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    Saturday, November 7th, 2009
    jabberworks
         		11:50p
    little pencil at the ica
    Taso and her marvellous mythical beast

    On Friday evening, as part of the Comica festival, a group of kids, their parents and I got to watch three videos in the cinema at the Institute of Contemporary Art: Sweet Dreams and Story from North America by Kirsten Lapore and Bryum & Kapok 03: A Lilt by Overture. The DFC's Patrice Aggs slipped into the cinema with us before she headed off to do her Black Powers talk and we had a good giggle while watching Sweet Dreams when the cupcake starts getting jiggy with the butternut squash.

    Sweet Dreams from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.



    After we watched the animations, we went and drew pictures to music I'd picked out. Some of the songs had evocative lyrics and others had quirky instrumental bits I thought might give us ideas. I started off showing them some pictures from my Morris the Mankiest Monster book and said that while I'd been painting it, I'd been listening to a song called Hunnu by Egschiglen's Mongolian throat singers. It always makes me crack up because it sounds to me like a bunch of short men jumping around in the mud, which was just perfect for the book.
    ( More drawings and music links under the cut )
    grrm
         		10:34p
    Alone in London
     Parris will soon be on her way home to take care of the cats, before they start rioting and have wild parties. So I'm pressing on by myself. Arrived in London a few hours ago. Signing at Forbidden Planet on the 11th.

    Current Mood: lonely
    beatonna
         		5:40p
    Canadian cast of characters
    Well, I used a lot of the suggestions that came my way from that post the other day! I was pretty pleased with the turnout of readers for that question, I must admit. I guess it's because you hear a lot that people don't give a darn about history in this country, if depressing yearly polls from the Dominion Institute mean anything, but it's clearly not the case among my livejournal followers. You guys are great!

    I had to do a general sweep that involved a good range of places, professions, backgrounds and time periods, so you know, not everyone's favorite author is going to be in there but I sure did like the range in suggestions. Looking at it now I wish I had someone from the NWT (not one! for shame) and New Brunswick. Stompin Tom is from New Brunswick but he's also sort of from everywhere.  I could have put the Irvings in there, I think they control history in NB as well as anything else.

    I was all crazed out with strep throat while I did this, but listening to Radiolab shows and a burning passion for Canada I guess(?) kept me going.  You can find the image in today's National Post, along with an article about the Historica/Dominion merger! Interesting stuff.


    ( picture is under the cut because it's huge )


    Here is the legend, the rows are sort of wonky but you'll figure it out:

    Row One (bottom):
    James Wolfe, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, David Suzuki, Louis-Joseph Papineau, John A. Macdonald, Terry Fox
    Row Two
    Emily Carr, Joseph Howe, Joey Smallwood, Robert Bartlett, Louis Riel, Joy Kogawa
    Row Three
    Marshall McLuhan, Samuel de Champlain, Marilyn Bell, Wayne Gretzky, Emily Murphy
    Row Four
    Rene Levesque, Sam Steele, Farley Mowat, L.M. Montgomery, Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Trail, John McCrae
    Row Five
    Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker), Oscar Peterson, Rush, Pierre Berton
    Row Six
    Les Filles du Roi, Mary Pickford, Skookum Jim Mason
    Row Seven
    Charles Best, Frederick Banting, Pauline Johnson, Mordecai Richler, Tecumseh, Stompin’ Tom Connors
    Row Eight
    William Hall, Tommy Douglas, Marc Garneau, Roberta Bondar, Rosemary Brown, John Diefenbaker
    Row Nine
    Shanawdithit, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, David Thompson, William Shatner
    jeremytinder
         		10:05a
    Last chance!
     My show at Rotofugi comes down after this weekend. There are still some great paintings left. Keep in mind, these are pages of an upcoming book, and if you purchase them now, you will be personally thanked in the book!

    Some choice paintings:







    These three and more are still available in store, or through Rotofugi's online store.

