August 2, 2011 – 10:47 pm
My name is Michael Magee. This year I attended another session of the San Diego Comic Con or more commonly known as SDCC 2011. Though this year’s event was filled with big announcements, great features, and the best costume parties this side of North America, there were also some harsh realities, uncertainty and emerging opportunities. [...]
February 17, 2011 – 3:43 pm
Here’s a new twist to The Fabler. We we say that we love comics. We really do and with it, all their glory. So the other day I was watching The Dark Night with some good friends of mine. Again I relished in the fact that Heath Ledger nailed The Joker. The entire production, with [...]
August 18, 2010 – 6:30 am
Have you ever felt that Coles Notes versions of classical literature weren’t quite ‘Coles Notes’ enough?
I mean, sure they managed (using black magic and wizardry) to congest Crime and Punishment down to a palatable 85 pages of overview, and yes, Jane Austen is a lot more sensible when you don’t have to muddle through hours of haughty Victorian prose.
Still, do you ever find yourself thinking that they really could have gotten where they were going a lot faster?
Enter Ontario-based comic artist Eric Kim, who answered a resounding ‘yes’ to the above question. To prove that any classical narrative could effectively be reduced to two-to-four panels of dialogue, Kim set about putting to shame one of literature’s greatest icons; the bard himself.
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.
For those of you wondering the results of Digital Alberta’s, Media Fresh Awards, the wait is over. All you fablerites just tuning in, we were nominated for an award in the category of Best Use of Social Media!
The competition was fierce! Thanks to our friends at Mob4Hire, and Lift Interactive. We were nervous. Well, I [...]
December 1, 2009 – 11:11 pm
This post is for those who, like me, leave all to most of their holiday shopping until December. We at the Fabler relate to your last-minute shopping stresses, and, in an attempt to make your life easier, have come up with some suggestions for gift ideas for comic fans.
Really, these are all great gift ideas for anyone, regardless of how ‘into’ comics they are already. It should be noted that this x-mas shopping list, like much of the rest of the Fabler Blog, has a distinct emphasis on Canuck content.
By Kevin
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Posted in Canadian Comics
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Also tagged Abominable Charles Christopher, Alison Acton, Bear Nuts, Canadian Comics, Emiko Superstar, Essex County, Hark! A Vagrant, Holiday Shopping, Holidays, Jan's Atomic Heart, Jason Turner, Jeff Lemire, Jellaby, Joey Comeau, Karl Kerschl, Kate Beaton, Kean Soo, Lar de Souza, Least I Could Do, Manien Bothma, Mariko Tamaki, Overqualified, Ryan Sohmer, Simon Roy, Steve Rolston, The Nobody, Topatoco, True Loves, Webcomics, X-Mas
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August 19, 2009 – 9:33 am
First in a series of personal observations made about the Canadian Comic Industry.
Community: it’s a word, and it begins with C. It also ends with Y. But just how important is it to YOU?
I thought I would pop on here and peek my face briefly. Some of you loyal fans to our new burgeoning site are probably so enthralled with our talented journalist Kevin DV that you had forgotten I was around. Fret not, as I’ve been hard at work in the background ironing out kinks, and working [...]
Lecherously evil brit-punk spirits, ghoulish graveyard parties, stadium pop rock stage antics, and the zombie apocalypse.
All this and more adds up to just one day’s adventures for the girls of ‘Angora Napkin’, protagonists of Troy Little’s graphic novel of the same name and stars of their own upcoming pilot on Teletoon.
Troy talks about the Angora Napkin cartoon & graphic novel, as well as his ongoing three-volume epic, Chiaroscuro.
April 30, 2009 – 10:09 am
I just wanted to put a little reminder out there about our little International Holdiay, Free Comic Book Day.
In Alberta, places to note are Comic-Kazi, Another Dimension Comics, Happy Harbor Comics, Redd Skull Comics and more! Check out local shops and events in your area! Come meet The Fabler team, as we will be covering [...]