Afrodisiac is one the most ass-kickingest comics of the year, so talking to Jim Rugg was a must to do. It’s a fine mix of spoilation films and 1970’s comic style His other recent release is One Model Nation, a story of a fictional krautrock band from the late 70’s early 80’s. If you know my personal music taste, that book was of interest to me. Be sure to check out Street Angel and The Plain Janes for more Jim’s great stuff.
My inbox gets filled and I see all these interesting things people are doing and I really need to pass on the good words.
First off, here is a peice I commissioned the Ass-Kicking Hellen Jo to do.
You should really consider getting her to do something. I think her rates are stupidly cheap and should be 3 times that, so get in while the gettin’s good.
CCS librarian extreme Jen Vaughn is going to SXSW and needs your help. Go help a young lady go to Austin and drink, since the rest of us won’t be able. She promises a lovely zine in return. Her comics are great, so I am sure the zine will be as well.
Here is what she has to say:
Cartoonist Jen Vaughn is thrilled to announce her first SXSW InteractiviZINE! From March 12th to March 16th, she will attend the SXSW (South by Southwest) Interactive Festival in Austin, TX and will “cover” the event multimedia-style in her Interactivitizine! SXSW is chock full of panels, events, and of course parties, related to social media, convergence, video games, start-ups and anything Internet. Upon the conclusion of her visit, Jen will post her drawings, notes, photos and other ephemera from the festival on her website for everyone to share the wealth of information gleaned.
Jen is accepting donations of $5 and up towards her SXSWÂ InteractiviZINE experience via her website (http://www.mermaidhostel.com/sxsw-interactivizine-fundraiser/). Anyone who donates will receive a LIMITED EDITION (PRINT) SXSW InteractiviZINE full of panel notes, comics and other special goodies made especially by Jen Vaughn.
Ok, i am tired, interviews to do tmrw. More postings throughout the week.
KC Green has to be one of the fastest cartoonists on the scene. His webcomics seem to provide an endless supply of laughs. His new book, Horribleville is a great jumping point and a fine collection in itself.
Someone suggested Malcy Duff as a guest that I should have on, so I checked out his comics and loved them and wanted to talk to him. He has a really great eye for interpreting reality and infusing some really unique ideas. Check out his stuff. Very impressive cartooning.
Inkstuds favorite, Farel Dalrymple stepped up to the plate, holding true to the mixtape idea. His mix comes in 2 parts, side A and side B and includes artwork to print out for your extra enjoyment. The high-res version is here.
Side A
1. Eddie Cantor – When My Ship Comes In
2. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Artifact
3. Akron Family – I’ll Be On The Water
4. Moondog – High On A Rocky Ledge
5. Earth – Harvey
6. Evangelicals – What An Actress Does Best
7. Unrest – When It All Comes Down
8. Spiderstraw – Red Taurus
9. Jason Spaceman – Garden Walk
10. The Angels Of Light – My Sister Said
11. The Verlaines – Lying In State
12. Billy Bragg – A New England
13. Lightnin’ Hopkins – Business You’re Doin’
14. David Pajo – Attitude
Side B
1. Lil Troy – Wanna Be A Baller
2. Apse – Blackwood Gates
3. The Clean – Big Soft Punch
4. Coachwhips – Extinguish Me
5. Ancient Justice – Manhattan Bridge
6. The Mountain Goats – Song For Dennis Brown
7. Beck – Go Where You Want
8. The Gris Gris – Me Queda Em Bejou
9. Swans – Can’t Find My Way Home
10. Exuma – Damn Fool
11. Paul Simon – Born At The Right Time (Original Acoustic Demo)
12. Bright Lights – Spy Novel
Today’s episode of Inkstuds takes a detour East, with a chat about Japanese manga for indie comics readers with your guest host, Deb Aoki, Manga Editor for About.com (manga.about.com) and special guests:
Chris Butcher, manager of The Beguiling, comics blogger (comics212.net) and co-founder of the Toronto Comics Arts Festival.
David P. Welsh, manga and comics blogger at The Manga Curmudgeon, and former columnist for Flipped!, a weekly feature on Japanese comics for The Comics Reporter.
Ryan Sands, indie/horror manga and comics blogger at Same Hat!, editor of Electric Ant Zine and translator/editor for Tokyo Zombie by Yusaku Hanakuma and the upcoming The Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro Maruo, both from Last Gasp.
