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

PREVIEW PANELS - THE CLIFF, Book 4 "Heart of Brightness", pgs. 68-73

Enjoying the use of a new scanner, I've decided to share these peek-a-boo "preview panels" from the raw, unadjusted scans of pages 68-73... hope you like them!

TRIP-ping out at TCAF

It was great to see my friends in the Editions TRIP Comix delegation from Montreal at TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival) on May 10 and 11!  So, a hearty thank you to Marc Tessier, Stan and Marie-Claude Wany, Rupert Bottenberg, Tang Wei and I-En Hsu, Frederic Cordier and all who came to enjoy their expressive, bizarre and beautiful books...

Only Marc Tessier could find a candy scorpion on a Toronto sidewalk; and only Marc Tessier could insist we get down on our hands and knees to inspect it on the wet sidewalk in rush hour on Yonge St.

Frederic Cordier is a talented cartoonist from France living in Montreal; Marc Tessier has not only been my friend and supporter since 1991, he has also been my publisher since then.  His relentless faith pushed me back into comics several years ago... at TCAF!

This picture is the key to several important things about life, comic books and the mysterious planet Earth (taken by Marc Tessier.)

The Editions TRIP Comix table... an astounding assortment of books made available by publishers Stanley Wany and Marc Tessier (and my own Ambient Zero stuff), with fellow artists Rupert Bottenberg of Montreal and Tang Wei Hsu of Taiwan/NYC.

TCAF has a great kids' section, as you can see from the mask and comic strip my sister Judy and her son Sasha made for me!

I am leading cartoonists to Spring Rolls on Yonge St... a mighty mission!

With the "Tin Can Forest" couple, Frederic Cordier, Marc Tessier, me, Rupert Bottenberg, Marie-Claude, Will, and I-En Hsu + son at Spring Rolls.

Toronto cartoon history--posing in front of a mural by Runt.

Kensington Market alleyway: Rock star pose #1.

Kensington Market alleyway: Rock star pose #2.

Kensington Market alleyway: Rock star pose #3.

Elementary, my dear Tessier.

Stan Wany is working on a complex staring-into-space problem, while Marc Tessier stares into the camera.  He seems to know something...

Friends across the decades.

One last coffee before tired cartoonists and their families hit the road.

TCAF - Toronto Comic Arts Festival - IS APPROACHING!

It is coming again... the big festival of artistic, expressive, eccentric, esoteric, unusual, quirky and self-published comic books and graphic novels: TCAF, the Toronto Comic Arts Fair!  This coming Saturday, May 10 - 9am-5pm and Sunday, May 11 - 11am-5pm, FREE! At the Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. (half a block north of Bloor on Yonge St.)

Come visit our table and collect your FREE MINI-ZINE PREVIEW OF MY NEXT GRAPHIC NOVEL!  Limited edition - only 50 copies.  It contains previews, rare artwork and previously unpublished material, in the "good old days" format - hand-folded and stapled 8.5"x11" black-and-white.  YEAH, BABY!

I will be there with my friends from Editions TRIP offering their latest beautiful books, including TRIP Magazine No. 8 with a story in it by yours truly... "Promenade jusqu'à la rivière" (A Walk to the River), featuring all-new artwork and giving a taste of the next chapter of my graphic novel, THE CLIFF Book 4: Heart of Brightness!

Hope to see you there!