Dragon Killer #2

Here's the second and last issue of Dragon Killer. The dedication page isn't as good, but the ending is a bit bloody... I'm a bit ashamed of how I chose to draw the ninja, but when I was 11 I was pretty confident thats what a ninja would look like, and it has a Terminator reference that no relic of the early 90's can be without... If you click on the pages they will become large enough to read.

Dragon Killer #1

I went home to visit my family last weekend, and spent some time digging around in the basement looking for old National Geographics. I found a box full of drawings and some old books I made when I was a kid. They are all pretty awful, but my friend convinced me to post some of them up here… Below is Dragon Killer #1, a book I made in grade 5. It's pretty brutal, but here it is, if you click on each image it should become large enough to read. Thanks to Sarah for doing the scanning…

Sarah Vandenbrekel & Andrew Remington Bailey

As I mentioned last post, I have a couple of interns helping me out this summer... They are both awesome people to spend the day with, and both great artists... Below are examples of their works, and links to their blogs...

Sarah Vandenbrekel:

...her blog...

Andrew Remington Bailey:

...his blog...

new interns, Danilo McDowell-McCallum, the White House

I meant to post all of this stuff earlier, but I've been having some crazy tooth pain the last couple of days and have been laid up a bit... Here are a few things that are post-worthy...

First off, I have two new interns working for me this summer, they are both great people and great artists... Sarah Vandenbrekel is an illustration student at Sheridan College and Andrew Remmington Bailey takes printmaking at OCAD. So far we've been having a really good time together, I'm lucky to have them in the studio all summer... I'll post their work soon, Sarah asked me to hold up for a few days until she updates her blog...

Next up, a good friend of mine from college, Danilo McDowell-McCallum, is having a solo show tomorrow night at 52 McCaul, the same place as the skateboard show last week. Danilo is a great artist and a great guy, I encourage everyone to check the show out... Details are on the flyer...

One last thing, this morning I received a message from a friend of mine who is on the board of directors at the White House, the studio space initiative here in Toronto...

They are looking for an intern to work for them. Below is the message that was sent out, and below that is the link to their website...

Hello friends!

The Whitehouse is looking for student interns who could help us maintain and update our website and mailing lists, help out at events and general upkeep.

If you are interested in getting involved with a lot of practicing artists, getting some installation experience, meeting some people and having fun times please email theotherwhitehouse@gmail.com with your interests/qualifications.

We can only pay with hugs and beers and there's a lot of us so be aware if you have personal space issues OK maybe this isn't for you. Just kidding please help!


Happy Spring!

TWH

The White House website

Anyone interested should send them an email, I think being their intern would be awesome...

Ok, thats it... I'm doing some new drawing as always, I'm in a fair in June, I'll post more stuff soon...

Artforum review and Koyama Press at TCAF

I'm really excited today, I just found out that my solo show in NYC was reviewed in the May issue of Artforum... The review isn't online, but if you happen to be in a magazine store this month you can check it out...

Also, Koyama Press has recently released two new books, "Pobody's Nurfect" by Wowee Zonk, and Lose #2 by Michael Deforge (currently one of my favourite comics)... You can go to the Koyama Press website for more info, or better yet, you can go by the Koyama Press booth at TCAF this weekend and check them out in person. And then buy them.

One last thing, I just finished the drawing I've been working on, here it is... Blogger is messing up and not making the image larger when you click it. It's working for every image, except the one that I want it to work with...I'm not sure how to fix it, but I'll try to after I get back from running a couple of errands...

finished detail