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Canadian Comics

The Fabler is, among other things, a growing international community of comic book artists, writers, and fans.

The word ‘international’, however, might seem a little inconsistent with the content we’ve predominantly featured here on The Fabler Blog.

I’ll be the first to admit that in The Fabler Blog’s first year of life, I’ve maintained a strong emphasis on Canadian talent in the profiles and interviews I’ve posted. This, I believe, is rightly so – with the exception of very few news blogs, such as Sequential and the Joe Shuster Awards Blog, Canadian comickers don’t often receive a load of media coverage.

My contributions to The Fabler Blog have largely been an attempt to increase that load, while also providing content relevant to the interests of a growing online community of comic artists.

The Fabler Blog’s contribution to the figurative Canadian load, however, may distract some from the true international nature of the site. (Whew, what a mouthful!)

So here’s my pitch: I’m moving all existing profiles, interviews, and news updates about Canadian comickers into a whole new category – a column which I will continue to contribute to regularly.

Profiling Robin Thompson, Vancouver Comic Art teacher and artist on Champions of Hell

Robin Thompson loves comics. I talked to him about what got him started teaching sequential art, how he came to work on the dark/supernatural comic Champions of Hell, and what an aspiring comic artist should know about the self-publishing industry.

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Artist Interview: Colleen MacIsaac

The Fabler interviews Colleen macIsaac, indie illustrator, minicomic creator, and animator of short films extraordinaire!

Speaking of the extraordinary, it does occur to me that un-extraordinary is the same as ordinary. Ordinary just didn’t fit with the context. Ahem.

Profiling Gibson Twist, creator of Pictures of You and Our Time in Eden

Gibson Twist is an eloquent fellow who writes comic books for online distribution. Sometimes, as with Pictures of You, he also illustrates them.

You should probably get to know Gibson a bit better. Luckily for you, this happens to be a post profiling him. What chance! What fortune! What stroke of fate!… etc.

Really though, Gibson is a pretty darn rad artist/writer, and you would be remiss not to check out his work.

Leave it to Marvel to kick off the new decade with a high-profile lawsuit.

Marvel is suing Jack Kirby’s heirs over their notice to terminate a number of copyrights beginning in 2014. We provide CONTEXT and CLARITY into the issue for those CURIOUS about COPYRIGHT issues in COMICS.
Today is a day for alliterating the letter C.

Profiling The Fabler's Andrew Johnson, artist/writer of Kingdom and Golem: Small Town Massacre

Another featured Fabler! New Zealander Andrew Johnson chatted with the Fabler about his work in comics, with a specific focus on his web-based comic about a future dystopia, Kingdom.

Creator Interview: Alison Acton of Bear Nuts and The Faerie Path

Kevin D interviews Alison Acton, creator of the fabulously perverse (yet still, at times, oddly touching) webcomic Bear Nuts.

Every possible topic under the moon is covered, except for topics that aren’t about Bear Nuts, Alison’s own Dooomcat Studios, her manga illustration on The Faerie Path, and motherhood. Oh, and Jiu Jitsu. That’s also covered.

Profiling Jesse Jacobs of Blue Winter, Shapes in the Snow and One Million Mouths

The Fabler Blog talks to Jesse Jacobs, recent winner of the Gene Day Award for Canadian Self-Publishing for his minicomic, Blue Winter, Shapes in the Snow.

An independent self-publisher in the truest sense of the term, Jesse has also gained some recognition for his comic strip One Million Mouths, which up until a few mouths ago was a recurring feature in Halifax newspaper the Coast.

Jesse talks about winning the award, drawing Richie Rich as a kid, and shares some details about his latest as-of-yet-unnamed minicomic.

Random Bits of Not Totally Useless Information Part 3: The Internet is a Big, Helpful Place

Third in a series of personal observations made about the Canadian Comic Industry. This one applies more broadly than the previous two.

Links galore to helpful comic-related websites! Does this mean the trilogy of posts is complete? Let’s just say it’s as complete as Star Wars episodes IV through VI.