The Most Uncompromising Artist I Know

Here are two videos I recently made of the most uncompromising artist I know, Ezra Azmon, playing violin on the streets of Toronto.

(The sound and image quality are not perfect; but the attempt is to capture this sharing of Bach in the midst of urban 21st century life...)

Ezra Azmon, July 24, 2012

Toronto, evening

Ezra Azmon, July 26, 2012

Toronto, afternoon

Whither the Penguin?

Poopsie the Penguin is so omnipresent that he completely escaped notice in my previous post about THE CLIFF: Books 1 and 2, coming out soon!

Typical.

But who exactly is Poopsie the Penguin? (Other than the hinge and silent turning point of all the visible and invisible universes.) 

He made his first appearance in  1989 when he was searching for employment (originally in Entropy, self-published in 1990--reprinted in FEAR ITSELF: Matthew Brown's Comix Compendium 1988-2004 published by Editions TRIP, 2011) ...

That same year he also accidentally destroyed the world (originally in Entropy, self-published in 1990--reprinted in FEAR ITSELF: Matthew Brown's Comix Compendium 1988-2004 published by Editions TRIP, 2011) ...

In 1991 he narrowly avoided being cooked and eaten by his Grade 3 teacher (originally in "Milk with Knife," Fear Itself #2, 1992 published by Gogo Guy Publications--reprinted in FEAR ITSELF: Matthew Brown's Comix Compendium 1988-2004 published by Editions TRIP, 2011) .

In 2002 he rode his tricyle up a mountain in search of enlightenment (originally in "The Samsaric Ocean," Fear Itself #6,  published by Ambient Zero, 2002--reprinted in FEAR ITSELF: Matthew Brown's Comix Compendium 1988-2004 published by Editions TRIP, 2011)...

In 2004 he made his first appearance as a private detective (originally in Varanasi: A Crime Story," Fear Itself #7, published by Ambient Zero, 2003--reprinted in FEAR ITSELF: Matthew Brown's Comix Compendium 1988-2004 published by Editions TRIP, 2011)...

 

And just last year he met Honky the Pig, Death and Justin Bieber (in a strip which was rejected by the TCAF, 2011 newspaper.)

But the big question in 2012 is... DOES POOPSIE THE PENGUIN MAKE AN APPEARANCE (AS SILENT HINGE OR OTHERWISE) IN THE CLIFF: Books 1 and 2 , soon to appear??

Only his hairdresser knows for sure!