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Event: Toronto Comics Arts Festival 2014 This weekend! May 10 & 11
At Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street. Saturday May 10th, 9am-5pm Sunday May 11th, 11am-5pm FREE ADMISSION Toronto Comics Arts Festival is happening this weekend! For those of you who don’t know, TCAF is a week long event that celebrates the works of comic and graphic novel artists and it’s completely FREE! There will be tables full of… »
COMIX: Pitiful Human Lizard, by Jason Loo
Not cartoons, nope, but one of my other favourite things: COMICS! Toronto comics creator, Jason Loo, is successfully running a modest Kickstarter for the debut, 52-page issue of his self-published book, the Pitiful Human Lizard. I’m super-excited about this book. It looks like a ton of fun, and the Toronto-setting is close to my heart…. »
comix: Can of Worms, by Adam John Temple
Do you like westerns? Do you like anime? Do you like Gore Verbinski movies? Well, if you do, you just might like Can of Worms, a serialized webcomic by Toronto animator and designer, Adam John Temple…. »
the Seven Ages of an Animator, by Graham Falk
I think every studio in Canada has a copy of this floating around somewhere. It’s one of those pieces of artwork that’s become part of our folklore. I picked up a copy about 15 years ago at Dynomight Cartoons in Ottawa, and still have it tucked away in a box somewhere next to random doodles… »
comix: Angora Napkin continues….
Haven’t posted one of these in a while, but that doesn’t mean Troy Little‘s slacked off. He’s still at it, posting panel after panel of the latest Angora Napkin adventure, The Golden McGuffin. The latest is here. For the uninitiated, you can go back and start… »
comix: True Patriot indiegogo campaign launches
I love this stuff. Canadian superheroes, by Canadian creators. Go check out the IndieGogo campaign here: http://www.indiegogo.com/truepatriot The talent involved is top-notch: Jay Stephens, Tom Fowler, J. Bone (to name but a few). I can’t wait to get my hands on a… »
comix: Canadian Anthology? Superheroes? J. Torres? Yes, please.
A little bird brought this to my attention today, and now I’m bringing it to yours. J. Torres (J. Torres won the Shuster Award for Outstanding Writer for his work on Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Love as a Foreign Language and Teen Titans Go. He is also the writer of the Eisner Award… »
Comix: Angora Napkin gets a wee bit racy
It’s Wednesday, and Troy Little’s as good as his word. Here’s another Angora Napkin comic (we’re up to number 10 aleady!) There’s a bit of wink-wink, nudge-nudge going on in this one. Just… »
from the internets: Thunderpaw
It’s important we all see this. It’s not Canadian, but it may be the future of everything I love. It’s Thunderpaw. Go experience it here, then come back and tell me how awesome your life… »
there be comix: Steve Wolfhard!
Steve Wolfhard makes comics. Comics like Cat Rackham(which is awesome). He also does storyboards on Adventure Time(also awesome). He is Canadian, but just moved to Los Angeles. Here’s his… »
there be comix! Seo Kim!
Comic number two of this fine Wednesday is by Seo Kim. Seo makes animation. And comics. You can find more of her amazing stuff on her tumblr. Seo is tha boss. Like Marlo, Seo also tweets her… »
there be comix: Marlo!
It’s Wednesday, traditionally know as new comic day to us nerds, so I’m going to try to deliver a few comics to you readers. First up is Marlo Meekins. She makes comics. And teaches animation design. One of her comics was recently featured by Vice. Click on the link form more. Marlo also tweets… »
Press release: Animation/Comix guy, Troy Little, Co-Opts National Holiday to launch new Angora Napkin web serial. Also, thinks he’s pretty clever.
Any Angora Napkin is good Angora Napkin. Charlottetown PE – The indie cult favorite ‘Angora Napkin’ is back in 2012 in two new adventures. Later this year IDW will be publishing the next ‘Angora Napkin’ graphic novel entitled, “Harvest of Revenge” but that wasn’t enough for creator Troy Little as he begins his first major… »
comix: Seo Kim
I’ve posted some of her work before, but Seo Kim just keeps on making some of my favourite comix. You can see more of her stuff… »
comix: Angora Napkin
It’s been a while since I posted a link, but Troy Little is still posting pages to his Eisner Award-nominated Angora Napkin graphic novel over at the Angora Napkin blog. If you’re looking for a fun read, go check it out. He’s all the way up to page… »
Comic Jams
I’ve just discovered that some animationy people I know are taking part in a new Comic Jam in Toronto. I’m a big fan of these kinds of events. We’ve got one here in Ottawa that ‘s been organized by Sue Marsden for a couple of years now, last Wednesday of each month, at a very… »
comix: The Anthology Project Vol. Two
It’s been available for a couple of months now, and Vol. One is really fun (and Eisner-nominated!), and if you’re into creator-owned comics done by local animation-related talent, this is a handsome addition to your collection. I’m going to have to add a copy to mine now that the Canada Post strike is over. The… »
comix: Hummus, by Seo Kim
I love Seo Kim light, airy artwork. Here’s part one of “Humous”. For part two, check out Seo’s… »
comix: Angora Napkin
If you’re killing time, watching the clock run out on this beautiful (from my window) Friday, you can always catch up on your reading! Here’s the latest page of Angora Napkin. Creator Troy Little is posting the whole comic *ahem*, sorry, graphic novel, on the Angora Napkin site as he preps the next book. There… »
comix: Angora Napkin
