20.Apr.2013 Saturday Night: Vancouver Comic Jam
WHEN: Saturday, April 20th, 2013 from 8pm until midnight-ish
WHERE: The Wallflower Modern Diner, 2404 Main St, Vancouver
WHO CAN COME?: Anyone who is of legal drinking age is invited.
HOW MUCH?: No admission fee. There is a $5 minimum purchase per person required by The Wallflower. They provide their full menu to order from and alcohol galore: beer, wine, highballs and shots.
**There will be a gratuity of 18-20% added to all bills because we are a large group**
Bring your own pencils/pens. Paper is provided. If you’re drawing with markers that bleed through paper, be sure to either bring a drawing surface or place extra sheets of paper under the paper you’re drawing on.
17.Mar.2013 C-List: Spokescreature Bun Toons and other fun things
Been a busy week in a busy month in a, well you get the idea. Work on Dream Life still fills my days but not for much longer! And the wheels are up for the Dracula kickstarter on Monday. Busy busy. Glad for the occasional distractions from my friends. Such as these.
Item! COLOSSE NEWS! “SHOCK REVELATION: the new COLOSSUS is called HOUBA PLUS”.
It contains new comics by Catherine Lamontagne-Drolet, Francois Samson-Dunlop, Carlos Vezina, Sara Hache, Sophie Bédard, Tuan Bui, Samantha Leriche-Gionet, David Turgeon, Vincent Giard and Luc Bossé. The limited run collection is dedicated to Mael Rannou.
Item! Gerhard reveals the cover of the Cerebus comic book that Oliver Ho and Sam Noir are contributing to.
Item! Colin Upton would like you to check out his tumblr. He’s posting a great deal of his back catalog there now.
Item! Rick Trembles shared an alternate version of the Motion Picture Purgatory strip he just did for Lech (Born to Lose: The Last Rock & Roll Movie) Kowalski’s new anti-fracking doc, DRILL BABY DRILL: “This is how revolutions start” -director Lech Kowalski
Item! Bernie Mireault has started a tumblr too!
“I plan to show the comic art I’ve done here but for a first post I’d like to put up a collaborative effort put together between 8 Montreal cartoonists years ago for a slick color magazine commemorating the redesign of the Austin Mini automobile, of all things! - I got to color the whole thing as well as contribute a sequence and I think it’s a successful collaboration that deserves to be shown again.”
Item! Andy Belanger got all Artsy on InnerSPACE hanging Shakespeare.
Item! Dave Cooper hanging in New York!
28.Jan.2013 Montreal Comics Jam: January
Tuesday, January 29 2013
7pm to midnight
L’Escalier Montréal
553 rue Sainte-Catherine est, Montreal
Venez gribouiller, discuter, lever le coude et libérer vos énergies créatrices en notre compagnie. Aiguisez-bien vos crayons et vos esprits, on compte sur vous!
An evening of good-humoured drawing, conversation and, incidentally, a wee bit of beverage imbibing.
Bring your artistic weapons of choice, be they your wits or brushes. Preferably both, at least early on..
23.Jan.2013 Ottawa January Comics Jam
first Ottawa Comics Jam of 2013
Why spend a cold winter night drawing alone when you can draw comics in a warm, cozy atmosphere with other artists? Barring a blizzard, the first jam of the year will celebrate SNOW (and the eventual melting of it all…)
Come and experience a comic-making technique called ‘Melting Snow Ball’ where each new panel has one object/character removed from it than the previous panel (applies to text as well.) Thanks to Gérard Bélec for suggesting the new technique!
January ‘Melting Snowball’ Comic Jam
Wednesday, January 30th, 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Shanghai Restaurant
651 Somerset St. W.
Ottawa, ON K1R 5K3
Contact: Suzanne
613.863.8264
ottawacomicjam(at)gmail(dot)com
Paper provided, event cost: free
30.Oct.2012 C-List | the facebook roundup
It seems we all have more time to post casually on FB this past week than on the blog. So here’s a roundup of things that caught the sequential crews’ eye recently…
Item: 7 days left to get on board as a backer for True Patriot!
Item: 3 days left to pre-order Revolver for $10.
Item: Conor McCreery from Kill Shakespeare was on Main Street [halifax cbc radio show] talking about their popular book series and how they came up with the idea.
Item: Frozen Light Comics Presents Canada’s Newest batch of Superheroes for an all ages audience.
