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1:59PM - Trevor Alixopulos

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Trevor Alixopulos joined the Inkstuds to discuss his new book, The Hot Breath of War.  It’s really wonderfully drawn introspective narrative experiment. I highly recommend it.

10:46PM - Fanboy Fables

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Ed Piskor asked me to write for his new blog he put together, Fanboy Fables. After several months of slacking off I finally wrote up something. Its not a great article, but I think its a great blog. Where else can you find Jeff Lemire and Tom Neely dorking out.

6:27PM - Eddie Campbell

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Eddie Campbell joined the Inkstuds to discuss his latest book, The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard. Eddie was on last summer, so this interview gave us chance to ask some previous unanswered questions and more. I am a longtime fan of Eddie’s work, and his latest work is his most vibrant yet.

10:09AM - A Night Out

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The animation night with Deitch was a roaring success. Many thanks to everyone that came out. The room was so full, that some people had to stand in the back. Marv Newland and Kim Deitch were both excellent speakers and shared some wonderful stuff with the audience. I think everyone was especially thrilled by the Krazy Kat porn cartoon from 1927.

Here is pic of George Metzger, Kim Deitch and Marv Newland from the end of the night.

5:18PM - Verne Andru and Steve Rolston

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In preparation of the Comix and Stories event at the Vancouver Art Gallery this Sunday(the 24th 11am-5pm - FREE), I was joined by Verne Andru and Steve Rolston to talk about some of the work that they will have available, and why people should go. Verne has a long history in comics, going back to the early 70’s with work on Captain Canuck. Since then, he has taken a different direction and introduced the world to Captain Cannabis. Steve Rolston is one of my favorite folks in Vancouver. His pages are some of the slickest I have seen. I am really excited to read his Minx book, Emiko Superstar, which will be out in the fall.

4:51PM - Robin Enrico

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Robin Enrico is one of the folks putting out some fabulous self published goodies. His storytelling is really smooth and fun to read. I picked up one of his books at Stumptown and inhaled it. You should read his stuff as well.

3:18PM - Craig Yoe

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The master of all things Arf, Craig Yoe, joined the Inkstuds for a talk about his wide range of great books. Craig’s books create a fuse of obscure cartooning with “high” art into wonderful package that is solely unique within the sequential medium. Arf is like a history book in comic that you have never heard of that you want to see more of. And his book, Clean Cartoonists’ Drawing Dirty, is filthy fun.

8:56AM - Comix at the VAG

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Part of the awesomeness that is happening this summer in Vancouver, is the Comix and Stories Small Press Fest at the Vancouver Art Gallery. I am really excited for this day. There are going to be a lot of great local folks in attendance, as well as some out of towners like Kim Deitch, Derek Kirk Kim and much more.

Its free, so why not attend.

Kim Deitch (The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Shadowland, All Waldo Comics)

Derek Kirk Kim (Good as Lily, Same Difference and Other Stories, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall)

Jesse Hamm (Good as Lily)

Julie Morstad (Milk Teeth, Where You Came From, When You Were Small)

Chris Von Szombathy (Fire Away)

James Stokoe (Wonton Soup, Popgun)

Brandon Graham (King City, Multiple Warheads, Escalator)

Moritat (Elephantmen)

Steve Rolston (The Escapists, One Bad Day)

James Lloyd (Other Stuff)

Damian Wilcox (Dorkboy)

Miriam Libicki (Jobnik)

Josue Menjivar (Everyday Things, Way Off Main)

Ken Boesem (The Village)

Robin Bougie (Cinema Sewer)

Owen Plummer (Flip Flop Prophets, Kittenclops)

Gabriel Frizzera (Codex)

Mike Myhre (Space Jet)

Robin Thompson (Champions of Hell, Hemp Island)

Kelly Everaert (Jungle Tales, Trilogy of Terror)

Steve LeCouilliard (Much the Miller’s Son)

Verne Andru (420)

Toren Atkinson

Stephanie Blakey

Nick Chretien

Jesse Davidge

Laura Eveleigh

Susan Ferguson

Trevor Frick

Sarah Haxby

Mary Kim

Donald King

Carrie McKay

Justin Pasieka

Critty Riphick

Dex Thompson

Beth Wagner

Ted Wilson

Critical Hit Comics

New Reliable Press

Perro Verlag Books by Artists

The Radar Friends

11:07AM - A Night with Deitch

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The Inkstuds and Vancouver Comicon/Comix & Stories present an evening of of classic and rarely seen animation at the Vancouver Art Gallery, with special guest Kim Dietch. Specially selected from Kim Deitch’s animation collection, this will be a once in a lifetime opportunity to enjoy a sampling of early cartoons from the Fleischer Brothers, Terry Toons, and more. Deitch will be on hand to discuss these works as well as a presentation of the ultra-rare DIAL M FOR MONSTER, which was filmed in 1960, by a 16 year old Kim Deitch with friend Tony Eastman. DIAL M FOR MONSTER has only previously been shown at private screenings on a handful of occasions.

Another rare cartoon being featured is the infamous (and legendary) Windsor McCay Testimonial Dinner compilation. Organized by Max Fleischer in 1927, various New York studios pooled resources and created a tributary risqué cartoon in honor of McCay. The McCay Testimonial cartoon rests in the collection of Dietch and is one of the rarest pieces from this watershed moment in cartoon history.
As a bonus, legendary animator, Marv Newland will be joining us for a screening of his work, Black Hula. Marv’s work has been a staple in the animation world from his start with Bambi meets Godzilla to his days with Rocketship Studios. His work is an exemplified example of the potential of art in animation.

