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SpeakEasy’s Annual Comic Book Show
Hey! On November 3rd – a Thursday – you can come see some excellent comics artwork & artists at The Gladstone Hotel. There’s a lot of talent over several rooms & I’m proud to be showing again. , & happy to see some faces I met last year, though I won’t have last year’s crutch of performing mini-interviews to help me mingle.
Master of ceremonies David Brown’s press release is as follows:
SpeakEasy’s Annual Comic Book Show
Toronto is home to some of the best known comics artists in North America. We have an active and vibrant community putting out some of the highest quality comics to be found anywhere. The SpeakEasy Comics Show features an eclectic mix of Toronto’s talented comic book artists – from those who do newspaper strips and political cartoons, to underground comix and mainstream superhero comic books! The event promises to display an exciting cross-section of the comics community here in Toronto, as well as a glimpse into how good comics are made. As the old cliché goes, there really will be something for everyone.
Participating Artists:
Dalton Sharp, Grawlix comics anthology
Tim Brown, TIC Games
Chris Hatzopoulos, The Bear Stories
Marvin S. Mariano
Shane Heron
Daniel Lafrance
Rachael Wells
Ruth Tait (a.k.a. rutz)
Christopher Yao
Gavin McCarthy
Adam Earle, The Geofriends
Dale Camus
Keith Grachow, Jnk Imagery
Ryan Kevin Persaud
Paul Tomas, SISTINA
Wm Brian MacLean, RoosterTree (WHEE!)
Ken Turner
Saraƒin, Asylum Squad
Saraƒin, Asylum Squad
Time & Space:
Thursday November 3rd, 7-11pm
The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen West
Second Floor Lobby
Cover:
Pay What You Can ($4.00 Donation Suggested)
For more information contact:
David Brown
email: david@blttogo.com telephone: 416.533.1374
Bissette – An Open Letter
No one’s breaking down my door to draw for them, & that suits me fine. But, if they started to, I would reread Steve Bissette’s advice, then recommend my suitor/potential partner to read it, too.
The short essay is about how drawing is hard work. And really fucking time-consuming. You must respect the artist half of your comics team.
There may be no GN without the script, but there also won’t be a GN without good, suitable artwork. Equal ownership is where the party begins.
Kevin Smith
I love Kevin Smith, even when he lets me down (like he did with Zack & Miri Make a Porno; unbelievably, there are too many utterances of the word ‘fuck’ &, for a KS film, that’s a problem).
He created a brilliant new sub-genre (Jersey Girl) & didn’t even notice (are my daughter & I the only ones?), b/c he was lamely distracted by entertainment critics gossipmongers. I’m glad he’s finally found his feet again, & I hope the announcement of his retirement is as premature as when he said a Clerks sequel would never happen.
I’m looking forward to the new film, Red State. Kev, you got off to an excellent start.
Pencil Shavings
Also, check out Kyle Bean’s pencil shavings portraits.
Beautiful works.
This & my previous post discovered via designboom.
Leaf Art
I love these cutaway leaf art pieces created by Lorenzo Duran.
This form would make an interesting comic. I even have a story I wrote a while ago that would fit the medium nicely.
If I knew how to create a custom paper punch, it would totally be doable.
Appearing in Mosaik Project #3
Good news!
An OpinioNation is appearing in Mosaik Project #3 – available at your finer Toronto, London and Hamilton comics shops.
I Heart Canada
It was a challenge to find, even with google, but I did it. This site explains how to make the ‘I heart Canada’ glyph… except it doesn’t. All it does is tell you to copy/pasta his glyph – █ ♥ █
If you want some actual knowledge & the ability to use this glyph without looking up his site all the time, you can learn its html codes.
█ followed by ♥ followed by █ (yes, the third one is the first one repeated).
These give you a rectangle, a heart & the first rectangle again.
You’re welcome.
Quotable
Check it out! I was quoted on the CBC: Know Your Rights blog. It’s an opinion regarding a hypothetical limit to freedom of expression in a classroom; I’m not saying my opinion’s best, but it makes sense to me.
Hey, after 133 episodes (& counting) of OpinioNation, y’all should be accustomed to me spewing my opinion all over the place.
Days 28-30 – The 30 Day Comic Book Challenge
Here we are at the home stretch!
Day 28 – Favourite comic publisher.
Any publisher who produces creator-owned content.
Day 29 – A comic you thought you wouldn’t like, but ended up loving.
My first exposure to Sandman was waaaay back in my heroes-in-tights fandom days. I didn’t get it, so I didn’t like it.
I have learnt the error of my ways.
Day 30 – Your favourite run or series of all time.
This would have to be Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s ongoing League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
To the best of my recollection – & I’m struggling here b/c I love so many different kinds of comics – it’s the one series that comes to mind of which I’ve read most releases & can’t think of a moment, an image or a word that has disappointed.
Days 26+27 – The 30 Day Comic Book Challenge
Day 26 – A comic you wish they would make into a movie.
Young Liars.
I would’ve said The Boys, but we all know it’d be censored way down to PG-13, &, therefore, fucking pointless. Ditto Chester Brown’s The Playboy.
Day 27 – Favourite comic book movie.
Crumb.
If you made me stick to films that were explicitly adaptations, I’d struggle to choose Ghost World among many excellent works like American Splendor, A History of Violence, Road to Perdition, 300, etc.
And if you made me stick to superheroes, I don’t think I could choose. First of all, I’d classify films like Sin City, Constantine & V for Vendetta (all excellent) as superhero, which most people don’t.
The Keaton/Nicholson Batman film is incomparable. The first Spider-Man is wonderful, as is Watchmen, as are the Bale Batmans.