September 1, 2010 – 6:30 am
Today, September 1st, marks the relaunch of Niki Smith and Mike Jasper’s Zuda comic In Maps & Legends as a digital, issue-based series.
Their comic, which has been described as a contemporary fantasy story with steam punk and sci-fi elements, won the November 2009 Zuda competition. When Zuda shut down, they were faced with the difficult choice of how to proceed with their comic. The Fabler chatted with them about their decision, their thoughts on Zuda’s demise, and about where the comic is headed.
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.
The past couple of weeks, the Fabler Blog featured interviews with Vancouver-based webcomickers Jonathon Dalton (www.jonathondalton.com) and Angela Melick (www.wastedtalent.ca).
In addition to their close proximity to Canada’s Western Coastline, they share something else in common; founding membership in a comic book collective by the name of Cloudscape Comics.
I was fortunate enough to recently connect with a few individuals involved with the group. My goal was to learn a little about what they do, what they stand for, and how local comic creators can benefit from collaborating through a collective like their own.
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Also tagged Angela Melick, Anthology, Cloudscape Comics, Colin Upton, Colleen macIsaac, Comic Anthology, Comic Artists, Comic Collective, Exploded View, Jeff Ellis, Jonathon Dalton, Jordyn Bochon, Minicomics, Profile, Vancouver
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In 2005, an engineering school student named Angela Melick decided to put a collection of funny little comics she had sketched on looseleaf up onto the internet.
Melick had been drawing comics in one form or another for almost as long as she could remember, and she felt that pursuing an education in engineering shouldn’t be a reason to suppress her interest in that form of art.
It was lucky for us that Angela made the decision to find an outlet on the internet – that simple website collecting her quirky, autobiographical sketches on looseleaf became Wasted Talent, a hugely popular and extremely funny weekly webcomic that’s still updating, 5 years later.
The premise of the action-adventure ‘buddy comedy’ is a simple one: take two wildly different personalities that would otherwise not get along, and put them in a situation where the plot forces them to. Hijinks, hilarity, and explosions ensue.
The 3 Second Rule, a webcomic by Jason Loo and Arthur Dela Cruz, is not your typical buddy comedy.
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Also tagged Arthur Dela Cruz, Axel, buddy comedy, buddy fiction, Jason Loo, Kissing Chaos, Mexican Wrestling, Profile, Shane, The 3 Second Rule, Transmission X, TX Comics
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When sometime-superheroes get somewhat autobiographical…
When the combined comics of one creative Calgarian threaten to overwhelm the humble corner of the interweb that they occupy…
One name resounds clearly amidst the din. (the din?)
Damian Willcox is… dorkboy.
(cue theatrical John Williams knockoff score)
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Also tagged Adobe Illustrator, Calgary, Comic Artist, Damian Willcox, dorkboy, Dorkboy Comics, Interview, kernel corn and peater, Manga Studio, sketchbook comics, SketchBook Mobile, skully., workin jones
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Who would you have by your side in a Zombie Apocalypse? If I had a choice, I’d choose Jenny Romanchuk. And not just because she has a cool hat. Although she does have a cool hat.
April 14, 2010 – 12:41 pm
This week The Fabler Blog chats up Eric Vedder, creator of the Transmission X webcomic Aardehn and penciler for Udon Comics.
Eric aka Ved! aka The World’s Greatest Detective was more than willing to divulge critical info about his experience working on Darkstalkers, his influences with the webcomic Aardehn, and how posting an update to his webcomic predominantly featuring probing tentacles made him uneasy (also the reasoning behind why he posted it anyway).
February 24, 2010 – 6:00 am
This week we chat with Ben Steeves, artist on Our Time in Eden – an ongoing online graphic novel written by Gibson Twist, who we profiled on the site last month.
Steeves is also the author and artist of Zom-Ben, a webcomic featuring the adventures of a comic-illustrator-turned-zombie-superhero. We chat about early 90’s comic book trading cards, innocence lost, and the walking dead. Which sounds suspiciously like my 14th birthday.
January 27, 2010 – 12:46 am
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.