    SIMILARLY-

    My show with Grant Reynolds at Giant Robot SF is coming down on the 11th- so this is a good time to pick up one of those pieces! Might I suggest:







    These and more available HERE!
    nedroidcomics
         		11:14a
    Friday, November 6th, 2009
    binsybaby
         		8:50p
    beatonna
         		9:34p
    Fast Comics By Request, One

    More to come, later
    warren_ellis
         		4:04p
    Dogs Are Destroying The Planet And Killing Us All

    I told you. I told you all. The Dog is the Enemy of the Human. But you wouldn’t believe me. Now look.

    …dogs have a greater eco-footprint than gas-guzzling SUVs.

    See? SEE?

    (Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.)
    monstro_draw
         		2:26p
    Follow Friday: Livejournal Stylez
     You and me, we all like livejournal. Lately it feels like it's running a little dry, I'm guessing it's because of twitter (@wolfhard)? Here are some of my favorite livejournals that are still posting like crazy*. ([info]beatonna also makes lists like these. She would be listed bellow because she is the best at comics but I think everyone reading this already knows and follows her. If you don't then you are nutz.)

    [info]nedroidcomics Everyone probably already knows how funny and smart these comics are, but if you don't they are the total funniest. Anthony produces a rich feed.

    [info]davario Dave has the best line work and the most appealing drawings! Also he's doing a Brovember, drawing fellas all month long. Get on board!

    [info]royalboiler Brandon Graham posts a PILE of amazing things all of the time. His own work is amazing, his girlfriend's work is amazing, his friends' work is amazing. He produces a rich trove of content all of the time. What a great journal.

    [info]r_dart Rebecca Dart is possibly the most talented person I've ever met, she is out of control. You may have seen this comic featured recently on Drawn.ca, holy cow so good). I had the good fortune to work with her on a kids' cartoon last year, she is the definition of tops.

    [info]bougieman Robin Bougie is married to Rebecca Dart and his livejournal is NOT WORK SAFE, (but is wonderful). This journal is a wild collection of the filthiest drawings and kitten youtubes. You should be following this guy.

    [info]bottomlesspop Brian does the rad fantasy comic JobGoblin (linked by me many times in the past), but lately he has been doing these cool sprawling doodle pages. Really neat stuff!

    [info]jasonturner Jason Turner is like a god-damned poet!

    [info]teamdynamite I don't know who this guy is but this stuff knocks my socks off.

    [info]bugs_is_icky I have a big big crush on Britt's paintings. She's an amazing artist who does amazing (often filthy) work. She also has an amazing dad. Follow her now so when she gets big you can act smug!


    There are so many people missing on this list! I'll do another one of these in the future.

    *I'm going to post a new comic next week unless things go haywire.

    Current Music: Iko Iko - The Belle Stars
    warren_ellis
         		2:00p
    Links for 2009-11-05
     (Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.)
    act_i_vate
    [ man_size ]
         		2:42p
    Comic Critique reviews THE ACT-I-VATE PRIMER
     http://www.comiccritique.com/cgi-bin/greview.pl?id=643

    Reviewed by Adam McGovern

    Excerpts:
    "The Act-i-vate Primer is Exhibit A in the hopeful internet-era maxim that if you hook them, they will buy. The Act-i-vate collective has done more than anyone to confirm webcomics as an artform, and this collection of priceless print-only stories from their free online series will with any justice go far to establishing it as an industry too."

    "The range of interests, level of storytelling and sheer wealth of style are staggering. I haven’t been this anxious to curl up with a colorful collection of the medium’s possibilities since The Great Comic Book Heroes in nineteen-seventy-never-mind. The golden age of comics gets its restart here."
    warren_ellis
         		9:41a
    The Haunting Of Kristamas Klousch

    The self-portrait photographer/"caricature artist" Kristamas Klousch finally has a website up for her wonderful, ghostly and irreal work.

