Hey Fabler pals. Or, ‘Hey, Fabler pals’ – as in ‘hey look, there are some pals of The Fabler’.
I wanted to bring a couple of blogs to your attention. Because pals share that sort of thing. And! A new TPB release from Andrew Foley and Fiona Staples that you should most definitely read.
I honestly believe that there is a webcomic out there for everyone.
Whether you’re interested in buddy comedy action stories or anthropomorphic cats performing historical reenactments of the American revolution, there’s likely a webcomic creator out there doing something that speaks directly to you.
This week’s interview features Ontario-based artist Adriana Blake, who writes and draws a webcomic with its own unique niche market; Fall on Me, which she has been cartooning since February ‘09, explores the lighter side of day-to-day newlywed life.
Oni Press is billing it as ‘the most ambitious book (they) have ever published’.
It stands out as a fresh new example of the stylistic horizons that only a comic book could explore while, narratively, it presents a unique approach to exploring questions of meaning and existence
These are just a couple of the reasons why I was extremely excited to talk to Ray Fawkes about his new graphic novel, One Soul.
Take two socially and sexually awkward young men, give them a couple of backpacks and a few dollars to spare, then send them halfway around the world to a land as intimidating as it is exotic.
Now put that premise into the capable hands of Montreal-based artist Alex Fellows, a comic creator so talented he was nominated for a Doug Wright Award in the Best Emerging Artist category and then nominated again for that same award six years later.
Toss in a dash of surrealism alongside some genuinely interesting use of colour to convey tone and mood, and congratulations! You’ve successfully whipped up a steaming fresh batch of Spain & Morocco, the graphic novel currently being serialized online by Fellows over at www.spainandmorocco.com.
We are here, it is upon us: the last interview of 2010.
For the subject of this interview, we chose an extremely talented, Montreal-based comic artist who has previously had an established degree of familiarity with The Fabler. The first 16 pages of his comic collaboration with John O’Brien, ‘The Rise and Fall of it All’ is currently among the roster of showcased comics on the main site.
I am speaking, of course, of Salgood Sam.
Scott Chantler is a busy man these days – the Ontario-based comic artist has been up to his elbows in publicity for his latest graphic novel, Two Generals. Two Generals presents a detailed depiction of the conditions for Canadian soldiers during the Second World War, and it also tells a story about the friendship between Scott’s Grandfather Law Chantler and his best friend Jack Chrysler. Fortunately for us, Scott wasn’t too busy to do a quick Q & A for The Fabler.
Derek McCulloch is an Eisner-nominated and Glyph-award-winning comic writer currently living in Oakland, California. After his Alberta-based indie comic publishing company Strawberry Jam Comics folded in 92′, Derek took a 14 year hiatus from comic books. When he returned, he wrote the critically-acclaimed book Stagger Lee, and continued to release another OGN, ‘Pug’, this past summer.
The Fabler had a nice, long chat with Derek about his career to date, Pug, Stagger Lee, and his upcoming work from Vertigo Comics ‘Gone to Amerikay’.