a
cardboard box universe where inner pain is always very picturesque
Jerome Bertrand: Illustrator , painter and sculptor craving for
research on human psyche, contemplatig an oniric future vowed to
excess.
Chloe Beaulac: Painter and silkscreen artist, her vivifying artwork
explores intricate compositions through patterns inspired from pop
iconography.
Marc-André Nassar: Effervescent visual artist , his complex drawings
are composed of fragments from the subconscious, translating through a
great richness of textures the interior essence.
Heather Kim: Young korean artist, her artistic vision explores through
freehand line drawings an introspective poetic mindscape.
Maxlks : Painter and graffiti artist ,his colorful and chaotic
compositions depict urban alienation throufh a constant research of
new plastic forms.
Florent Veilleux: Kinetic sculptor and pataphysician, his monumental
installations in motion have brought him international acclaim. The
justness of his commentary as well as the absurdities of reality are
depicted with a lot of humor.
Jacqueline Deschamps: Visual artist, she sculpts matter with a sewing
machine needle. Her ceramic miniature figures are true caricatures.
Her creative universe is playful, humoristic, and reaches back to the
world of childhood. She collaborates with Florent Veilleux who
sometimes builds her animated bases.
Contact: Eric Braun (514)728-9349
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Monday, August 06, 2007
Playing Doctor with Shannon Gerard and Stef Lenk - Tuesday, Aug 7
:: Posted by max @ 8/06/2007 05:49:00 PM  Playing Doctor
with Shannon Gerard and Stef Lenk
Books! Games! DJs! Crocheted Genitalia!
Oh yes, and a comic books launch.
The latest installment of Stef Lenk's graphic novel The Details, Part 3: the Haircut, & Shannon Gerard's brilliant comic of hope and frailty: HUNG no. 3. will be launching at the Gladstone on August 7th.
"Come find out what my bizarre little tales have to do with a life-size and fully functioning Operation gameboard." - Stef Lenk.
Along with HUNG, Shannon Gerard is also launching the BOOBS & DINKS Early Detection Kits: consider these two words: Plush! Privates!
Come see the film presentation of models examining their bits for a public audience. Afterwards, groove and loiter with our post event DJs, When J(G)ens Go Bad, a super cute DJ duo in matching outfits. You'll want to squeeze them too.
Last but not least, leading up to and after the launch, The artists have an installation of related work in the Art Window at Pages. Stop by 256 Queen Street West to see it between August 3rd and 17th.
Both wiil be selling their books at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival as well.
Doors at 8! Free!!WOOHOO!
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Friday, July 27, 2007
Everett Soop Exhibit
:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/27/2007 12:01:00 AM The life and work of Everett Soop, an aboriginal cartoonist who co-founded the Kainai News newspaper, is featured in a new exhibit at University of Calgary's Nickel Arts Museum. According to the U of C's Gauntlet,
Soop used humor to point out social ills and to suggest things needed to be changed. From the time of his youth Soop lived with muscular dystrophy. As his disease progressed Soop focused less on journalism and became more of an activist in the aboriginal disabilities community and was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal posthumously in 2001.
Nickel Arts Museum
2500 University Dr. N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
403-220-7234
July 6 to Sept 29Labels: events, exhibits, political cartooning
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
The Other MOCCA
:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/12/2007 06:01:00 AM NOW Magazine on a new exhibit at MOCCA, The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art:
Long-time favourite Fiona Smyth has provided a glass display case of her comics as well as a wall of thumb-tacked originals, highlighting her uncanny and lovely mutating girl figures.
LOVE/HATE: NEW CROWNED GLORY IN THE G.T.A.
at MOCCA
952 Queen West
416-395-0067
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Salgood for Sale
:: Posted by Bryan @ 7/11/2007 06:00:00 AM Sequential's own Salgood Sam has some art for sale south of the border:
I have some original pieces of art going up for exhibit and sale this weekend in San Francisco @ mamabuzz cafe for the Everything Kitchen Sink show there -- it's a formal send off for the defunct art and culture magazine I contributed to over the last 4 years. Here's the info and links about the show and jpgs of the art. Labels: events, exhibits, links
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Friday, June 08, 2007
Cinetix Exhibit
:: Posted by Bryan @ 6/08/2007 12:19:00 AM An art exhibit featuring some bedeists. In Montreal, I think.
