24 Hour Drawpocalypse

24 Hours to Save the World: David Chelsea of Portland, Oregon rips a page from the Jack Bauer playbook to save the universe by drawing a 24 page comic book in 24 hours.

April 5th
Cosmic Monkey Comics
5335 NE Sandy Blvd.
Portland, Oregon, USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWilgB0SbWc



http://picturepoetry.wordpress.com/

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Lady Bugs

Jo Waite has webbed up a series of illustrations in the gallery - as has Casey Bug Creations!



(Some kind of theme happening here?) Check them both out!

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Don’t Be Shame, Be Game: Comic Book Funny #2

with

BEN HUTCHINGS AND DAVID BLUMENSTEIN

http://www.nakedfella.com/radio/comics_episode02.mp3

In this episode, we are sex-obsessed. We talk about the comics in free youth magazine STREETWIZE and how its spin-off, GAOLWIZE, helped inmates get laid safely, we discuss the least erotic comic book ever made in Australia and even many of Ben’s Tootleg Boy music tracks are about sex. Sexy!

Also, we plug our own stuff again, touch on the giant “Life: Be In It!” ball and classic Aussie cartoonists, there’s plenty of swearing and David impugns the reputation of a dead cartoonist. Plus an exclusive interview with William Shatner!

http://del.icio.us/comicslifestyle/comicbookfunny2

More comics podcasts?

Aussie Podcasts @ ComicSpot.blogspot.com, Adam Ford.

English language: Indy Spinner Rack, Inkstuds, and for the more mainstream crowd, Geek Speak and Fanboy Radio.

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'Samnang' Luke

Lucky Luke, the popular French cowboy comic character, makes his debut in Khmer:
Saturday 22 March at Centre Culturel Français, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.



Bonjour,

Les Editions du Mékong/Cambodge Soir Hebdo vous invitent au vernissage - le samedi 22 mars à 16h00 au CCF - de la BD de Lucky Luke, "En remontant le Mississipi'', pour la première traduite en khmer.
Tres cordialement,

--
Emmanuelle Billier-Gauthier
Editions du Mékong
Directrice Gestion & Développement
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Directrice adjointe de la publication
Phnom Penh, Cambodge
00 855 (0)92 91 63 71
www.cambodgesoir.info

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Minty Fresh

From Ben Hutchings:

I did a series of coins for the Royal Australian Mint!

There will be 6 coins in all, each with a different character. This is Binny Bilby.

(The koala coin image isn't quite how I drew it just in case you were wondering)


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Below Tree Level

Writer Benny Walter and comics artist Leigh Rigozzi say:

Come along to the launch of "Below Tree Level," our weird book! All welcome, and the sparkling domestic will be flowing.

Get in touch if you can't make it but would like a copy. Also, the text and illustrations will be around the Circle Track on Mt. Wellington for the duration of the Mountain Festival if you'd like a walk and a read.

Date: Thursday, March 13, 2008
Time: 6:00pm - 7:35pm
Location: Fullers Bookshop
Street: 140 Collins Street
City/Town: Hobart, Australia

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8367256725

http://www.inscrutablepress.com/publications.html

http://tinyurl.com/33s5dr

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Tales from a One Eyed Girl

Tales from a One Eyed Girl:
The Comic Art of Mandy Ord

Opening Sat March 15
2pm to 4pm
Imp Gallery
145 Greville Street, Prahan
(Above Greville Street Bookstore)
(03) 9510 3531
From March 15 'til April 6
Wed 'til Sun 12-5pm
Closed Good Friday


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Not So Bitter Pill

Candy or Medicine is a quarterly mini-comic anthology that always seeks contributors of all skill levels for future volumes. Vol. 2, featuring mini-comic legend Matt Feazell, is on sale now for $1.50 postage page. Vol. 3 will be out April 15.

For more info, updates and submission guidelines, visit www.candyormedicine.com.


Thanks,

Josh

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Cowboy Kung-Fu: A Glimpse Of Burmese Comics

A Comics Lifestyle correspondent checks in from Burma (whoops, Myanmar) and notes that there is not only a comics publishing world but also a rental industry. In a literate environment with limited interchange with the outside world, books and periodicals are recycled and re-read.



This 2004 book-sized comic by 'Shawn Aung' (lovingly re-bound by hand) sports a Bollywood-esque looking painted cover, but the black and white panel interiors would fit well in just about any Southeast Asian country. Subject matter: a mixed bag including banditry & doomed romance; the closest description might be cowboy kung-fu! The most interesting thing is the size: roughly 150 pages, 18.5 by 23.5 cm. Most Southeast Asian comics are A4 or A5, regardless of story length.

You know from Burmese comics? The Mighty Internet hasn't dredged up much so far, except for hints they exist and are read widely. Drop us a line via info [via] comicslifestyle [dot] com.

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99 Doodles

Anthony Woodward has a new project: 99 doodles, for sale on Etsy.

I guess it’s time that I should tell you about what this big surprise ending to the February Art Project is. I’ve been kind of reluctant to commit myself to it actually, but here goes...

The project will not end but in fact evolve into a new project called

‘99 Doodles’

That’s right, I’m going to go until I reach 99 drawings. As if I wasn’t nervous enough about finishing the month of February, but here I am launching myself into this new task of completing almost 100 drawings.

Thus far I feel really happy about the collection of drawings I have made and I’m keen to keep going on some of the themes I’ve hit upon like quilts and urban landscapes. This might be tough to complete the whole thing so I kindly ask you to come and visit often and leave a comment when you can.

Once again all drawings in the project will be for sale for only $20, this time though I’ll have to add $4 for postage to these newer pieces ($20+$4 postage anywhere in the world.) The will be the same dimensions and on the same fantastic Hemp and recycled art quality archival paper.

Here are some of his first samples, and he just completed a video of his working process too! http://awcomix.blogspot.com




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Flower of - Siem Reap?

Above: Setting up...

Original pages from Em Satya's 'Flower of Battambang' are being shown at Siem Reap's Arthouse gallery until the 3rd of February, as a part of the Spotlight Festival. After that, inquire with Arthouse staff or Our Books if you'd like to purchase a piece. www.thearthousesiemreap.com Below: Em Satya, the Arthouse crew, and children sharing the gallery with their own exhibition artwork derived from Spotlight workshops.

For Em Satya and family it was their first visit to Siem Reap. Next exhibition... Battambang?

Meanwhile, you can still see the graphic novel (10 pages weekly) at Expat-Advisory.com!

http://www.expat-advisory.com/cambodia/phnom-penh/buy-flower-of-battambang-book.php

Tags: cambodia,khmer,comics,literature