November 18, 2009 – 2:12 am
The inauguration of comics to the digital world has been a slow, staggered process. I choose to examine it with similes involving rats and Super-Man.
November 4, 2009 – 6:42 am
The Fabler Blog catches up with Joey Comeau, writer and co-creator of the popular photo-based webcomic A Softer World. Joey has just returned from a tour to promote Overqualified, his latest book.
Here he talks about keeping A Softer World fresh, the fact versus fiction content of Overqualified, and a couple of his upcoming projects. All this… and more! Yeah!
October 21, 2009 – 10:34 pm
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.
September 30, 2009 – 6:23 am
The Fabler interviews Ryan North, creator of RSSpect, Oh No Robot, and Project Wonderful. Oh, and also Dinosaur Comics. (In order of what he is least famous for to what he is most famous for.)
Ryan North is a rad fellow, and has some pretty darn interesting things to say about web cartooning. But don’t just take my word for it! See for yourself.
September 16, 2009 – 10:26 am
The Fabler Blog interviews Kate Beaton, the witty and extremely historically well-versed creator of Hark! A Vagrant.
Read! As she reveals some of her own favorite webcomics… Be amazed! As she delves into her own comic influences… Laugh! At the early jokes Kate made about her grade six teacher… Cry! At how mean kids can be. (But still laugh.)
September 9, 2009 – 6:37 am
The Fabler interviews Jason Turner, who is perhaps most well known for the online-comic-turned-graphic-novel True Loves (which he co-authored with his wife, Manien Bothma).
Jason had some interesting insights to share about his inspiration, why True Loves had to be set in Vancouver, and whether or not he would abandon printed versions of his comics altogether in the foreseeable future.
Ch-ch-check it out.
September 2, 2009 – 9:50 am
Second in a series of personal observations made about the Canadian Comic Industry.
Does social media make you go BLARG? Do you tweet about your drawings more than you actually draw?
Whether your answer is the former or the latter, you should read this post. Also if you just want a handy directory to aid in Twitter-stalking your favorite comic creators.
By Kevin
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Posted in Canadian Comics
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Also tagged Comic Community, fabler, Fiona Staples, Jeff Lemire, Kate Beaton, Lar deSouza, List of Comic Creators on Twitter, Michael Cho, Opinion, Sketchblog, Social Media, Twitter
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August 26, 2009 – 11:25 am
Professional illustrator and comic artist Michael Cho talks about his unique illustrative style, his hiatus from Papercut, and what it’s like to be a new Dad.
He also shares his thoughts on why Canadian comic artists tend to flock to social media, and anecdotally contemplates a stereotypical relationship between the superhero guy and the indie guy.
Just read it already. You know you want to.
Professional illustrator/caricaturist Lar deSouza, artist for the webcomics Least I Could Do and Looking For Group, talks about his artistic influences, his friendship with long-time collaborator Ryan Sohmer, and the Looking For Group movie.