THE CLIFF - Book 4 - Comin' Along!

Above are the inked pages 10 and 11, before solid blacks and shading.  Below,
pages 8, 9, 10 and 11 completely inked and up on the wall!

And below, your humble narrator in the local public park disappearing into the plinth below a bust of the rather dour Jean Sibelius (December 8, 1865 –  September 20, 1957--a Finnish composer of the late Romantic period.)

Hijinx at TCAF

With Marc Tessier & Stanley Wany of Editions TRIP
(TCAF - May11-12, 2013)

See, it's important for people to realize that comic books... sorry, GRAPHIC NOVELS are an important fusion of art and literature, exploring serious, important things, and that, that... um...



Never mind.  A good time was had at the TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival) last weekend at the Metro Reference Library, not only with Marc and Stan, but also with the entire crew of Marie-Claude, Will, Simon Bosse, Carlos Santos, Fredc, Billy Mavreas, Rupert Bottenberg and many more.  I miss the camaradery of the Montreal underground comix scene, which I was part of in 1991-1994.  Thanks to TCAF, I had a chance to taste it again after so many years. 

THE CLIFF BOOK FOUR HAS BEGUN! + TCAF this weekend!

I FORGOT TO PUBLISH THIS POST BACK IN MAY, 2013... SINCE IT'S A NICE PHOTO AND I'M CURRENTLY REWORKING ALL THE SCANNED ORIGINAL ARTWORK OF "THE CLIFF: Book Four, Heart of Brightness," I'LL PUBLISH IT NOW.

That's right!  Pages 1-3 of the next instalment of THE CLIFF - Book 4: Heart of Brightness are on the wall, and pages 4&5 awaiting more ink!  So... the loveable adventures of Poopsie the Penguin and Mutt Blue continue in Varanasi, including the introduction of Poopsie's childhood friend, hired-gun Honky the Pig.

On another note, I will be at TCAF - the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this coming weekend, sharing some table space with my friends Marc and Stan of Editions TRIP, who are launching 3 new exciting books... hope to see you there!

And finally, check out this beautiful trailer for a movie about Yoshihiro Tatsumi, a comics genius from Japan whose work is disturbing, absurd and compassionate...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qTVdTeXnBUc

Ambient Zero at TCAF!

Editions TRIP + Ambient Zero - Marc, Heather, Diego, Marie-Claude, Stanley, Matthew, Vincent & Isabelle

(photo by Will Wany)

It's official!  Ambient Zero (THE CLIFF) will be joining the Editions TRIP table for the upcoming Toronto Comic Arts Festival ... 
Editions TRIP will be launching fantastic new comix by Carlos Santos, Billy Mavreas and Frédéric Cordier, and Matthew Brown will be present to sign copies of THE CLIFF!

Saturday, May 11 (9am-5pm)

Sunday, May 12 (11am-5pm)

Toronto Reference Library

789 Yonge St. -  1 block north

of Yonge & Bloor

This is a great opporunity to view and/ or the buy comic books of many great comic book writers and artists from around the world, both famous and obscure... I hope you come by to experience the madness and say "Hi"!



THE CLIFF - The Next Generation!

Finally, "The Cliff" has reached its ideal market!
Thanks to Stanley and Marie-Claude of Editions TRIP for sharing these photos of their beautiful boy, Will as he and Marie-Claude thrill to the latest high-contrast adventures of Poopsie the Penguin!

THE CLIFF BOOK 3 LAUNCH VIDEO READY & COMIC BOOK AVAILABLE FOR SALE ONLINE!

Video of the launch!
(click inside the box to watch)

THE CLIFF BOOK 3 - "Murder in Varanasi" by Matthew Brown, comic book launch - April 6, 2013 - Izakaya Sushi Back Space, Toronto.

Hosted by Ambient Zero, featuring - Will of Peace (Spoken Word) + The Cliff Ensemble (Han Zhang on saxophone, Mikhial Gurarie on bass and stick, Paul Russton on guitar, Sage on vocals, Matthew Brown on djembe)

Also:

now available for sale online!

THE CLIFF BOOK 3:

"Murder in Varanasi"

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/ambient0



COMIC BOOK LAUNCH THIS SATURDAY APRIL 6!

Comic Book Launch -
The Cliff Book 3: "Murder in Varanasi"

(Front cover)

 

Saturday, April 6, 2013
7pm-12am
Izakaya Sushi Back Space
294 College St, Toronto (west of Spadina)

Featuring live performances by Will of Peace (spoken word), Han Zhang (saxophone) and The Cliff Ensemble

(Back cover)
 

Artist Matthew Brown will be present to sign!

Books available on discount!

Look forward to seeing you there!