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.
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.
By Kevin
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Posted in Canadian Comics
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Also tagged Alex Fellows, Best Emerging Artist, Canadian Comics, Canvas, Cartoonist, Comic Artist, Comic Writer, Dought Wright Awards, fabler, Fantagraphics Books, Interview, Profile, Spain & Morocco
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December 15, 2010 – 6:30 am
Rhian Engel is a former comic shop owner living in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, who after closing the doors on his shop due to pressures from the recession, re-channeled his love for the medium into a webcomic strip. The comic strip, My Life as a Grum, follows a group of quirky, oddly-shaped creatures known as ‘Grums’ as they attempt to eke out halfway normal lives. Hijinks, as you could imagine, ensue. My Life as a Grum has also found syndication in local newspaper The Red Deer Advocate.
October 6, 2010 – 6:30 am
Lucidk (aka Danielle Keller) writes and illustrates a pretty nifty comic about ghosts, guns, and the afterlife called GHOST! So nifty, in fact, that it earned her a win in the recent Fabler Wacom Contest. We spoke with the talented Ms. Keller about GHOST! and her other major comic, Acid Monday. (click to read more)
September 28, 2010 – 9:20 am
Hello again Fablerites! We live to fight another day. As the next iteration of our Fabler Cintiq contest is about to begin, we conclude our first event.
Though we are taking a neutral stance as to who was involved, Fabler Comics holds a zero tolerance policy towards copyright infringement and plagiarism. In light of our stance [...]
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.
By Kevin
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Posted in Canadian Comics
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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.