Item: Son Of Gothra: A new Indy comic by Fred Kennedy & Jeff Brown, art by Vincent Sunico & Charles Prichett, cover by Kalman Andrasofszky. “Abrax is capture by the feared Imperial General Findalpha and begins his transition from tribal raider to stallion of the arenas. The slave of an Empire in turmoil, Abrax of Gothra must navigate his way through the intrigue of the courts and the violence of the arena.”
Item: Brad Mackay suggests If you’re in the Burlington, Ontario region Friday you should go to this.
Item: Becky Cloonan said : A little preview of Swamp Thing Annual, where we lull you into a false sense of security with all the cute romance. Written by Scott Snyder, out Wednesday. The issue features some bits by her beau, Andy Belanger.
Item: Eugene Zhilinsky said: “We did it! The latest (and already popular!) novel of Editions Tchai – Rock Testament – even better than our pilot version we did last year – it’s twice thicker, printed on better paper and has nicer cover color. This is the whole cinch of printing a big run offset. This book was already presented at TCAF 2012. More in our blog here.”
Item: Mirror Comics posted a preview of MISSION ARIZONA 2 here.
Item: The Drink & Draw Montréal site is seeking new bloggers and content creators.
Item: And speaking of Jams, the Ottawa, Montreal, and Picton Comic jams are coming up. The Toronto comic jam book for September 25, 2012 has been posted here.
Item: La Mauvaise Tête presents “Pinkerton”. by Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau & Francois Samson-Dunlop. Two newly single friends, sleeping away their failures, discover that their troubles have something to do with a nostalgic affection for the music of the 1990s. An album of this period holds their attention in particular. Will they finally overcome his bad influence? Pinkerton was a great success as a zine. A bittersweet comedy about love, music and drunken nights that end around a poutine. The Graphic novel includes an afterword by Nicolas Tittley. 176 pages, black and white. French text. In stores November 2012.
Item: Also, Les recrues de l’année | The rookies of the year. News about the studio of La Mauvaise Tête. A tight crew of talented Montrealers.
Item: NSFW: Rick finally gave in, and has done a brand new Motion Picture Purgatory for Noboru (Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead) Iguchi’s DEAD SUSHI: “How to Get Rid of Vaginal Odor!”
Item: Colin Upton wrote: “I have unleashed my pent-up drawing comics rage! Ah! Finished the art of another new mini-comic, this one the first Famous Bus Rides in more than a decade! This one is drawn on black paper with black, white and grey coloured pencils. It’s the story about being stranded in the urban Hellscape of Columbus, Ohio while being too cheap to take a cab!” One assumes you can acquire the book from here.
Item: Robin McNerdel of Inkstuds said: “Hey, I posted an interview with Michael Deforge. I like that guy, and so should you!”
And that’s not even all of it. We’ve been very active on the Facebook fan page, come check it out, like, and keep up on the latest of Canadian comics!
27.Sep.2012 The C-List : The Facebook editon
Been spending a little more time than ussual on Facebook
the last week, promoting a crowdfunder.
In my spare moments collecting stories that float by
and posting them to our page a lot, here’s the last few days worth…
Item!: Bernie Mireault has posted a great long entry about his attending the latest Montreal Comic Con, and joining the EN MASSE crew there for the weekend. He was a regular at the Montreal Comic Jams over the years, he introduced me to them in fact. Sounds like he had a lot of fun with it. And he’s got photos of George Perezz painting with the EN MASSE crew too! Like Zoro!
Item!: New Snail is open, look forward to checking it out next time i’m in Toronto [been a long time since i had a good reason to be on that part of Young] in the mean time Ty took his kids and got to be the first customers, again!
Item!: Photos of a “drawing concert” with Philippe Girard, Todd Picard, Reine Du Mambo, Mathieu Girard, Fred Lebrasseur and Joe Ollmann!
Item!: J.Torres has been posting notices about contributors to his new comcis antholagy and Indigogo project True Patirot. Here’s linkts to their Facebook Page, and posts about Howard Wong & Adrian Alphona, Tom Fowler, Agnes Garbowska, Jay Stephens, J. Bone, Jack Briglio & Ron Salas, Ramon Perez, Andy B, Scott Chantler, Faith Erin Hicks, and the book itself [1st]. Their funding drive on Indiegogo goes live Monday, October 1st.
Item!: Cameron Stewart has been putting up a lot of new pages of Sin Titulo on a regular bassis latley, I’m way behind. Also a bunch of new pin up sketches too.
Item!: My own little fund raiser goes well, but still the last 3rd to go. Check out the trailer, pitch clip, and perks, and consider supporting it?