Co-creator Troy Little is posting pages of the first (Eisner Award nominated) Angora Napkin comic, oops, Graphic Novel online here. A fresh one goes up every couple of days, so check back regularly. He’s got a second one he’s finishing up right now as well. I was lucky enough to get a preview, and in… »
comix: Chewie 2, by Clio Chang
I love when artists make quick comics! Clio Chang is a graduate of Capilano University’s Animation program, and I think is currently working at Disney. This was on her blog. Apparently it was a dream she… »
Anthology Project preorders available
The second volume of the Anthology Project is making its way to press. For those of you unfamiliar with it, here’s the description from the website: The Anthology Project collects the comics of artists unified by their delirious pursuit of compelling narrative and notable artistic work in the medium of sequential art. Its humble intent… »
Free comics by animators in Toronto: Mosaik Project
A group of Toronto animation artists have banded together to put out an independent free magazine called The Mosaik Project. It’s in most TTC and GO Train stations in Toronto as of this past Thursday, February 10th. Here’s how they described themselves to me: We are one of the few companies in Toronto putting out… »
comix: Mike Geiger’s top shelf reaches infinite, number 3
Not sure where Mike Geiger finds the time, but here’s his latest top shelf… »
comix: thesupervillain.com
You want comix? We got comix. Mike Geiger’s making them, Hobo Divine’s making them, Mick Harrison and Kyle Marshall too. Heck, even Scott MacDonald is making them. Put ’em all together and what do you get? A talent sandwich. You also get daily comix on thesupervillain.com. They officially launched yersterday, but there’s already a bunch… »
comix: Angora Napkin, pages 11 and 12. Tune in tonight to Teletoon @ 11:30 for the pilot!
Here are the last two pages of Nick Cross’ Angora Napkin comic. For more Angora Napkin, watch Teletoon tonight at 11:30. Nick directed one half of the pilot, while co-creator Troy Little handled the other half. Happy… »
Angora Napkin comix by Nick Cross, pages 6 to 10
Tomorrow night’s the big show on Teletoon for any of you kiddies hopped up on sugar enough to stay awake till 11:30, in the meantime, hear are some more Angora Napkin comix pages to tide you over. We’ll wrap up this story by Angora Napkin co-creator Nick Cross tomorrow. See you then! Does that count… »
comix: Mike Geiger’s Top Shelf Reaches Infinity, Number 1
Not exactly sure where Mike is going with this one, but I like… »
showcase: Brad Caslor
228 years ago this month – history was made. That’s right, in August of 1782, Fort Prince of Wales was taken by the French. Thanks to the eminently talented Winnipeg animation vet Brad Caslor, we can remember this historic event. From the NFB ‘Canada Vignettes’ series, 1978 – ‘Fort Prince of Wales’ The fact that… »
weekly rex bunyan
Darren’s back on schedule this week with his latest Rex strip. I’m the one who’s posting a day late. Here ya go!… »
comix: Starcrossed, by Joel Duggan
I haven’t linked to these before, but I’ll remedy that today. Starcrossed is a comic strip by animator Joel Duggan. I’ve been reading along for a little while now, and props to Joel for putting out a regular strip that’s been consistent from day one. Here’s the latest one. What do you think readers? … »
weekly rex bunyan
Here’s Darren Rawling’s latest installment to his Rex Bunyan strip. Apologies to Rawls for posting a day late. I was in Toronto for my brother’s wedding over the weekend, and I’m slowly getting back up to speed. I want to take a quick second and comment on this strip. I really dig it. It’s got… »
Comix: Flowers For Sale, by Tabitha Fisher
Cute little one-off comic by Toronto’s Tabitha Fisher. I wish more animators were making comics. It’s a very immediate means of getting a story… »
weekly Rex Bunyan
I really like these Rex Bunyan comix. Sometimes, they miss a beat, but they have a real charm and genuine warmth. The trickiest thing about creating characters is getting your audienc to care about them. I think Darren has succeeded on that one. And he manages to get one out each week. So there’s that… »
Comix: Dan Helle’s Apricot-7
Looks like we may have a new comic to follow. East coast animator, Dan Helle is commiting to a bi-weekly strip called Apricot-7. If you’re familiar with Dan’s work, it comes as no surprise that it’s about a pretty girl, and I’m assuming she’ll be kicking some ass. Go here and see for yourself. But… »
Tabitha Fisher on entitlement
I hope Tabitha doesn’t mind me posting this. She mentions on her blog that these tasty snippets were actually overheard at the Ottawa festival this year. Should we talk about entitlement now and how it’s affecting our industry? Maybe I could enlist some readers to comment…. »
Weekly Rex Bunyan
Apologies to Darren, I’m late posting this, not him. Click on the image for the… »
Mike Geiger’s Chicken Bone #1
After posting his strip, Chicken Bone, the other day, Mike sent me a link to the first one, so I’m passing the poultry on to you guys. (click on the image) Mike’s also responsible for a number of shorts, including the County Ghost series and Cuddlesticks. There’s been an interesting development with Cuddlesticks, something I’ll… »
Comix: Mike Geiger’s Chicken Bone
Mike Geiger, he of “County Ghost”, recently posted a single-paged stip called “chicken bone”. It’s labeled as issue 2, so I’ve asked Mike if there’s an issue 1. I’ll post a link to that one if it surfaces. Click on the image for the… »
Weekly Rex Bunyan
I pretty much took yesterday off, glad Darren didn’t. Click on the image for more… »
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