1986: Une histoire en 4 planches.

La mise en ligne de mes planches de Black and Blind Dick Chick #1 est terminée. En attendant le second numéro ou il ne reste que les dialogues à ajouter, voici un morceau d'archive:"1986".

Quatre planches d'une histoire d'il y a 10 ans, qui a éventuellement été publié dans Plan Cartésien , le collectif dirigée par Jimmy Beaulieu dans la collection Cyclope aux Éditions Mécanique Générale.

Message sur le babillard by Eric Theriault Illustration.

Black and Blind Dick Chick #1 and 2, done !

I've written a bit, but not a lot about Black and Blind Dick Chick the project I've drawn, but directed and written by Normand Labelle.

Two issues are finished, with only the lettering to finish on the second one. It's Normand's dream project and it's looking for a publisher right now.

What is it about ? 

B&BDC is an absurdist comic book series played totally straight by its characters, who consider the surrealism that taint their world as perfectly normal.
In a nutshell: A private detective who has to eat cereals in order to be able to see is hired to find a missing nose said to contain all the knowledge in the world, all the while taking care of a 18-month old baby girl who happens to be a cannibal. 
It does have beautiful women in black turtlenecks and long leather boots trying to avoid falling pianos, in case we forgot to mention that before.

The pages of the first issue are on line and you can read it on my Facebook page album. I've posted every page of #1, one each week. So it might be a good idea the check the FB page once in a while.

The complete album, here.

I'll keep posting pages of my comics every week there. The next one is "1986", a black and white story I did a few years ago.

 -ET

Black and Blind Dick Chick: New Pages, Pages Nouvelles.

(English just below)

Je viens d'ajouter de nouvelles pages à l'histoire de BBDC. C'est dans le dossier de la page Facebook. Cette fois, tous les dialogues y sont et avec un écran suffisamment grand, vous devriez pouvoir lire l'histoire. Le projet avance bien, même si c'est à la vitesse d'une tortue avec 3 pattes arrachées...Les pages sont du numéro un, alors que j'en suis présentement au milieu du numéro deux. Je suis assez content de la séquence de rêve de style Walt Disney...

On n'est toujours pas sûr ou est-ce que ce sera publié... Le scénariste et concepteur du projet, Normand Labelle est intéressé à toutes les offres possible. Contactez le à travers mon courriel. Et si vous aimez ce que vous voyez sur la page Facebook, cliquez "J'aime" pour propager la bonne nouvelle. Merci!

***

I've added new pages to the  BBDC story. It's in the facebook page folders. This time all the dialogs are there and with a big enough screen, you should be able to read it. The project is moving forward, even if a bit slowly...The pages below are from issue one, while I'm presently past the middle of issue two. I'm quite happy with the "Walt Disney dream sequence" splash page..

Still not sure where this is gonna be published..Writer and project driver Normand Labelle is interested in all offers! Write here. And if you like what you see on the Facebook page, click "Like" and help make it more visible. Thank you!

  

Retour à Walter et Tandoori.

Depuis un mois maintenant, j'ai pris un break du dessin de Black and Blind Dick Chick, le projet que je développe avec Normand Labelle pour faire un petit passage de quelques mois en dessin animé. C'est un retour en fait puisque j'avais travaillé sur les layout du film Le Noël de Walter et Tandoori qui est sorti en décembre dernier. Comme c'est traditionnel pour ce genre de production, je ne peux rien montrer ou dire de mon travail à cause de clause de non-divulgation. En attendant, voici de quoi ça a l'air:

video de Walter et Tandoori

La page du jour... Work in Progress...June 14...

Black and Blind Dick Chick, book 2, page 4

If you wanna read the previous post about this, with more details about the Why and How and the pages, here's the links: Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6

Work in Progress...Travail en cour...

Une page couleur terminée du numéro 2 de Black and Blind Dick Chick. D'autres à venir !
A finished page from Black and Blind Dick Chick #2. More to come !

See more here.
Plus de pages à voir ici.

Black and Blind Dick Chick : page 7 is online.

This is page 7 of Black and Blind Dick Chick.

I'm posting them one by one as time allow...The first book, 24 pages, is done and i've begun work on the second one. I'm at the penciling stage now.
If you wanna read the previous post about this, with more details about the Why and How and the pages, here's the links:
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6

Black and Blind Dick Chick : page 6 is online.

Yep another one.

Even if I only post once in a while, there's more on tap: I just finished pencilling the first book (24 pages !) and only have a few pages to ink and color. So, september will see the beginning of the work on  number 2.

Black and Blind Dick Chick : page 5 is online.

A new Black and Blind Dick Chick page, with big Warner Brothers violence and Jack Kirby poses!

Une nouvelle page de Black and Blind Dick Chick, avec une grosse violence Warner Brothers et des poses à la Kirby !

Black and Blind Dick Chick : page 4 is online.

One more page from Black and Blind Dick Chick !

If you have the curiosity to know what's behind this story, maybe you'll want to see Cinecomix. That's the webcomic that Normand Labelle did a few years back. He did everything: writing, photo, manipulation, lettering, etc...It's a photo-novella. Basically, what i'm drawing now is an adaptation of that work in comic format.

Black and Blind Dick Chick : page 3 is online.

Here's page 3, inked and colored. I'll let the lettering out at this point. That way, you'll have to guess what's it's all about.

Normand Labelle is the writer and he's hired me to pencil, ink, color his project called Black and Blind Dick Chick. Usually, the way these things are done, a proposal is done to show the eventual publisher what is it all about and what it will look like. But were already past that point: happy with the result, he asked me to finish issue one. So, that mean a full 24 pages !

More pages to show you soon !

Black and Blind Dick Chick : page 2 is online.

Here's page 2 ! A project written by Normand Labelle. Not the most unusual thing i've done, but pretty high in that regard. Of course, some of the comic jams were off-beat, but this is a bit different.

Black and Blind Dick Chick : page 1 is online.

Here's a colored version of page 1, my most recent project. I've already shown a few pictures from this already. Here and here.
More details soon....

Black & Blind Dick Chick

One panel from my new project, a proposal written by Normand Labelle.

Expozine 2010

Je serai à Expozine encore cette année. Mais vu la difficulté d'avoir une table, je ne serai là que dimanche. J'aurai mes albums récents (Veena et les Spectres du Temps et Frankenstein Réassemblé) ainsi que le nouveau numéro de What The ##!! et des vieux trucs....
Les détails:
ExpoZine: Dimanche 14 novembre, 2010, de 12h à 18h, au 5035, rue Saint-Dominique (Église Saint-Enfant Jésus, entre Laurier et Saint-Joseph, près du métro Laurier). Entrée gratuite.

***

I'll be at Expozine again this year but only Sunday. It was tough getting a table. I'll have my new french books (Veena and Frankenstein) as well as the new issue of Comic Jam by Chompers press, What The ##!!.
The details:
ExpoZine: Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14, 2010, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Église Saint-Enfant Jésus, Laurier Métro). Free admission.

***

The art is a panel from my new project, written by Normand Labelle.