    3923370806_229b49c875

    (Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.)
    act_i_vate
    [ jenniferhayden ]
         		10:59a
    Bonus UNDERWIRE: Alternate Ending for October's Strip

    Hey Friends!

    Through the miracle of ACT-I-VATE, UNDERWIRE just became interactive. Well, sort of. Based on all your incisive comments, I just edited my last story: http://act-i-vate.com/64-14-13.comic

    You can read both versions of the story all the way through at: http://act-i-vate.com/64-14-1.comic

    The other stories are here: http://act-i-vate.com/64-1.comic

    Thanks again for all your help--and I"ll see you all tonight at the New York debut of The ACT-I-VATE Experience, kicking off what looks like a great weekend at Brooklyn's King Con!

    And thank the Goddess for New York's love of comics!

    --Jennifer
    act_i_vate
    [ man_size ]
         		9:48a
    nedroidcomics
         		9:55a
    Who's been putting minicomics together?

    spoilers removed


    The answer is me


    I still need to fold 'em... but how do I know when???
    act_i_vate
    [ pinguin_auf_ice ]
         		9:41a
    The End is Here arrived
     This first full weekend in November 09 is all about the Brooklyn KingCon http://www.kingconbrooklyn.com/. I will be there at my table (When you come in, just the first table to your right!) to show and sell some stuff. Well, every friend of the penguins will be able to buy a nice print version of "The End is Here".

    It was a long and stony way for this book - not only for me but also for my wife. Without her, all of this would never happened. Therefore, my thanks go first and foremost to her. But also to everybody who read the online version and supported me with comments and suggestions.
    And to get you interested in the print version after you all read it online (I'm sure you did - the stats suggest me so!): I redrew some pages and panels, added some stuff here and there, and took some stuff out here and there.

    Also: I will moderate this panel:
    FROM EUROPE TO BROOKLYN: SUNDAY 1PM-1:50PM
    Even though there are lots of cartoonists living in Brooklyn, it doesn't necessarily mean they are all born in the US. Join European artists Thomas Baehr (Germany), Simon Fraser (Scotland), Vasilis Lolos (Greece), and Amir Moye (Switzerland) as they talk about their motives and experiences living and working in a different market on this side of the Atlantic.

    For a full schedule of the panels for the con click here: http://www.kingconbrooklyn.com/panels

    See you there!
    Thomas




    Current Music: Fireside_Beautyful Island, Ugly Natives
    jabberworks
         		2:38p
    comiket this sunday!
     There's loads going on with this month's Comica festival in London, but don't miss Comiket in London, this Sunday's marvellous small press fair at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1-6pm. Comiket will feature [info]ellenlindner, [info]tozocomic, and [info]cleanskies among others, click for the full list here.

    grrm
         		11:25a
    Dublin Days
     And here we are in Dublin. Ireland has been exciting but exhausting. We had a huge turnout last night for the signing at Eason's, with a queue that seemed to go on forever, but I finally scrawled everyone into submission, and afterwards I signed all the stock as well. If you missed the signing, or happen to live a thousand leagues away, you can still get an autographed copy of the SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH hardcover or any of the Ice & Fire paperbacks by phoning, emailing, or dropping by Eason's on O'Connell Street. They even have a few trade paperbacks of DREAMSONGS.

    Afterwards we adjourned to a nearby pub for a lively evening of Guinness and conversation with the local fans. I met the good folk who will be running next year's Octocon, where I'll be GOH, and hoisted a few with the hardy survivors of the Eason's event. Didn't stagger back to the our hotel till after midnight, by which time Temple Bar was roaring. Ah, if only I were twenty years younger...

