Had lunch with a couple of cartoonist friends. Richard Gagnon, Éric Theriault, and Kurt Beaulieu. Got them to draw things in one of my old sketchbooks. Whee! Almost like the good old days, except what’s older are us three…. This was done with my Pentel Brush Pen, which I promptly lost later in the day. […]
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December 8, 2024
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Lunch with Friends
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, heads, montreal, pen and ink, Portraits, Rick Gagnon, sketches
July 29, 2015
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Back at the Comic Jam
By Jack Ruttan in collaboration, color, pen and ink, Rick Gagnon, sketches, watercolor, watercolourHadn’t been to the Montreal Monthly Comic Jam for a while. My pal Rick Gagnon invited me over, so I decided to make the effort. Pleasant seeing Rick again. He embellished a couple of drawings of mine. The watercolour is especially great, because he did this (using my paints) in very low light, where it’s […]
February 26, 2015
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Rod McKuen’s Co-Existence Bagel Shop Blues
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, collaboration, comics, Rick Gagnon, sketchesThe passing of Rod McKuen the other month reminded me of this comic a friend of mine and I did, based on a spoken word recording made by this famous (maybe in-famous) poet. The “official” beats hated these, as sort of climbing onto the bandwagon, but I think they’re funny and unpretentious. I did the […]
March 26, 2014
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March 2014 Monthly Montreal Comic Jam
By Jack Ruttan in brush pen, collaboration, color, Coloured Pencils, montreal, Rick Gagnon, sketchesIt’s been a while since I’ve shown my face at one of these. Also, the last post on this topic got wiped out in my server crash. Since it paid tribute to a late friend, I’m going to have to put it back together again. Still, even though I had to be reminded and coaxed, […]
August 31, 2012
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Chilling at the Montreal Comic Jam
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, brush pen, collaboration, Rick GagnonI’ve been occupied with things— haven’t really been blogging much. Also haven’t gotten out for a while to the monthly Montreal Comic Jam. That happens near the end of the month at a strange little bar in east downtown called l’Escalier. (“The Stairway”) Very studenty, hippie sort of bar…. Anyhow, the event has morphed into […]