WELCOME TO VARANASI. Please don't die.

Here are some preview panels from pages 78-81 of THE CLIFF, Book 4: "Heart of Brightness"... I would love to show more, but that would spoil the climax!  And nobody wants that.

(Preview panel - pg. 78)

(Preview panels - pg. 79)

(Preview panels - pg. 80)

(Preview panel - pg. 81)

RED EYE EXHIBITION - Moronto / Varanasi

The exhibition contrasts the city of Moronto, Canada in the first two pages, and the city of Varanasi, India in the last two pages.  Moronto shows Mutt Blue and his guide, Poopsie the Penguin embraced in black and shadows, wrapped in relationship and organic trappings.  Varanasi shows Mutt Blue alone, surrounded by light and space, navigating the void of inner awareness.  The pages can be read as a search from human confusion to divine insight.

These pages from a larger graphic novel (more than 250 pages when completed) trace the footsteps of self-discovery for exiled mafia prince Mutt Blue and uncover some of the mystery surrounding his portly guide, Poopsie the Penguin… while raising yet other questions, and introducing a host of charming and confounding characters.

For those of you in Toronto--if you like great coffee, delicious pastries and surreal black-and-white comix, please drop by to see some original pages of THE CLIFF framed and hung at Red Eye Espresso, 29 McCaul St. ... (south of OCAD University on the east side of McCaul, just north of Queen St. West...)
They look quite handsome framed, if I may say so myself!

One week only - Mon. July 28 - Sat. Aug.2, 2014     --     Open Mon.-Sat., 8am-6pm

THE CLIFF has been ANNEXED

So, it came and went... with sunshine, rain, butterflies, pigeons, passersby, and an assortment of wild and wonderful visitors to the Annex Patio Art Show, July 12-13, 2014.  Please find some photos, and for those with intestinal fortitude, a video documentary collaboration between my father Richard and me!

Ready for business.

Mr. Mikhail Gurarie, who helped with setup, take-down and maintenance throughout the show...

an essential mainstay of the Ambient Zero effort!  THANKS MIKE!!

A lovely lady peruses the pages...

Mystery visitor.

My lovely wife Quyen... she visited Varanasi with me on our honeymoon (her idea,) so

she knows the scenes behind us from firsthand experience!

Youngest and most advanced Cliff fan, our niece Evelyn Elizabeth

graced us with her rainbow presence.

Passersby, evincing zero interest in Ambient Zero.

What the... ?

There were pages on the inside, too... although few realized it.

Rain on the second day morning... really reminded me of traveling in

India, how you have to keep on going no matter what as if it's

no big deal.

My Mom, who first made us draw when we otherwise would have been punching

each other on long car trips.  She's holding the Annex Art Show catalog, open

to a drawing I did for Mackenzie's Pub, Annex.

Moving product.  (I.e., moving coffee into my guts.)

Me, Nettie and my Dad, who first taught me to draw a penguin.

Me, facing a picture of me, facing the Ganges River.

Om.

In addition, Brian Labelle has a project of photographing artists with their work, and came by to shoot the Annex Patio Art Show... check out these beautiful shots of all the artists who participated, on Brian's Flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/reflex6002/14458425219/in/photostream/

And now, for those of you who made it to the end, a special treat!  

Click here for a video documentary made by my father, Mr. Richard Brown - "Penguin and Pigeons."

ANNEX PATIO ART SHOW TOMORROW!

Hope you can drop by and see original pages from THE CLIFF, Book 4: "Heart of Brightness" hanging in the window of Menchella's Gourmet Pizza, 454 Bloor St. West... (across from Ginger Vietnamese Restaurant, north side, between Spadina and Bathurst!)  I'll be there all day, 10am-7pm on Sat. July 12 and Sun. July 13.  Wish us good weather!  :)

Meanwhile, here's some more preview panels, from the upcoming graphic novel pgs 76 & 77...

ANNEX PATIO ART SHOW NEXT WEEKEND! (Sat.July 12- Sun. July 13)

I'll be showing original comic book pages from my upcoming graphic novel, THE CLIFF -- Book 4, "Heart of Brightness" in the window of Menchella’s Gourmet Pizza -- 454 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1X8.  Hope to see you there!

THE CLIFF AT THE ANNEX PATIO ART SHOW!

I am happy to say that I've been accepted to display my original comic book pages in the window of Menchella's Pizzeria (roughly across Bloor St. West from Lee's Palace) during the Toronto Fringe Theatre Festival weekend of Sat. July 12 and Sun. July 13... hope you can drop by to have a look at the forthcoming graphic novel!
As of today we have 45 Artists booked into the show, (our capacity is 65). Please see attached a copy of our Call for Artists... the organizer Robin is a great guy and a dreamer who wants artists to succeed.  Come join us!

MORE PREVIEW PANELS - THE CLIFF, Book 4 "Heart of Brightness", pgs. 74-75