Our chat delves into alternative manga past and present, including VIZ Media’s “too hip for the room” anthology magazine PULP and their online alt-manga website, SigIkki.com, eclectic anthologies like Comics Underground Japan, Secret Comics Japan and the upcoming AX: A Collection of Alternative Manga from Top Shelf. We also talk about must-read manga beyond Tezuka, Tatsumi and Urasawa, and why 2010 is a great time to sample Japanese comics that goes beyond what you might think manga can be.
READING LIST
We talk about a LOT of manga in this episode of Inkstuds, so to make it easier to check out the titles we mentioned, here they are, presented in the order that we discussed them. Some older titles are out of print, and are notated by (OOP).
The Mixtapes return with a nice lowfi installment by Sam Gaskin.
1. Kemialliset Ystävät – “Himmeli Kutsuu Minua”
2. Sord – “How Many Times”
3. Caethua – “The Blood Beneath Our Skin”
4. Orphan Fairytale – “Suicidal Childswing”
5. Lazy Magnet – “Masters of Science Fiction”
6. Russian Tsarlag – “Special Leg”
7. The Cherry Blossoms – “Charlie Prim”
8. Maher Shalal Hash Baz – “Different Daylight”
9. Colin Langenus – “Woe is Me”
10. Foot Village – “Brazil”
11. Ducktails – “Backyard”
12. Grass Widow – “Black Hole”
13. Dunebuggy – “Money Honey”
14. the Terribles – “Church”
15. Fat Day – “Sex On Drugs”
16. Defneg – “(untitled)”
17. Bone Zone – “I Am the Ear”
18. No Sound – “Down Sunday”
Jordan Crane and Sammy Harkham chat with me about What Things Do. It’s a webcomic site put together by Jordan that features some great stuff by Jordan, Sammy, Ted May, John Porcellino and Steven Weissman. It was a really great to have the two of them on together, the conversation gets pretty heated at some points.
I really enjoyed this chat with Zak Sally. If you are not already reading his work, you will want to after listening to this. Check out his new stuff from Fantagraphics, Like a Dog and Sammy The Mouse 1,2. We also discuss some of the stuff he publishes under La Mano 21 including an exclusive on his next big publishing project. It sounds really exciting and I can’t wait to get my hands on it. Most of the music on this show is from his solo album Fear of Song.
I don’t normally post this kind of thing, but Robin Konstabaris was an integral part of getting this show together and one of my favorite people in the local comics community. Please come and support event if you can, and if not, try and do something nice for Robin, she is good people!
and for fun, read her wonderful blog, documenting the cross country adventure undertaken by Robin and her special fella.
Friday, 05 February 2010 at 23:15
The New Revue Stage on Granville Island
1601 Johnston Street, Vancouver
Presented by the Vancouver Theatresports League this promises to be an evening full of laughter. Come out and show your support! Please share this event with your friends.
The suggested donation at the door is $10.00 the proceeds will go to Robin Konstabaris. Thank you to the Vancouver Theatresports League and their very talented artists for supporting this wonderful event.
About the artist:
Robin Konstabaris has been active in the Vancouver arts community for over 20 years, at various times a fine artist, author (Scrambled Brains), and modern cartoonist. She has exhibited in numerous galleries across Canada, and is most well known for her comic strip Clip ‘n’ Save, which appeared weekly in Vancouver’s Westender from 1998 until 2005.
On Christmas Day, 2009, her studio containing most of her life’s work as well as over 2 decades of accumulated equipment and inventory was destroyed by fire. A fraction of the work, including some colour documentation and most of the Clip ‘n’ Save originals, were eventually and miraculously recovered from the rubble but require professional restoration.
“I am forced to rebuild my studio from scratch,†says the artist, “beginning with finding some affordable space. Once I do that there is quite a bit of required equipment to get up to even the bare minimum of a functional space, including a desk, chair, cutting mat, squares, rulers, pencils, pens, pastels, charcoals, tracing paper, rag paper, illustration board, and other various odds and ends. It all seems like little things but it really adds up.â€
The emotional aspects have been hard to deal with, the artist admits, but the situation has been made easier by the help she has received from the community, for which she is deeply grateful.