CINETIX
June 3rd to June 30th 2007
Opening Thursday June 7th 5PM to 11PM
USINE 106U
111 Roy E.
514-728-9349
From the press release:
USINE 106U is pleased to invite you to the opening of the monumental
exhibition CINETIX presenting the artworks of 23 visual artists: Mark
Prent, Eric Braun, La puce a l'agonie, Mimi Traillette, Jean-Michel
Cholette, Florent Veilleux, Yves Milet-Desfougeres, Daniel Erban ,
Jean Pronovost, Arthur Desmarteaux, Allison Moore, Hollie Dzama ,
Lilitu Travaglini, Sam Kerson, Serene Daoud, Pedro Espinel-Ruiz,
Edwardspider, Iris, Marc-André Nassar, Stuart Rae, Joe Bebel, Louise
Markus et Guy Boutin. Photosensible paintings, machiavelical and
kinetic sculptures, etchings, watercolors, modified plush toys,
silkscreens, collages, oversized drawings and other stupefying
figurative pieces shall multiply on all surfaces of the space. The
exhibition takes place at USINE 106U, 111 Roy E. from June 3rd to
June 30th 2007, and the opening will be held on Thursday June 7th from
5hPM to 11hPM. Opening hours are Saturday to Wednesday noon to 6hPM ,
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
2 Reactions to the Comic Craze Show
:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/31/2007 12:01:00 AM While Sequential's hesitations about the Comics Craze show currently running in Montreal have been duly noted (artists whose books are on display were not contacted or credited), it's interesting to read these two reviews of the show, both from the Quebec weekly The Suburban.
The first discusses how teenage readers are responding to the comics in the show and the second laments the use of the space, The Liane and Danny Taran Gallery of the Saidye Bronfman Centre, for the show since it is the last show ever for the gallery before it closes for good. Alternatives suggested are something along the lines of the Masters of American Comics in New York or maybe something about the Holocaust:
In an unfitting ending to a gallery that has been in existence for more than 40 years, the Liane and Danny Taran Gallery of the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts closes with a whimper rather than a bang with its final exhibition Comic Craze, which ends June 3.
Creating an interior maze of basically black and white tubes and inserting them with a mishmash of non-indexed Canadian French and English-language comic books does not make for an art exhibition. This stuff belongs in a library, not an art gallery.
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Sunday, May 27, 2007
Carousel #21 Launch in Montreal @ My Hero Gallery
:: Posted by max @ 5/27/2007 10:09:00 AM Co:Mark Laliberte
 The new issue of CAROUSEL {#21} is set to launch, and we've chosen Montreal as our debut city!
Indeed, a number of Montrealers are in the new issue (Daniel Erban, Shawn Kuruneru, Billy Mavreas to name a few), and a good opportunity to collaborate with a few of our showcased artists came up recently: Shawn Kuruneru and Jesse Harris (along with their pal Jimmy Limit) have a 3-person show opening at the beginning of June at My Hero Gallery called 'Shangri-Lost II'; CAROUSEL will be kindly sharing the stage at this event... we'll have the new issue available hot off the press. It's sure to be an excellent show!
Carousel #21 / magazine launch
(in collaboration with Shangri-Lost II art exhibition)
........Friday June 01, 8pm
@ My Hero Gallery
3655 St. Laurent Blvd, #206 / Montreal, QC
CAROUSEL 21 : Highlights + Contents
Comics:
Lorenz Peter Dr. Ultra: On the Beat
James Provost
Ethan Rilly Son of a Gun
Art:
Dearraindrop
Daniel Erban Portfolio
Jesse Harris
Shawn Kuruneru
Mark Laliberte
Billy Mavreas
Jason McLean
Paper Machete Portfolio
Luke Ramsey
Balint Zsako
Fiction:
Mike Freeman Man of Action with Life-like Hair
Joelle Renstrom What's Missing from the Internet
Interview:
a long interview with Dearraindrop by Mark Laliberte
Poetry:
Anne Baldo Aidan; Give it Up
Allan Briesmaster Enceladus '06; Solarities
Mono Brown Creak
Mike Freeman Ode to Wile E. Coyote
Andreas Gripp His and Hers
Emma Kidd Cows Eat Children
Sorouja Moll Small Gods
Joelle Renstrom Variations on a Second Head
Sandra Ridley Off the Highway; Variation on Last Summer
Antranik Tchalekian Ghost Through Me; Dream of Flying
Anne Walters A Folkshine Fable
http://www.myherogallery.ca
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
Thierry Labrosse Exhibit
:: Posted by Bryan @ 5/17/2007 12:00:00 AM 
Cartoonist and pin-up artist extraordinaire Thierry Laborsse has an exhibit of his work at Gallery Attakus in Montreal, May 10-July 30, in Montreal. The exhibit coincides with the publication of Labrosse's album, Morea, Volume 5.
Gallerie Attakus
5333 Casgrain Ave (Suite 603) Montreal Quebec H2T1X3
Lundi au Vendredi de 12h à 18h
Tel : 514 271 5218
Fax : 514 271 3757
infos@america.attakus.com
(thanks to Le-Bedenaute-en-chef)Labels: bd, exhibits
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