Soooo, how was your week? anyone in north america is probably answering “sweaty!”. Yeah mine too. Not been too productive but at the least I wanted get a comics post in.
Found some new [for me] stuff to share with you. Sucking up AC to beet the heat i’ve been exploring Google+ a lot. One thing that’s come out of it is there’s a lot of great comics art being posted to there. And that Eric Orchard is now the central hub of cartoonists on the site.
Discovered many new artists, some thanks to Eric, including cartoonists. If you’re one yourself I’d consider having a look at the G+ network – the image galleries are very nice, makes for a good reading format. Could see some people using it for a web comic page full on in the future.
Ok, all right, enough geek talk, on with the comics…
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The NY Daily News said: One of the most exciting reads from this year's MoCCA Festival is Tory Woollcott's graphic memoir 'Mirror Mind.' It chronicles some of her experiences growing up with dyslexia. Her book also includes a host of resources for those who want to learn more about dyslexia. More information can be found at her website maybemumkin.com.
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I am the Great and Powerful FanExpo! Pay no attention to that giant line-up behind the curtain!
2489 Creating Comics with co-taught by Mariko Tamaki (Skim, Emiko Superstar) and illustrator and writer Willow Dawson (No Girls Allowed),
The 2005 - 2010 Sequential Team: Dave Howard, Max Douglas, Bryan Munn
The 2005 - 2010 Sequential Team: Dave Howard, Max Douglas, Bryan Munn
RISE OF THE OCTOMOOSE! Recent works of paintings, drawings, dioramas and limited edition prints by Jen, Jasper & Le Mantastique !
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Did the Terror Twins keep Patricia Highsmith tied up in comics or were they responsible for a disciplined apprenticehsip in plot and mayhem?
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Fiona Staples' cover for Acts of Violence: An Anthology of Crime Comics (New Reliable Press), one of the works that led to her nomination for Outstanding Comic Book Cover Artist
H.B. Fenn blamed “the loss of distribution lines, shrinking margins and the significant shift to e-books” for their financial difficulties.
Harold Fenn - Photo from the Handout/Merlin Archives
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Me and Sam back when i went by Max and this could be called "Sam and Max" Taken at Quantum Comics circa 1994ish by James Armstrong.
Rob's rip on the left, Ty's original art from Batman and Robin Adventures #1 on the right.
Rob's rip on the left, Ty's work on a Time Warner copyright on the right.
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"Ulysse and the Sirens" by Henri, New Frontier, September 1936 (Caricatures of several Quebec fascists)
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Lorenzo Mattotti had a great long interview about this project and his work in general on the Vancouver comics show Inkstuds.
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Cat Rackham hates mondays too. Fan art by: http://www.blogger.com/profile/17009883477512096468
Alpha Flight, created by some dreadfully politically correct parliamentary subcommittee of the federal Heritage Department called Department "H".
"To Get Her" by Bernie Mireault, creator of "The jam".
A panel of "To Get Her" by Bernie Mireault, creator of "The jam". The long awaited book is a new chapter in the story of Gordon Kirby from the Jam book.
American Elf diary comic by James Kochalka
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Oliver has a nightmare on American Elf! I was lucky, didn't get one myself till i was into my 20s. Sadly now it's razor burn anytime i want to be smooth. James in case you had not heard, has been appointed Vermont's first Cartoonist Laureate!
6 of 12 short cuts for drawing hands by Grant Snider!
INCIDENTAL COMICS - Read the full version of this and more fun strips by Grant here @ thoughtballoonhelium.blogspot.com
The Secret Knots, "The Unseen". By Juan Santapau
With these posts I try to highlight the best work I can find. For my money The Secret Knots is right on the top of the list. These one off short stories are almost always compelling and the art is lovely and well observed. Juan has another thoughtful knot posted on his site earlier this month.
