Jonathon Dalton
is one of Vancouver’s local young guys starting up in this comic game. He has a handful a mini’s out, but one look at his work, and you can already tell that he is on the ball. He has a story in the upcoming Fablewood Anthology. Jonathon’s work is mix of personable surreal tales and fantasy taken beyond the normal expectations. I really enjoy his work, and you can tell alot goes into putting it together.
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Frank Santoro joined the ’studs for a great chat about his comix. His latest book, Storeyville, is a reprint of a newspaper he put out in the mid 1995 presented in a beautiful hardcover edition. You can find all of Frank’s work published by those fine folks at Picturebox. His most notable series, Cold Heat is a fantastic journey through a drug fueled maze of 1990’s psuedo reality.
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This has to be one of the funnest shows I have done in a while. Brian was an awesome guest. Brian Ralph has some great comix in his repertoire. His latest book is Daybreak from the always awesome Bodega books. You can check out updates of his strip.
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I am sitting at around hoping that the internet would jump at me with pieces of excitement, and I remembered, that some of my favorite cartoonists have blogs. So here are some that I like, that I think you will like.
First off, New Bodega. It’s a group of awesomeness, including Brian Ralph, Jordan Crane, Tom Devlin, Marc Bell, Dave K., and much more.
Dan Zettwoch is a man of awesomeness, who continues to blow my mind.
His good friend, Kevin Huizenga is always good for a smart read.
Anders Nilsen is by farrrrrr, one of my favoritist cartoonists. And he should be yours as well.
John Bell joined us to discuss his book, Invaders from the North. It is a comprehensive history of Canada and comix, covering the range of crazy goldenage goodies, to modern alternative masters like Dave Cooper, Chester Brown and everything else in-between. It is a pretty important look at the history of Canadian comix, and I recommend checking it out.
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2 years ago, Colin and I voyaged to the south side of Vancouver, near the Fraser River, on a hunt for the Raincoast books office. We were about to do our first interview ever for the newly thought up, Inkstuds Radio Show. After several terrible names that went around, we decided on Inkstuds. I am really happy with the name and I think its source, being from a comic by Dan Clowes, reflects what we are doing with show.
Luckily we started out the show on a pretty high note, interviewing Seth. I feel bad for Seth, because he had to endure an hour of me going “ummm†and “aaaâ€. Not my best moment on the radio. Since then, I have felt pretty fortunate to interview some of my all time favorite cartoonists. Peter Bagge, Bob Fingerman, Neal Adams(ok, so he doesn’t really fit in with the rest, but hey, I still have a fondness for the old Green Lantern/Green Arrow run–Dennis O’neil, if you are reading this by some chance, I really want to interview you), Mary Fleener are all people that I had and still do have a passion love for their prospective works. That is just a sampling of the first six months.
Before the Inkstuds started, my good friend, Robin Fisher was doing the Onomatopoeia show for probably seven years, my mind is hazy, but I know she did along time. After Fisher moved away to Montreal, I managed to slip into the same time slot. I did a couple of guest spots on Fisher’s show, and the radio bug bit me, and I wanted to bite back(ok, I know that sounds cheezy, but who cares).
It’s been 2 years that I have been doing Inkstuds, with the help of some stellar Vancouver talents, including Donald King, Robin Bougie, Robin Konstabaris and last but not least, my favourite t-bagger, Colin Upton. We have interviewed some of the biggest and brightest names in alternative comix, and show no signs of letting up. So until people stop giving me interviews, you can expect the Inkstuds to keep pumping out some hopefully quality radio. There are still a bunch of people that I want to interview, and as long as they are still on my list, you can be sure that we will still be polluting the airwaves (just so you know, I am reffering to Clowes, Spiegelman and Moore, who all happen to be on this weeks Simpsons).
As a way of celebrating the milestone of 2 years of not knowing when to shut up, the Inkstuds are proud to be putting on an artshow. Some of Vancouver’s brightest cartooning talents are providing work to be seen and enjoyed, at the lovely Jem Gallery.
Many thanks to Joseph Bergin III for providing us with a lovely advertisement.
One of my favourite new books this year, is Matt Kindt’s SuperSpy. Published by TopShelfComix , SuperSpy is an excellent journey into the complex world of espionage. Taking place during the Second World War, Matt has created a wealth of intriguing characters. I strongly recommend reading this book its AWESOME.
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Patrick Rosenkranz joined the inkstuds(for this installment, the Inkstuds consisted of myself and Robin Bougie, author of Cinema Sewer and editor of Sleazy Slice) for a discussion of the work of Greg Irons. Patrick authored the wonderful collection for Fantagraphics, You Call This Art?! A Greg Irons Retrospective. Greg was an accomplished creator in the classic underground scene, whose knack for finding the underlying filth was unmatched by his contemporaries. Greg was a bit of an outsider in the comix scene, and created some masterful work in the process. His psychedelic San Fransisco concert posters have left an emblematic legacy of stepping beyond the standard poster concepts. In his later life, he became a famous tattooist, use his own illustration techniques in this new artistic venture.
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Robin Bougie is one of my favourite people in Vancouver. Not only is he a dedictated lover of comix, he is also one of the most productive patrons of the local comix scene. Over the last 10 years, he has made a stellar effort to help promote some Vancouver’s most talented unknown local kids. For that reason alone, you should be supporting Cinema Sewer.
Cinema Sewer is Robin Bougie’s love letter to the sleazy side of film. Filled to the brim with interviews, reviews, comix, and depraved fantasies, Robin has a touch of filth to please the most discriminating reader.
Just recently he had his first book published, a collection of the best of his now rare first 10 issues, coupled with 100 pages of new sorts of nastyness.
If you are interested in checking out the book, just follow up his simple instructions.
“10 years in the making, the 200 page Cinema Sewer book from FAB Press collects the best of the first 12 issues, plus almost 100 pages of all new material — making it the MUST HAVE present this Christmas for the movie dork into trashy exploitation and classic porn on your shopping list! This is my blood, sweat and tears in this one, people! YOU MUST SEE IT! Order now by sending $26 (US or Canadian money is fine, shipping included in the price) or $30 if you live overseas to:
Robin Bougie
#320 – 440 east 5th ave
VANCOUVER BC
V5T-1N5 Canada
You can also paypal your order via: mindseye100 (AT) hotmail.com
Be sure to request a sketch and a signature when you order, and I’ll draw you something disgusting/sexy in the inside cover. No other site selling them can offer you that!â€
Now on to the photo’s from the launch party.
So Stumptown was a month ago, and I am slacking off on saying what I thought about it.
I had lots of fun, I bought some great comix. The Papercutter anthology being the top of the list. In lew of me getting off of my ass and having time to right about the comix, here is a selection of photos of fun.
The first night, we didn’t get in until after midnight, so we missed the comic reading at an awesome comic store, Guapo. If you go to Portland, make sure you check out Guapo.
Here is my first drink of the weekend, a nice full glass of Knob Creek Bourbon.
I was happy to finally meet Mr. Al Columbia, and be able to get a pretty awesome print of his from the Floating World table (and right now, they have an art show of Farel Dalrymple and Kaz Strzepek 2 of my fav artists).
Me and the boyz, went to go see Fox Hollow performing at the Tonic lounge, trashy venue, just how I like it. They were some pretty good poppy fun, look forward to me playing some on the old Inkstuds show.
Some of favourite cartoonists were there, and luckily I got a shot of them together. Pete, Joe and Al.
All and all, I had an awesome time. Iwill def be going next year. –Here’s a shot of drunk Mike Mhyre and Steve Lecouilliard, they are great travelling homies. 
