Show! - MoCCA, nyc

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June 6th and 7th at the Lexington Avenue Armory
one of the best indy comics festivals ever
i'll be there, eating truffled eggs and sellin' comics

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Karapo!

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brain is tired

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TCAF was fun!

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* didn't bring a camera so i have to borrow other people's photos. i've posted links to their blogs/websites/flickr pages, so please visit them when you've finished reading here.

jason shiga and derek kirk kim
(photo from derek kirk kim, link here)

i went to toronto to spend time with friends in comics, many who i only see because of comics. though i continue to miss being in the architectural practice, i am convinced that cartooning is now my work and life.

the toronto reference library
(photo from derek kirk kim, link here)

kept expecting a Truffaut moment to unfold but it never came. it was so frantic inside that i forgot to draw a picture of it. this is a reference photo derek took for me at the very end, once the tables and exhibits were all put away.

saturday evening was spent with a few first second guests, at sassafraz in townsville. later that evening a pianist wearing a t-shirt with screenprinted tux stepped up and played some incredibly bad music. if he was rolf the dog from the muppets i would have loved it, but he was not. over drinks artists doodled in one another's sketchbooks. i drew on emmanuel guibert's blotting paper, but got so into it i forgot about socializing. after a while he told me to keep the paper. i think i will send it back to him, now that i'm done. maybe he will draw something on top of it.



here is a well-known video featuring the chicanery of emmanuel guibert, but if you haven't seen it, you should:

sunday breakfast
(photo from derek kirk kim, link here)

took it a bit easy on sunday, went for a swim before returning to the library. gina gagliano looks very good in this photo. the fellow with the voluptuous beard is alec longstreth - i didn't recognise him practically the whole weekend. the beard confused me. the fellow in red is emmanuel guibert. the gal at the end of the table is writer cecil castellucci. she and i had an interesting conversation about candlewick and children's books.

sunday evening cohorts
(from the photos of joe lambert, link here)

was very happy to meet this group of people. we had dinner at a café together and had a grand time. (left to right: alexis frederick-frost, scott c., chuck, dustin, melissa, kristin). not in photo but at the dinner table: joe lambert, shiga, derek kk, graham annable)

an excerpt:
if the green goblin dropped my favorite van gogh painting and a baby from the brooklyn bridge
which one would i save? i said the painting and got a real bashing from my friends. ccs-lass suggested i use the painting to save the baby. i said if the baby went through the canvas it would be all for naught. the risk would be just too high.

not shown above is joe lambert, who was busy taking the photo. he wrote/drew a terrific story that featured cavemen and caveman lifestyle.

visit joe's website

the after party was fun too, filled with foosball and all other kinds of nonsense.

Magic did not interest many at TCAF, at least not my magic

doodles at the ROM gallery

inked them later during KidKoala's music jam monday night

spent a good portion of the following day in the company of kean soo and jason shiga, we ate some good quick and dirty chinese food. hadn't had that in a long while. there was enough time for me to stop by the Central for a Kid Koala jam in the evening. (it was a real pleasure to meet him. at the library we traded all our books and cds with one other.) he had four tet ready to play but i had to leave before then, alas. he did play fridge just as i walked in, a real treat. i look forward to when he tours here again on the west coast.

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Little Bird News - May June July

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A. and C. - TCAF and comics

walk with me in the early spring rain

my new mini comic - you are i am magic is debuting at the Toronto Cartoon Arts Festival this weekend. if you want one, give me a holler! the first 50 are printed in color.







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i'm excited about this!

totally into drawing at a live kid koala night, can't wait!!!!

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B. Lingering LTK

what happened to long tail kitty? the publisher changed their printer which pushed the release date back. i am hoping to see a copy of the book by june. let's hope hope hope. Amazon preorders are still available. for those of you who have ordered a copy thanks so much for your patience, and i'm sorry that the book is late in coming.

LONG TAIL KITTY
Reading level: Ages 4-8 (but really, any age i think)
Hardcover: 64 pages
Publisher: Blue Apple Books
Library Binding edition
ISBN-10: 1934706442
ISBN-13: 978-1934706442

what we look like while waiting
for the LTK book to come out

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D. moahhhh stuff!

there are more shows in june and july! which i will be at!
MoCCA, nyc is June 6th/7th this year.
SDCC - san diego comic con is July 22nd to July 27th.
i'll also be showing work again at the Studios gallery for their summer Mischief show, July 15th to August 9th.

if anyone is wondering what happened to san francisco's APE show, it has moved from the spring season to the fall. this year it will be held in october.

visit my flickr pages for less writing, more pictures!


thanks for visiting!
xo
littlebird

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