The Secret Knots
Teen Art
"Ripping off Robert Crumb & Peter Max in my tweens trying to imagine what psychedelia must be like."
This is 65 by Jonathan Eaton
A fun gag webcomic, the last few posts have been pretty well done colour comics that feel king of like the pop culture version of Hark a Vagrant. Not quite up to Kate's game yet but he shows some promise! This is 65
More adult Diary comics with Dustin Harbbin.
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A nice one here by at tall light and funny guy from down south. Plan to pick up one of his books at TCAF for sure this year. Dustin has a great sense of humor and humanity in his work, manages to be pretty poignant without getting corny or saccharin.
8 of 52 new bun-toons titles, all at once!
Ty, ever eager to poke the hands that feed him, comments in his own way on the new DCU line-up. This was last weeks bun-toon, Check out the other 44, & he's sure to have a new one up this week @ tytempletonart.wordpress.com
FREAKANGELS: EPISODE 0137. By Warren Ellis and illustrated by Paul Duffield
Long running and fascinating, Freak angels is coming to a close soon, with the whole thing coming in at an astounding 864 pages.
This is the start of episode 137 of 144, good as any place to start with the more recent updates eh?
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Videodrome
"Yammering on about how I go beyond mere fanboydom for David Cronenberg's "Videodrome" (1983) wallowing into shakier territory."
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
Balonely by Ryan Pequin
Balonely! Awwww. BC boy Ryan thrives on the challenge of other cartoonists! He's got many funny outcomes from this competitive nature posted on his webcomic site Three Word Phrase.
Smudge page 2 by Draw
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An interesting abstract comic from Drawing Silence by a New Zealand artist working under the pen name Draw. Thanks to Dylan for pointing this work out to me.
Brown Recluse Spider Man!
Kate is great! and so is Spider Man hiding in a crack, Love. The rest of this strip, and all that is great Kate is here @ www.harkavagrant.com
The Abominable Charles Christopher By Karl Kerschl
Fellow TX alumni Karl Kerschl is also up for a Shuster for The Abominable Charles Christopher. Having a new baby has not really slowed him down much - happy first fathers day Karl!
His comic has been posting every wednesday @ tacc.txcomics.com
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.
Sacred Heart. Highschoolers in unholy land by Liz Suburbia
Just found this amazing comic via comixcube, by Liz Suburbia. She spends her days working at a comic book store and the exposure and acquired knowledge of comix art shows. Well worth reading the story, and she has other sites, here and here to start.
Hark a Vagrant. by Kate Beaton.
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Kate is still one of the sharpest wits in webcomcis, her latest here, Julius Caesar Part One on Hark a Vagrant. One could go on but so much has been said already. She's at the MoCCA Festival in NY this weekend with a lot of these people. Go give her our love from Canada.
Dakota McFadzean's Dailies!
I would have wanted to keep him too! Daily cartoons from Dakota can be yours @ blog.dakotamcfadzean.com
Smooth 'n' Natural By Brian McLachlan
One of the other TX crew keeping the flame burring Brian McLachlan. He posts both his comics pretty regular like, The Princess Planet, and Smooth 'n' Natural - seen here.
And Brian is soon to be a Dad too!
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Kid Kong
"Did knowing how King Kong was done make me feel like I was carrying around priveleged information?"
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
Shaenon K. Garrity's imagining of Star Trek fan Edward Gorey's take on the trouble with tribbles!
This is from 2007 but I just came across it today, really well done short strip posted on her LJ page. Check out the link for the full story. She did the whole episode! FYI Shaenon is the creator of the strip Skin Horse.
Metaphysical Neuroma by Attila Adorjany
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More strangeness from Attila on Metaphysical Neuroma. Brrrring! Bring. Brrrrrrriiiinnnng! Bring.
Some steamy adult fun by Dylan Horrocks on The Magic Pen!
