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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Word Under the Street 2008
I’ll be at Word Under the Street in the basement of the Vancouver Public Library on Sunday September 28. Marketplace of Exhibitors More than 150 local, regional and national book and magazine publishers, booksellers, literacy and educational organizations, libraries, and … Continue reading
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Toren’s Craft Site
Today I added a bunch of lights to my costume. I still have to add the spine protrusions but thanks to Kelly & Paul I had a working drill to get that started. Here’s my tiny light saga: Knowing I … Continue reading
Something I Read About The Film I Want To See But May Never….
from Cartoon Brew: I saw an unexpectedly great live-action film last night—Tarsem’s The Fall. The film’s production design is insanely gorgeous, with nearly every shot a lush and breathtaking tableau of color and composition. The landscapes in the movie are … Continue reading
Cartoon Porn + Clive Barker’s “The Night Market”
On Saturday night Deanna and I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery to watch “Inkstuds Presents: A Night With Kim Deitch: An Evening of Rare, Obscure and Blacklisted Cartoons.” Robin McConnell, bless his soul, organized this to – I’m paraphrasing … Continue reading
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Dog Sitter Wanted
Dog Sitter (and cat feeder) wanted for weekend of 30th-31st, for me & Deanna. The person would have to check on the dogs throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday and would have to sleep at the house. Obviously, they … Continue reading
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Not Garish…Flarish.
The new project for this week now I’ve got a short comic book reprieve is to wire up my costume for PAX. You all know the costume of course: …but for PAX I want to incorporate some judiciously placed flashy … Continue reading
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VAGicon
Today I went to my very first comic convention as an artist rather than a browser/buyer. But I’ll back up. The guy who organizes the bi-monthly comic cons that normally happen at Heritage Hall on Main street finagled the annual … Continue reading
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It’s Free – It’s Me – It’s Comickee.
I bought a creator table for this comic con and it’s free so cancel your weddings and come see me. Ironically I have no comics. Sunday August 24, 2008 from 11:00am – 5:00pm Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby Vancouver, British … Continue reading
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Why Chapters/Indigo Sucks
At the request of a friend, here are the reasons I boycott Chapters/Indigo: 1. Chapters’ business strategy when they open a new outlet is to reduce prices on everything at that store to ridiculously low prices. They can do this … Continue reading
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Musical Guest Panel at PAX
Just thought you kids might be interested in knowing a bit about what’s going on with the Thickets and PAX (apart from the fact that we’ll be playing on Saturday night around 11pm, right before MC Frontalot).: Our Musical Guests … Continue reading
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