30.Jul.2012 St. John’s Comic Jam: Jack Kirby Night
The Monthly Breakdown Comic Jam
Friday, August 3
7pm
Anna Templeton Centre
St. John’s, Newfoundland
Come celebrate the life and work of Jack “King” Kirby with St. John’s comic book community! Please bring any Kirby book you have and feel free to discuss why it’s your favourite Kirby!!! I picked August’s Jam for this event as it is the month of Kirby’s birthday!
Hosted by Wallace Ryan & Paul Tucker. The Breakdown Comic Jam is sponsored by Downtown Comics, the “Best Place to Buy a Comic in St. John’s” (according to the Scope).
Pencils & paper are supplied! It’s FREE! Bring a snack and your imagination!!!
17.Jul.2012 Koyama Press September 2012 releases
Koyama Press announces three new titles for release in September 2012
Ed Kanerva wrote us to announce the fall line up, here it is…
THE INFINITE WAIT AND OTHER STORIES by Julia Wertz,
LOSE # 4 by Michael DeForge,
THE BIG TEAM SOCIETY LEAGUE BOOK OF ANSWERS by comics collective Team Society League.
The Infinite Wait and Other Stories is latest book from Julia Wertz, the critically acclaimed author of The Fart Party Vols. 1 and 2 (Atomic Books, 2007 and 2009) and Drinking at the Movies (Random House, 2010).
In contrast to her last book, which was a full-length graphic memoir, The Infinite Wait is not a sustained narrative, but rather a collection of three short stories or graphic novellas. The stories in this collection contain Wertz’s signature acerbic wit, ribald humour and keen eye for the everyday, but they also find the cartoonist delving into the personal. “Industry” catalogues 25 years of alternately terrible and terrific jobs, from selling golf balls, feeding and failing to feed animals, waitressing, and finally to cartooning and the publication of her first book.
“A Strange and Curious Place” is a love letter to Wertz’s hometown library; its mysteries and revelations, and its ability foster growth, rebellion and even artistic affirmation. The most sustained narrative in the collection, the eponymous “The Infinite Wait,” chronicles Wertz’s move from her small hometown to San Francisco, her diagnosis with an incurable, auto-immune disease and her subsequent discovery of comics and comic making.
The collection’s title, The Infinite Wait and Other Stories, intentionally and ironically recalls the vacuous and pretentious book titles of the literary elite, but these stories are the polar opposite of pretension. They are comics born out of illness, but not defined by it, and they are filled with the sometimes messy, heartbreaking and hilarious moments that make up a life.
The fourth installment of Michael DeForge’s award-
This issue—“The Fashion Issue”—features a post-adolescent punk’s leather-and-spike-laced metamorphosis, a look at the lives and fashions of the exquisite corpses that make up the Canadian Royalty, and a town that is haunted by its past, which happens to look a lot like its present. Along with these longer stories, Lose #4 also features shorter strips and pin-ups including Abbey Loafer whose adventures also grace the pages of Toronto’s Offerings zine. Lose #4 is a comic that blends the banal with the bizarre to create a mélange that is filled with horror and discomfort, humanity and humour.
The Big Team Society League Book of Answers by Toronto jam comics collective Team Society League (Aaron Costain, John Martz, Steve Wolfhard, and Zach Worton) is an absurd blend of priapic comic pantomimes that feature an adorable cast of characters doing abominable things. Ridiculously violent and unabashedly immature, The Big Team Society League Book of Answers is a comic destined to be hidden between, and confiscated from, the pages of history textbooks.
15.Jul.2012 Comic Jams for July!
Before I dive into the listings, just wanted to point out,
i’ve moved the archive of the Old Monthly Montreal Comix Jams to here.
Ok, where to get your doodle on.
The next Jam in will be the second for the brand new Québec Comic Jam. On the 19th, at Brûlerie Saint-Roch, 375 rue St-Joseph Est, in Quebec city. They have their event page up here already.
“Venez dessiner, discuter, lever le coude et libérer vos énergies créatrices en notre compagnie. Aiguisez-bien vos crayons et vos esprits, on compte sur vous!
An evening of good-humoured drawing, conversation and, incidentally, a tidy bit of beverage imbibing(coffee).
Bring your artistic weapons of choice, be it wits or brushes. Both, if you can manage it, at least for a while…”
Ottawa is also on top of their game, Suzanne Marsden put up the event page for the July Ottawa Comic Jam, here. They have a nice poster by Suzanne too this month, with a dragon on it!
Wednesday, July 25, 7 til 9:30pm @ Shanghai Restaurant, 651 Somerset St. W. Ottawa ON.
