Comments on: Cartoonist group photo in Toronto restaurant

By: Wiki-Truths

Wiki-Truths — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:57:00 +0000

Check out all their books and Peter’s shop in Toronto – one of the best in North America! I got out of comics because of this. I’m too social.

By: Diogenes

Diogenes — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:15:00 +0000

But they need to stop drawing while resting their foreheads on their other hand. It’s wearing them smooth.

By: princeminski

princeminski — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:00:00 +0000

I think at least one person alluded to this in the midst of the high school yearbook critiques, but this is an astonishing collection of very talented people.

By: GawainLavers

GawainLavers — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:23:00 +0000

Mediaplex Ads FTW

By: destroy_all_humans

destroy_all_humans — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:35:00 +0000

This could have been a family photo and I would have believed it.

By: Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:19:00 +0000

THEY ARE LITERALLY ALL THE SAME PERSON HOLD ME MOTHER

By: Tom McCarthy

Tom McCarthy — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:19:00 +0000

well, soon as I start losing my hair I’m changing career to cartoonist.

By: Col McGillveray

Col McGillveray — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:32:00 +0000

RIP Spain. Who was, in contrast, a handsome chap with great hair!

By: Mike Meyer

Mike Meyer — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:05:00 +0000

Where’s Joe Matt? Did he lock himself in the bathroom?

By: ffabian

ffabian — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:39:00 +0000

According to Dr. Galls Phrenology a bulging forehead is a sign for “Reiselust/Ortsinn” (wanderlust, travel desire) or “Witz” (humor).

By: chaopoiesis

chaopoiesis — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:53:00 +0000

Dat no bad guy… dat James Joyce.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:06:00 +0000

I should amend my gossipy comments above by saying that, with the exception of Anouk Ricard and Peter Birkemoe, whose work I’m simply unfamiliar with, I admire the work of the men above hugely.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:04:00 +0000

A lot of people got that mental picture of him after the Yummy Fur arc (The Playboy, I think) in which he depicted his unusual masturbation method.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:03:00 +0000

He, Seth, and Chester Brown used to be like the Three Musketeers of autobiographical cartoons–at one point Matt was even living in Toronto and the three would hang out regularly–but I get the feeling that Matt has withdrawn quite a lot in recent years; his output has slowed down to about nothing.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:00:00 +0000

Ware looks like a forehead alien from Star Trek. I’d always assumed that if he happened to drop in Chicago Comics when I was there that he’d sort of fade into the background, but he’s actually weirder-looking in person than he draws himself. (So is Chester Brown, for that matter.)

By: Brian Bara

Brian Bara — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:22:00 +0000

Why do at least three of these people look like they stepped off the set of “Men in Black?”

By: mike saliba

mike saliba — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:55:00 +0000

This picture looks like the Major Arnold Toht fanclub.

By: Stephen Marts

Stephen Marts — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:56:00 +0000

You are forgetting Julie Doucet!!

By: theophrastvs

theophrastvs — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:45:00 +0000

Why are we looking at a photo of cartoonists? next up: a cartoon of photographers.

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:53:00 +0000

Nice collection.

In those shots, the fellow in the brown suit looks very much like a cross between Joseph Campbell and Bertrand Russell.

By: dalgoda7

dalgoda7 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:49:00 +0000

All that’s missing from this photo is Joe Matt.

By: sburns54

sburns54 — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:38:00 +0000

Chris, Seth, and Charles look like triplets, Chester looks like their eccentric older brother, and the guy in the back looks worried that he’s gonna look like them in 10 years.

By: LinkMan

LinkMan — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:07:00 +0000

Correlation ≠ causation.

A perfectly plausible hypothesis one could draw from this photo is that congenitally myopic children who have trouble seeing the chalk board in school are more likely to hone their doodling skills.

By: therantguy

therantguy — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:57:00 +0000

It’s actually pretty hard to assemble a weirder bunch…Chris Ware is strange…Seth and Chester are super nice both both terribly weird…and Birkmoe isn’t weird he’s just socially awkward and bad with people…

By: Hamish Grant

Hamish Grant — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:39:00 +0000

Here’s a little slideshow of pics from the discussion these heroes had at the Bloor Cinema the same evening this photo was taken. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigdaddyhame/sets/72157631996455164/show/

Such a wonderful evening it was!

By: GawainLavers

GawainLavers — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:26:00 +0000

It’s the “not eating” thing.

By: Bruce Arthurs

Bruce Arthurs — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:18:00 +0000

Does cartooning cause hair loss, or does the despair of hair loss lead to cartooning?

Cowicide: You’ve never heard of “starving artists”?

By: ObeyMyBrain

ObeyMyBrain — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:06:00 +0000

This seriously looks like one of those photos where you photoshop the same face on multiple bodies.

By: Will Bueche

Will Bueche — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:01:00 +0000

Dude on the right – run while you still have hair!

By: MollyMaguire

MollyMaguire — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:56:00 +0000

Ooo, I am deep in the uncanny valley with this shot for some reason.