Sam Zable one-ups Kirk, with a whole harem of Green babes. This is all we can show here, catch the rest @ hicksvillecomics.com/magicpen/
Gingerbread Girl by Colleen Coover and Paul Tobin
Gingerbread Girl on topshelfcomix.com, by Colleen Coover and Paul Tobin looks pretty good, once I get this posted I'm going to go give it a proper read through...
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Dad's army guys
"Some WW2-era art my father was doing while he was writing & drawing for Wow Comics."
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!
Always a Plane by Dustin Harbin
This is a excellent comic by Dustin i came across browsing through G+ this week. Very Poetic, and may be available as a print I think! it would make a good one.
The Protagonist by Juan Santapau
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The Protagonist is the latest lovely short story from Juan Santapau on his amazing site The secret knots.
Kill all monsters!
Kill all monsters is taking a break for a bit with a clif hanger, go catch up so your're read when it starts @ killallmonsters.com!
Adventures of the Floating Elephant By Tim Hamilton
Over on act-i-vate.com Adventures of the Floating Elephant is a comic I've mentioned before. Amazing art by Tim, well worth a read.
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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.
Feminist Fairy Godmother by Tom Gauld
Just stumbled into Tom's work, very nice stuff, very smart and clean. His work is published in the Guardian Saturday comics section [uk].
Bucko Chapter 1 by Jeff Parker and Erika Moen
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Bucko is the latest comic from Erika Moen of DAR! fame with collaborator Jeff Parker, a major player in the mainstream comics scene with too many impressive credits to mention here. The first 21 pages are all online now, completing chapter one of the story! They got it done in 2 months! Good job.
GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
SAINTS And SINNERS by Rich Woodall and Jason Copland!
A hunting we shale go, with a demon in toe? More monsters drawn by Jason Copland @ tales.perhapanauts.com
Now It Can Be Told! By Scott Shaw
Now It Can Be Told! is a fun strip by a comic's insider - Some of the stories are biographical but some also cross over into comics industry stuff. This one is about how Jim Shooter helped Scott ruin Vince Colletta's career, though being the worst inker in an era may have had something to do with it. Good fun read and you'll learn some comics publishing his
tory now and then too.
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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.
OYSTER WAR by Ben Towle
OYSTER WAR is Ben Towle's current graphic novel in the works/webcomic. Start reading it here, and find more about Ben here. He's a very interesting cartoonist.
Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran
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Octopus Pie by Meredith Gran is a fun angsty youth oriented story, really great art and a huge following, but if you have not read it do yourself the favor. It takes a few pages to get into the story, but it's worth it.
GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
Delilah Dirk by Tony Cliff!
A truly stunning comic by Tony Cliff, The Turkish Lieutenant is well worth a long leisurely read @ delilahdirk.com
Mortimer the Slug by Kyp Harness
Our favourite sulking slug, Mortimer, just can't catch a brake. After a brief hiatus due to technical problems Kyp is back at it with regular updates. This strip marks the start of a new storyline...
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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 t hat the water starts coming." - Chris Mautner. Well, I'm intrigued! This looks to be a really good. Drawn and written by Barnaby Ward.
Bad Machinery by John Allison
A suspenseful webcomic by a seasoned creator, Bad Machinery is the follow up, or "son" of Scary Go Round and Bobbins, his earlier efforts. John's blurb for the story goes "Bad Machinery tells the stories of three schoolgirl sleuths and three schoolboy investigators, attending Griswalds Grammar School in Keane End, Tackleford. While not exactly enemies, a mix ture of pride, mistrust and pig-headedness keep them at cross purposes."
The Magicpen By Dylan Horrocks
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Things get steamy on The Magicpen By Dylan Horrocks! NSFW if your boss is the stuffy type! On the other-hand if he's not, then send him this link! Dylan is a well known fan of fun smut, so this should be a larf. :)
Michael's books on display at the GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
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My own comic, back to weekly posts! Dan and Leslie, off to get into some trouble @ dl.txcomics.com
LIVES OF BIRDS :: SOCIAL ANXIETY By Dustin Harbin
Dustin is a treasure. A tall funny looking talented treasure. Not sure what the Lives of Birds is, new series or a one off, but it's a cute one. Read the rest on his site.
