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Jack Ruttan at the Montreal Comic ConThe Montreal Comic Con had it's December one day event this past Sunday. Despite plans to attend i missed it, but local writer and cartoonist Jack Ruttan [utopiamoment.ca] was there and has uploaded another impressive set of interviews and photos. We've collected the video into a playlist you wan watch bellow, along with the slide show of photos bellow that. Read Jack's musings about it on his site here. "Didn't I just do one of these in September? And then there was Expozine last month. So, many of these artist seemed like old friends. It was fun brandishing around my little Lumix DMC-FS3 and talking to artists. Sound was a little off (and some interviews are in French), but I think things are audible if you turn up the volume." In the playlist appears Convention organizers Oscar and Elizabeth. Eric Theriault, Isabelle Stephen, Michel Lacombe, Sid Vane and Gloria, Patrick Langlois, Troma, Jimmy Suzan, Fred Mahieu, Steph Dumais, Noumier Tawilah, Jipi McCloud, And Janardan. Labels: conventions, events, interviews, Montreal, photos, Quebec, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The C-List: Happy Birthday Inkstuds! ![]() Gotta bust out a C-List! "Inkstuds, Expozine, Jesse Jacobs, ohmy!" Item: The Inkstuds podcast celebrates 4 years (!) with a Seth interview. Congratulations to Robin McConnell and friends, and here's to 4 more years, and many more! Item: Blogger and cartoonist Jack Ruttan recorded interviews at Expozine with some of the bright lights of Canadian comics. He's posted them with notes on his blog here and here, and we've created a playlist/player of them in sequence here. Item: Sequential's own Salgood Sam was briefly at Expozine as well. He shot and edited a short doc of the event around 4pm to 5pm of the last day. Item: A good large flickr photo set cataloging zine prints buttons and art books predominantly in a minimalist & cute style. The rare blue Mermacorn is the invention of probably this years youngest exhibitor, Jasper! Posted by Montreal designer Janice Wong.Item: And rounding out the visual record of Expozine 2009 so far is an excellent set of 111 photos by Montreal Photographer Camille McOuat. The last one of Billy is perfect. Item: Vancouver cartoonist Doug Fraser has designed an Absolut Vodka bottle just in time for the Olympics. Item: Webcomics writer Ryan Sohmer in Montreal. As well, Sohmer and his "Least I Can Do" collaborator Lar DeSouza have announced a webcomics scholarship at the Vermont Center for Cartoon Studies. Item: Another profile of Jesse Jacobs! He's on a run! Item: Stuart Immonen has announced that the free webcomics serialization of his collaborations with his wife Kathryn have been pirated and that future online comics by the couple are in doubt. There is further comment here and many comments by others elsewhere. The latest collab, Moving Pictures, is due out in Mat 2010 from Top Shelf. Item: Canadian comics historian, blogger, humourist, erstwhile Sequential contributor, and scriptwriter on the perils of maintaining 4 blogs while writing animation scripts for a living. Item: The DC/Warner vs Disney/Marvel war is really heating up. Alarmed at the massive build-up of Canadian superheroes by Marvel, and with only one of their own DC plans to fire back by adding a Canadian to the Outsiders, previously a 1980s superhero team based in Batman's Gotham City. (Thanks to reader Maddy B for the tip!) Item: Jeet Heer on Marx/Barks and Tomine/Oliveros. Labels: blogosphere, British Columbia, C-List, capes, comics history, Expozine, Montreal, new books, pod casts, U.S. superhero franchises, Vancouver, video, webcomics - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Wednesday, September 02, 2009 FanExpo 4 Co: Patrick Berube; Been slow to post this, crazy town here at HQ! My fridge started blowing fusses! Got these links the other day, Two vids with more to come promises Patrick Berube, Comic Book Bin's new editor. Andy Doan & Herve St-Louis took a camera to the Expo this year. First a discussion with James Armstrong, the giant brain behind the machine. They talk mostly about the growth of the event, and how it's effected what they do. There's a bunch more posted in the last 4 days here that look to be from the FanExpo, pretty good though a bit more info and links to their work in the descriptions would be nice. Looking around i found more vids too. A nice little how too with Roger Corman! ...And a talk with Walter Koenig... If you want more, check this page for the cosplay all kinds of fun. Labels: events, fanexpo 2009, interviews, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, August 21, 2009 Dave Lapp Video: Artheart at Regent ParkArtheart