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I’m pressed for time so this week I’ll be short, and sweet. Well, I’m always sweet.

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As you can see, I’ve decided to go black and white. When it comes down to it, printing cost is a major factor. At this point it’s just not feasible to do a color sample pitch on the budget we have. I have a feeling I’m going to change my mind later, but for now that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Salgood Sam

I can’t believe I’ve never written about this guy before. He’s great, his artwork is great and his personality is great; he’s really nice. If I were you, I’d go and peruse his wonderful blogs. He has one about the Canadian comics (Sequential) and another about himself (www.salgoodsam.com). Both are definitely worth subscribing to. There’s always tons of neat stuff to read. While your at it, you should glide through his flickr gallery, too.

Star Crash

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen this movie, but I just got tuned into it. It’s the most bizarre mish-mash of sci-fi tropes I’ve ever seen. Everything from a take-off on Ming the Merciless to light sabers. The trailer alone will wet your palette.

The Book

Here are some more drawings for the book. It’s coming along very nicely, if I do say so myself. Although, I don’t take full credit for it. It’s all Etan Muskat’s prose, I can’t wait for you to read it.

Britt Sabo

Britt just made friends with me on facebook. She seemed reticent in her friendship invite, personally I don’t know why. Her artwork is really excellent and, frankly, it’s my privilege to know her… in the bizarre internet sense of the word. She’s a very talented illustrator and I think you should get to know her work. Check it out: http://www.bsabo.com/

I’d also like to add that she’s got some really groovy comics. Make a point to see them, they’re very elegant. Essence of cool, trust me.

Minilogue/Hitchhikers choice – short version

This is some really cool stop-motion. It doesn’t need an introduction, deal with its awesomeness.

My week’s been swamped, I’ve doing a lot of drawing and it’s left me a little brain dead. I started working on this project with Nick Papaconstantinou of  Elephant Words. It’s too early to show the fruits of our collaboration, but it’s coming along very nicely.

Now, I’m wandering around my studio slack-jawed, as if it were the catacombs of some ancient tomb. I’m a drooling zombie begging for fresh and human heads to suckle.

Signed Papercuts + ::Cloudberry Records::

Here’s some album art I did for a single by Signed Papercuts. The piece was a commission for Roque Plastilina of Cloudberry Records, a small indie label.

It’s very rare that I get to do album art, and rarer still that I actually like the band. Signed Papercuts is up my alley, I really like their stuff. Visit their myspace page and take a listen. While you’re at, visit Cloudberry Records as well, there’s a nifty jukebox in the corner so you can listen to some music while you shop. Oh yeah, don’t forget to buy some records.

The Book

Everything is rolling along nicely, nothing dramatic to report. Etan just finished some more stories and they’re fabulous, so look forward my friends. This book is going to be a really great read.

I rather like this one. Trying to take an original approach to draw an aquatic-themed superhero daydreaming about the good old days of adventure, is challenging in just the right way.

The Bitter End

Speaking of Etan, he and my good friend Daniel Beirne are doing a live sitcom called The Bitter End. If you’re living in Montréal you should head over to Theater St. Catherine and check it out. If you’re not, then check out their site (http://thebitterend.tumblr.com/) and enjoy the video versions instead.

The Bitter End – Episode One: Magna-Vision PART 1 from daniel beirne on Vimeo.

Filmed in front of a live studio audience.