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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
beatonna
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5:40p
Canadian cast of characters
Well, I used a lot of the suggestions that came my way from that post the other day! I was pretty pleased with the turnout of readers for that question, I must admit. I guess it's because you hear a lot that people don't give a darn about history in this country, if depressing yearly polls from the Dominion Institute mean anything, but it's clearly not the case among my livejournal followers. You guys are great!
I had to do a general sweep that involved a good range of places, professions, backgrounds and time periods, so you know, not everyone's favorite author is going to be in there but I sure did like the range in suggestions. Looking at it now I wish I had someone from the NWT (not one! for shame) and New Brunswick. Stompin Tom is from New Brunswick but he's also sort of from everywhere. I could have put the Irvings in there, I think they control history in NB as well as anything else.
I was all crazed out with strep throat while I did this, but listening to Radiolab shows and a burning passion for Canada I guess(?) kept me going. You can find the image in today's National Post, along with an article about the Historica/Dominion merger! Interesting stuff.
( picture is under the cut because it's huge )
Here is the legend, the rows are sort of wonky but you'll figure it out:
Row One (bottom):
James Wolfe, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, David Suzuki, Louis-Joseph Papineau, John A. Macdonald, Terry Fox
Row Two
Emily Carr, Joseph Howe, Joey Smallwood, Robert Bartlett, Louis Riel, Joy Kogawa
Row Three
Marshall McLuhan, Samuel de Champlain, Marilyn Bell, Wayne Gretzky, Emily Murphy
Row Four
Rene Levesque, Sam Steele, Farley Mowat, L.M. Montgomery, Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Trail, John McCrae
Row Five
Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker), Oscar Peterson, Rush, Pierre Berton
Row Six
Les Filles du Roi, Mary Pickford, Skookum Jim Mason
Row Seven
Charles Best, Frederick Banting, Pauline Johnson, Mordecai Richler, Tecumseh, Stompin’ Tom Connors
Row Eight
William Hall, Tommy Douglas, Marc Garneau, Roberta Bondar, Rosemary Brown, John Diefenbaker
Row Nine
Shanawdithit, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, David Thompson, William Shatner
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
monstro_draw
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2:26p
Follow Friday: Livejournal Stylez
You and me, we all like livejournal. Lately it feels like it's running a little dry, I'm guessing it's because of twitter (@wolfhard)? Here are some of my favorite livejournals that are still posting like crazy*. (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) beatonna also makes lists like these. She would be listed bellow because she is the best at comics but I think everyone reading this already knows and follows her. If you don't then you are nutz.)
nedroidcomics Everyone probably already knows how funny and smart these comics are, but if you don't they are the total funniest. Anthony produces a rich feed.
davario Dave has the best line work and the most appealing drawings! Also he's doing a Brovember, drawing fellas all month long. Get on board!
royalboiler Brandon Graham posts a PILE of amazing things all of the time. His own work is amazing, his girlfriend's work is amazing, his friends' work is amazing. He produces a rich trove of content all of the time. What a great journal.
r_dart Rebecca Dart is possibly the most talented person I've ever met, she is out of control. You may have seen this comic featured recently on Drawn.ca, holy cow so good). I had the good fortune to work with her on a kids' cartoon last year, she is the definition of tops.
bougieman Robin Bougie is married to Rebecca Dart and his livejournal is NOT WORK SAFE, (but is wonderful). This journal is a wild collection of the filthiest drawings and kitten youtubes. You should be following this guy.
bottomlesspop Brian does the rad fantasy comic JobGoblin (linked by me many times in the past), but lately he has been doing these cool sprawling doodle pages. Really neat stuff!
jasonturner Jason Turner is like a god-damned poet!
teamdynamite I don't know who this guy is but this stuff knocks my socks off.
bugs_is_icky I have a big big crush on Britt's paintings. She's an amazing artist who does amazing (often filthy) work. She also has an amazing dad. Follow her now so when she gets big you can act smug!
There are so many people missing on this list! I'll do another one of these in the future.
*I'm going to post a new comic next week unless things go haywire.
current music: Iko Iko - The Belle Stars
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finkenstein
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3:19p
Tintin sketchbook!
Hey guys! I've got a drawing in Leigh Walton's Tintin sketchbook! There are so many amazing and hilarious Tintin drawings in there from very talented artists, check it out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phthoggos/sets/72157606566029871
As I was telling Leigh, I think Bianca is an under appreciated character.
There are close to no ladies in all of Tintin, but I don't think it's necessarily sexist. It's a boy's adventure comic and I do wish there were more positive, strong Women hanging around, but the Women that are there are pretty excellent.
It always pisses off my shit when there are really awesome male characters that are wonderfully caricatured and full of character, with big noses and exaggerated features, while the females look like barbie dolls with no character or exaggeration what so ever. Women are always thrown in just to be a garnish, something pretty to look at while the guys get all the features and fun.
Bianca isn't like that, she is FULL of character. She's overbearing, pompous, demanding and hilarious, just as hilarious as the Thompson Twins, the Professor or any of the dude characters. Even though she's pretty much the only real woman character in Tintin, she is one of my favorites.
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spirallingshape
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2:57p
I can't believe it's not butter!
amazing to think that such a long time has passed since i last wrote here. Let's do the time warp agaaaaaaain! still feel like the same old me that i've always been, but funny to see all these old thoughts and feelings fossilised forever.
i'm going to write some more stories, it's good for me to use that part of my brain.
nearly finished my master's - don't feel like a grown up yet though
just had a little holiday in melbourne and found it very hard to leave
am still a problematic procrastinator
am so so happy to be alive right now:
- birth control
- egalitarian(ish)gender politics
- air travel
- computers
- refridgeration
coming to uk in june/jul, my first overseas for what feels like forever, extremely excited!
current mood:  pleased
current music: something bassy in the other room
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
beatonna
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8:26p
Quick comics time
What a week! Strep throat, broken website, a commission that took like eighty days (in one week!) to complete, jeepers.
Well it can only mean one thing.
It's quick comics time again, and done by request as is custom (it's about the only time I formally take requests anymore and only on livejournal, you are my special little guys!), so ante up all yous
edit!
Whoa I should mention, I think some people have the idea that I will do all the requests! There are always way too many, that is impossible, I just do some. But I read them all, and some of them will be turned into bigger comics, you never know.
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