John Martz

From today’s Globe and Mail

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:42:38 -0400

From today’s Globe and Mail

Are you sick of hearing about TCAF yet? Well, look, here’s...

Thu, 03 May 2012 12:26:48 -0400

Are you sick of hearing about TCAF yet? Well, look, here’s one last update — I’ll have this 11x15 print on hand. It’s archival quality on beautiful watercolour paper, and if you didn’t know better, you’d swear it was painted right on the page.

See you there! Table 238. Here’s what else I’ll have on hand, if you missed it.

In searching my files for original art to sell, I came upon this...

Wed, 02 May 2012 23:32:00 -0400

In searching my files for original art to sell, I came upon this highly accurate self portrait. (Taken with instagram)

TCAF + @tslcomics + @koyamapress (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 02 May 2012 19:26:00 -0400

TCAF + @tslcomics + @koyamapress (Taken with instagram)

Some quick housekeeping. I’ve moved all my Globe and Mail comics out of my personal Machine...

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:43:47 -0400

Some quick housekeeping. I’ve moved all my Globe and Mail comics out of my personal Machine Gum section, and into their own place, accessible through the More Comics section. If you subscribe to the Machine Gum RSS, they’ll still appear there, and if you subscribe to the blog RSS, you’ll still get everything.

One of my Machine Gum strips is reprinted in this collection,...

Tue, 01 May 2012 11:19:03 -0400

One of my Machine Gum strips is reprinted in this collection, certainly marking the only time I’ll share a newspaper page with Blondie.

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The Cartoon Crier is a sadness-themed newsprint comic strip anthology, put out as a collaboration between the National Cartoonists Society and the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont.

It’s a tear-filled collection with work from both the newspaper strip world (For Better or For Worse, Mutts, BC, Beetle Bailey, etc.) and indie comics (Chester Brown, Joe Lambert, Laura Park, Michael Kupperman, etc.)

Pick up a copy at TCAF this weekend, or read it online.

TCAF 2012

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:09:00 -0400

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is this weekend. This weekend! It’s my favourite weekend of the year.

Books

Here are the books I’ll have for sale this year:

Heaven All Day
The big hardcover Team Society League Omnibus
Team Society League #4 (NEW!)
Dear Flyary, my first kids book (NEW!)
Machine Gum #2
Machine Fum #3 (NEW!)

I’ll also have prints, and a handful of copies of Machine Gum #1, and TSL Books #2 and #3. Get ‘em while they last because they won’t be printed again. Excelsior 1968 is officially out of print.

Also not pictured: Team Society League fans can expect a collectible teaser for an upcoming project with the First Lady of Canadian Comics.

Comics vs. Games

Also also, I’m also part of the Comics vs. Games jam as part of TIFF Nexus. It’s currently on exhibit at Magic Pony, but will be at TCAF all weekend, so come play Cumulo Nimblers, the game I made with Farbs. It’s part Super Mario, part Pinball, all awesome. Here’s the launch screen and the project trailer:

Panels

Programmingwise, I’ll be on two panels this year.

The first is the Comics vs. Games panel at 12:15 on Saturday to talk about making the game. I’ll only be there for the first 20 minutes, after which I must rush off to battle some Australians at 12:45 on Saturday for the Ed Mirvish Rollerball Derby Draw-Off at the Pilot Tavern where three Aussies from the Caravan of Comics take on three Canucks to duke it out on the page.

Doug Wright Awards

Finally, I was on the jury for this year’s Doug Wright Awards, so expect to see me at some point during Saturday night’s ceremony.

See you there! ~~I don’t think the floor plan is finalized as I write this, but I thiiiink you can expect to find me on the second floor this year~~, I’ll be at table 238.

If you ever wanted one of my comics printed right on your chest,...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:07:06 -0400

If you ever wanted one of my comics printed right on your chest, now’s your chance. The newly-launched Comic Strip Tees offers a new t-shirt every day from a different cartoonist. The shirt’s $20, and available for only seven days after which I’ll just have to draw it directly on your body with a Sharpie.

From today’s Globe and Mail.

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:39:42 -0400

From today’s Globe and Mail.

I took part in this jam between game developers and comic...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:50:53 -0400

I took part in this jam between game developers and comic artists called, appropriately enough, Comics vs. Games, as part of TIFF Nexus.

Come play the game I made with Farbs called Cumulo Nimblers. It’ll be showcased at Magic Pony (680 Queen Street West, Toronto) from april 29 to May 3rd with the closing reception on May 3rd. Then it’ll be at TCAF On May 5th and 6th.

Photo

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:57:24 -0400

Hot off the presses for TCAF (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 -0400

Hot off the presses for TCAF (Taken with instagram)

Donald (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:35:00 -0400

Donald (Taken with instagram)

My Titanic piece in today’s Globe is… titanic. (Taken with...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:10:00 -0400

My Titanic piece in today’s Globe is… titanic. (Taken with instagram)

Dissecting the intricacies of slapstick, from today’s...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:24:00 -0400

Dissecting the intricacies of slapstick, from today’s Globe. (Taken with instagram)

You should pick up the latest issue of Canadian Notes and...

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:03:26 -0400

You should pick up the latest issue of Canadian Notes and Queries. Mostly for Seth’s double fold-out wraparound cover, but also because I have a two-page comic in which I adapt an excerpt from Robertson Davies’s Fifth Business.

When Seth first asked me to contribute to this series of Canadian literary adaptations my mind immediately went to Fifth Business, one of my favourite novels, so I was thrilled to discover that the editor wanted me to adapt Robertson Davies.

I chose my favourite part of the book, when young Dunstan Ramsay, having spent most of his days minding the town library, discovers the arcane world of stage magic, and decides that this is the life for him. It mirrors my own misspent youth at the library, discovering the world and history of cartooning, and sealing my fate.

From today’s Globe and Mail.

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:35:00 -0400

From today’s Globe and Mail.

I drew Brian Fukushima’s Cereal Mascot.

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:38:00 -0400

I drew Brian Fukushima’s Cereal Mascot.

Some ugly kid (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:04:00 -0400

Some ugly kid (Taken with instagram)

A rejected rough panel from last weekend’s Globe comic.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:15:31 -0400

A rejected rough panel from last weekend’s Globe comic.