The Making Of Documentary

Quarter-Life Crisis was recently printed by the fine people at Coach House Printing, and they did a fantastic job. For the uninitiated, Coach House is a publisher and printer based in Toronto with a storied history and a bang-up staff. I took some photos during the binding process of the book.











The books are done and in (some) stores now! (I'll be putting them in more retail outlets in the coming weeks. And I'll be at The Word On The Street at Queen's Park in Toronto this Sunday, September 27, reading at the Comics and Graphic Novels Tent at 4 p.m.

The Road to Fan Expo

Like Loo-bot, I've also been chained to my drawing table and computer, finishing up the first book of Quarter-Life Crisis, trying to meet my printing deadline. Since I'm getting it printed where I work, Coach House Books, my deadline is a little later. It's going to be tight, but I think I'm going to make it (knock on wood).

But I'm really excited to have something new and something I'm proud of at the convention this time around. I'm happy with how the book is coming together.

Here's the cover spread for Quarter-Life Crisis. Thoughts? Like or dislike?

I heard they suck live

This Friday night, I'll be 'reading' from my comic-in-progress, Quarter-Life Crisis, at the Taddle Creek launch party (at Jet Fuel Coffee, 519 Parliament Street). The latest issue of Toronto-based litmag Taddle Creek is an all-comics issue, featuring work from Michael Cho, J. Bone, Dave Lapp, Zach Worton and others more talented than myself. I'm not in the actual issue, but somehow I will be performing. (Dave Lapp also will do a reading.)

I've done a couple of live comic 'readings' before, but it's always a bit strange. Not easy to match the experience with a reading. But I'm borrowing a projector and my gal's laptop, so be prepared for mild amusement. Could be disastrous and/or entertaining.

Living on Video

A video made by Vepo Studios and Open Book Toronto about the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. They interviewed me (for some reason), alongside Bryan Lee O'Malley, the Tamaki cousins, Chris Butcher and others.

TCAF Haul

TCAF wrapped up a bit earlier today, and the SketchKrieg! gang and I had a lot of fun. What a great festival. Great guests, great attendees. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I'm running on empty after a weekend full of comic stuff, but I thought I should give a quick rundown of some of the excellent reading material I picked up over the past few days.



AWOL'd: Leeves by Jason Loo
Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly
Jan's Atomic Heart by Simon Roy
Sword of My Mouth by Jim Munroe and Shannon Gerard
Monster Cops by Chip Zdarsky
Medicine: Artwork by Brian Hoang
Bone Sharps, Cowboys and Thunder Lizards by Jim Ottaviani and Big Time Attic
Beards of Our Forefathers by David Malki!

I hope to post a couple short reviews in the coming weeks ... maybe during the long weekend.

TCAF!

I'm at TCAF (The Toronto Comic Arts Festival) all weekend long. May 9 and 10. It's at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street). Should be lots of fun.

Postcards from the Edge

Since I failed so hard to get the actual book done in time for TCAF, I decided to make a postcard. It's like 1/120th of the book:



Though I fear I may have made it too hasty. I hope it looks all right.