at Regent Park, featuring Dave Lapp. Lapp's Drop-IN graphic memoir was based largely on his experiences at Regent Park. Labels: graphic novels, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, June 25, 2009 Live Chat with Seth on CBC TodayGraphic Novel month continues at the Canada Reads CBC Book Club. Host Hannah Sung (you remember her from the New Music) has been interviewing folks like crazy for their top 10 graphic novel recommendations. The other day it was Sean Jordan at Toronto's Silver Snail. Today is Peter from the Beguiling. Peter's #1 rec, George Sprott by Seth, leads to a live online chat today with Seth at 2pm ET. Full details here. Many people may be unaware that Seth actually can use a computer --here's your chance to quiz him about megahertz and facebook and stuff like that. Labels: graphic novels, pod casts, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Saturday, June 20, 2009 Hugues Labiano @ chez Planete BD ![]() Singing with Hugues LabianoSaturday, July 4, 2009 2:00pm - 4:00pm Planete BD 3883 St-Denis Montreal, QC Facebook event page and found a clip about the work too... Labels: international, Montreal, Quebec, singing, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Monday, April 13, 2009 King TrailerI guess they do this for all books now. A video trailer for the European edition (Ponent) if Ho Che Anderson's King graphic bio: Labels: video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Friday, March 27, 2009 Fiona Smyth - The Wilding - A portrait of her recent exhibition "The Wilding" at Galerie Monastiraki in Montreal Labels: art show, exhibits, Montreal, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, February 12, 2009 Batman Returns to CanadaI saw it on Jimmy Kimmel, so it must be true. Batman got beat up in Hollywood and so is returning to Canada. From the LA Times:
bonus: Nacho Libre gets beaten up while Batman looks on Labels: cosplay, U.S. superhero franchises, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, February 05, 2009 Pohadky book launch and talk Marek Colek & Pat Shewchuk of Tin Can Forest talk about their work Shot Friday, November 28th 2008 @ the Drawn & Quarterly Store by Salgood Sam. http://tincanforest.com http://www.drawnandquarterly.com http://www.salgoodsam.com/m Labels: book launches, drawings, events, events links, Montreal, Quebec, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 1comments - Monday, November 10, 2008 Sean Ward, man of a million hats, is getting back into the comics thing Counter to the popular notion that you have to be a neurotic introvert to play with funny books, Sean Ward proves you can be a sparkling super geek with good taste in cloths.Makes me all fuzzy inside! Go Sean go! For a while the Media thing has been keeping him busy but seems he's been hearing the call of his markers! He's working on some new characters and stuff; check it out, and let a little enthusiasm rub off on you. Also he posted links to these cool videos. One is a short City tv interview, and the other is a short profile on Sean and how he does his 'thang'. Laugh if you will but the guy has parlayed all this into late night tv appearances, so..... Labels: comics on tv, Ontario, people, small press, Toronto, video, zine fair, zines - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, November 06, 2008 Comic Book Syndicate A Windsor Ontario based comics review cable show. Labels: comics on tv, Ontario, reviews, video, windsor - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, March 13, 2008 In Other NewsXtra profiles Zdenky Burkhardt and Jody Jollimore, the creators of Vick Vancouver, an interactive youtube video series inspired by graphic novels like Maus. Xtra also interviews Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, creators of the Skim graphic novel. Publishers Weekly interviews Jeff Lemire about his Essex County trilogy of graphic novels and the importance of hockey to a cartoonist growing up near Detroit. Johanna Draper Carlson reports on DC matching their Canadian cover price to the U.S. price. As one of her comments notes (and as Sequential noted awhile ago), this is mostly an anticlimactic move, as most Canadian retailers have been selling U.S. comic books at par since late last year. Labels: British Columbia, comics retailers, dollar, graphic novels, Vancouver, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Thursday, November 08, 2007 Bestsellers & Lynn Johnston VidFor you to view: a short doc from CBC's The National about Lynn Johnston wherein Canada's most famous cartoonist sounds off on her career, life, and work. Johnston, whose latest book is currently #4 on the Amazon.ca graphic novel bestseller list (#240 overall) certainly has had an interesting year and this