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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Bending
via Everyone's Blog Posts - We Make Zines by Jme Hash on 9/2/09
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Subway Stories # 6: Joe Decie
via The Daily Cross Hatch by bheater on 9/2/09
We sort of guessed at the former, given that what images of Decie are available online don't seem easily mistaken for those of a bald elderly man. The location, too, should be familiar to those who have spent any time in Brooklyn or the Bronx.
As for Decie himself, you can find more of his work over at Top Shelf 2.0, as well as some insight into his favorite brand of whiskey—an important bit of information, if you're looking to make friends with a cartoonist.
The Gel Pen Club
via FOUND Magazine on 9/1/09
I found this at a local thrift store inside a 101 Dalmatians pencil case. I only picked it up since it was a case similar to one I used to own, and decided to look inside for no particular reason but nostalgia. I found this and a few other papers inside, the others reading "Gel pen Club."
“Cornered!” reviewed
via CONSPIRE! by David Steinlicht on 9/2/09
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Ted Anderson posted a nice review of David Steinlicht's In This Corner compilation over at examiner.com. Thanks, Ted!
"Cornered!" is available at Big Brain, The Source, the bookstore at the Minnesota History Center and online at cornercomic.com.
Lose #1 is for sale!
via ELECTRIC ANT ZINE BLOG on 9/2/09
Hey guys, I now have copies of my very first "real" comic! I spent
most of the summer working on this, and Koyama Press put it out. It's
24 pages, black and white, fancy glossy covers. You can get it through
Paypal (5 dollars plus 1.50 shipping, 3.00 overseas) at
michael.deforge@gmail.com, and soon I will have sent them out to
respectable comic stores everywhere!
News: Paul Haines - Slice Of Life
via HorrorScope by Talie Helene on 9/1/09
Paul Haines... A man. A liver. A mind?Meet the mind of Paul Haines. Slice of Life contains seventeen glittering stories, dripping with twenty first century paranoia and anxiety. The honesty of Paul's writing horrifies as he describes the private mind of men. Published here together for the first time are the Ditmar winning story; The Devil In Mr Pussy, the Aurealis Award shortlisted horror story; Doof Doof Doof; and the complete Slice of Life series of stories, including the previously unpublished Slice of Life—a Spot of Liver.
HAINES' SLICE OF LIFE - seventeen glistening stories from the decaying mind of the winner of the 2005 Ditmar for New Talent.
Peruse the Table Of Contents at www.paulhaines.com.
'Exuberant, profane, and totally whacked out'
Ellen Datlow
Ellen Datlow
Slice of Life is a fund-raising venture for the Paul Haines cancer fund. 100% of the cover price will help Paul Haines fight his cancer. Help give Paul Haines a slice of life.
Paul has released a short statement: "My new collection Slice of Life will be launched at Conflux this year. If my health permits, I hope to be there to help launch it."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Paul Haines was raised in the '70s, in the wrong part of Auckland, New Zealand. He now lives in Melbourne with his wife and daughter. Paul Haines sliced through the Australian writing scene with his twisted and murderous black humour in 2002. He has since won an Aurealis Award and three Ditmar awards for his dark and surreal stories. Lately he has been fighting cancer.
PAUL HAINES - SLICE OF LIFE
PUBLISHED 4th October 2009
IMPRINT TMP Australian Science Fantasy
CATEGORY Adult science fantasy
RRP $19.95
CONTACT Stuart Mayne to purchase your copy - 0437 107 367, or ezekial@smartchat.net.au
Source: The Mayne Press & www.paulhaines.com
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Steamtown
via Frank's Place by Frank Dutton on 9/1/09
A steamy Saturday morning at Steamtown. Canadian National 3254,on the left, Canadian Pacific 2317 on the right.
you and me 2
via punks is hippies - the blog! by yan tree on 9/1/09
http://www.mediafire.com/file/jewdntn5znt/you and me 2.zip
you and me #2 is an excellent zine with a great 'feeling' . After being out of the scene for a few years (art college) I found this and a few other zines a brilliant way to found out whats been happening & such stuff! I was inspired to ask cover artist Claudio to send me some art work for my 'unfinished...(not even started)' lost dreams #5 zine...which she did, still got it somewhere. Bands, articles, stories, artwork, info on sex, readers contributions - its got loads of info inside!
