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13.Jul.2011 Hey Kids, Comix!

I’ve not done one of these for a bit, been busy with summer cleaning and moving, and thought I might as well let Eric Dyck’s Mon Qui Towne have centre stage for a little bit.

I’d like to add a couple more strips like his to the site as syndicated features this summer, just thinking on who to approach right now. if you have a suggestion let me know in the comments here.

In other comics news;

At carte blanche, where I serve as Graphic Fiction Editor, we are now open to submissions for the Fall Issue, #14!

The Issue will include a special feature on Obsessions. From your vintage stapler collection to spying on your exes, we want to know about your passions, compulsions, and preoccupations. The Theme is optional but it will win you brownie points if you can fit it. Submission deadline is September 15th, 2011. My birthday! So send me your comics, consider them presents for me as editor!

Contributors receive a $45 honorarium per published piece on carte-blanche.org, and since I began editing I’ve published a set of the runner-up comics here on Sequential too. Check out the submission guidelines for more information. Please indicate in your cover letter if your your work is themed for the feature on obsessions. REMINDER: All submissions from Quebec residents that are selected for publication in carte blanche are eligible for the 3Macs carte blanche Prize ($300) sponsored by MacDougall, MacDougall, & MacTier Inc.

Ok, on to the comics.

Been wasting time on the new Google+, this strip from xkcd sums up a lot of people’s take on it, though really it’s shaking out to be something a bit different, a hybrid of twitter tumbler and blogger with facebook like networking. Pretty cool, lot of cartoonists there posting their work. A few of this weeks comics come from things I’ve seen posted there.

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Miss You by Hope Larson

The first three rows of a new, rare autobiographical comic by Hope, posted on her google+ streem [not sure if everyone can read that, i think it's a public posting but let me know]. She seems to have had fun with it, possibly, if the bug has stuck, we can hope the first of a new series! - Find Hope online here, hopelarson.com & here @ twitter

A page of Jim Cameron's Diary Comics

Found this via 'Better, Drawn', a tumbler blog dedicated to comics drawn by people with a story to tell about living with long-term mental and physical illnesses. You can read several of his comics on his site here on his site.

July 10th by Gabrielle Bell

Always interesting, Gabrielle is the classic observational comic, just done deadpan kind of. This one is about her walk to yoga class one day recently. For all your Gabriel goodness go to gabriellebell.com

Twit, Finches see birds

Twit! based on J.Torres' twitter stream. Drawn by Eric Kim. Cute idea, so far it's run for a month!

Dark Science by Aaron Diaz

Dark Science on the site Dresden Codak looks epic, i've not sat down to read it yet but hope to do so soon.

Ryan A's newest comic, Our Bloodstained Roof

A great short story by Ryan A, just posted June 1st. Really nice wash work, and elegant story. Ryan was inspired by seeing some dead birds a few months ago while living in Japan, with blood so red it looked fake.

Sixteen Miles to Merricks by Barnaby Ward

What's this? A whole beautifully drawn book free to read on-line? What is it about? - newsarama says... "A man enters an apartment (we assume it’s his, though we’re never quite sure) and finds a strange woman there. She leads him to a storage room which connects to a narrow but lengthy series of hallways. The girl is agitated and fearful. The man is condescending and a bit irritated (though when confronted he has trouble doing things like remembering his name). And it’s at this point that the water starts coming." - Chris Mautner. Well, I'm intrigued! This looks to be a really good. Drawn and written by Barnaby Ward.

Cool Hairdo from Feral Pizza, by Phil McAndrew

Feral Pizza is one of several comics Phil has up on his site, you could spend a lot of time reading them I bet. Lets find out, got a stop watch handy? OK, go now.

Sheer Luck by Ty Templeton

Ty has a Sherlock Homes strip up for his latest Bun Toones, to help promote Home's Inc, a collection that The Toronto Cartoonists Workshop puts out once a year, featuring the work of former students, ready to show off their wares and impress the world of comics with their skills. You can grab it as a free digital comic from this site here.

Stand-up by Matt Forsythe.

Matt Forsythe has a fun strip up called Stand-up, basically about how cartoonists get no respect from old clerks. Cus' we're, like, cool to everyone else now right? Right?

Dream Life page 75 by Salgood Sam

The latest page of my own ongoing graphic novel / web comic Dream Life | a late coming of age. Recently nominated for a Schuster! This page concludes a fun rant about Embracing the Machine, it starts here.

PIN CITY by Salgood Sam

This is the second last page in a short story I did a while back but re-coloured and lettered and edited a bit. It's part of a larger canvass I'd like to tackle once Dream Life is done.

Cartoon diary jam page by Joe Matt and Bernie Mireault 1988

Here's a trip in the wayback machine care of comics historian and pod cast personalty Phil Jackson.

This comic is Jam between then roommates Joe Matt and Bernie Mireault, published in Peepshow, but not in the collections. Bit of history.

The Secret of TM Maple by Russ Maheras

Speaking of history, this three page comic is strait out of it. I just created an archive of our old posts and other material about the infamous Canadian letters hack The Mad Maple, TM. Maple, aka Jim Burke. Russ Maheras did this fan fiction strip a while back staring TM, and I added it to our archive. Here is the full strip for your reading pleasure with a few words from Russ about it...

The Secret of TM Maple by Russ Maheras

Russ Maheras: Yeah, I met T.M. Maple, aka Jim Burke, at the 1988 Chicago Comicon. I did a “fan-fiction” strip of T.M., before he lifted his veil of anonymity, with his full blessing....

The Secret of TM Maple by Russ Maheras

...That was the way we initially met — via the mail. I sent him the script and got his approval first. The strip, called, “The Secret of T.M. Maple,” was featured in the ‘zine “It’s A Fanzine” #39, published by long-time Iowan comics fan Gene Kehoe in 1987. Jim was a super guy, and although he’s gone, he’s certainly not forgotten. Posted originally by Russ on the TCJ boards: Mon Dec 11, 2006

The Secret of TM Maple by Russ Maheras

Great little strip, read more from Russ and others about TM here. That's all our comics for this week, keep your eyes peeled for more soon.