tiny piece of video may temporarily satiate the many For Better or For Worse-watchers who are waiting on her next move. Speaking of bestseller lists, it's been awhile since Sequential has checked in with the online sellers to try and gauge what the folks are reading. Amazon.ca breaks down the comics and graphic novel list by category (GNs, manga, etc) as well as having a general overall list. The bestsellers of the moment are fairly predictable if you follow the media hype for comics at all, with titles like Buffy, Stephen King's Dark Tower, The Complete Peanuts, Fruits Basket and Naruto dominating the list. Some surprises, like the Perry Bible Fellowship collection (currently #3), keep the list interesting. As for Can-con, aside from a few work-for-hire U.S. imports like Tek Jansen and Y: The Last Man, you have to go pretty far down the list before you find a graphic novel by a Canadian creator (that would be Dramacon 3 by Svetlana Chmakova, currently available for pre-order and ranked at #78). At the opposite end of the spectrum, two lists published by a smaller Canadian retailer yield two extremely different yet interesting results. Montreal's Fichtre, specializing in French-language and Quebec bd, has a monthly and year-to-date top 15 list chock full of indie books and Quebec cartoonists like Michel Rabagliati and Jimmy Beaulieu. However, by far the most comprehensive list of retail graphic novel sales in Canada comes from Bookmanager. An industry standard, their full list just goes on and on, but here are the top 50 strip collections & graphic novels in Canada, as of November 8:1. Senior's Discount: A For Better or For Worse Collection Lynn Johnston Andrews McMeel Publishing 2. Naruto Vol. 21 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Frances Wall Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 3. Naruto Vol. 19 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Frances Wall Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 4. Schulz and Peanuts (Hardcover) David Michaelis Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers 5. Naruto Vol. 20 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Frances Wall Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 6. Tsubasa 15: Reservoir Chronicle (Paperback) Clamp Publisher: Random House Publishing Group 7. Garfield Goes Bananas: His 44th Book (Paperback) Jim Davis Publisher: Random House Publishing Group 8. The Far Side ® Scared Silly: 2008 Desk Calendar (Calendar) Gary Larson Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing 9. Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: A Triple Helping of Classic GARFIELD Humor Vol 3 (Paperback) Jim Davis Publisher: Random House Publishing Group 10. Naruto Vol. 24 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Frances Wall Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 11. Bleach Vol. 21 (Paperback) Tite Kubo Frances Wall Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 12. Kitchen Princess 4 (Paperback) Natsumi Ando Miyuki Kobayashi Publisher: Random House Publishing Group 13. Naruto, Volume 1: Vol. 1 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 14. Naruto Vol. 22 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Frances Wall Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 15. And When She Opened the Closet, All the Clothes Were Polyest: A FoxTrot Collection (Paperback) Bill Amend Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing 16. Naruto Vol. 23 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Frances Wall Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 17. The Far Side ® Scared Silly: 2008 Wall Calendar (Calendar) Gary Larson Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing 18. Teaching: Is a Learning Experience! (Paperback) Lynn Johnston Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing 19. Fruits Basket 17 (Paperback) Natsuki Takaya Publisher: Tokyopop 20. Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (Hardcover) David & Furth Peter David Robin Furth Publisher: Diamond Book Distribution 21. Alternative Zits: A Zits Treasury (Paperback) Jim Borgman Jerry Scott Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing 22. Death Note, Volume 1 (Paperback) Tsugumi Ohba Takeshi Obata Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 23. Vampire Knight, Volume 1 (Paperback) Matsuri Hino Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 24. Vampire Knight, Vol. 3 (Paperback) Matsuri Hino Megan Bates Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 25. Psycho Busters 1 (Paperback) Akinari Nao Yuya Aoki Publisher: Random House Publishing Group 26. Bleach, Volume 1 (Paperback) Tite Kubo Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 27. Garfield Blots Out the Sun: His 43rd book (Paperback) Jim Davis Publisher: Random House Publishing Group 28. Dark Hunger (Paperback) Christine Feehan Publisher: Berkley Publishing TRD 29. Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 1 (Paperback) Hiromu Arakawa Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 30. Naruto, Volume 13 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 31. Naruto Vol 14 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 32. Death Note, Volume 4 (Paperback) Tsugumi Ohba Takeshi Obata Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 33. Fruits Basket 1 (Paperback) Natsuki Takaya Publisher: Tokyopop 34. Garfield Fat Cat 3-Pack: A triple helping of classic Garfield humor (Paperback) Jim Davis Publisher: Random House Publishing Group 35. Death Note, Volume 2 (Paperback) Tsugumi Ohba Takeshi Obata Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 36. Death Note, Volume 8 (Paperback) Tsugumi Ohba Takeshi Obata Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 37. Spy vs. Spy 2: The Joke and Dagger Files (Paperback) David Shayne J Abrams Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications 38. Justice (Hardcover) Jim Kreuger Alex Ross Doug Braithwaite Publisher: DC Comics 39. Simpsons 2008 Fun Calendar (Calendar) Matt Groening Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers 40. 30 Days of Night (Paperback) Steve Niles Ben Templesmith Publisher: Idea & Design Works Llc {IDESN} 41. Asterix and the Falling Sky (Paperback) Albert Uderzo Anthea Bell Publisher: Orion 42. Naruto, Volume 2: Vol. 2 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 43. The Far Side ® Scared Silly: 2008 Mini Wall Calendar (Calendar) Gary Larson Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing 44. Trivial Simpsons 2008 366 Day Calendar (Calendar) Matt Groening Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers 45. Naruto, Volume 3: Vol. 3 (Paperback) Masashi Kishimoto Publisher: VIZ Media LLC 46. Fruits Basket 2 (Paperback) Natsuki Takaya Yuya Aoki Publisher: Tokyopop 47. Chibi Vampire 5 (Paperback) Yuna Kagesaki Publisher: Tokyopop 48. Shortcomings (Hardcover) Adrian Tomine Publisher: Drawn & QuarterlyShortcomings (Hardcover) 49. Fruits Basket 4 (Paperback) Natsuki Takaya Yuya Aoki Publisher: Tokyopop 50. Bleach, Volume 16 (Paperback) Tite Kubo Publisher: VIZ Media LLC Labels: bestsellers, BookManager, comic strips, comics retailers, graphic novels, Lynn Johnston, Quebec, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Saturday, September 29, 2007 A Comicbook Orange does the Montreal Comic ConPulp Secret show A Comicbook Orange covered the recent Montreal Comic Con. Features Mark Texeira, Rich Buckler and Yanick Paquette. Labels: can-con, cartoon reportage, comics on tv, conventions, events, international, Montreal, pod casts, Quebec, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Tuesday, September 04, 2007 Jamie Coville on TCAF & FanExpo, Part One.Okay, I lied. According to this email from Jamie Coville, there is more FanExpo goodness still to come: For CollectorTimes.com I have my full written TCAF report, which Labels: conventions, events, pod casts, Toronto, video - Stumble It! - Leave a comment!| 0comments - Archive by Region Alberta - British Columbia - Calgary - Gatineau - Halifax - Moncton - Montreal - New Brunswick - Newfoundland - Nova Scotia - Ontario - PEI - Quebec - Saskatchewan - Saskatoon - Toronto - Vancouver - Victoria - Winnipeg - Archive by Month August 2002 - September 2002 - October 2002 - November 2002 - December 2002 - January 2003 - February 2003 - March 2003 - April 2003 - May 2003 - June 2003 - July 2003 - August 2003 - September 2003 - October 2003 - November 2003 - December 2003 - January 2004 - February 2004 - March 2004 - April 2004 - May 2004 - June 2004 - July 2004 - August 2004 - September 2004 - October 2004 - November 2004 - December 2004 - January 2005 - February 2005 - March 2005 - April 2005 - May 2005 - June 2005 - July 2005 - August 2005 - September 2005 - October 2005 - November 2005 - December 2005 - January 2006 - February 2006 - March 2006 - April 2006 - May 2006 - June 2006 - July 2006 - August 2006 - September 2006 - October 2006 - November 2006 - December 2006 - January 2007 - February 2007 - March 2007 - April 2007 - May 2007 - June 2007 - July 2007 - August 2007 - September 2007 - October 2007 - November 2007 - December 2007 - January 2008 - February 2008 - March 2008 - April 2008 - May 2008 - June 2008 - July 2008 - August 2008 - September 2008 - October 2008 - November 2008 - December 2008 - January 2009 - February 2009 - March 2009 - April 2009 - May 2009 - June 2009 - July 2009 - August 2009 - September 2009 - October 2009 - November 2009 - December 2009 - January 2010 - February 2010 - March 2010 - |