Come join check out this exclusive event on Saturday August 23rd at 7pm at the Vancouver Art Gallery at the Hornby st. entrance. Tickets are $8 and available online at www.inkstuds.com or in person at RX comix and Lucky’s Comix. Seating is very limited and this will be a one off event.

If you can’t make it to Lucky’s or RX, email me and we can work something out. Like it says, seating is limited, so make sure to get a ticket soon.

3:11PM - Scott Chantler

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Scott Chantler joined the Inkstuds to help finish our month long focus on Canadian cartoonists with style. His book, Northwest Passage, is a fine look into an important point in Canadian history with a two-fisted flavor.

4:15PM - Kate Beaton

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Canadian webcomicker, Kate Beaton joined the Inkstuds to discuss all things historical, Canadian and good. I normally don’t really get into webcomics very much, but I really love what Kate does. You can keep to date with Kate’s awesomeness at her livejournal.

8:20PM - Chris Von Szombathy

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Chris Von Szombathy Joins us to discuss his book, Fire Away. As a part of the Petit Livre series from Drawn and Quarterly, Chris’s book is an outstanding collection of beautifully rendered pop-culture rejection. Not only is Chris a talented artist, the music that accompanies the interview is also by him as well. Check out Audio Ahdeo Awdio and Tour De Fours.

10:43PM - Miriam Libicki

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After a two year abscence, Miriam Libicki returns to the Inkstuds for a second interview. Her ongoing autobio series, Jobnik, is one of my personal favorite local comix and always makes me happy when there is a new issue. Recently, Miriam put together a collection of the first six issues, including extensive revisions in the artwork and lettering department, making for a nice solid book.

2:52PM - Camilla D’Errico

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Camilla D’Errico joined the inkstuds for a fun filled high energy hour. Her latest comics are Burn and the recently finished Nightmares and Fairy Tales. I am really digging her painted stuff on her website, check it out.

8:07PM - Site down

In case anyone is wondering why the Inkstuds site has been down for the last couple of days. Well, it seems a fire can take down the server that hosts the Studs for who knows how long. I have some great interviews that i am waiting to post. so umm, please stand by.

VANCOUVER -- An underground fire in downtown Vancouver darkened skyscrapers, brought public transit to a halt and caused gridlock that left the core of the city paralyzed for much of yesterday.

Thousands of customers in the heart of Vancouver will be without power again today as B.C. Hydro warned that the power failure that gripped the city's downtown core could take "a couple of days" to repair.

B.C. Hydro spokeswoman Susan Danard said last night that crews must pull 14 damaged cables out of a manhole, flush out the underground vault thoroughly, then bring in new cables and splice them before they are reconnected.

The outage started about 9 a.m. and affected the eastern part of downtown Vancouver.

Power was cut to more than 2,200 Hydro customers, many of them major employers in the city.

Traffic signals were knocked out and buses were overcrowded as workers in the city core went home for the day. Downtown bus routes experienced severe delays, with some passengers waiting for more than half an hour to board packed buses.

Vancouver police spokesman Const. Tim Fanning said police sent Traffic Authority members to the downtown core to help direct traffic at intersections where the traffic lights were out. However, Fanning said there simply weren't enough officers to staff every intersection.

"Of course, the traffic was a mess," he said. "We covered off the intersections that we saw the biggest hazards for pedestrians."

Police warned motorists to stay out of the downtown core.

The problems started yesterday in one of B.C. Hydro's underground manholes in the 500-block of Richards Street near the Marble Arch Hotel. One of the 14 major circuits that travel through the manhole somehow caught fire, said Gary Rodford, B.C. Hydro's senior vice-president of operations.

The fire in that seven-centimetre-wide cable then quickly spread to three adjoining cables and over the course of the next hour, took down six more cables.

Firefighters were able to douse the blaze by 3 p.m., but at that point the air quality still wasn't safe enough to allow workers to go underground and officials measured the temperature in the manhole at 93 degrees Celsius (200 F).

Internet service for many companies was blacked out when one of seven backup generators at Harbour Centre, a major telecommunications and Internet hub in Vancouver, conked out.

Douglas Hume, vice-president and general manager of the Harbour Centre complex, said the repercussions were felt all over North America.

Nav Canada's air-traffic-control tower on top of Granville Square downtown lost its main power but switched immediately to a battery backup and diesel generator systems to continue operations, Nav Canada spokesman Ron Singer said in an interview, so seaplane and helicopter flights in and out of Vancouver Harbour were not affected.

6:33PM - Night with Deitch Poster

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Many thanks to Colin Johnson for putting this together. I would post his website if he had one.

1:44PM - David Collier

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In our continued look at Canadian cartoonists, David Collier joined us for our most Canadian show yet. David has creating some great biographies of folks in Canadian history. Ranging from his own grandfather to little known sports figures, he always goes beyond the duty in his research in creating some great comix. Joe Sacco, and Chris Ware both cite David as a big influence, and you can really see it when you sit down with his work.

8:36PM - Marc Bell

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Continuing our month long focus on Canadian cartoonists, the Inkstuds sat down for drinks with Marc Bell to discuss his book Stacks from Drawn and Quarterly. This is the first of many Petite Livre interviews I will be doing with some fine Canadian talents. I think that Marc and I have another interview yet to be done to discuss his work on a larger scale, so look forward to more.

4:00PM - A teaser

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Stay Tuned for more info.

2:20PM - Ray Fenwick

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Ray Fenwick joined us to discuss his latest book, Hall of Best Knowledge as well as work in Mome.

Ray help us kick off the Inkstuds month long focus on Canadian cartoonists. This will be the first of many interviews with some fantastic talents.