After the Computers
via FOUND Magazine on 8/31/09
This note was found next to one of the public internet computers at the Taunton Public Library. The patron that was using the computer around the time the note was found was known to have some anger issues, and he just happened to be accompanied by a female friend of his.
1000000000 Kisses
via FOUND Magazine on 8/31/09
When I was walking to work, I cut through the park. The letter was a little wet.
Dembicki, Matt
via Optical Sloth by admin on 8/31/09
Xoc #1
OK, you can see the cover. Are you one of the tiny amount of people in the world who aren't intrigued, or do you immediately want to know more? It made me read it as soon as it got here, and seeing as how most things go into my "random review grab pile" as soon as they get here, that's no small feat. This was also nominated for an Ignatz award, and if it didn't win it either got robbed or somebody else made an even better mini comic, which is a hard thing to imagine. This is the story, more or less, of Xoc, a great white shark. Matt takes great care with his facts here, noting the sharks migrating when they notice a change in the magnetic pull of the Earth and the position of the sun. Granted, he could be making those up and I'd never know, but based on the level of detail in the rest of the book I feel secure saying he got it right. The story opens with a group of sea lions arguing (they're the only group in the comic to talk, oddly) about how they're going to get more food and whether or not they should move off their current patch of land. A brash young sea lion declares that they need to move now after seeing what he thinks are fish, and leaps into the ocean. He makes it to another small patch of land, but is only saved from being eaten by the other sea lions that follow his lead and attract the attention of Xoc. The blood from his first kill brings other sharks, and a feeding frenzy commences. While the survivors huddle together and plot their next move, Xoc and the other sharks feel the pull and move out of the area, coming across some deep sea creatures and other things that generally end up in the bottom of the ocean. This is a genuinely magnificent comic, something that is rarer than you probably think. Granted, I feel like a bit of a dork for even using the word "magnificent", but it sums it up perfectly. The art is perfect, with all kinds of little details and some serious realism, and the writing is slowly starting to tell the story of Xoc. Heck, I was nervous watching the sea lions swim to the other bit of land, and that's saying a lot from somebody as jaded as me. It's well worth checking out, here's hoping that Matt has an epic in him with this story. $2
Coexistence
This was one of those cases where the cover made it worth a shot all by itself. That's one creepy image, and the inside doesn't let up much from there. A Vicar comes home from a day at church to find the devil sitting in his kitchen. The devil says that he's merely there to sit and that he won't try to talk to the Vicar or convince him of anything, he will merely sit. The Vicar, of course, is confused by this, because the devil is always up to something, and the rest of the issue is spent finding out just what that something is. Oh, and I should mention that this is based on a short story by Slawomir Mrozek, for all you literary types out there (it's not a name I recognize). Matt manages to pack a constant sense of dread throughout this mini. There's not a speck of white in this outside of eyes and clouds, the rest is shades of grey and black. Great stuff and there's even a message involved. And did I mention that it's only $.50?
Animal Stew
Unless you mostly hate animals, it'll be tough not to find something to like in this one. It's a collection of one page strips from the Small Press Syndicate newsletter, and which eventually found their way into various alternative newspapers, about various animals and/or the people involved with them doing strange things. You have remote controlled rats, giant cockroaches as pets, bugs breathing, the tiniest dog in the world, premasticated dog food, a dolphin going AWOL, termite flatulence, and more than a few other odd animal related stories. There's something that I didn't know in about half the stories here, which is always a good thing. Of course, if you have no interest in learning odd facts about animals you'll probably hate this, but if that's true why would you still be reading this review? Good clean fun to be had here and it's only a buck…
Lost Dreams 4
via punks is hippies - the blog! by yan tree on 8/31/09
LOST DREAMS 4
mostly a cut n paste zine with numerous contributors from around the planet. I made & arranged the zine with co-editor Claire Leaper. It had been about 10 years since i had done a zine so this is what happened when i got back into it. think Andy Bald Cactus did the printing. i was a student nurse at the time so i used to do it after my shifts finished & on the rare days when i wasn't doing agency work (so i could afford to live!). I think its the most punky of the Lost Dreams zines.