“Nothing says hot Ottawa summer like a rousing comic jam in the heart of Chinatown! July is traditionally an Open Theme/ Sketch night; so bring your imagination, non-traditional materials and have fun with fellow comic artists & writers!”
The Vancouver Comic Jam has not got a event page up yet but they hold theirs on the second last Saturday of the month ussually, or close to that. At The Wallflower diner. So i’d expect them to have it next weekend, on The 21st probably. Ask them on their group wall for details.
The Montreal Comic Jam hasn’t got an event page up yet either but it’s held the last Tuesday of the month, putting it on the 31st this month. Held at L’Escalier unless posted otherwise. The alternate Montreal event, The Atomic Comic Jam has not posted a date for their next either yet. They meet at the Atomic Café of course.
The North Bay Comic Jam follows the same pattern, on the 31st at Twiggs Coffee!
The Toronto Comic Jam likewise, no event page yet but also the last Tuesday of the month usually, the 31st this month. Typically at The Cameron but sometimes not! Check the site the day of.
In Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jen DesRoche organizes Jams at the Roberts Street Social Centre. The next is Tuesday, July 31st. Group page here, event listing here!
The BREAKDOWN Comic Jam or St. John’s Drawing Session is a social drawing event held the first Friday of every month at the Anna Templeton Centre 7pm – 9pm, so that puts the next one on August 3rd.
Do you make comics? Manga? How bout web comics? Or do you illustrate? Design? Animate? Storyboard? Write stories? Sketch? Doodle? Dream?
These can be solitary endeavors. Don’t have a breakdown alone! Share and learn at the Comic Artist BREAKDOWN – The first Friday of every month at the Anna Templeton Centre 7pm – 9pm
ALL AGES! ALL SKILL LEVELS! ITS’ FREE! (bring your own materials)
05.Jun.2012 Hey Kids! Comics #45
Ah, comics comics comics. Yes.
Trying to get inspired to work on my own, looking at other peoples.
First something you should know about.
Aspen and DC Comics artist Oliver Nome was diagnosed with a brain tumour. His supporters are passing the hat here for help paying for his surgery and after-care. A cancer survivor myself and the privileged beneficiary of our wonderful Canadian healthcare system, I can’t say more how important it was not to have to worry about making ends meet. Got stupid lucky, had savings to cover the months I was unable to work at full steam and there were no hospital bills to speak of whatsoever. If you can, make recovery as easy for Oliver. They take both paypal and credit cards.
Noted: Oliver’s friends are using indiegogo.com for their fund raiser.
With a few distinct differences, including the option to be used for charity like this, and keeping whatever amount you do raise, even if less than your goal, Indiegogo is essentially the same thing as Kickstarter. Though fewer, a number of comics are funding creation or publication using Indiegogo. All to point out this link, all the independent creators at the moment seeking support in Canada. Here’s a link showing those that have used it in the past or already surpassed their goals. Think I’ll try funding a RevolveЯ print run with them this year.
Lookseelisten: Nicholas Rombes posted an interesting review on oxfordamerican.org of EU artist Gabriella Giandelli’s Interiorae, which was reputedly drawn to Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s first album, F# A# ∞.
The Manif de Bonhommes marches on, Mountains of new Bonhommes are yet to be added, and you can join in still if you like here.
Funny on the youtube: Writing Comics 101 with Ricky Lima, Fearless Fred, and Adam Gorham: Silver Surfer. Check out their book Teuton on BSC.
Da Comics! BD!: Associated with FBDM this weekend, was the launch of the Collectif BD Montréal-Lyon. A transatlantic project that unites 24 authors from the cities of Montreal [Qc, Canada] and Lyon [franc]. Daily during the month of June 2012, the collective will post original stories on the theme of City. Here’s a selection of the art so far. The latest by Richard Suicide, is about our mutual corner market store… I don’t think he likes it.
Lots more of that to come, check back here daily for the latest this month.
31.May.2012 Hey Kids, Comix! #44 | Drawing unrest
Hey, day one of FBDM is tomorrow!
Catching up on my irregular web comics posting, here’s a bit of what i’ve been looking at.
For one thing, i’ve been looking at these varitions on 22 Frames That Always Work,
the Brunetti version popped up in my social network streams and led to the others.
From the serious to the silly to the pornographic, all have a lot to teach about formalism.
Comics are about change and transitions.
Many 22 panels work, any cartoonists reading this, what are your reliables?
Thinking about designing a class around this,
not unlike Matt Maiden’s 99 ways to tell a story exercise.