    The Belfast event on Tuesday was also a hoot and a half. The crowd was much bigger at Dublin, but in Belfast some of the cast of the HBO pilot dropped by to sign books and meet the fans as well. My thanks to Ron Donachie, Richard Madden (Best Dressed Man in Scotland), Alfie Allen, Kit Harington, Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner (and their moms) for joining the festivities. And to the lovely Ros, Esme Bianco, who dropped by McHughes afterwards for the moot. Matthew Hughes, one of the authors who contributed to our Vance tribute anthology, also turned up at Eason's to help me sign SONGS OF THE DYING EARTH.

    In between signing and mooting, I've been hanging round the shoot, trying not to get underfoot. "How is it going?" everyone wants to know. I think it's going great. Wednesday's location was amazing, so real I could hardly tell where the real castle ended and our fake castle began. I saw Bran and Tommen swatting at each other in the yard, Joffrey taunting Robb, the Hound growling at Ser Rodrik, while Arya displayed her wretched needlework to Jon above, and it all looked wonderful. Saw some of the footage from the crypts too, and that looked amazing as well. Yes, some things are not exactly as they were in the books, that's inevitable with any adaptation... but these are my characters and this is my story, and it's thrilling to see 'em come to life.

    Last night in Belfast I got to meet two more of the cast, quite unexpectedly. Some of the Moroccan players were in Ireland for costume fittings. I ran into Ian McNeice for a brief moment outside the hotel, as we were waiting for our rides, and the night before we bumped into Dany -- the amazing Tamzin Merchant, who is even more beautiful in person than she is on screen -- into the dining room. What a terrific cast Nina Gold has assembled.

    Also toured the Paint Hall, though we didn't do any shooting there while I was in Belfast. Some of our sets are going up, and look great. And in another part of the building the huge castle sets from the big budget (compared to us, anyway) feature YOUR HIGHNESS are still standing. Their great hall is pretty eye-popping and they built an impressive castle yard as well.

    Tomorrow I'm off to London . Signing at Forbidden Planet on the 11th, Then it's off to Marrakech.

    Life is magical and full of joy (but no, I have not been seeking out football scores, so don't tell me. TIVO is getting all my games).

    Current Mood: excited
    act_i_vate
    [ man_size ]
         		2:10a
    Thursday, November 5th, 2009
    ryanpeq
         		8:25p
    warren_ellis
         		7:01p
    WIRED UK: Column 08

    In which I make a case for Paul Morley as national treasure, champion of music journalism and the oldest digital pioneer in newspapers. And also I make a pitch for a TV job. And a statue:

    I think we can all agree that I should have been given The South Bank Show after Melvyn Bragg retired from it. If nothing else, it is way past time that the serious arts media gave coverage to those elements of the Japanese film industry that produce such inventive, beautifully designed and thematically muscular works as The Octopus Invades the Vagina, The Fish That Has is Crunched And The Wound is Received [sic] and The Eel and Loach to Attack in Lasciviousness are Insane [sic].

    You don’t really want to search those terms from work. Which is why one requires the piercing artistic gaze of a South Bank Show to discover and present such items for the engaged viewer’s consideration. Frankly, I’m the only real choice to replace Bragg when he retires…

    (Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.)
    beatonna
         		8:26p
    Quick comics time
     What a week! Strep throat, broken website, a commission that took like eighty days (in one week!) to complete, jeepers.

    Well it can only mean one thing.


    It's quick comics time again, and done by request as is custom (it's about the only time I formally take requests anymore and only on livejournal, you are my special little guys!), so ante up all yous

    edit!

    Whoa I should mention, I think some people have the idea that I will do all the requests! There are always way too many, that is impossible, I just do some. But I read them all, and some of them will be turned into bigger comics, you never know.
    warren_ellis
         		4:26p
    Strangers And Gypsies

    There’s something powerfully weird about this beautiful photoset by Marta Lamovsek, not least in this image, where the model really does look like an alien landed in eastern Europe.

    4025011518_8b291bfe4d_o

    (Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.)
    stereotypist
         		4:39p
    capn_special
         		3:34p
    coupla crazie customs
     I drew some custom comics in the past month or two. here they are





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