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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.
The Machinators by by Jeff Bent
We mentioned The Machinators in an earlier post, back in March. The comic has progressed a ways since then! Check it out. His stuff reminds me of early Bernie Mireault.
Kill All Monsters!
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Mentioned this one in my last post, very fun action adventure comics by Michael May, drawn by Jason Copland and lettered by our own Ed Brisson.
Prints of 'gutters' at the GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
And Pin City Pg2 on RevolveЯ!
On RevolveЯ i'm posting an old short Sci-fi piece I did with some updated scripting and new lettering @ revolver.salgoodsam.com
Cat and Girl By Dorothy Gambrell
Dorothy Gambrell is a great cartoonist, and also an interesting trail blazer for anyone making comics on-line, for her detailed public disclosure of how she does business and what she makes doing it. The comics are great too, read the rest of this story here. But if you make comics, also check out this section of her site too.
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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.
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Gary Greenburg's travel's just begun, but a stop at the border holds the promise of some care and comfort. The latest page in my own ongoing Graphic Novel/webcomic Dream Life is live today too. http://www.dl.txcomics.com/2011/07/23/page-76-back-at-the-boarder/ http://www.dl.txcomics.com/
Lilly Mackenzie & The Tresure of Paros
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Very cool art and adventure stories by Simon Fraser on Act-I-Vate. The new Lilly Mackenzie is well on it's way and into chapter 2. Looks really good, I love coming to a comic with a whole lot of story posted I can catch up with.
GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
Pictures for Sad Children By John Campbell
I bookmarked Pictures for Sad Children a little while ago, it's one of those comic strips i check erratically but tend to always enjoy. Started in 2007 the comic follows on the adventures of a ghost named Paul. A good dark laugh now and then. Read this rest of this instalment here.
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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?
Pin City Page 6
And the final page for my short story Pin City is also up on RevolveЯ. Bonus: check out this gallery of development art for this story and the larger arc of Bliss, for which it's a prelude. That's all for this weekend, see you next time in the funny pixels!
Adventures of the Floating Eliphant by Tim Hamilton
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This masterfully drawn, chiaroscuro and surreal story looks very promising. Another one of the more prolific act-i-vate crew! Page count is into the 90s. Can't wait to dig in.
GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
Pin City By Salgood Sam
Ok, so now mine. Have a new page of Pin City up on RevolveЯ today, this one has never been seen in colour as I just did them last night. Planning to publish a POD edition of RevolveЯ via magcloud shortly, it's going to be cool to see this story in that.
Salgood Sam's RevolveЯ
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.
FreakAngels by Warren Ellis & Paul Duffield.
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FreakAngels by Warren Ellis & Paul Duffield is one of the more interesting webcomics out there. I have some catching up to do, lots of story here. Five volumes in print now and up to EPISODE 0131 online.
Michael giving a talk at the GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
Dream Life By Salgood Sam
And rounding us out, my Shuster nominated comic, Dream Life. Read the rest of Page 72 here - as it happens, well timed for Father's day tomorrow.
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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.
Dream Life by me, Salgood Sam.
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Dream life 69, a wordless one. Some of my favorite pages are. PJ finds a place to rest up, catch her breath.
GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
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 rise and fall of it all by John O’Brien and Salgood Sam
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Our first good look at Elmo, the other main character in The rise and fall of it all.
That's it for this week!
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Cheers!
Max aka Salgood Sam
GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
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...
Michael with Joanne, GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
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....
GENDAI GALLERY, Japanese CCC Toronto
Views of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas' exhibit there, 4 Garamond Court Toronto May 7- June 26th 2011.
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.