You might have heard there have been some protests around Montreal lately.
Here’s some comics being created in sympathy and response to the issues.
"the boss of quebec say's you're costing society too much" By Yvon Roy
Yvon is recently returning from retirement, and has been drawing
and posting some very good cartoons on the subject of the strikes on his blog here.
Dstrbo, aka Montreal artist William Daniel Buller, posted this 7 year old cartoon
about the last time Charest clashed with students,
reminding us this is not a new story.
My old freind Niall Eccles has been quietly [or at least not telling me] posting comics on a site here,
some really fine work as always. He posted a few rifting on the theme of the protests recently starting here.
System Enforcers By Niall Eccles, it and the next 6 strips after loosely touch on the civil unrest in Montreal.
Matt and I both have contributed work along with many others in Montreal and Quebec city,
as well as further afar via the net, to a not quite top secret project by
À l’atelier la Maison de la bande dessinée de Montréal.
Matt Forsythe wrote "Here’s my contribution to pro-casserole propaganda. See you at eight!"
I was invited to join in as well as many more online.
The guys are busy assembling the art for une manif de bonhommes,
I’ll post an update when it’s live, for now
there’s just this small sample up of what’s been drawn.
Ok, the first official version of the site is up!
look now, here, the cartoonist’s casseroles. Manif de bonhommes!
This is the 3rd in a string of BD projects from la Maison de la bande dessinée de Montréal
built around showing sympathy with the student come social civil rights movement
taking hold here in Quebec.
Like the marches it is ment to be an ongoing and evolving Manifestation,
casseroles are meant to be added over time.
Check out the Facebook event page here for information if you wish to participate.
Here’s a template for marchers.
bonhommes en curs template - right click to download
I mentioned
this was the 3rd action
of la Maison.
The first two are Depasser la Ligne,
which you can get as a pdf here on Vincent Giard’s french blog.
And here, in the form of a blog - La hausse en question.
Fifteen cartoonists roll up their sleeves and try to explain the true impact of rising tuition, based on a paper de l'Institut de recherche et d'informations socio-économique (IRIS). If you read French, it reads quickly, there are drawings, and even jokes!
Here’s a few excerpts I found posted on contributors sites from both books. Some really nice work in them.
This is a comic about talkin’ money with police in Montréal,
By Chloé Germain-Thérien, one of several posts on the strikes by her.
This is « J’entends quelqu’un qui se moque » by Jimmy Beaulieu. Ever the romantic. Click on the page bellow to read the full comic.
Joseph Baril has posted a few things related to the marches,
most notably one satirizing the threat presented by marchers
called “L’armée terrible du Carré Rouge“
Antonin Buisson posted this little bit by from the manif de bonhommes.
Cathon Chaton did this very nice and eloquent strip expressing the democracy of free expression. Click on the art to read the full comic…
François Samson Dunlop draws gnomes gnawing at the mind with Ronger l’esprit.
Scripted by Alexandre Fontaine Rousseau.
And rounding out this protest oriented posts, as I mentioned
I took some time out of working on my web comic Dream Life,
to join in and render a bonhomme for the manif. I plan to do a few more…
I saw this guy on the bike path, he didn't have the pot and drum stick, i take full responsibility for such foolish reckless ridding. But he was clearly on his way to join the marches. The tree had led lights in it and was strapped to the back of his bike.
Some of the other artists who participated. I didn’t have time to post art from every one involved here but recently been looking at their sites. So should you! Go now.
Cédric Plante, Guillaume Pelletier, Luc Bossé, Martin PM, Nicolas Lachapelle, Sophie Yanow, & Zviane!
Many if not all are associated with À l’atelier la Maison de la bande dessinée de Montréal. I think I’ll have to vid an visit sometime soon. Great space and people.
Cheers
Max
27.May.2012 Jammin’ across the nation
Comic jams this month,
there will be doodling.
The Toronto Comic Jam is being held Tuesday May 29th, they are calling it the “I won’t be there edition“. Huh, interesting strategy.
The Montreal Comic Jam falls on the same night, Tuesday May 29th. They are right in the midst of one of the common staging grounds for protesting the 100+ days so don’t be surprised if you find yourself in the midst of the action. Might make for an exciting night.
The Monthly Prince Edward County Comix Jam is marking their 7th year on the 30th, Wednesday night, with The Great Edible Comix Jam Birthday Party.
