been doing research and sketches for a Iliad/Achilles comic, if that works out, but in any case this is what comic concept sketches look like, for me.
Have you never fallen in love with the Provensens and their illustrations? You ought to.
Storycorps, forever, forever. Love the design on that dad.
This is an old book of an old fashioned type of humor that takes a bit of getting used to. One of those popular humorist travelogues. Very interesting though. "Max O'Rell" being the pen name of one Léon Paul Blouet. I just found it, as usual, looking for something else.
And this is an image I did for them last year, some versions have the ‘beat’ poster in the corner and some don’t, hmm I forget which one we went with.
For those of you who are unfamiliar, The Walrus is a pretty great Canadian magazine, and they’ve been home to a lot of my early color work. I mean, we’re still on early color work, over here. This is the picture.
(Source: walrusmagazine.com)
Hey look what is on newsstands right now! My very first magazine cover! Thanks, Walrus Magazine!
I made a little comic about my old neighbour, who is the cutest.
Marlo Meekins has a tumblr and I want you to FOLLOW IT
Charles Dickens’ ghost story The Signalman, from the BBC, 1976.
The documentary Paris 1919, based on the book by Margaret MacMillan of the same name and made by the NFB, is available to watch online here.
If you’d like to see another trailer, there is one on the NFB site itself.
The documentary covers the Paris Peace Conference at the end of WWI, and is very good.
Interview →
I did a little interview with Leah at the blog Dream Big Cape Breton
Jeepers, just posting folk music today! Look at these MacKenzie boys play, they’re damn good. Kenneth was in my class, Calum was in my sister’s class, and the only time in my life that I was in Scotland I walked into a bar and Angus was playing because that is what happens in Nova Scotia and there’s no point in wondering why.
You can look up their new album right here.
I donno why anyone goes messing with Lord Donald anyway, that homie has two swords, which is two swords more than I usually have.
Song by the legendary Fairport Convention
Speaking of spooky stuff, you’re going to pick up Becky Cloonan’s illustrated Dracula aren’t you??