Mathom
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I Bought a Subway Sketch by Gabrielle Bell
On a whim I bid on one of Gabrielle Bell‘s Subway Sketches on Ebay, never thinking I would win it, but I did. And then I put it on the credit card. And then our cell phone bill payment bounced. No reason. I am such a huge fan of her work, I’m really grateful to…
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A nice article on The Toronto Comic Jam in CANCULTURE Mag
Thank you so much Luis Ramirez-Liberato for this detailed and thoughtful article!
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Sunday morning
I am so grateful to sit in our tiny but lovely backyard for a moment in the mornings. We have a little firepit, a little patio area, a grassy area, a place for a tiny vegetable garden and a wonderful wildgarden. The cat will often come out with me and roll around on the warm…
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Finally picked up Canada Post’s Graphic Novelists stamp series
Four great, world-renowned Canadian cartoonists finally get some recognition here at home from Canada Post. The Graphic Novelists series was announced at TCAF earlier this year, which honour Chester Brown, Michel Rabagliati, Jillian Tamaki, and Seth, drawn by the artists themselves. I was really excited this set was being created, but I think I was…
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More summer flowers!
My favourite flowers are now starting to appear in our wildgarden! Lavender, brown-eyed susan and queen anne’s lace, all roadside plants. I love them so much, reminding me of my hours and hours of time in nature when I was a kid. Apparently, yet again, research shows nature (paticularly biodiversity) is really good for us.
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Britain’s decline more about austerity economics than Brexit
https://boingboing.net/2024/06/25/john-oliver-britains-14-year-decline-more-about-austerity-economics-than-brexit-but-all-of-it-sucked.html It had been so, so long since I had seen the Boing Boing jackhammerer-in-pigtails icon – this time on Instagram – that I really had to stop for a moment and sort of re-set. What was I seeing? Boing Boing, one of the OG link-list blogs of pre-social-media internet fell way off my radar…
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Super cool daughter
Super cool daughter made her father feel so special today. Yeah, we’ll keep her. She’s pretty great.
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Jillian Tamaki on Ruth Aswana
Jillian Tamaki creates a wonderful comic for MOMA, remembering trailblazing American artist Ruth Aswana. https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/565 Read more of Jillian Tamaki’s wonderful short comics at her website below https://www.jilliantamaki.com/short-comics
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LOTR ‘Sweded’
As homeschoolers, we are also avid Lord of the Rings fans. I don’t know why. We must fall exactly into some demographic that robs us of any right to call ourselves in possession of any kind of free will – though, pathetic creatures that we are, we try. Still, it is with great delight I…
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Toronto Comic Jam at offthemap gallery
Cleaning out my computer, I came across these photos and the video below of the comic jam we had at offthemap gallery in downtown Toronto, waay back in Feb of 2004. Peter Kambasis generously took the video and the photos, and so many thanks to him. Check out www.torontocomicjam.com and www.offthemapgallery.com, too.
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I am the king!
I am the king! Originally uploaded by davehoward82. Leah’s good friend Isaac (4 yrs old) visited for a day on Friday, and left us this wonderful expressive chalk piece. A quote from the artist: “I am the king, I am the king, I am the king, I am the king, I am the king of…
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Beautifiul Tulips
Beautifiul Tulips Originally uploaded by davehoward82. Leah and Theresa created some tulips for our table in celebration of spring. Leah even painted the pollen inside them.
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mail art start…
mail art start…Originally uploaded by this is just somebody…. Michael Fikaris at www.silentarmy.com invited me to contribute to this mail art piece when i was over at his place a while ago. Artists so far also included Amy Lockhart, Marc Bell, and Anthony Woodward. I drew Michael’s eyes and hat as he sat looking at…
Dave Howard 