And the Ottawa Comic Jam marks it’s 3rd Anniversary! Also on the 30th, Wednesday night. “Regular jamming will occur in a festive atmosphere. There will be prizes, treats, freebies and more! Feel free to bring potluck desserts if you like, or just your friends and comic-making material. It should be a great night of creativity and celebration.”
The Vancouver Comic Jam was last night, Missed it!
25.May.2012 To Get Her by Bernie Mireault
One of the last books to receive an Xeric grant, Bernie Mireault’s long awaited follow up to his old ground braking comic the Jam, ‘To Get Her’ is out!
It’s been so for a while actually! But we’re just now learning of it after checking out the new word press site he’s set up as well! He’s had the first run of books in hand since February. Good to see he’s doing well!
To Get Her
by Bernie Mireault
A sequential look at Love…
Montreal Style.
176 pages - English
Published by BEM Graphics.
Price: $25
Note: S&N Limited Edition.
You can read a review of the book here on equential highway, a nice long post of previews and information here, read an interview with him by Tom Spurgeon on The Comics Reporter. And listen, to the THEME SONG…yes, performed by Bernie himself, with Mark Lang.
And here’s a great presentation by Bernie about his work!
You can order the book from Bernie directly, first edition, each copy signed, numbered and with a little self-portrait drawn in ink! Sweet.
Or find it at these fine establishments.
Montréal,
Studio 9 – 5835 St. Hubert St. & Drawn and Quarterly Bookstore - 211 Bernard Ouest & La Boîte à B.D. – 3161-B Dagenais Ouest, Laval
Halifax, NS – Dartmouth, NS – Fredericton, NB
Strange Adventures – 3 stores: 5262 Sackville St. Halifax, Nova Scotia. (902) 425-2140 & 101 Portland Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (902) 444-2140 & 68 York Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick (506) 450-3759
Toronto
The Beguiling – 601 Markham Street
Guelph
The Dragon – The Old Quebec Street Mall, 55 Wyndham Street North, Unit T19B
San Francisco
Comix Experience – 305 Divisidero St.
Portland
Floating World Comics – 400 NW Couch St.
& Online @ adhousebooks.com
23.Apr.2012 Traumstadtdenken – Comix + Images by Rupert Bottenberg
Co: Marc Tessier & editionstrip.com
Éditions TRIP is proud to publish Rupert Bottenberg’s first solo book, Traumstadtdenken, a work of soaring beauty and ingenious narrative storytelling.
Traumstadtdenken (“Dream-City-Thinking”) is a collection of various comix, drawings and other odds ’n’ ends from the last 10 years, supplemented by a sizeable chunk of recent work that serves as a “connective tissue” — the book follows a coherent flow, every page connecting to the next in obvious and not-so-obvious ways. In stark black and white, the art is sharp, cool precise and mind-expanding leading the reader through a strange but clearly intentioned journey from the first page to the last. A new way to explore and playfully run circles around the term graphic novel.
Rupert Bottenberg came out as an artist in the 90s Montreal Comix scene. He was an early organizer of the Comix Jams, multidisciplinary events which bridged the gap and united French and English comic artists. He served as a comics correspondent on CBC’s now defunct Brave New Waves, and has overseen comics-related events for several Montreal festivals. And as former music editor at the Montreal Mirror, a free local weekly, he produced two special issues of all comix Mirror issues.
Bottenberg is currently the co-director of the En Masse collaborative art initiative (whose most recent piece was part of the Big Bang exhibit at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts), and the co-creator, with writer Claude Lalumière, of the cryptomythological graphic-lit project Lost Myths.
Traumstadtdenken is a 80 page, 6”x9”, black and white book with a colour cover. Texts in French and English, with an introduction by Mitch Davis, Festival and programming co-director of the Fantasia International Film Festival.
“Wonderfully psychedelic, high-contrast worlds within worlds. Three-eyed letter Es and giggle-inducing comics. What more could you ask for?!” – Kid Koala
“Let yourself be spellbound by the world created by Rupert Bottenberg where the blacks and whites face-off in a powerful struggle!” – Michel Rabagliati
“Amazing… feels so complete, so cohesive… a perfect representation of the Montreal vibe.” – Dave Cooper
Vernissage of exhibit and Traumstadtdenken book launch
Saturday May 12th at le Cheval Blanc
15 h à 20 h
809 Ontario Rue E Montréal, QC H2L 1P1
The exhibit of silkscreen prints by Bottenberg will run at Le Cheval
from the 7th to the 27th of May.
17.Apr.2012 Comic Jams!
The alternate Montreal jam, the ATOMIC COMIC JAM had it’s last jam Friday, April 6! Missed it! They tend to hold them early in the month.
