(Also just realised this is in English. But that’s not unusual.) Below: sketch of a skater in the “Kiss and Cry:”
Archive for the ‘montreal’ Category
November 18, 2009
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Is Someone on My Block a John Lennon Fan?
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketches, women
November 15, 2009
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Expozine Sunday – More Strangeness
By Jack Ruttan in montrealThis pic seems to encapsulate for me the oddness and fun of Expozine. I get totally overstimulated by the art and whackiness of it all. Anyhow, this year, exhausted by taking pictures of all the people and their stuff in previous years, I tried something different. My little camera took good videos, so I tried […]
November 15, 2009
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Expozine 2009
By Jack Ruttan in montrealMade it to Expozine Saturday. Pretty overwhelming. Didn’t do my usual thing of snapping and talking to a lot of the people there, but the place was packed with artists and writers. Did a little video you can see below of turning in a circle with my camera: Took some shots of comic artists I […]
October 31, 2009
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Bein’ an Extra
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketchesOne of the things I do, since writing gives me such a loose schedule, and I’ve been involved in movies and such, is play an extra, or “background performer” in local shoots. It’s kind of fun, if you don’t take it seriously, and you get a bit of money, and sometimes hobnob with stars, or […]
October 2, 2009
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Serveurs Sexy?
By Jack Ruttan in montrealRemember my note about the Laundromat on my street that closed? Well, the windows got whited out, and renovations have been going on. As I was going by on my bike a couple of weeks ago, I noticed a sign on the front door underneath the usual work permit: It reads: “Opening Soon: Restaurant – […]
September 24, 2009
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Stuart Robertson
By Jack Ruttan in montrealHaving an awful time lately with people I like and have worked with passing away. First Sonja Skarstedt, then Renee Wathelet. Now it’s Stuart Robertson. Soft-spoken gardening expert on CBC radio, and columnist in the Gazette, he was also Chair of our Electronic Rights Defense Committee for a time. He sometimes had a bit of […]
September 24, 2009
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Car Free Day
By Jack Ruttan in cats, montreal, sketchesNeeded a day to recover, but I’m finally doing a post with images from our street session on Tuesday for the Metropolitan Transport Agency (AMT) to honour Car Free Day. Slide show of pictures is below. Click on one for information, or visit the flickr site to see the names of people, credits, etc. Remember, […]
Tags: Animals, black and white, cats, collaboration, comics, montreal, photos, sketches
September 22, 2009
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Car-Free Day and Animules
By Jack Ruttan in cats, dogs, montreal, sketchesToday I’m going to be cartooning at the Eaton Centre in Downtown Montreal, part of the events surrounding Car Free Day in that part of the city. Please visit, if you can make it! Meantime, I bought a new little sketchbook (only 4″x6″), and drew a bunch of things. Mainly animal-related.
Tags: Animals, black and white, cats, dogs, montreal, sketches
September 20, 2009
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Montreal Comicon 2009
By Jack Ruttan in montrealYesterday, I visited the Montreal Comicon, at Place Bonaventure. Very stimulating. A lot of my comic-creating friends in both the franco and anglo communities were there, plus plenty of talented people I had never heard of. I took pictures, and the flickr photo set has names of most of the people, and links to their […]
August 28, 2009
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Street Seen
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolourThat’s a good title for the blog. I was on a bit of a break today, so I painted this picture of the street I live on. Bonus: Old lady!
Tags: montreal, ruttan's place, sketches, watercolour
August 10, 2009
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Sonja Skarstedt
By Jack Ruttan in montrealI’ve been avoiding writing about this, because it hit me hard, when I heard about it last July 31. Didn’t want to announce it before the obituary came out, because I didn’t want to be the crow, the one bearing that news. Sad, because Sonja, along with her partner Geof, who ran Zymergy Magazine, plus […]
Tags: literature, montreal, obits, poesy, writing
August 9, 2009
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Worldcon Montreal, 2009 – what a night!
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketchesWent to my friend, Claude Lalumiere‘s launch, for his upcoming book of short stories: OBJECTS OF WORSHIP, at WORLDCON, the world Science Fiction / Fantasy convention, happening in Montreal this year. Funny, two-level suite at the Delta Hotel in downtown Montreal. So I shot this snap up top of Claude, and the book’s illustrator, Rupert […]
Tags: black and white, montreal, photos, sketches, wash
August 2, 2009
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2160 rue Bordeaux
By Jack Ruttan in montrealPiece of gyproc wall I photographed. It had been tossed out after renovations. Sorry I didn’t take a shot of the building. Maybe I’ll go back and get that. As i was doing this, a couple of guys walked by muttering words that included “kodak” and “malade” (crazy). I guess that’s accurate. Anyhow, here’s the […]
August 2, 2009
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Park Sketching
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, sketches, watercolourNice day yesterday (not so much today!), so I took off on the bike. Sat in the park in the morning, and sketched. People were taking showers in the kiddies’ fountain you can see the edge of, at the left. (I think the fountain (which you can see in the link) was designed by Vittorio, […]
Tags: montreal, sketches, watercolour