Vancouver creative talent, Sarah Leavitt, joined me live on air, to discuss her book, Tangles. It is a heart breaking recollection of her time with her mother, as she succumbed to Alzheimers. I found the book to be very real and honest. Well worth reading.
I took some photos at TCAF and when John Porcellino and Noah Van Sciver were in Vancouver. Here is some photos documenting some fun. Please excuse the quality on some of these, they were taken in a dark bar, and I had some drinks in me.
Here’s some post Wright Awards revelry. Notice the back of Dan Clowes head! That man makes great comix.
Look, its Wright Awards organizer, Brad Mackay, and former Vancouverite performer, Robert Dayton. He interviewed Kim Deitch with me many moons ago, as well as joining in on the TCAF panel last year.
Matt Forsythe and Michael DeForge. I probably both of them money or something.
That there be Joe Ollmann. He has a book coming out from Drawn & Quarterly at some point soon. It sounds excellent, but then again, when have you heard about a book from D&Q not being excellent. You can see Petey Thompson and Keith Jones in the background. I like those guys.
This about 15 minutes after I finally met Evan Dorkin for the first time. He proceeded to spend the next hour telling me everything wrong with me. I only cried a little. Also in photo, Jim Woodring and Dave Lapp.
I interviewed Ho Che Anderson while in Toronto for TCAF. It was an amazing conversation, and then I noticed that the recorder wasn’t taping us. Thanks technology.
Inkstuds friend Jeet Heer and Drawn! contributor, Jaleen Grove check out an original Russell Patterson page. It was pretty sweet. Both of them have been very helpful with the Inkstuds book, with Jeet providing an amazing introduction and Jaleen taking a stab at some proof reading support. Thanks to both!
My first time listed as a guest at a comic convention. I think I sold one shirt, but gave away all my promo material.
Look! It’s me and Noah and John P! Don’t they look excited!
Noah wanted to take this photo at Luckys before they did their reading.
Shannon Gerard stopped by Casa-studs to talk about her comics and crocheting. Her latest book is her collaboration with Jim Munroe, Sword of My Mouth and her strip on Topshelf 2.0, Unspent Love.
This interview with Steve Lafler got pretty deep and interesting. Lots of food for thought to be had. His latest book is the self-published El Vocho and be sure to check out the fantastic Bug House trilogy from Topshelf.
If you are in Vancouver on Tuesday night, you really have no excuse not to go to the must not miss event. I am a huge fan of both guys coming. I have heard some great stuff from a reliable source about how impacting John’s slideshow is.
See you there. Lucky’s comics, 3972 main st.
STARSHIP OF BONE AND OTHER FAVOURITES
I have compiled an assortment of (mostly) Canadian home recordings for your enjoyment. If you listen closely, you might notice that some of these “low-fi” musicians are also cartoonists. Some are not. Many do other things besides cartooning and/or music making. One is a defense lawyer. Another is a librarian. At least one of them is involved in the carpentry trade and there is a shopkeeper and a “seasonal” worker in the mix. There is one in particular I know nothing about other than the fact that he seems to enjoy watching television.
Thanks to Kip Jackson for lending me some of his archives. A few of the artists I could not reach and so I hope they don’t mind being part of this informal collection.
–Marc Bell, July 2010
1. #08 – Terry Piercey
2. #22 – Terry Piercey
3. #01 – Terry Piercey
4. #20 – Terry piercey
5. Superworm – Mouth Harp Ensemble
6. Tastebud – Untanned Hide of a Young Cow
7. Bonus Song for the First Week – Untanned Hide of a Young Cow
8. Backwards Seeds – Ambergris
9. Mountain Pony – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine
10. Nurse April – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine
11. Never to Return – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine
12. Coconut – Drue Langlois
13. Path of Destruction – Drue Langlois
14. Ppop – Discombobulated Ventriloquist
15. German Child with Small Trout – Translucent Tubes
16. Singing Parkade – 40 winks
17. Paid In Foam – Ambergris
18. Dingbatters – Captain Haircut & DJ Sweatpants
19. I Thought you Said you had a Hot Tub and a Steamroom – G.K.A.
20. Hello-Goodbye/Interlude/Colour Of Green – Terraform
21. I saw a Universe in my Sock Drawer – Translucent Tubes
22. A Little Thunderstorm – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine
23. Valet 10 [Jupiter did Walk on the Dragonfly’s Grave] – Eyeball Hurt and the Medicine
24. Potion – U-Play Walkman
25. Wim-Wam – U-Play Walkman
26. In a Coma – U-Play Walkman
27. Starship Of Bone – Poseidon Council
28. Kindergarten Symphony – Mouth Harp Ensemble
29. South American Folk Song – Mouth Harp Ensemble
30. Hillside Chapel – Colin Mclaine
31. I Can’t Watch Automag (With this Fuckin’ TV) – Unknown
I really enjoyed this chat with Sonja Ahlers about her books, The Selves and Fatal Distraction which both really blew me away in regards to the level of personal work that has gone into them. I really like her work quite a lot of find the process of it equally fascinating. Be sure to check out her blog tooooo.
When I first interviewed Frank Santoro back in the winter of 2007, I was pretty excited about chatting with him, but a little nervous, since my understanding of the world that he was making my comics, was still lacking. I am a lot more comfortable with my knowledge of the Picturebox/post Fort Thunder scene now. At this point, the interviews that we were doing, were mostly one off conversations, that would be an introduction to the guest. Since then, I have had Frank on the show a number of times, and did a fascinating, if not maddening panel with him at TCAF in 2009.
Frank Santoro is one half of Cold Heat, his collaborative project with Paper Rad maestro, Ben Jones that has seem to have gone to spawn more spin off projects than the original series itself. I have a feeling it is still going to be a while yet until the series is finished, but is now a nucleus surrounded by some of my favorite creators chipping into its universe. Storeyville had just come out when we did this chat, so is a central element to the conversation. Future conversations that I have done with Frank seem to go off into wildly different directions. Frank’s writing for ComicsComics, is filled a kind of enthusiasm that seems to get folks super excited for comic making.
Many thanks to Squally Showers for transcribing!
Wally Gropius cartoonist, Tim Hensley joined me for a chat about his comics, music and more. Wally Gropius is pretty excellent and well worth checking out for a some unique cartooning that shows a man that has been studying and implementing his craft.
Hey Inkstudents, remind your local comeek store to order the Inkstuds book in diamond. Page 272 of previews, published by Conundrum.