Saturday April 21st is reputedly the date of the Vancouver Comic Jam!
Tuesday, April 24th is the ol’ Montreal Comic Jam
Venez gribouiller, discuter, lever le coude et libérer vos énergies créatrices en notre compagnie. Aiguisez-bien vos crayons et vos esprits, on compte sur vous!
An evening of good-humoured drawing, conversation and, incidentally, a wee bit of drinking.
Bring your artistic weapons of choice, be it wits or brushes. Both, preferably, at least early on…
Yo! Toronto Comic Jam, what’s the date?! Still every last Tuesday of the month at the Cameron House on Queen St? Good That’s Tuesday the 24th then this month then too.
Wednesday, April 25th is the Ottawa Comic Jam
Come to the April Comic Jam for an Open Theme evening. Work on your own stuff or jam traditionally with other artists! Bring projects you’re working on to share. Bring some of your zines, comics, books, buttons, t-shirts, etc. This is an evg where you can feel free to promote and let others see your work!l
April Comic Jam
Wednesday April 25th, 2012
7pm – 10pm
Shanghai Restaurant
651 Somerset St. W.
Ottawa ONEvent repeats the last Wednesday of the month (except December)
Event cost: free, paper provided
Artwork is collected at the end of the evening and posted on a semi-regular basis to the official site.
Sponsor:
DragonHead Studio
Contact: Suzanne
suebrainpower(at)gmail(dot)com
613.836.7821
And what is THIS!? A new comix jam? The Comic Hunter’s Comix Jam! In Moncton on Sunday, April 29, 2012. Looks like a gaming room of some kind, hope they let people put on good music and bring refreshments.
What is a Comix Jam? A collaborative gathering of cartoonists, doodlers and writers passing around comix pages. Everyone contributes a panel of words, drawings or both until the page is full! All skill levels are welcome. Jams are kid-friendly (12 or under accompanied by parents or legal guardians).
C’est quoi un “Comix Jam”? C’est une rencontre collaborative d’artistes et d’écrivains qui contribuent des mots, des dessins ou les deux jusqu’à ce qu’une page soit complète! Talents de tout niveau sont invités. Les jeunes sont les bienvenus (12 ans ou moins accompagnés d’un parent ou tuteur légal).
Quand: 12h30-16h30, Dimanche le 29 Avril.
Ou: 465 Rue Main, Moncton, NBWhen: 12:30pm-4:30pm, Sunday April 29th.
Where: 465 Main street, Moncton, NB
15.Feb.2012 Jammin’ Canada
Put a bunch of comic artists in a Bar or Café with paper and pens and what do you get?
First, the Toronto Comic Jam got a bit of press in the new weekly the Grid.
The Dick rule is a good idea. Their next event is Tues., Feb 28th, 9 pm-midnight @ The Cameron House, 403 Queen St. W., in the Back Room! See the Outcome of past Toronto Jams here. Facebook home base is ici.
Way on over on the west cost…
Vancouver Comic Jam: February 2012 Edition
Saturday Feb the 18th 8:00pm until 11:30pm
@ the Wallflower, 2420 Main Street, Vancouver - Facebook home base.
WHO CAN COME?: Anyone who is of legal drinking age is invited.
HOW MUCH?: No admission fee. **There is a $5 minimum purchase per person required by The Wallflower.** They provide their full menu to order from and alcohol galore: beer, wine, highballs and shots.
**Don’t forget to tip your waiter or waitress well!**
Bring your own pencils/pens. Paper is provided. If you’re drawing with markers that bleed through paper, be sure to either bring a drawing surface or place extra sheets of paper under the paper you’re drawing on.
Our Nation’s capital now has two events now…
Orleans/ East Comix Jam “anti-Valentine’s” Comix Jam
Friday, Feb. 17th, 2012 7:00 pm
@ Ruby King Restaurant, 3014 St. Joseph Blvd., Orleans ON
This February at the Orleans/ East Comix Jam, we will celebrate the shattered, the broken-hearted, the break-ups in the ridiculousness of an anti-Romance Jam. Bring your red (or pink) markers and draw away those tears!
Event cost: free, paper provided. Bring your own drawing materials.
At the end of the evg, artwork is collected, then scanned and posted on the official site for all to enjoy.
http://comixjam.tripod.com/
& Ottawa Comic Jam February ‘Leap Day’ Comic Jam
Wednesday, Feb. 29th, 2012, 7:00 pm – 10:00pm @ the Shanghai Restaurant, 651 Somerset St. W. Ottawa, ON
On this very special ‘Leap Day’ evg, you are invited to Comic Jam with other enthusiastic artists, writers and comic aficionados. Bring your sense of humour, drawing implements and cut loose with whacky storytelling and delicious dumplings.
