Calgary Expo!
Here are my signing hours for the Calgary Expo this weekend. See you there!
Friday: 3pm-5pm, 6pm-8pm (show hours are 3-8)
Saturday: 11am-1pm, 4pm-6pm (show hours are 10-7)
Sunday: 11 am-1pm, 3pm-5pm (show hours are 10-5)
For years, we heard there were cartoonists in Australia, but we weren’t sure, because Australia is far away, and the simplest concepts imaginable confused us.
BUT NOW
The Australians are here (in North America)(which is where I am even though you may not be) and they are TOURING! You can see them in New York, Vermont, Toronto and Chicago so don’t miss them! Click on the picture for more details.
Also, that first bit was a (hilarious) joke, and I know these guys to be super talented dudes and ladies, and I get to meet them in Toronto myself. Finally!
Scott C. is well known for his super delightful paintings and pop culture themes but this scottc’d version of “The Anatomy lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp"is one of my favorite things… ever? From a show at London Miles.
You’re all watching this show because Issa Rae is the best and funniest right? Yes. Yeesssss
These are so cute. Drawings by kids and their parents teaming up, mostly the father and 2-daughter team that started it, but taking submissions. Great idea.
It’s so great when you find shows online! There are several episodes on youtube of this BBC series, History Cold Case. I’ve been watching them, they are addictive! A wide range of subjects, same sort of set up every time but really great! History detectives. Many sad histories involved, but poignant stories.
Hey! you want to watch some videos about feminism with interesting topics and discussion? Sure ya do
Just a note! These are the conventions I am attending this year.
-Kate
Video Saturday! This is the start of an episode from the BBC's Ray Mears’ Northern Wilderness, focusing on the under-acclaimed explorer John Rae. How often do you see shows about Canada from outside of Canada? Not too often! I think the whole series is online.
I’ve seen Billy Conolly’s Journey to the Edge of the World from the BBC as well, but it’s not on youtube.
I just think about this whenever the Titanic anniversary comes up.
I am also interested in public history like this- how we remember things, why we remember things! What history becomes very much part of the public imagination like the Titanic does. Why people remember the Titanic so well and not know about the Empress of Ireland in the least. That sort of thing. How what we know changes over time. The Titanic from A Night to Remember and the 1997 film becomes what people know, and that becomes legitimate history just because it’s widespread, like the idea of Richard III being a villain staying in our minds because of Shakespeare. Pop culture is just as much a part of the narrative as anything else.
jeez what a ramble!
ha! I found this in an old sketchbook. Aquaman and PAUL
Beautiful book covers: Jillian Tamaki’s Black Beauty
Beautiful book covers: Carson Ellis’ 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea