Post feature image is from ‘Hiver Nucléaire’ by Cab [fr 1–2–3 & en 1–2–3 ] [seen here on bsky]
It’s another Sunday C-List!
The fan, smothered in excrement, is threatening to rip loose from its moorings as we collectively either watch in horror or look away.
But these Comics won’t make themselves, so here’s what Canadian creators have been up to that I’ve gleaned from their social media posts! I’m following you all on Bsky and Meta and via various subs, let me know if you want to be included!
First I’m going to point to myself here briefly. Because along with restarting the C-List updates I’ve returned to personal blogging on my home web page. Been working on the follow up to Dream Life and other comics for the first edition of Mind Engine. Hopefully to launch at FBDM and I’ve applied to a couple other summer fests as well.
Updates I post to there go out from it to most of my active social media automatically but I’m trying to wean myself off using all of that directly or depending on it so much again. I hope I can draw more folks away, off the walled garden platforms. For now it’s often the easiest way still to reach people and find things, but I’m working slowly on shifting to other modalities.
Over on Blue Sky, US author and activist Greg Pak was posting about starting up a web ring! So I’ve gleefully joined that little venture, I hope it grows! Both my own blog and this one are on it, you’ll find the banner gif and links over in the side bar! Once you’re done here, go forth and explor!
Back before the primacy of search engines and walled gardens I had joined a number of rings and had massive link rolls in my side bars, it was how you navigated the niches and crevices of the internet back in the day.
I don’t know if it’s going to take off again the same way but I’m all in for this nostalgic approach to navigating the wilds outside of the walled gardens.
Ok, what have all other hosers been up to?
– Item! : The True North Country Comics Podcast is one of the real flag barres these days of the cause, I set out to champion with this blog, this weekend’s news wrap-up can be read here, and John has interviews with Conundrum Press publisher Andy Brown, and Studiocomix Press‘ Alfonso Espinos!
– Item! : Wednesday Night Reviews is another great Canadian based podcast and youtuber, he’s a bit wider in his subjects but still lots of wholesome Can-con to be had including his live Sketchy Goodness sessions with Keith Grachow.
– Item! : Eric Kim like me, is trying to move more to blogging and mailing lists with his Superzine. There’s also a print zine involved too. I may have mentioned this before but he published this weekend and it reminded me to mention that here, just in case!
– Item! : Cab aka Caroline Breault shared this, and this? To maybe commemorate the epic snow we’re getting here in Montreal right now? Her comic Hiver Nucléaire is profiled and she gets interviewed here on YouTube channel Capitaine Montreal!
– Item! : New to me, Aaron Navrady is posting some REALLY nice portrait study work, sketches and other things to his Bsky here!
– Item! : The 100th Anniversary Issue of The New Yorker features a great looking comics about Rea Irvin by our man, Seth.
– Item! : The latest D&Q DISPATCH for Feb 11 2025.
– Item! : Marie Blanchet posted that she’s begun work on the 13th chapter of her comic Kalipso!
– Item! : Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas has been posting a lot of WIP stuff, I mentioned him last week but have you checked that out?
– Item! : New to me, Meghan Thompson aka FizzBee posts quick diary comics here. Do you do diary comics? Let us know about them.
– Item! : One of the great east coast cartoonist couples, Brenda and Troy Little, of many comics and more recently Pegamoose Press, have been up to things! Brenda has a new book ‘Don’t Call Me Sidekick’ being presold here, and Troy is dropping hints of a thing, here here and here.
– Item! : Richard Pace has been using YouTube a lot, live streaming regularly, you can sub to his stuff here!
– Item! : Former regular around these parts and the originator of the C-Lists, BK Munn posted about his admiration of classic WW2 era Canadian comic superhero Major Domo. An armless commando created by the Communist cartoonist Avrom Yanofsky aka Armand!
– Item! : Boum, Cathon and François Vigneault are going to MoCCA Fest in NYC with PowPow next month! Find them and their great comics at tables 153-154.
– Item! : Hey I have that! Black Eye Books and Jay Stephens are reminded by a fan of one of their vintage very cool efforts.
– Item! : Robin Bougie had a really good presale for his next publication, posted his gratitude to all the cool folks who ordered it! You still can here, be one of the cool kids.
– Item! : Tom Fowler is a big gruff lovable guy who draws great monsters, what’s, heroes, among other things. He’s pretty well known but if you’re not familiar, go follow him now!
– Item! : Jamming in Toronto, the next Toronto Comic Jam is Sunday Feb 23 2025, 7:30 – 10:30!
– Item! : Ponto, a very distinctly Montreal themed web comic and whole franchise! Have you see it?
– Item! : Toronto Comic Arts Festival is about to send out notifications about who’s going to get a spot at the 2025 TCAF, in a brand new location! Exciting! It’s a bigger space so, might be a really good year for Canadian comics at TCAF!
– Item! : I could keep going but I can’t, it’s late, so going to end it on a comic by False Knees! I love Joshua’s comics.