Event: free, paper provided. At the end of the evg, artwork is collected, then scanned and posted on the official site for all to enjoy.
http://comixjam.tripod.com/
Contacts for both Ottawa events: Suzanne: suebrainpower(at)gmail(dot)
And Montreal has two too!
But we don’t have dates for the next ones,
so check out their Facebook pages to keep up on that.
The vernable Montreal Comic Jam
& the east end Atomic Comic Jam!
02.Feb.2012 The MAI presents: A COMIC JAM
A Free workshop by Joanne Hui, in connection with the current exhibition, PERSONAL MYTHOLOGIES by Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo and Marigold Santos.
In this workshop, participants will work collaboratively to create hybrid mutations of comic characters and illustrate comic pages together and individually. Inspired by our current exhibition Personal Mythologies (curated by Zoë Chan with works by Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo and Marigold Santos), participants will be asked to respond, for example, to such notions as autobiography, dreams, or imagined worlds.
Facebook event page
Saturday, February 4th – 1 pm. @MAI CAFÉ
3680 Jeanne-Mance Street (corner Prince-Arthur)
Artist Joanne Hui is currently working on her PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies at Concordia. Hui will be creating a graphic novel on Chinese-Canadian history as part of her final thesis.
Registration is mandatory. Write to info@m-a-i.qc.ca to reserve your spot. FREE
NOTE: Instruction will be given in English however the workshop is suitable for a bilingual audience.
29.Jan.2012 theMMCJ::: January Jam de Janvier!
Hello to all! - Bonjour a tous!
Don t forget that the next Comix Jam will be held this coming Tuesday, January 31th, at 7.30PM in our usual lair of L Escalier (in front of metro Berri-UQAM Ste-Catherine exit) where we will enjoy beer, nachos and of course comics!
N oubliez pas que le prochain Comix Jam aura lieu mardi prochain, le 31 janvier prochain à 7.30 PM dans notre repaire habituel du cafe l Escalier (en face de la sortie de la rue Ste-Catherine de la station de metro Berri-UQAM) ou nous nous delecterons de biere, de nachos et de bedes, bien sur!
Jane
Le Montreal Comix Jam se déroule le dernier jeudi de chaque mois, sauf en décembre.
The monthly Montreal Comix Jam is on the last Thursday of the month, except in december.
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Le Montreal Comic Jam sur l’internet:
http://comixjam.blogspot.com
Sur Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/group.
26.Jan.2012 1st Toronto Comic Jam of the Year – January 31 2012
Everyone’s invited to an evening of scribbling on paper. And word is, a Jam book has been printed.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - Time7:00pm until 12:30am @ the Cameron House.
23.Jan.2012 Hey Kids, Comix! The now and then edition
A little something old, a lot of something new.
First, Reading this next blog post i realized it’s been a while, since before I started doing the hey kids comics posts, that we mentioned “Stig’s Inferno“ around here.
Comics a-go-go.com posted this glowing review of what I agree, was one of the funniest comics to come out of Vortex. With Stig’s and Mr. X it was one of the coolest line ups during the B&W boom.
“Long story short, Stig’s Infernois hilarious and should be read. Written and illustrated by comic book veteran Ty Templeton, it’s one of the books that lived too short a time after Vortex Comicsimploded. Why, oh why must the good ones pass on so soon?! Oh, the humanity!
But, at least we can enjoy what actually made it to print. Ty’s brother posted all of the issues in their glorious entirety for your reading and viewing pleasure. Seriously, take our word for it – this is funny stuff.”
It’s all true. Here, read it for yourself!
Ok, so that’s a classic.
Here’s the new wave.
Zack Soto, the southern born Portland cartoonist and instigator used to publish a nice little anthology of comics and art called Studygroup12. There were 3 issues the last of which won an Ignatz award. Extent little books from what I recall.
Zack has just relaunched Study Group as a Magazine and Webcomics site. And I have to say he could have not picked a cooler line up of artists from what I can see to feature for the first issue of the reborn series! Farel Dalrymple, François Vigneault, Ian MacEwan, Jason Leivian, Jennifer Parks, Kazimir Strzepek, Levon Jihanian, Malachi Ward, Michael DeForge, Milo George, Simon Roy, Tom Neely, and Zack himself!
Go see, be amazed.