Let's go to Utah
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via Comics Village Reviews by Glenn Carter on 8/31/09
Dave, Let's Go To Utah's main character, has a strange nightmare. It compells him to get to Utah by any means necessary to fulfil the dream and find answers as to what it means. Enter Leif, amiable friend of a friend, to drive him to Utah. Things go a bit weird from there.
Essentially a road trip story, with a strong feel of buddy movie (if your buddy happens to be a likeable but raving psycho, that is), Let's Go To Utah is a brilliant read.
Oh yeah, initially you'll be going "what the?" at the quirky line art and strange scenarios, but once you get into it and realise that Dave Chisholm, like his namesake character, has a clear destination, you'll see the talent inherent in the writing. Once you realise that everything about this book is actually brilliant you'll be compelled, like I was.
The story is as much about Leif as it is about Dave, which is good because Leif is a fleshed out, interesting and deranged character. He's delightfully surreal when he talks, I particularly love the line, "What's the point of letting go of the steering wheel when the steering wheel is really a fish?"
Chisholm is fantastic at creating atmosphere and the whole thing drips in it. From the freaky psychic radio to the weird transitions between nightmare and reality to the bizarre conversation of Leif, which means that you are never really sure what he is going to do next, all of it contributes to the eerie and psychologically unnerving vibe.
In addition, Chisholm is no stranger to the plot twist, which always expands on the story, but surprises you in its nature. You know something is going to happen, but you are never exactly sure what. Chisholm plays with expections, but maintains story flow and interest with his excellent sense of pacing and poised, witty writing.
My only criticism has to be the swear words. Not the amount of them, but the fact that they are all blanked out. I'm an adult and this is an adult comic. I already know the words and I don't get the logic that says I can handle people's faces being smashed in with a bat and truckload of corpses but I can't handle a few swear words.
Still it's a minor point and a personal thing, really. I have no hesitation recommending this comic to anyone that possesses a brain.
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via Thought Cloud Factory News by theoellsworth@hotmail.com (Theo Ellsworth) on 8/30/09
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This is part of an unfinished drawing that will be the first chapter heading page of my new comic book.
This is smaller, unfinished drawing I've been working on along side of the chapter heading drawing. It'll probably end up being one of the earlier illustration pages that leads into the book.
This is a scribbly diagram I made in order to get clear about a certain aspect of the plot progression in the story.
These are some more fragments of unfinished drawings; all part of my comic. My plan is to make it an ongoing series, though I haven't quite figured out how many pages I should publish at a time. I think I'm just going to keep working on it until it feels like the right amount to have in a single issue, then get right on to working on the next one.
The comic is called The Thought Cloud Family. I don't think I'll be changing the name at this point. It's going to be in color. I tried to have it be black and white, but the color is ending up being an important part of the story, so I'm just going for it.Right now I'm just focusing on the lead-in art, and making crazy charts and notes, but I've set a date to start working on my story full time (as much as finances will allow).
Heather (my girlfriend) is just about to graduate from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. It's been a huge and intensive program! After she graduates, we'll immediately be escaping to Montana to camp for a week. When we get back, she'll be starting a part time job as an assistant in an acupuncture clinic, and I plan to launch into my comics series! It feels like an amazing new step for us both!
Also, Tomorrow night, I'm doing a reading at Powells City of Books, along with my awesome Cartoonist friend Aron Steinke (See the earlier post below). I'll be reading first at 7:30 pm. Unfortunately, Heather has school that night, so she won't get to see me talk in funny voices.
Maybe you can come though?
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September 1, 2009
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